Bulgarian and Romanian government representatives met yesterday in Bucharest and reached agreements on a number of joint energy pursuits the Romanian Ministry of Economy announced.

Romania should decide by the end of next month whether to extend an existing loan from the International Monetary Fund or apply for emergency funding, Romanian President Traian Basescu has said.

Polonian foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski is visiting Romania for meetings with Romanian foreign minister Teodor Baconschi for talks on bilateral issues and European Union issues. “Talks will centre on regional

Romanian president Traian Basescu said today the country should reconsider its loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund in October. During a meeting with IMF mission

Six new Romanian ministers have been sworn-in in front of Romanian President Traian Basescu. The move on Friday came a day after Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc announced

Ministrul Afacerilor Externe, Teodor Baconschi, crede intr-o posibila legatura intre scandalul recent de la Moscova privind acuzarea diplomatului roman Gabriel Grecu de spionaj si sustinerea pe care tara noastra o acorda Republicii Moldova. “Fara indoiala ca are. Rusia e preocupata de scutul antiracheta, e preocupata de orientarea proeuropeana si, implicit, proromaneasca a Aliantei pentru Integrarea [...]

Romania’s President Traian Basescu, after a meeting with Moldova’s Premier Vlad Filat in Iasi, said Romania wants Moldova to regain its territorial integrity. Asked if Romania

Diplomatul roman declarat persona non grata in Rusia actiona pentru NATO, iar faptul ca Romania a lucrat in interesul altei parti este “socant si deplorabil”, a declarat, joi, presedintele Comisiei de Afaceri Externe din Duma de Stat, Konstatin Kosacev, citat de Vocea Rusiei, in pagina electronica. Konstantin Kosacev nu a exclus posibilitatea deteriorarii relatiilor ruso-romane [...]

“As Romania’s representative in the Council of Europe, I wanted to have a discussion with Vlad Filat,” President Traian Basescu said on the meeting with the Moldovan Premier, held in Iasi, on Thursday, August 19.
During the meeting the two officials talked about the developments in Moldova. “We want to know how we can support Moldova [...]

The foreign ministry in Moscow issued a statement Wednesday (August 18th) criticising Romania’s tit-for-tat move to expel a Russian diplomat. “We express a determined protest to the Romanian side, which has taken on

Romania hosted the meeting of Black Sea Countries’ Navy Commanders “BLACKSEAFOR”. “BLACKSEAFOR” Command has been transferred to the Romanian naval forces on a rotating basis.

A senior Romanian diplomat who was detained in Moscow while trying to obtain military secrets from a Russian national has been declared persona non grata and ordered to leave the country within 48 hours, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said Monday.

The Russian Federation has no right to dictate to the President of Moldova which decrees sign, said Moldova’s Acting President Mihai Ghimpu in response to the Russian Foreign Ministry comment on awarding the Ilascu group.

The presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Romania are going to meet in Baku in September as part of the three countries’ joint natural gas supply project AGRI.
The three heads of state – Ilham Aliyev, Mikheil Saakashvili, and Traian Basescu – will come together in Baku on September 14, 2010, to discuss

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Friday defended his country’s policy of granting passports to people from the former Soviet republic of Moldova.  Media in Britain and France have complained that the move opens a backdoor route to the European Union for tens of thousands of migrants from

For the first time ever, a World Bank President is coming to the Republic of Moldova: Mr. Robert Zoellick will pay an official visit to Chisinau on August 11-12.

Rusia va restabili ajutorul financiar pentru Transnistria luna viitoare si acesta va fi acordat in continuare, a dat asigurari miercuri, la Chisinau, ministrul adjunct rus de externe Grigori Karasin, intr-o declaratie de presa pentru jurnalistii rusi, la incheierea vizitei sale in Republica Moldova.
“Acest ajutor este acordat regiunii, unde traiesc multi cetateni rusi, unde sunt probleme [...]

Ministrul de externe, Teodor Baconschi, a afirmat intr-o conferinta de presa sustinuta la Bruxelles, ca Romania are disponibilitatea de a folosi expertiza regionala pe care o are pentru a media dialogul intre Belgrad si Pristina de aici inainte. Baconschi a raspuns intrebarilor ziaristilor straini, foarte interesati, de asemenea, si ei de pozitia Romaniei in chestiunea [...]

Bulgaria is currently demonstrating a stronger political commitment to reform than Romania, according to European Commission Spokesperson Mark Gray.
Speaking on Deutsche Welle Romania, Gray has commented on the recently published EC progress reports on Bulgaria and Romania by declaring that Bulgaria had a greater level of political will to achieve progress.

Romania will not recognize Kosovo’s independence despite the ruling of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Romanian Ministry of Interior announces.
“The ministry confirms Romania’s position of the last years. Romania does not recognize

Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic called an extraordinary sitting of the government to examine the decision of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which ruled that Kosovo’s independence does not violate the international law.

Members of the Bulgarian minority of Republic of Moldova that have waited in vain for Bulgarian citizenship get now Romanian citizenship, a governmental official of Sofia stated, DECA-press informs.

Moldova — Acting President Mihai Ghimpu issue a decree whereby Dan-Gheorghe Dungaciu was appointed as adviser to the President on European integration matters.
Dan Gheorghe Dungaciu is a sociologist and geopolitician. He was born on October 3, 1968 in Targu Mures. He studied in Bucharest and is a graduate of the Department of Sociology, Psychology and [...]

Kostiantin Iefimenko, ministrul ucrainean al Transportului si Comunicatiilor i-a transmis ambasadorului roman la Kiev, Traian Laurentiu Hristea, o cerere de clarificari privind pozitia Romaniei fata de Conventia privind Regimul Navigatiei pe Dunare (Conventia de la Belgrad), avand in vedere faptul ca tara noastra este singurul stat implicat in proces care nu este dispusa sa o [...]

The European Commission published progress reports Tuesday on Bulgaria and Romania in the field of judiciary and interior affairs. The EC praised Bulgaria’s efforts to tackle organised crime and corruption and its

Romania has always recognized and supported the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and will continue to maintain this position, Romanian FM Teodor Bakonski said at the meeting with Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mamedyarov in Baku on July 19.

Romania sprijina organizarea de catre Kazahstan, la Astana, a unui Summit al sefilor de state sau de guverne OSCE in cursul acestui an, a declarat secretarul de stat pentru afaceri strategice Bogdan Aurescu. Bogdan Aurescu a condus delegatia Romaniei care a participat, in perioada 16–17 iulie 2010, la Alma Ata, la reuniunea ministeriala informala a [...]

On July 14, Mayor of Bucharest Sorin Oprescu received Armenia’s Ambassador to Romania Hamlet Gasparyan. Vice-Chairman of the Armenian community of Romania Varuzhan Pambukchian also participated in the meeting.

Presedintele Autoritatii Nationale Palestiniene, Mahmoud Abbas, va efectua in zilele de 12 si 13 iulie o vizita oficiala in Romania, la invitatia presedintelui Romaniei, Traian Basescu. In cadrul convorbirilor la nivel inalt, vor fi abordate atat teme bilaterale, cat si problematica Orientului Mijlociu, se mentioneaza intr-un comunicat de presa al Administratiei Prezidentiale. In cadrul vizitei [...]

The General Consulate of Romania to Balti will start working on Monday, July 12. Beginning that day, it will provide consular services for citizens from the Northern region of Moldova.
According to a press release of the Romanian Consulate to Balti, the institution

An annual meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has opened in Oslo (Norway) on Tuesday.
Its chief topic of discussions is “Superiority of the Law: Preventing Trans-National Crime and Corruption”.

Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić says Serbia highly appreciates Romania’s backing to the country’s territorial integrity and EU integration.
Dačić, who is visiting Bucharest today, stressed the significance of the support for Serbia since Romania is one of the EU member states which have not recognized the illegal independence of Kosovo and Metohija.

A mission of the International Monetary Fund will visit Romania starting July 26 to review reforms and discuss the 2011 budget, the IMF representative in Bucharest Tonny Lybeck said Monday.
“The IMF review mission will evaluate Romania’s recent economic performance and discuss with the authorities the economic objectives for the

Serbian Deputy PM and Interior Minister Ivica Dačić will confer with his Romanian counterpart Vasile Blaga in Bucharest on Tuesday. Dačić will also visit the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) regional center for combating trans-border crime, the Serbian Interior Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

The IMF announced on Saturday (July 3rd) it has agreed to extend a 913.2m-euro tranche of Romania’s 13.6 billion-euro anti-crisis loan. The Fund’s Board of Directors decided to extend the money after reviewing Romania’s implementation of its anti-crisis programme, which was approved in May 2009. The IMF says the government is making significant steps to [...]