Romania News

In March 2012, the sea and air borders of Bulgaria and Romania should be included in the passport-free Schengen area and their land borders are expected to follow in July, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said. He was speaking during his visit to Brussels, where he attended the European Council …

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has vowed to closely monitor the European Council summit on Sunday 23 October, adding that he expects a vote to be held on Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen bids. On Thursday Boc acknowledged that both countries were facing certain political obstacles to their Schengen entry but …

Moldova has set November 18 as the date for a presidential election in a fresh bid to end a leadership crisis which has paralyzed reform in one of Europe’s poorest countries for more than two years.

Romania’s government has approved a draft law allowing the stationing of elements of the US and NATO missile defense system in Europe at a Romanian air base. The legislation in question permits the building of an anti-ballistic interceptor site at the Deveselu Air Base located in Southwestern Romania, less than …

Reprezentantul special al Federaţiei Ruse pe problematica transnistreană, Serghei Gubarev, are de marţi, la Bucureşti, consultări cu secretarului de stat pentru afaceri europene Bogdan Aurescu. Traian Băsescu a reiterat, în urmă cu aproximativ o săptămână, la Adunarea Parlamentară

China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Wednesday that China will expand pragmatic cooperation with Moldova in multiple fields. During a talk with Iurie Leanca, Moldova’s deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs and european integration, Yang spoke highly of the achievements made thus far in bilateral relations.

The foreign ministers of Bulgaria, Romania and Greece sent a joint letter to EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule and regional policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn on Thursday proposing a strategy to speed up the integration of countries from the Western Balkans. The three main objectives of the ministers’ joint strategy are: …

Romania will continue to participate in the NATO Kosovo Force (KFOR), Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Bucharest. Basescu said Romania is maintaining its stance and does not recognize Kosovo’s unilaterally declared independence until Belgrade and Pristina reach an agreement.

Traian Băsescu a reiterat luni, la Adunarea Parlamentară a NATO, poziţia României privind retragerea trupelor ruse din Transnistria. De asemenea, a încurajat Republica Moldova să se apropie şi mai mult de NATO. “Reiteram, în acest context, susţinerea noastră pentru integritatea teritorială a Republicii Moldova şi

Ukraine and Moldova have agreed to intensify work on the demarcation of their joint border, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov was quoted as saying by the press on 4 October. He noted that on 26-27 September, Acting Moldovan President and Parliament Speaker Marian Lupu made an official visit to …