France will make sure that the EU decision on the Bulgarian and Romanian entry in the Schengen Area is not made before the summer, France’s Minister for European Affairs, Pierre Lellouche, has announced.
Read More »Danish diplomats visit Transnistria
The Head of the Denmark Foreign Ministry Department for EU-Russia neighborhood policy, Ruben Madsen, and Councilor-Envoy of the Danish Embassy in Bucharest Iorg Tranberg visited Tiraspol on Tuesday to learn more about situation in this breakaway region of the Republic of Moldova. The diplomats held a meeting
Read More »Băsescu se întâlneşte din nou cu al Assad
Preşedinţii României şi Siriei, Traian Băsescu şi Bashar al-Assad, au joi dimineaţă, la Vila Lac 1, o nouă întrevedere, în cadrul vizitei pe care şeful statului sirian o efectuează în ţara noastră, transmite Agerpres. Cei doi şefi de stat au avut, miercuri, convorbiri oficiale, la Palatul Cotroceni, prilej cu care …
Read More »Danube summit participants adopt EU Strategy
Participants in a Danube summit that started in Bucharest on Monday (November 8th) adopted a declaration on the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia reiterated in the document their commitment to implementing the strategy
Read More »Barroso: Romania needs to speed up judicial reforms
José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, has advised Romania to speed up efforts to reform its judiciary system and combat corruption if it wants to join the EU’s border-free Schengen area. Speaking to the press following a meeting with Romanian President Traian Basescu
Read More »Romania and Moldova signed a border cooperation treaty
Romania and Moldova signed a border cooperation treaty yesterday. The treaty was signed by Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Baconschi and Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat in Bucharest on the sidelines of the regional Danube Summit. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso announced the plans to sign the treaty earlier …
Read More »Black Sea Renewable Energy Forum started yesterday in Bucharest
The first edition of the Black Sea Renewable Energy Forum that began yesterday in Bucharest seeks to give an overview of the landscape of renewable energy sources and modalities of promoting them in South-Eastern
Read More »Bucureşti, “capitala” Regiunii Dunării
Delegaţii din 14 state riverane Dunării – Austria, Bosnia Herţegovina, Bulgaria, Republica Cehă, Croaţia, Germania, Muntenegru, Republica Moldova, România, Serbia, Slovacia, Slovenia, Ucraina, Ungaria -, precum şi reprezentanţi ai landurilor riverane din Austria şi Germania şi ai instituţiilor europene s-au reunit, luni, la Palatul Parlamentului unde se desfăşoară Summitul Dunării. …
Read More »Romania, Bulgaria to ask EP support for Schengen area accession, says Bulgarian PM
Romania and Bulgaria will ask the European Parliament for support in joining the Schengen Area, as agreed with Romanian President Traian Basescu in the European People’s Party summit, said Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov during a meeting Monday with his Romanian counterpart, Emil Boc.
Read More »IMF will unblock Romania aid when conditions fulfilled
The International Monetary Fund board will release a new tranche of loans to Romania as soon as the government fulfils conditions agreed during an evaluation mission, an IMF representative said on Monday. “We reached an agreement at the level of experts. As soon as the conditions are met, we can …
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