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BUCHAREST, Romania The final report by a parliamentary committee looking into the activities of Sports Minister Monica Iacob Ridzi recommended on Thursday (July 9th) she be investigated for abuse of office, and said she should resign. Only members of her Liberal Democratic Party refused to vote in favour of the …

„Din discuţiile mele cu Gorbaciov am reţinut că principala sa preocupare era să menţină integritatea teritorială a Uniunii Sovietice… N-am putut decât să exclam: „Dar Ţările Baltice şi Moldova nu aparţin Uniunii Sovietice!..” Margaret Thatcher, „Le Figaro”, 29 august 1990 Prima vizită a preşedintelui american la Moscova s-a încheiat. Dezamăgirile …

Court sessions across Romania were suspended on Friday morning for three hours, as magistrates protested the Justice Ministry’s decision to cut some wage bonuses. The National Union of Judges on Wednesday requested the resignation of Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu. 

MEP and leader of the Dutch far-right Freedom Part (PVV), Geert Wilders, has called for Bulgaria and Romania to be thrown out of the EU In an interview for euronews.net Wilders was asked about his views on the Ukraine possibly joining the EU, he answered, “No, I think that no …

BUCHAREST, Romania Romania’s president said Tuesday he hopes pro-Romanian opposition forces will prevail in Moldovan elections. Traian Basescu said in a meeting with foreign journalists that he wants the “democratic forces, the opposition to the current government to have better results after the election.”

BRUSSELS, Belgium Several EU countries and Turkey will sign an inter-governmental agreement on the construction of the Nabucco pipeline in Ankara on July 13th, the European Commission (EC) announced on Friday (July 3rd). Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to host the ceremony.

BUCHAREST, Romania’s performance under a two-year IMF loan programme is on track, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday, but warned populist measures in an election year may quickly undermine its emerging credibility. 

BUCHAREST Romania will get a 370-million-euro (517-million-dollar) loan from the European Investment Bank to build a new metro line in Bucharest, Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said Saturday.

„Dacă România reuşeşte să parcurgă în 30 de ani drumul spre UE… va fi foarte bine” (Vladimir Voronin, preşedintele PCRM, anul 2000) Credo, quia absurdum! Cred, cu toate că e absurd! Aşa obişnuia să răspundă marele teolog Tertulian celor care, păşind după normele elementare ale logicii, încercau să îi demonteze …

A key intergovernmental agreement on the European Union’s Nabucco gas pipeline will be signed on July 13 in Ankara, Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Petar Dimitrov told journalists in the city of Varna. The information was confirmed by the European Commission. An invitation for the ceremony in Ankara has …