Romania News

Romania and Bulgaria’s hopes of joining Europe’s huge passport-free zone were again dashed on Wednesday as EU officials said there was no consensus on letting in the poor eastern states. “There will be no vote, and no decision” at talks on their bid to join due to be held Thursday …

Moldova’s pro-Europe government has fallen to a confidence vote brought on by scandal and bitter feuds within Prime Minister Vlad Filat’s ruling coalition. The vote on Tuesday is likely to lead to new elections and raises questions over whether a new government will

Hannes Swoboda, President of the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament, has described as “populist and deceitful” Germany’s threat to veto Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen accession. According to EurActiv, Swoboda has insisted that progress has been assessed in both countries and EU ministers

Strengthening of Kazakh-Romanian cooperation was high on the agenda of a meeting between Secretary of State of the Republic of Kazakhstan Marat Tazhin and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania in Kazakhstan Mr. Nicolae Ureche on March 5.

Romania’s Constitutional Court has decided to pull forward its decision on the validity of the impeachment referendum for President Traian Basescu and announce it next Tuesday, August 21. Initially, the Court had stated it will not pronounce its decision until September 12, but it is now saying that it will …

Bulgaria and Romania must improve efforts to fight organized crime and corruption, the President of the European Commission Jose Manual Barroso, said on Wednesday. Barroso said on Wednesday that Bulgaria had made some progress

Romania does not recognize the so-called “presidential elections” in Nagorno-Karabakh, Embassy of Azerbaijan in Romania said on Thursday. Romanian Foreign Ministry released a statement which considers illegal the so-called “presidential elections” held in Nagorno-Karabakh on July 19.

Head of public television has to resign after parliament’s hostile scrutiny of last year’s activity report for TVR.

Bulgaria and Romania’s accession to the Schengen Agreement is expected to be a key priority for the upcoming Cypriot EU Presidency, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry announced. He discussed about Schengen his counterparts from Romania and Cyprus. The three

Romania has approved the Iasi-Ungheni gas pipeline which will allow gas transport between Romania and Moldova. Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta classified this project as strategic for political cooperation between the two sides. “It is about a draft law agreed for longer time at the principle, political