France is convinced Romania must join the Schengen Area and French authorities are prepared to help Romania meet all the technical requirements, French Interior Minister Claude Gueant said Monday. Gueant met in Bucharest with his Romanian counterpart, Traian Igas. They discussed Romania’s Schengen Area accession and police cooperation between the …
Read More »Romania, Azerbaijan sign strategic partnership
Azerbaijan and Romania have signed several bilateral documents following an expanded format meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Romanian President Traian Basescu. Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Traian Basescu of Romania signed a Joint Action Plan on implementation of strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and Romania.
Read More »EC to continue aid to Moldova for education
The European Commission (EC) will continue providing Moldova with a financial support for the education sector upgrading. At the meeting of Minister of Education Mihai Sleahtitchi with EC regional coordinator for Moldova Angelo Borgogni on Thursday, the parts considered
Read More »MEP says Romania and Bulgaria are technically ready for Schengen
Bulgaria and Romania have met all technical criteria to join Schengen and are doing even better than some members of the border-free zone in some aspects, Portuguese European Parliament (EP) member Carlos Coelho, the
Read More »EP President and Moldova’s President discuss the country’s progress
The Republic of Moldova’s Acting President and Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu, who is on a visit to Brussels this week, was received by President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek on Tuesday. The interlocutors discussed situation in Moldova, progress of the negotiations on the EU-Moldova Association Agreement
Read More »Moldova made progress towards EU path
The sixth round of talks on the Association Agreement between Moldova and the European Union took place in Chisinau. The members of the European delegation said the Moldovan state made significant progress in a number of areas.
Read More »U.S. Navy to expand activity in the Black Sea
The U.S. Navy has planned to widen its activities in the Black Sea region by involving 14 countries in its envisaged military training drills this year. Quoting four-star U.S. admiral James Stavridis said that the chief of the U.S. European Command said on March 30 in his testimony in Congress …
Read More »EU politicians support Moldova’s accession plans
European Union politicians attending a blue- ribbon conference in Moldova on Wednesday praised the country’s plans to become a member state. ‘Moldova has done a great deal to win an excellent reputation abroad during an extremely
Read More »Russia, Moldova FMs to discuss trade, economic ties, Dniester reg
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca meet on Tuesday in Moscow to discuss trade and economic relations between the two countries as well as the Dniester region problem.
Read More »Moldovan FM visits Moscow
Moldovan Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca will pay a working visit to Moscow today. He will meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov to discuss bilateral relations and the Transdnestr settlement. The talks on the future of Moldova’s breakaway republic of Transdnestr in the “five-plus-two” format, involving Russia, Ukraine, the OSCE, …
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