Romania

The Russian foreign ministry on Friday (February 5th) expressed concern and demanded an explanation after Romania announced plans to deploy elements of a proposed US missile defence shield. The Supreme Defence Council in Bucharest backed the idea Thursday. Romanian President Traian Basescu says the facilities should be operational by 2015 …

„SUA şi Rusia au ajuns, la negocierile de la Geneva, la un acord de principiu asupra primului Tratat de reducere a armelor nucleare în 20 de ani” („Wall Street Journal”, 3 februarie 2010) Evenimentul cel mai semnificativ legat de vizita preşedintelui Băsescu la Chişinău este… tăcerea Moscovei. Nu a existat …

Romania has agreed to host rocket interceptors in what appears to be a revamped version of the US missile defence shield. Romania’s President Trian Basescu said participation was approved after an invitation from Washington. Russia is expected to make a statement soon but Basescu insisted the move, which still needs …

On Tuesday evening, during a meeting with the decision-making factors, Mihai Ghimpu asked them to prepare the regulatory, institutional and technical framework for implementing Moldo-Romanian projects debated during the recent visit of the Romanian President Traian Basescu to Chisinau.

The Bucharest Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) specifies the procurement procedure of the building for the future Romanian General Consulate to Balti is under development. This announcement was made in the context of the news on this issue released on Wednesday by DECA-press Agency.

The detailed planning of Nabucco will be carried out by five engineering companies from all countries participating in the project, Mr Reinhard Mitschek, Managing Director of Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH, said.

Romania and Azerbaijan have signed Tuesday a memorandum on co-operation in the energy sector through which the Azerbaijan company can export oil and gas to Romania and EU SOCAR can export oil and gas to the European Union, including Romania, the director of the economy ministry Koreliu Kondoia, who is …

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili will pay a visit to Romania in the spring, the spokesperson of the President Manana Manjgaladze announced. This has been announced after the spokesperson explained why the President will not attend the International Security Conference in Munich. The Georgian President has been invited January to attend …

We cannot miss saying that this is some long-awaited agreement. It is a result of the work of many governments since 2002 till now, MP Ramadan Atalay from the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) party said, commenting on the ratification of the Nabucco Agreement.

Bulgarian MPs passed the draft bill for ratification of the Agreement among Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey on the construction of the Nabucco gas pipeline project. The draft bill on the ratification of the Nabucco Agreement has been passed with 156 votes.