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The chairman of the Azerbaijani Constitutional Court will visit Romania. The visit of the delegation headed by Farhad Abdullayev will last on Oct 14-16, the Constitutional Court said. The Chairman of the Romanian Constitutional Court, Ioan Vida invited Abdullayev to attend the 15th meeting of the constitutional court judges of …

An important thing in reestablishing the Moldovan-Romanian diplomatic relations is the appointment of new ambassadors in Chisinau and Bucharest, considers Eugen Revenco, program coordinator at the Foreign Policy Association.

Romania is interested in the South Stream project, Aleksei Miller, the head of Russia’s Gazprom said October 8. There were no talks conducted with Romania on the subject before. If Bucharest agrees, Russia will obtain more opportunities to implement the vital project. “It goes about the opportunity to build a …

Romania and Bulgaria want to build two new hydroelectric power plants together, Romanian deputy economy minister Tudor Serban said. A cooperation memorandum for the project will be signed “within a month”, he added.

Bulgaria is going to open a consulate in the city of Timisoara in the first half of 2010 in order to strengthen its economic relations with Western Romania. This has been announced by Bulgaria’s Consul in Bucharest, Yavor Stoyanov.

The cabinet of Romanian prime minister Emil Boc could be counting its last days in government, facing a motion of no confidence on October 13. The motion is expected to be backed by the Social Democrats, who withdrew from government on October 1. Social Democrat leader Mircea Geoana, who is …

Vice President Joe Biden will visit Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic this month, the White House said on Tuesday, amid fresh concerns over the U.S. commitment to eastern Europe’s defence. Biden will visit the three NATO allies from October 20-24 and meet with heads of state and government, parliamentary …

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said on Tuesday that he is ready to resign if parliament does not approve an IMF-required pension law in an upcoming confidence vote. “I’m putting my position on the line. Either the law is enacted, or the government steps down,” Boc, who heads the Liberal …

Around 700,000 public servants launched a strike on Monday in protest at the government’s decision to cut salaries and jobs in the public sector. Policemen, local authority workers, clerks, doctors, nurses, teachers, social-insurance personnel, public-finance clerks and prison guards have joined what has been called the largest protest in the …

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has taken the post of chargé d’affaires ad interim of education minister, media informed. Minister of Tourism Elena Udrea heads the Ministry of Environment, communications minister Gabriel Sandu was elected Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises, Commerce and Business Environment; economy minister Adrian Videanu will …