Romania News

Romania supports the Greek position in the bilateral dispute between Athens and Skopje about the use of the name Macedonia, media reports said. Speaking after meeting his Greek counterpart Karolos Papoulias in Athens on May 27 2009, Basescu said: “The principle of good neighborly relations represents an obligation for all …

BUCHAREST Romania is committed to the European Union-backed Nabucco gas pipeline, but it will consider other projects if talks do not push forward, leaving a door open to a rival Russian project, a senior official said on Thursday.

Romania’s president has canceled a planned trip to Moldova’s capital Chisinau where he was due to take part in the South East European Cooperation Process, SEECP, on 5 June. In a statement late Wednesday, the president’s office said his participation is “no longer current,” due to the events following the …

BUCHAREST Despite existing disputes, the European Union (EU) should continue to seek cooperation with Russia in an atmosphere “not of influence, but of trust,” Romanian President Traian Basescu said here on Tuesday. 

Warsaw, POLAND Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and his Romanian counterpart Cristian Diaconescu discussed here on Wednesday the bilateral relations, latest developments in Moldova and energy security. 

Upon the initiative of Union of Armenians in Romania and RA Embassy, the Writer’s Union of Romania hosted the presentation of Contemporary Armenian Fiction Antalogy.

France is ready to help Romania build a new nuclear power station, President Nicolas Sarkozy told his Romanian counterpart on Monday. Several European companies including France’s GDF Suez, Enel from Italy and E.ON from Germany have expressed an interest in the contract to build Romania’s second nuclear plant.

BUCHAREST Prince Akishino, the second son of Japanese Emperor Akihito, and his wife Princess Kiko arrived in Bucharest Tuesday for a visit to Romania, the last stop of a European tour, the Japanese Embassy said. The couple is to visit the Japanese School in Bucharest on Tuesday, before meeting Romanian …

Moldova’s government accused Romania on Tuesday of wanting to annex the country and called on the EU to mediate in order to rein in Bucharest’s “aggressive policy”. “Since Moldova’s declaration of independence, Romanian leaders have spoken more than once without ambiguity about the inevitable absorption of Moldova by Romania…, the …

BUCHAREST, Romania The National Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office indicted Radu Timofte, former chief of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), on charges of fraud and forgery, media reported. The charges Friday (May 15th) stem from the purchase of an apartment from the country’s state protocol authority (RA-APPS). Prosecutors say Timofte failed to …