Romania

AgriMin Constantin: China, priority of Romania's policy for developing ties with Asian countries

The People's Republic of China represents a priority of Romania's policy for developing ties with the Asian countries, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture Daniel Constantin said on Wednesday in the opening of the 9th edition of the 16+1 Forum "China and the States in Central and Eastern Europe".

Ponta: VAT on fruit, vegetables and meat products possibly lowered as of mid-2015

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Wednesday that no tax will be raised in 2015, but quite the contrary, the VAT on fruit, vegetables and meat products could be lowered in the second half of the year.

He explained however that the future government will decide on this "according to the concrete fiscal and budget data."

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Professor Song Shaofeng: We need to promote Romania in China, it's a beautiful country

Professor Song Shaofeng, director of the oldest Confucius Institute in our country, the one running at the "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu (ULBS), has been making history in education and culture for four years now, and says that Romania is a beautiful country that deserves being promoted abroad.

Independent candidate for president Tariceanu proposes national pact on demography

Independent candidate for Romania's president backed by the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) Calin Popescu Tariceanu in Bacau on Tuesday said he would propose and support 'with perseverance' a national pact on demography, a topic he said it represented one of the 'three pillars' of his country project.

Iohannis: Merkel will not come to Romania during electoral campaign, but after I become president

Liberal head Klaus Iohannis, running for president of Romania in this Sunday's polls, said on Tuesday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not come to Romania for the electoral campaign, as having been circulated, but she will visit Bucharest after he becomes president.

Candidate Diaconescu considers he stands a chance to make it to presidential runoff

The presidential candidate of Dan Diaconescu - People's Party (PP-DD), Dan Diaconescu said on Tuesday in Drobeta Turnu Severin (south-western Romania) that "if the electors go to the polls on Sunday, November 2, he will get over 1.5 million votes," and with this result, he believes he can make it to the presidential runoff.

Ponta: Romania will definitely have 16pct flat tax until elections of 2016

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday said that until the elections of 2016 Romania would maintain the 16 per cent flat tax and, after which the political forces that will win the next parliamentary elections would be able to decide whether they maintain this flat tax or not.

INTERVIEW Szilagy Zsolt: Romania needs a reforming president with a project to modernise the state

Presidential candidate of the Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (PPMT) Szilagy Zsolt says Romania needs a reforming president who comes up with a project to modernise the state, which would led to normalcy being resumed in the relationships between various communities as well as their Europeanisation.

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