Romania

Six Romanian nationals were killed and two were injured in a road accident on a motorway in Italy, the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE) reported in a press release on Saturday.

The National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives (CNSAS) announced on Friday that none of the 14 candidates running for the office of President of Romania has been a collaborator or worked for the former political police 'Securitate'.

First deputy chairman of the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) Teodor Atanasiu, a Liberal (PNL) senator for Alba County, on Friday told a press conference held in Alba Iulia that the "visible effect" of the National Anti-corruption Directorate's (DNA) recent actions through which the Social Democrat (PSD) leaders were indicted in the restitution case is the internal battles within

Independent candidate in the presidential elections Monica Macovei in an open letter requests Senate President Calin Popescu-Tariceanu to urgently convene a plenary session to discuss the situation of Senators Ecaterina Andronescu and Serban Mihailescu referring to the Microsoft file.

Social Democratic lawmaker Ionut Vulpescu asserts that Premier Victor Ponta, a frontrunner in the upcoming presidential election backed by the PSD-UNPR-PC electoral alliance, is seen as a "regional leader" by the US top officials.

President Traian Basescu pointed that his term in office ends on December 21; he announced that afterwards he will join the People's Movement Party (PMP).

BELGRADE - The 3rd Danube Business Forum will be held on October 27-29 in Belgrade and Novi Sad, the organisers announced on Wednesday.

The event is expected to bring together 800 participants - leaders in the fields of energy, water, agribusiness, transport, ITC, entrepreneurship and the creative industry in the Danube region, which includes 14 countries.

Romania is struggling for the status, recognition and guaranteeing the freedom of the Christian Orthodox Church in Serbia's Timoc Valley, Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean told debates hosted by the Palace of Parliament on Wednesday.

Presidential candidate Klaus Iohannis of the Christian Liberal Alliance says in an interview sent to AGERPRES his recommendations for the top state office are his vision, his attitude and his record as mayor of Sibiu, the European Capital of Culture in 2007.

Roughly 350 mayors who left the Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) will not be allowed to return, presidential candidate Klaus Iohannis declared on Tuesday.