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20 June, 2009 |
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Commemorating 120 years since the
death of Romanian national poet
Mihai Eminescu
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5 May, 2009 |
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Official Visit of the Romanian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr.
Cristian Diaconescu, to Washington
(May 6-8, 2009)
Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian
Diaconescu will visit Washington DC
during May 6-8, 2009, to achieve a
first high level bilateral contact
after the new White House
Administration took office.
“This visit is extremely important
for Romania. We are resuming the
high level political dialogue with
our American partners after the
change in administration. Our goal
is to strengthen the strategic
partnership between Romania and the
U.S. and to identify new projects to
work on together, that reflect our
potential and the established
relationship which binds our two
countries”, said Minister Cristian
Diaconescu before his visit.
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Meetings of the Foreign Minister
with representatives of the Jewish
community in the USA
Meetings of the Minister for Foreign
Affairs of Romania with
Representatives of the US
Administration and Congress
Cristian Diaconescu – Hillary
Clinton Meeting
The Exchange of Instruments of
Ratification
for the US-Romania Extradition
Treaty and for
the US-Romania Mutual Legal
Assistance Protocol Signed in
Bucharest on September 10, 2007
Remarks at the Signing Ceremony for
the Protocols of Exchange of
Instruments of Ratification for the
US-Romania Mutual Legal Assistance
Protocol and the US-Romania
Extradition Treaty |
9 May, 2009 |
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The
EU
Open House Day
at the Embassy of Romania
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
From 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
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24 May, 2009 |
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Romanian Picnic
Sunday, 24 May
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20 May, 2009 |
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Central and South-East Financial
Forum in Bucharest
Bucharest, May 20 /Agerpres/ -
Taking place in Bucharest over May
19-22 on the future of money is the
sixth edition of the Central and
South-East European Financial Forum,
which gathers over 250 business
people, representatives of the
banking system and politicians.
Among the fields hit by the crisis
due to be in the focus of attention
at the forum in Bucharest are the
banking field, the access to
structural funds, private insurance,
regional investment.
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20 May, 2009 |
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ForMin Cristian Diaconescu pays
working visit to Warsaw
Bucharest, May 20 /Agerpres/ -
Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian
Diaconescu, during a working visit
to Warsaw, met with his Polish
counterpart Radoslaw Sikorsky on
Wednesday. The main topics
approached during the talks included
the developments in the European
Union's eastern neighbourhood, with
special emphasis on the Republic of
Moldova and Ukraine and the
bilateral cooperation, the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs announced.
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20 May, 2009 |
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President Traian Basescu praises
Japanese assistance during Romania's
transition
Bucharest, May 20 /Agerpres/ -
Romanian President Traian Basescu
and his wife Maria met on Wednesday
at the presidential Cotroceni Palace
Japan's Prince Akishino and Princess
Kiko, who are paying a four-day
visit to Romania.
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19 May, 2009 |
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Parent banks of the nine largest
foreign banks incorporated in
Romania reaffirms commitments to
Romanian subsidiaries
Brussels, May 19 /Agerpres/ - The
reaffirmed commitments of the parent
banks of the nine largest foreign
banks incorporated in Romania to
take action needed to support their
subsidiaries in the country, along
with the balance of payments support
package, will help Romania's banking
system to weather the current crisis
better, restore investor confidence,
and return the economy to a
sustainable growth path, European
Commission spokesman Mark English
told Agerpres in Brussels after the
parent banks of the nine largest
foreign banks incorporated in
Romania committed to support their
Romanian subsidiaries at a meeting
in Brussels.
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April, 2009 |
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The
Economic Recovery – A
Romanian-American priority at
The Romanian-American Strategic
Partnership Forum in New York
On Thursday, April 30, 2009, “The
Romanian-American Strategic
Partnership Forum” (RASPF) took
place in the financial district of
New York City, organized by the MIC
& Associates Company.
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April, 2009 |
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The message of Mr. Adrian Vieriţa,
Ambassador of Romania to Washington,
for the Romanian community in the
United States of America,
who celebrates the Resurrection of
the Lord
Dear friends,
On the occasion of Easter Holidays,
I am honored to address to you my
warmest wishes of health and
spiritual fulfillment.
May the light of the Resurrection of
the Lord bring to all of you peace
and the joy of grace and hope!
I wish you with all my heart a “Happy
Easter” with your beloved ones!
Christ is risen!
Adrian Vierita |
April 8, 2009 |
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Romanian-American Jazz Suite at
Princeton University on
Wed 04/08
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March 23-April 19, 2009 |
NATO comes to the Washington Metro
Marking its 60th Anniversary Summit,
NATO spotlights Allied efforts in
Afghanistan through a campaign in
the capital where the North Atlantic
Treaty was signed to found the
organization.
NATO will run a display campaign in
the Washington, D.C., Metro system
from Monday, March 23, through April
19, coinciding with the 60th
Anniversary Summit jointly hosted by
France and Germany in Strasbourg and
Kehl.
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March 6, 2009 |
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The Embassy of
Romania participated in the
“Grande
Fête de la Francophonie 2009”
The Embassy of
Romania in Washington DC
participated on Friday, March 6,
2009 with a presentation stand at
the “Grande
Fête de la Francophonie”,
a traditional event hosted by the
French Embassy on the occasion of
the celebration of the International
Day of the Francophonie.
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February 28, 2009 |
"Mărţişor" Party
ASTROM DC would like to invite you
all to a "Mărţişor" Party, a
beautiful traditional Romanian
celebration at the beginning of
spring. The old Romanian name for
the month of March - "Mărţişor" is a
reminder of the traditional custom
of celebrating the spring by wearing
red and white colored braids.
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January 31, 2009 |
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Romanian Evening
With the hope that the
first Romanian Evening,
organized on November 8,
2008, was really
unforgettable,
the Ladies’ Committee of
the Holy Cross Orthodox
Church together with a
group of young Romanians
haave the pleasure to
invite you to the second
edition of the “Romanian
Evening”, on Saturday,
January 31, 2009, from
6.30 pm to 12 am. at the
most renowned dance
studio Du-Shor in
Bethesda, Maryland.
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January 28, 2009 |
The
Association of STudents from ROMania
(ASTROM) is looking forward to
welcoming you at our first Romanian
Happy Hour of 2009. The event will
take place as usual, on the last
Wednesday of the month on January 28
from 6:00 until 9:00 pm at Gazuza
Bar and Lounge (1629 Connecticut
Avenue, NW).
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June 22, 2009 |
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PM Boc: The civil and
criminal codes modernise the Romanian society
Bucharest, June 22 /Agerpres/ - Prime Minister Emil Boc said on
Monday, after a meeting in which the Government assumed
responsibility before Parliament for the passage of the Criminal
Code and the Civil Code, that the two draft codes are
contributing to the modernisation of the Romanian society and
are upgrading the Romanian legislation in line with the European
Union requirements.
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June 15, 2009 |
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Negotiations
of new EU-Moldova agreement,
conditioned on Moldova's changing visa policy for Romanian
citizens
Brussels, June 15 /Agerpres/ - The General Affairs and External
Relations Council (GAERC) adopted the directives for the
negotiation of a new agreement between the European Union and
the Republic of Moldova and, at Romania's request, negotiations
will not start until Chisinau corrects its visa policy for
Romanian citizens, Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu said on
Monday, after the GAERC meeting in Luxembourg.
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June 12, 2009 |
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ForMin
Diaconescu: Energy, essential element of dialogue between
Romania and Georgia
Bucharest, June 12 /Agerpres/ - Energy supply will be an
essential element of the dialogue between Romania and Georgia,
with the two countries expected to approach the matter as part
of the regional dialogue as well, Romanian Foreign Minister
Cristian Diaconescu told a joint conference in Bucharest on
Friday with his Georgian counterpart Grigol Vashadze, who is on
an official visit to Bucharest.
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June 9, 2009 |
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Romania and
Italy back Serbia's European aspirations
Bucharest, June 9 /Agerpres/ - Romania and Serbia voiced on
Monday, on the occasion of the trilateral meeting
Romania-Italy-Serbia in Belgrade, their support for the European
route of Serbia and the visa-lifting for the Serbian citizens
until the end of this year.
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May 15, 2009 |
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President Basescu: Romania not to
stop upholding accession of Republic of Moldova to EU
Bucharest, May 15 /Agerpres/ - Romania will not stop upholding
the idea that the Republic of Moldova must be included in the
European Union, irrespective of how the relations between the
two countries will develop at a governmental level, and the
process of granting the citizenship will be speeded up, said
President Traian Basescu on Friday in the speech he delivered at
the official opening of the first Forum of the Local Authorities
in Romania and the Republic of Moldova, which is held in Piatra
Neamt.
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May 14, 2009 |
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Romania will witness a time of
resetting
Iasi, May 14 /Agerpres/ - Romania will witness a time of
resetting, Governor of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) Mugur
Isarescu told a news conference on Thursday in Iasi, advising
the country to 'make haste slowly,' because 'it takes some time
for things to settle down.'
'I believe a time of positive appreciations will follow in
Romania that will provide substance to economic growth,' said
Isarescu.
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May 10, 2009 |
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Government approves decentralization
guidelines for health care, police
and sports
Bucharest, May 10 /Agerpres/ - The
Government approved on Sunday last a
series of guidelines on the
decentralization in the fields of
health care, local police, youth and
sports.
In the press conference, given at
the end of the Government's meeting,
Premier Emil Boc stated that
decentralization is aimed at giving
tasks, prerogatives, accompanied by
financial resources, to the local
authorities for a better solution to
the problems people are confronted
with.
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May 8, 2009 |
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Hillary Clinton: Romania, one of the
most dependable allies and most
respected partners of the United
States
Bucharest, May 8 /Agerpres/ -
Romania is 'one of the most
dependable allies and most respected
partners of the United States', US
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham
Clinton stated on the occasion of
the meeting on Friday, in
Washington, with Romania's Foreign
Minister Cristian Diaconescu, MAE
informs in a release.
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May 7, 2009 |
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Emil
Boc: Romania conveys message of full
support for Eastern Partnership
Bucharest, May 7 /Agerpres/ -
Romania conveys a message of full
support for the Eastern Partnership
and the measures aimed at conferring
substance to it as soon as possible,
but the success of this initiative
decisively depends on the political
and practical commitment of partner
states towards its goals, Prime
Minister Emil Boc stated before
departing for the Eastern
Partnership Summit in Prague.
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May 6, 2009 |
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PM
Boc hopes economy to go smoothly
following agreements with IMF,
European Commission
Bucharest, May 6 /Agerpres/ - Prime
Minister Emil Boc said while
attending the opening of the SMEs
fair on Wednesday that the 13
billion euros borrowed from the IMF
will go to the National Bank of
Romania (BNR) with a view to
unfreezing lending, while the 5
billion euros from the European
Commission will finance the budget
deficit.
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May 6, 2009 |
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First
Romanian foreign trade web portal
Bucharest, May 6 /Agerpres/ - The
Ministry of SMEs, Commerce and
Business Environment (MIMMCMA), in
partnership with the Geneva-based
International Trade Centre on
Wednesday launched the first
Romanian foreign trade web portal -
www.portaldecomert.ro.
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May 4, 2009 |
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IMF
approves stand-by agreement with
Romania
Bucharest, May 4 /Agerpres/ - The
Executive Board of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) approved,
unanimously, the stand-by agreement
with Romania, for a period of two
years, worth 12.95 billion euros,
said Romania's representative to the
IMF Mihai Tanasescu.
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April 30, 2009 |
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Romanian ForMin Diaconescu addresses
OSCE, talking about 'prolonged
conflicts'
Bucharest, April 30 /Agerpres/ -
Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian
Diaconescu delivered a speech to a
meeting of the Permanent Council of
the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), as
part of a working visit to Vienna on
May 1, in which he mentioned topical
issues on the OSCE agenda, including
European security and the importance
of the participating countries
assuring that they meet their
pledges in the area of fundamental
human rights and freedoms.
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April 21, 2009 |
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European Commission formally
approves 5 bln euros in assistance to Romania
Bucharest, April 21 /Agerpres/ - The
European Commission on Tuesday
formally agreed to propose to the EU
Council to provide medium-term
financial assistance to Romania of
up to 5 billion euros. The proposed
European Union loan is part of a
multilateral package which will
total up to 20 billion euros, the EU
executive announces in a press
release.
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April 16, 2009 |
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European Parliament will take
new steps of solidarity with Romania, says Cristian
Diaconescu
Bucharest, April 16 /Agerpres/ -
Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian
Diaconescu met, on April 16, in
Brussels, with president of the
European Parliament Hans-Gert
Poettering, on which occasion issues
were approached on topical aspects
on the agenda of the European Union,
the situation in the Republic of
Moldova, in particular.
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April 15, 2009 |
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Romanian-Lebanese high-level
talks
Beirut, April 15 /Agerpres/ -
Romanian President Traian Basescu on
Wednesday said in a press conference
held in Beirut together with his
counterpart Michel Sleiman that the
main message he wanted to convey to
the Lebanese President has been one
of strong support for the
consolidation of the unity, the
independence, the sovereignty and
the territorial integrity of
Lebanon.
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April 14, 2009 |
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Traian Basescu: Accusations
against Romanian state are unacceptable
Bucharest, April 14 /Agerpres/ - The
attempt to externalize the origin of
the Republic of Moldova's domestic
problems and the accusations against
the Romanian State are unacceptable,
said on Tuesday president Traian
Basescu, in his address to the
Parliament's plenary sitting on the
recent developments in Chisinau.
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April 11, 2009 |
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Romania won the Grand Prix of
the International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva
Bucharest, April 11 /Agerpres/ -
Romania won the Grand Prix of the
International Exhibition of
Inventions in Geneva, the world's
largest market-place for inventions,
for its Roboscan 1 M - a gamma-ray
radiography system for trucks -
devised by MB Telecom, a fully
Romanian-owned company.
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April 10, 2009 |
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Future of Lisbon Strategy - a
new framework for promoting reforms
Bucharest, April 10 /Agerpres/ - The
head of the Department for European
Affairs (DAE), Minister Vasile
Puscas, stated on Friday, at the
conference 'Lisbon Strategy - the
main platform of promotion of
structural reforms', that the future
of the Lisbon Strategy will consist
in the creation of a new framework
for the promotion of needed reforms
focused on the long-term
consolidation of the European
economy global competitiveness.
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April 10, 2009 |
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Theodor Paleologu puts
forward projects to South-Eastern Europe culture ministers
Bucharest, April 10 /Agerpres/ -
Minister of Culture, Religious
Affairs and National Heritage
Theodor Paleologu put forward two
projects to the 3rd meeting of the
Council of the South-Eastern Europe
Culture Ministers held in Athens on
April 3; the projects, having got
the approval of all the
participants, were included in the
Council's revised Action Plan.
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April 9, 2009 |
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Romania calls for EU, NATO
solidarity to provide stability in region
Bucharest, April 9 /Agerpres/ -
Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister
Cristian Diaconescu on Thursday
called on the European and NATO
partners to show solidarity in order
to counter the slippages from the
democratic standards and the
international law brought about by
the Chisinau authorities, which he
said might be sources of instability
in the region. [[atop]]
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April 8, 2009 |
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Romania firmly denies
Republic of Moldova's accusations
Bucharest, April 8 /Agerpres/ -
Romania on Wednesday firmly denied
the accusations made by the
communist regime in Chisinau as
regards Romania's alleged
involvement in the protest actions
in the Republic of Moldova.
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April 7, 2009 |
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Romanian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs backs EU stand on Republic of Moldova
Bucharest, April 7 /Agerpres/ - The
Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(MAE) backs the stand of the
European Union voiced by the EU High
Representative for Common Foreign
and Security Policy Javier Solana
relating the developments in
Chisinau.
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April 6, 2009 |
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Romanian President and King of
Jordan talk about cooperation on
Iraqi market
Bucharest, April 6 /Agerpres/ - Romanian President Traian Basescu and H.M. King
Abdullah II of Jordan talked on
Monday, at the Cotroceni Palace,
about the possibility that Romanian
and Jordanian companies should work
together on the Iraqi market.
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April 5, 2009 |
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Traian Basescu: A new era has
started in the EU-US relationship
Bucharest, April 5 /Agerpres/ -
Romania's President Traian Basescu
said on Sunday, at the close of the
EU-US summit meeting in Prague, that
a new era started in the
trans-Atlantic relationship. The
Romanian head of state voiced
conviction, shared by many other
political leaders, that this
relationship will be very strong in
the period immediately ahead.
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April 4, 2009 |
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President Basescu: Romania has fully
reached its goals at the NATO Summit
Bucharest, April 4 /Agerpres/ -
Romania fully reached its goals at
NATO’s 60th anniversary Summit held
Friday and Saturday in
Strasbourg-France and Kehl-Germany,
President Traian Basescu said after
the meeting.
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April 3, 2009 |
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ForMin
Cristian Diaconescu speaks of
Romania's mandate at NATO Summit
Bucharest, April 3 /Agerpres/ -
Foreign Affairs Minister Cristian
Diaconescu said in an interview with
Agerpres that Romania wants NATO on
its 60th anniversary to show the
image of a solid organization, of
one that is relevant to the security
of the Euro-Atlantic space, an
organization that has available
efficient means to counter the
challenges facing the current
security climate.
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March 4, 2009 |
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BNR governor: We are doomed to
prudent optimism this year
Bucharest, March 4 /Agerpres/ - In
2009 Romania will have a moderate
economic growth, said on Wednesday
Governor of the National Bank of
Romania, Mugur Isarescu, present at
the meeting between President Traian
Basescu and representatives of the
most important banks in Romania at
the seat of the Romanian Banking
Institute.
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March 3, 2009 |
Cristian Diaconescu - Frank-Walter
Steinmeier meeting in Berlin
Bucharest, March 3 /Agerpres/ -
Moves to lessen the effects of the
economic crisis, the Danube River
cooperation and finding new projects
on environment, tourism and business
were the main topics tackled by
Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian
Diaconescu and German counterpart
Frank-Walter Steinmeier during talks
on Tuesday on the occasion of a
visit the Romanian minister is
paying to Berlin, the Romanian
Foreign Ministry said in a release.
more...
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March 1, 2009 |
Martisor - one of the most
representative of Romania's
traditions
Bucharest, March 1 /Agerpres/ - The
Martisor, a spring token, a tiny
adornment tied with a red and white
entwined cord presented on March 1,
is one of the most representative
Romanian traditions also adopted in
towns and cities, roots back 8,000
years, when people use to presented
each others red and white pebbles in
a string.
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February 28, 2009 |
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Cristian Diaconescu's visit to
Moscow, a new stage in
Romanian-Russian relations
Bucharest, Feb 28 /Agerpres/ -
Minister of Foreign Affairs Cristian
Diaconescu on Friday was on a
working visit to Moscow, during
which he made an assessment of the
stage of the bilateral relations, as
a whole, together with his Russian
counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
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February 8, 2009 |
Foreign
Minister Diaconescu attends Munich
Security Conference
Bucharest, Feb
8 /Agerpres/ - Romania's Foreign
Minister Cristian Diaconescu
attended, February 6-8, the Security
Conference in Munich, where he
voiced support for the Euro-Atlantic
integration of the Western Balkans,
reiterated Romania's stance on
Kosovo that the independence of this
Serb province should not be
recognised, and held a series of
bilateral talks.
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February 3, 2009 |
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Romania has attained its
strategic goal in the case on drawing a maritime boundary in
the Black Sea
Bucharest, Feb 3 /Agerpres/ - Romania has attained its
strategic goal in the case on drawing a maritime boundary in
the Black Sea, namely drawing an equitable line, that should
not be prone to interpretation and that allows Romania to
begin the exploitation of the hydrocarbon resources in the
area assigned it by the solution given by the International
Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Tuesday, the Romanian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release.
more...
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January 24, 2009 |
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President Basescu:
Unification of Romanian Principalities, moment of grace in
Romania' s history
Bucharest, Jan 24 /Agerpres/ - Romanian President Traian
Basescu said on Friday, on the occasion of the celebration
of 150 years since the Unification of the Romanian
Principalities, that the Unification in 1859 had been a
first victory in the battle to establish the national state.
more...
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January 21, 2009 |
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Romanian citizens' interests are
main focus of attention of foreign
policy, says Traian Basescu
Bucharest, Jan 21 /Agerpres/ -
Romanian President Traian Basescu
said on Wednesday, when he received
the diplomatic corps accredited to
Bucharest at the Cotroceni Palace,
that the interests of all Romanian
citizens were the main focus of
attention of the foreign policy as a
fundamental landmark of the
country's action.
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