The battle for inclusion on the EU election lists of Romania’s main political parties has reached new heights as a 28 February registration deadline approaches. The prospect of salaries five times higher than those of current Romanian MEPs appears to be an irresistible incentive. A “war of candidates” is raging …

LAGOS, – Marian Parjol, Romanian ambassador to Nigeria, has pledged his country’s readiness to assist Nigeria in the area of military training, reported the News Agency of Nigeria. Parjol made the pledge on Thursday in Abuja when he visited Nigeria’s Minister of Defense Shetimah Mustapha in his office. The envoy …

Romania’s Defence Ministry said a soldier serving in the country’s peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan was killed when his vehicle drove over an explosive device. The ministry said the soldiers were on patrol on Thursday on the highway between Kabul and Qalat, a town near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. The dead …