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Friendship and cooperation have always been the central theme of China-Romania relations in the past six decades, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said in Bucharest on Tuesday. Addressing a seminar marking the 60th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic ties, Xi said Romania was among the first few countries to set up …

Visiting Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping put forward a four-point proposal to boost China-Romania relations when meeting with Romanian President Traian Basescu here on Monday. The proposal includes maintaining the consistency of high-level exchanges, promoting economic and trade cooperation, increasing exchanges in the areas of education, science, culture and health, …

Vice President Joe Biden heads to eastern Europe Tuesday to meet key US allies, after a decision last month to shelve a Bush-era missile shield initially angered Poland and the Czech Republic. Officials deny that Biden is being sent on a mission to pacify the two US partners, on a …

The Pentagon is spending more than $100 million to build new military bases in Bulgaria and Romania after Obama’s administration scrapped plans for missile-defense shield in eastern Europe. “Both of these bases illustrate great commitment to eastern Europe,” said Col. Gary Russ, Commander of Joint Task Force-East said.

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping arrived in Bucharest on Sunday to start his official visit to Romania after he concluded a visit to Hungary. In a written statement upon his arrival at the airport, Xi said China and Romania have enjoyed long-term friendship, and they have enhanced political trust, cooperation …

On the whole, the Romanian Government is preparing to open 294 polling stations abroad – one hundred more than at the previous elections. For the Romanian presidential elections of November 22, the Republic of Moldova will open 13 polling stations in its territory. Until now, this republic used to permit …

Romanian President Traian Basescu has nominated respected economist Lucian Croitoru for the office of prime minister, having rejected the candidate proposed by opposition parties. “We need a person with experience in dealing with banks and international economic and financial institutions,” Basescu said, adding: “Mr. Croitoru is also politically independent and …

China and Romania held a reception here on Wednesday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties. Hailing the two countries’ traditional friendship of cooperation, Chen Haosu, president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, said China and Romania had enjoyed deepening cultural, economic …

Romanian opposition parties agreed on Wednesday to nominate the mayor of Sibiu, Klaus Johannis, for the prime minister’s office, following Tuesday’s collapse of the Democratic Liberal government. The Social Democratic Party, PSD, Liberals, PNL, and ethnic Hungarian UMDR party were unanimous in deciding to put their collective political weight behind …

The Institute for European Civil Rights from Bucharest expressed its conviction that the Constitutional Court will remove this unconstitutional article. The High Court of Cassation and Justice of Romania asked the Constitutional Court to deal with an exception in the Law on Romanian Nationality, which limits the number of applications …