Romania

BRUSSELS, Belgium Several EU countries and Turkey will sign an inter-governmental agreement on the construction of the Nabucco pipeline in Ankara on July 13th, the European Commission (EC) announced on Friday (July 3rd). Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to host the ceremony.

BUCHAREST, Romania’s performance under a two-year IMF loan programme is on track, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday, but warned populist measures in an election year may quickly undermine its emerging credibility. 

BUCHAREST Romania will get a 370-million-euro (517-million-dollar) loan from the European Investment Bank to build a new metro line in Bucharest, Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said Saturday.

A key intergovernmental agreement on the European Union’s Nabucco gas pipeline will be signed on July 13 in Ankara, Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Petar Dimitrov told journalists in the city of Varna. The information was confirmed by the European Commission. An invitation for the ceremony in Ankara has …

SOFIA Bulgarian government in line with the European Commission requirements must make connections with gas systems of Romania and Greece as soon as possible. This is what chairman of the Bulgarian Association of Digless Technology Eng. Stefan Zhelyazkov said.

The number of Romanian troops serving in peace missions abroad will number only 1,667 next year following the pullout of troops from Iraq, the country’s Supreme Defence Council, CSAT, decided on Tuesday. Romania today has 2,067 troops in operation theatres in Iraq and Afghanistan, but a 500-strong contingent will be …

Just weeks before the European Commission is due to publish an assessment on Bulgaria and Romania’s accession to the EU, the French Senate cautioned against “stigmatising” the EU’s most recent members and suggested fine-tuning the Union’s Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, set up to assist the two countries after their entry. …

KUWAIT Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al-Sabah met here on Sunday with Romanian Foreign Undersecretary Doro Costa. The Romanian diplomat handed Sheikh Mohammed, also deputy Prime Minister, a letter from Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu.

BEIJING A delegation of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, China’s top political advisory body, left here Sunday afternoon for good-will visits to Romania and Ukraine. 

CHISINAU Moldova’s outgoing president said the very future of the ex-Soviet state was at stake in next month’s parliamentary election and accused opposition parties yesterday of seeking its destruction.