Romania

Eighteen nongovernmental organizations defending the rights of ethnic minorities in Moldova have announced their support for the proposal of the Ravnopravie (“Equity”) party. Ravnopravie suggested that, besides the way of electing the president, two more questions should be asked

The period for issuing a visa for Moldovan organized tourists is reduced to 10 days. This is presumed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria regarding the facilitation of the visa regime for Moldova’s citizens. According to the message of the Bulgarian Embassy to Moldova, some categories of citizens …

Wednesday, Moldovan Prime Minister Vlad Filat asked Moldovan Minister of Culture Boris Focsa to urgently find a place for such institution. The Prime Minister said: “The Government shall provide funding for organizing and opening the museum. Every citizen must know what happened to the nation. Our children must know

The opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) on Wednesday (June 16th) filed an official appeal of the government’s fiscal austerity plan with the Constitutional Court, which will review it next week. The biggest bone of contention is a plan to cut pensions by 15%, via provisions that opposition lawmakers describe as

Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom is likely to replace Bulgaria with Romania in the South Stream pipeline network. This may come since Bulgaria halted the other two joint energy projects with Russia. The change in Gazprom’s policy came after Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borisov announced that the country would not move

Romania si Statele Unite ale Americii vor incepe joi, la Bucuresti, negocierilor bilaterale privind cadrul juridic necesar participarii tarii noastre la sistemul de aparare antiracheta. Astfel, in perioada 17-18 iunie, in Romania, va sosi o delegatie americane condusa de Ellen Tauscher, subsecretarul de stat pentru controlul armamentelor si securitate internationala. …

Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Bakonski today will visit Serbia for the first time since his appointment last December. During a one-day working visit, Bakonski will meet with his host Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremi’ and is also expected to meet with other Serbian officials. Romania is one of the five …

Romania’s centrist coalition government on Tuesday survived a no-confidence vote in parliament that was raised by the opposition over plans to adopt drastic measures to cut spending.

A meeting of commemoration of victims of the first Stalinist deportations wave from June 13, 1941, was held on Sunday in Chisinau, in Piata Marii Adunari Nationale. According to some data, more than two thousand people took part in the meeting. Churches of the country made some divine services to …

The Steering Committee of the Joint Program between the Council of Europe and the European Union, entitled “Democracy Support Program in Moldova”, met for the first time in Chisinau on Thursday. During the meeting, the Joint Programme work plan until June 2011 was discussed and unanimously adopted.