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Romania's parliament is to discuss a bill that would allow ethnic Romanians from non-EU countries in the Balkans to get jobs in Romania more easily than other non-EU citizens, to meet a growing labour shortage.

MPs from a number of parties submitted the bill to the Senate last week. It must now be discussed by parliamentary commissions and in plenary sessions.

Minister for Romanians Abroad Natalia-Elena Intotero, who is paying a working visit to the Republic of Moldova, had a series of meetings on Thursday with representatives of the administration, denominations in Chisinau, as well as with members of the local authorities, during which she reconfirmed the support of Romania's Government for the Romanians over the Pruth River, a release sent

Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu on Tuesday had a meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister of the State of Israel Tzipi Hotovely, who was paying a visit to Romania, on which occasion they highlighted the excellent level of the cooperation between the two countries and granted special attention to the fight against anti-Semitism.

Culture and National Identity Minister George Ivascu delivered on Tuesday, one century since the union of Basarabia with Romania, a message of hope for a common European future to all Romanians, on both sides of the Pruth River, underscoring that dreams can become reality.

Minister for Romanians Abroad Natalia Intotero this Tuesday presented a conference devoted to the diaspora some highlights of the programs dedicated to the Romanians who live outside country borders, occasioned by the Centennial year, which include - among others - putting out an Encyclopedia of Romanians everywhere, promoting Romanian literature in 100 diaspora libraries and the inauguration o

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) firmly condemns any action taken against such schools teaching in Romanian language in Ukraine, in the context of information presented by the Security Service in this country regarding such attempts to set fire to some of the education units teaching in Romanian.

AGERPRES special correspondent Daniel Florea reports: The European Parliament's President Antonio Tajani on Tuesday said that he asked the Romanian government to continue the enhancement of the rule of law and the anti-corruption fight.

Romania's and Portugal's representatives have convergent positions in numerous current files and can promote the values and policies which marked the recent history of their countries' democracy through a joint voice, by sharing similar, pro-European approaches, Senate President Calin Popescu-Tariceanu underscored at the meeting with Ambassador of the Portuguese Republic

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) expresses the hope that "the intention to extend the transition period reflects the Ukrainian authorities' commitment to fully address the issues related to the impact of the Education Act on the persons belonging to the Romanian minority."

A series of direct support measures for ethnic Romanians enrolled with schools in Ukraine providing Romanian-language tuition were developed by the Romanian Government on Wednesday, at the proposal of the Ministry for Romanians Abroad (MRP).