Section: Agerpres (Romania)
#DiplomaticCentennial Radu Liviu Horumba: “Georgia is actually a direct neighbour of Romania, through the Black Sea”
Romania and Georgia are planning to get to know each other better and to learn more about each other's history, to mark some of the important moments for the two countries and to develop bilateral economic cooperation, Romania's Ambassador to Georgia Radu Liviu Horumba told an interview granted to AGERPRES. In the year when Romania...
#DiplomaticCentennial Osman Koray Ertas: No other country bore burden of Syrian conflict as Turkey
No other country has taken upon itself the burden of the Syrian conflict like Turkey did, Turkish ambassador in Bucharest Osman Koray Ertas said in an interview for AGERPRES, in which the diplomat talks about the development of the events in Syria, the refugee crisis and the financial accord which his country has with the European Union....
Senate President Tariceanu: We must enlarge NATO’s presence on entire eastern flank territory
Senate President Calin Popescu-Tariceanu stated on Wednesday, within the opening session of the B9 Parliamentary Summit, that Romania feels the need to see that NATO's command structure is better represented in the east of the Alliance. “I hope that the Brussels Summit in July adopts decisions allowing NATO's presence on the...
Tennis: Ana Bogdan, through to Monterrey quarterfinals
Romanian tennis player Ana Bogdan qualified for the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Monterrey (Mexico), with total prizes worth 226,750 USD, on Thursday, after she defeated Spanish Sara Sorribes Tormo, 6-2, 6-3. Sixth seeded Bogdan, 25 years, WTA's 90th, concluded the game with the 21-year-old and WTA's 115th Spanish player in...
#DiplomaticCentennial Ambassador Brankovic: Excellent level of Romanian-Serbian political relations very hard to achieve at economic level
Romania and Serbia strive to get, in terms of economic relations, at the same “excellent level” of the political relations, but this target is “very hard to achieve,” Ambassador of Serbia to Romania and the Republic of Moldova Branko Brankovic said in an interview to AGERPRES. “The economic relations are good, but...
DefMin Fifor:Romania paying close attention to Black Sea developments, wants subject on NATO Summit agenda
Minister of National Defence Mihai Fifor, speaking on Thursday on the occasion of a visit to the 4th “Gemina” Infantry Division, said that Romania is paying close attention to developments in the Black Sea region after Crimea's illegal annexation by the Russian Federation and wants the subject to be entered on the agenda of the...
Romanian journalists with historical communities around Romania visit AGERPRES
Representatives of the Romanian language media with the historical communities around Romania visited on Wednesday the headquarters of the AGERPRES National News Agency on which occasion they were presented one of the most important projects of the agency launched this year, the “Great Union – Romania, at 100 years” documentary...
Senior official Ciamba, Polish Deputy ForMin Cichocki discuss common security issues
Secretary of State for Euro-Atlantic bilateral and strategic affairs with Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) George Ciamba on Wednesday welcomed visiting Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Bartosz Cichocki to discuss current affairs of shared interest in the field of common security. According to MAE press statement, the two officials'...
Russian Embassy calls Romania’s decision to expel a Russian diplomat ‘manifestation of collective political madness’
Romania's decision to expel a Russian diplomat in Bucharest – taken in the context of the chemical attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the UK – is probably “the manifestation of collective political madness,” according to a message released by the Russian Embassy in Bucharest on Monday. The comment is...
ForMin Melescanu pleads at FAC meeting in Brussels for EU to maintain support in its relation with Ukraine
Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu participated on Monday in Brussels in the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting, context in which the head of the Romanian diplomacy pleaded for the EU to maintain its attention and support, so that the process of implementing the Association Agreement / the Free Trade Agreement continue in the...