Romania Oct. 28 started building a military base, which will host a U.S. ballistic missile defense system as part of the NATO system. The plan is to have the Deveselu base in southern Romania
Read More »US to pullout from Afghanistan via Romanian airbase
The US will use a Romanian airbase on the Black Sea as a transit point for its troops leaving Afghanistan as it winds up operations at another base in Kyrgyzstan, the Pentagon said. The agreement on using the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase was reached at a meeting at the Pentagon yesterday between US Defence Secretary Chuck …
Read More »Bulgarian President says Schengen delay is politically motivated
Bulgaria sees the delay in admitting the country and fellow EU member Romania into the Schengen Area as politically motivated, stated Bulgaria’s President Rosen Plevneliev. Plevneliev spoke after meeting the President of EU newcomer Croatia Ivo Josipovic, who is on an official visit to Sofia Monday.
Read More »Romania, Lithuania reaffirm support for Albania’s EU path
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius, in his capacity as the holder of the EU’s rotating presidency, and Romanian Foreign Minister, Titus Corlatean, as holder of the Presidency of the South East European Cooperation Process, affirmed their support to Albania’s EU integration on Tuesday during a working visit to Albania.
Read More »Bulgarian FM to visit Moldova
Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kristian Vigenin, will be on an official two-day visit to Moldova on October 7-8, the press office of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. Minister Vigenin’s visit will start with a meeting with Moldovan Minister of Foreign
Read More »Georgia, Moldova to cooperate on EU integration
Georgian Foreign Minister Maya Pandjikidze and her Moldovan counterpart Natalia Gherman has signed in Chisinau on Saturday joint statement on cooperation between the two countries in the process of European integration. The main themes of meetings of Maya Pandjikidze with the leadership
Read More »France says Bulgaria and Romania are not ready for Schengen
France’s Interior Minister Manuel Valls expressed some reservations about Bulgaria and Romania’s accession in the Schengen area as of January 1, 2014.
Read More »Barroso expressed position in favour of Bulgarian, Romanian Schengen entry
The President of the European Commission (EC) Jose Manuel Barroso has reaffirmed his strong position in favour of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen area. Barroso said that both Bulgaria and Romania have met the criteria for Schengen area membership and should be given a chance to enter the zone as soon as possible.
Read More »Armenian FM meets with Moldovan counterpart
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian received Moldova’s Deputy Prime Minister Prime Minister, Minister for Foreign Affairs and European Integration Natalia German.
Read More »Poland backs Romania on Schengen entry
Visiting Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski reconfirmed Wednesday that Poland supports Romania’s bid to join Schengen. “Poland supports Romania’s accession to Schengen Zone,” the head of the Polish diplomacy said, adding that “the country meets the technical criteria, which means it’s ready to take the next logical step.”
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