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Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi on Friday met with Armenia’s Ambassador to Romania Hamlet Gasparyan to discuss bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest. The two men also exchanged views on the activity of Armenian-Romanian intergovernmental committee as well as cultural and political dialogue. Ambassador Gasparyan thanked the Romanian government …

Bulgaria and Russia have agreed to speed up negotiations on the South Stream gas pipeline, Alexei Miller, CEO of the Russian energy giant Gazprom, said on Friday in Sofia. Miller explained that the two sides had made significant progress in speeding up the process of implementing the South Stream project, following …

Romanian and Russian officials on Wednesday agreed to carry out a technical analysis of possible Romanian participation in the Russian-backed South Stream gas transit pipeline, according to Alexei Miller, CEO of the

“Germany will look closely at Romania’s bid to join the Schengen area and will give a fair and just assessment based on the European Commission’s criteria,” Chancellor Merkel said during a

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Romania today. She said that Romania’s accession to the Schengen area will depend on the country’s observance of technical conditions to ensure the European Union’s external border security, and not on aspects regarding the social integration of Roma ethnics.

The Economy, Trade and Business Environment Ministry of Romania on 27 September signed in Bucharest the Collaboration Accord with the Economy Ministry of the Republic of Moldova.

Syrian Vice President Dr. Najah al-Attar on Wednesday met Romanian Minister of Culture Kelemen Hunor, stressing the importance of beefing up the historical relations between Syria and Romania as they are the most important bridges binding the nations.

The Republic of Moldova Ministry of Economy and the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business Environment of Romania concluded a cooperation agreement Monday, in Bucharest.  The agreement was concluded by the Moldovan Deputy Minister of Economy, Octavian Calmac, and Karoly Borbely, Secretary of State of the Romanian Ministry of Economy.

European Union member states on Monday kept the threat of a visa ban hanging over the leaders of the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, as they called for talks on the status of the rebel province to resume. Moldova gained independence from the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. …

The European Commission does not tie the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the border-free Schengen zone with the problems of the Roma minority from the