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NATO's Rasmussen: Romania has a strong position inside NATO
Friday, May 24, 2013
Romania has a strong position inside NATO and the fact that Romania's ambassador to NATO Sorin Ducaru on Wednesday was appointed assistant to the NATO secretary general for emerging security threats is an expression of this fact, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told Agerpres in an ...
PM Victor Ponta is going to meet German Chancellor this summer
Friday, May 24, 2013
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta is going to have a meeting this summer, in Berlin, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Titus Corlatean, who participated, alongside the head of the Romanian Executive, in the events occasioned by the Germany's Social Democratic Party celebrating its 150 year anniversary.Attending the ceremonies in Leipzig was also the German Chancellor, Angela ...
Austria's Ambassador to Romania: Rebranding countries participating in EUDRS is needed
Friday, May 24, 2013
The countries that participate in the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region (EUDRS) must consider a way of rebranding as well as concluding public-private partnerships for developing this project, Michael Schwarzinger, Austria's Ambassador to Romania, told a specialist forum on Thursday. 'It is important to identify new instruments for making the Danube Strategy operational as soon as possible. An aspect that is as important as ...
Minister Liviu Voinea signs European declaration 'Time for a Fair Tax Agenda'
Friday, May 24, 2013
Minister Delegate for Budget Liviu Voinea together with the ECOFIN Social Democrat Ministers of Finance and Budget from France, Finland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Croatia, Malta, Italy and Belgium signed a joint declaration titled 'Time for a Fair Tax Agenda,' reads a release the Ministry of Public Finance sent on Thursday.The main subject of the declaration, which was published on the site of the Party of European Socialists, is the ...
Same companies as before submit bids for privatisation of CFR Marfa
Friday, May 24, 2013
Companies that submitted bids in the pre-qualification stage to purchase the 51 percent stake in the CFR Marfa (Freight) Railway Operator are the same companies that had submitted offers during the previous stage: SC Grup Feroviar Roman, Omnitrax INC and a consortium of private freight operator SC Transferoviar Grup and Donau-Finanz, reads the Romanian Ministry of Transportation.The Ministry of Transport on Thursday, May 16, 2013, ...
PM Ponta agrees on contract being terminated with Bechtel
Friday, May 24, 2013
The contract with US Bechtel company, concluded while Anca Boagiu was the transport minister, was an image deficit for Romania that did not allow the start of new projects on the same site, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Thursday.'The contract no longer advanced and the main problem, besides the image deficit, was the fact that we could not start off new projects on the same site. The idea of having a motorway to cross Transylvania is ...
Constantin Nita pays visit to Chisinau, to discuss energy projects between Romania and Moldova
Friday, May 24, 2013
Minister delegate for Energy, Constantin Nita, is going to pay a 2-day visit to Moldova, on Thursday and Friday, to discuss with Chisinau authorities about the energy projects between the two states.Minister Nita will have official meetings on Friday with interim PM Iurie Leanca and with the Moldovan Minister of Economy and Trade, also Vice Prime Minister, Valeriu Lazar. He will also join Valeriu Lazar in a press conference, according to ...
Important personalities of culture, art life, media, politicians to attend Bookfest 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
Important personalities of culture and art life, media, politicians, experts will attend the Bookfest 2013 International Book Fair, over May 29 -June 2, organizers inform. According to the Romanian Association of Publishers (AER) release, the 8th edition of the Bookfest International Book Fair, organized under the aegis of the Federation of Romanian Publishers takes place in the pavilions of the Bucharest-based Romexpo Exhibition ...
PM Ponta: Romania keen on cooperating on information exchange for the fight of tax evasion
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Romania is perfectly prepared and keen on cooperating on the exchange of information and on all interconnection measures for the combat of tax evasion and money laundering, Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Wednesday told a press conference delivered in Brussels, after the European Council meeting dedicated to energy and the combat of tax evasion.'As regards the fiscal policy and the combat of tax evasion, Romania has backed the view ...
Sorin Ducaru designated as assistant of the Secretary General of NATo for emerging security risks
Thursday, May 23, 2013
The NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen informed the North-Atlantic Council on 22 May 2013 in connection with this decision to nominate Sorin Ducaru, the Romanian ambassador to NATO as Assistant of the Secretary General for emerging security risks, on the basis of the results of the competition organised at the beginning of May ...
