Romania News

Thousands of Kosovo Serbs want to take out Russian passports in order to guaranteer their security in the Albanian-dominated country, a Kosovo Serb group has told the Russian embassy in Serbia. The Russian embassy in Belgrade has forwarded to Moscow a request from

Finland has partially lifted its opposition to Bulgaria and Romania joining Europe’s Schengen passport-free travel zone, a Finnish EU minister said on Monday, but the Netherlands is still opposed and the measure needs backing from all members.

Bulgaria is willing to share with Romania its experience in dealing with challenges, related to EU funds absorption, the press service of European affairs minister Tomislav Donchev said on November 9 2011. Donchev was on a two-day visit to Bucharest where he met with Romanian government officials.

A phased-in Schengen entry is still a possibility for Romania, even though not all Schengen member countries would be ready for a decision like that, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stated.

Bulgaria supports Moldova’s “EU perspective”, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov has told his Moldavian counterpart Iurie Leanca. The two met Monday in Bucharest (Romania) during a forum of the Foreign Ministers of the countries from the Danube region.

Romania’s President Traian Basescu has reiterated during a visit in Belgrade his country’s position that it has no intention whatsoever to recognize the independence of Kosovo. After meeting with his Serbian counterpart Boris Tadic on Tuesday, Basescu stressed that “at this point there is not a single condition under which …

Romanian President Traian Basescu will visit Serbia on Tuesday, where he will confer with top government officials. During his visit, Basescu is scheduled to meet with Serbian President Boris Tadić, the president’s press service released in a statement. The two countries’ delegations should confer after a closed-door meeting between the …

The Bulgarian government has cancelled an official visit by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the last possible moment. A spokesperson for the Bulgarian foreign ministry said

The European Parliament approved Tuesday a resolution urging all EU Member States to allow Bulgarians and Romanians onto their labor markets by the end of 2011. In a press release, the EP informs that a draft resolution prepared by Romanian MEP from the European People’s Party (EPP) Traian Ungureanu, showing …

The Republic of Moldova and the European Union have today initialled a comprehensive air services agreement at a meeting in Chisinau, the capital of the Republic of Moldova. This agreement will open up and integrate the respective