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The Business Environment Ministry launched on Thursday the online Business Romania platform, where business people and companies can join and interact to exchange information and create partnerships, Paula Pirvanescu, senior official with the Ministry of Business Environment, Commerce and Entrepreneurship (MMACA), said Thursday.

The Executive supports the Government Internship Program, as shown by the fact that compared to the 2017 edition, when 100 seats were allocated, this year the number of participants is 200, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Monday at the launch of the sixth edition of the program.

President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday that UK investment in Romania could be more substantial, pointing out that ways to diversify bilateral business ties should be found.

Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu and his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sultan Al Jaber signed on Tuesday in Bucharest, the memorandum of understanding regarding the setting up of a cooperation committee between the two countries, a body that will regularly meet every two years.

Romania can count on France's support for the success of its first presidency of the Council of the European Union, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian told a joint press statement with his Romanian counterpart Teodor Melescanu in Bucharest, on Thursday.

The Government will approve under an emergency ordinance a number of tax changes, including an increase from 2 percent to 3.5 percent of the share of the personal income tax that may be allotted to non-governmental organisations and religious denominations, providers of social services accredited with at least a licensed social service, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Thursday.