Russia’s troops have seized control of a naval base near Crimea’s city of Feodosia. This was the third successful Russian assault of a Ukrainian base on the Crimean peninsula from the last two days.

Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati and his Romanian counterpart Titus Corlatean stressed the need to intensify political dialogue and relations between the two countries in the future.

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Wednesday said the only solution to guarantee the security of the Republic of Moldova was to speed up its process of joining the European Union.