Romania

Social Democrat Party (PSD) Executive Chair Liviu Dragnea declared that the leaders of his party met Reformist Liberal Party (PLR) head Calin Popescu-Tariceanu to guarantee the continuation of the political, economic and social goals of the Social Liberal Union (USL) project.

Prime Minister's advisor Cristian Socol says Romania has not been in an economic recession this year; he points out that PM Victor Ponta's government has achieved and inclusive, intelligent and sustainable growth.

Romania has posted the highest Q3, 2014 economic growth in the European Union, on a quarterly basis, according to preliminary estimates released on Friday by the Eurostat European Statistics Office.

There is an official confirmation of the fact that there was a 0.5-per cent economic growth in Romania in Q1, 2014 from Q4, 2013, coming from data with the National Statistics Institute (INS), which show Romania was not in a recession, not even in a technical one, Ponta told a press conference on Friday at the Government House.

The candidate of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) in the presidential elections, Klaus Iohannis, has stated that his priorities, if he won the highest office in the state, would be national security, transforming the economy into a "well performing" economy and changing the way politics is done in Romania.

Italian Republic Council of Ministers President Matteo Renzi on Thursday evening reiterated the support for the candidacy of Prime Minister Victor Ponta in the presidential elections, voicing his conviction that he would be a good president for Romania.

The candidate of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) in this week's presidential election, Klaus Iohannis, has stated, on Thursday, at private broadcaster Digi 24, that he will have, as president, a fair institutional collaboration with Prime Minister Victor Ponta.

Bulgaria and Romania will develop joint tourist projects to attract more tourists from China, Japan and India, said Bulgaria's Tourism Minister Nikolina Angelkova after a meeting with Florin-Nicolae Jianu, Romania's Minister for SME's, Business Environment and Tourism.

According to Angelkova, the projects will focus on joint projects in the Danube region.

Agriculture will have a much better contribution to the Gross Domestic Product and to the economic growth of Romania, since the farm production this year will be higher than in 2013 and in the third quarter there is a record in terms of the trade in agri-foodstuffs, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Daniel Constantin told AGERPRES.

The candidate of the Christian Liberal Alliance, Klaus Iohannis, has stated on Thursday that he does not believe there will be another televised debate with his counter-candidate, Prime Minister Victor Ponta.