Section: Agerpres (Romania)
Presidential adviser Aurescu meets US President’s adviser Bolton
Washington, May 24 /Agerpres/ – Presidential adviser for foreign policy Bogdan Aurescu had a meeting with Ambassador John Bolton, National Security Advisor of the United States, at the White House on Thursday. During the meeting with Ambassador John Bolton discussed were the most important aspects of the cooperation between Romania and the...
#DiplomaticCentennial Viorel Mosanu: Romania supports Minsk’s progress in achieving commitments pledged under Eastern Partnership
Romania supports Minsk's progress in fulfilling its commitments pledged under the Eastern Partnership, Bucharest taking on an active role in shaping the European policy towards the European Union's eastern partners, Romania's Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus Viorel Mosanu said in an interview to AGERPRES. The Romanian diplomat...
Tennis: Simona Halep, defeated by Elina Svitolina in final of WTA tournament in Rome
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world leader, was markedly defeated by Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, 6-0, 6-4, on Sunday, in the final of the WTA tournament in Rome (Internationali BNL d'Italia), with prizes worth 3,351,729 US dollars. Halep (aged 26) gave in after only 67 minutes to world no.4 Svitolina who successfully defended the title...
Film director Lucian Pintilie dies at 84
Film director Lucian Pintilie died on May 16 2018, at the Elias Hospital in the Capital City, the spokesman of this hospital unit, Silvius Negoita, told AGERPRES. Lucian Pintilie was born on November 9 1933, in Tarutino, Basarabia, today in Ukraine, according to the www.cinemagia.ro Website. He graduated from the Institute of Theatre and...
Senior official Ciamba reaffirms Romania’s commitment to supporting efforts to strengthen OSCE role
Secretary of State with Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) George Ciamba on Tuesday welcomed ambassador Marcel Pesko, Director of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's (OSCE) Conflict Prevention Center, to reconfirm Romania's decision to remain an active OSCE member. According to a MAE press statement, the two...
Tennis: Halep, Buzarnescu, Begu and Carstea, on the main draw of Rome tournament (WTA)
Four Romanian tennis players, Simona Halep, the world's leader, Mihaela Buzarnescu, Irina Begu and Sorana Cirstea, are on the main draw of the singles competition of the Rome tennis tournament (WTA), equipped with total prizes worth 3,251,720 US dollars, to kick off on Monday. Halep (26) will enter directly into the second round of the...
Hundreds of reenactors from Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Ukraine attend Roman festival in Alba
More than 300 reenactors from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Spain and Ukraine attend Roman Apulum festival in Alba-Iulia, an event that will take place until May 1 and already attracted more than one thousand spectators, most of them tourists. The largest reenactment type of event in Romania, which already became a brand for the city of...
Conference of European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) organised in Bucharest for first time
The conference of the European Alliance of News Agencies (EANA) is taking place for the first time in Bucharest, between 25-27 April, with the AGERPRES Romanian National News Agency being the co-organiser of the meeting. The theme of the conference in Bucharest called “News Agencies and Changing Markets Strategies for Developing New...
#DiplomaticCentennial Republic of Korea Ambassador: We have invaluable opportunity to accomplish denuclearization – a dramatic turnaround in world history
The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Bucharest, Kim Eun-joong talked, in an interview granted to AGERPRES, about the “invaluable opportunity” to accomplish denuclearization in the Korean Peninsula, to the benefit of the entire world. The statement comes in the context of the upcoming North Korea – South Korea summit...
INTERVIEW/Hodges (CEPA): We need you to improve infrastructure; equipment stuck two months for Saber Guardian
Romania must improve its road and rail network to ensure the efficiency of NATO operations, the former commander of the United States Army Europe, Benjamin (Ben) Hodges, stated in an interview for AGERPRES. Retired General Lieutenant Ben Hodges is presently the Pershing Chair for Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)...
