DIPLOMACY

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Teodor Melescanu, has recently stated that he made an offer to bring to Romania 1,942 refugees who are now in Greece and Italy. “Recently, I have made an offer for 1,942 refugees from Greece and Italy whom we can relocate to Romania. We already have about 700 refugees on our […]

The Republic of Indonesia will celebrate its 72nd anniversary of Independence Day on August 17th, 2017.  This day 72 years ago, the first President and Vice President of Indonesia, Soekarno and M. Hatta, declared Indonesia’s independence from the colonial’s rule. The day also marked the people’s commitment to bound themselves to the common identity as […]

Romania’s Minister-delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu announced on Wednesday that a free online problem solving network called Solvit has opened in order to resolve problems caused by faulty application of the European single market legislation. “Minister-delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu told a meeting of the Coordination Committee of the National System for the […]

Minister-delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu chaired a weekly meeting of the Coordination Committee of the National System for European Affairs Management in the context of discussing topics such as preparations for Romania’s presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2019 and Romania’s meeting the obligations regarding the transposition of European legislation, […]

Italy’s ambassador in Bucharest Marco Giungi said on Wednesday that more than 99 percent of the Romanians who live in Italy are very well integrated. While on a visit to Botosani, the diplomat said that the Romanians are fast at learning Italian and adjusted easily in Italy. Ambassador Giungi considers that Romanians who perform seasonal […]

Prime Minister Mihai Tudose and U.S. Ambassador in Bucharest Hans Klemm met on Tuesday, governmental sources stated for AGERPRES. According to the quoted sources, the head of the Executive and the U.S. Ambassador met during a working lunch. The two officials tackled several topics, among which the commitment regarding the allocation of 2 pct of […]

This year marks a special milestone for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as it is celebrating its Golden Jubilee on 8 August 2017 and its 40th Anniversary of Dialogue Relations with the European Union (EU). Fifty years ago, the then five Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand signed in […]

President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron will pay a visit to Romania on August 24 at President Klaus Iohannis’s invitation, the Presidential Administration announced on Monday in a press release. According to the quoted source, the discussions that will take place at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace will focus on the development and strengthening of […]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Melescanu claims that visas for Romanians travelling to the USA will be removed in one or two years, a working group of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) existing in order to apply the Joint Statement of the US and EU regarding the removal of visas. He mentioned that there […]

France’s President Emmanuel Macron will pay a visit to Romania on 24 August, French diplomatic sources confirmed for AGERPRES. President Klaus Iohannis had a meeting with his French counterpart on the sidelines of the European Council meeting in Brussels in June. “We had a first settled, bilateral meeting with President Macron. In a very brief […]