Section: Agerpres (Romania)
Tennis: Simona Halep advances to 3rd spot in WTA ranking
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has climbed one spot advancing to the third position in the world ranking of professional tennis players (Women's Tennis Association – WTA), released on Monday. Halep, who is not playing in the first week of the year, follows Australian Ashleigh Barty and Czech Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) in...
Thousands attend National Day military parade in Bucharest
Thousands of people attended a National Day military parade on Sunday in the Arch of Triumph Square in Bucharest. From the early hours of the morning, people started pouring in on the route between the Free Press Square and close to the Victoriei Square, waving flags and colourful balloons. The parade debuted at around 11:00hrs, after President...
Patriarch Daniel in his service on St. Andrew’s Day: Through faith we keep our national identity
The Romanian people kept their national identity against the many migrant people, pagans, through faith, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Daniel, said in his service delivered during the Holy Liturgy held at the People's Cathedral on St. Andrew's Day. “We have two very significant days: November 30 is the day of our...
Romania does not share opinions whereby NATO is in crisis
Romania does not share the opinions whereby the Alliance is in crisis, Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu said in the meeting of the NATO foreign affairs ministers in Brussels, on Wednesday, according to a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). “Any process of reflection on the future of the Alliance must, in...
ForMin Aurescu underscores importance of strengthening cooperation between Romania and Poland in security
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, had a meeting on Wednesday with his Polish counterpart, Jacek Czaputowicz, on the sidelines of the meeting in Brussels of the foreign affairs ministers from the NATO member states, on which occasion he highlighted the importance of further strengthening cooperation between Romania and Poland in the...
Over 14,000 people visit autumn edition of Romanian Tourism Fair
Over 14,000 people visited Romanian Tourism Fair, the autumn edition, between 14 and 17 November, where a number of 236 companies from 17 countries presented their offer, the organisers have announced on Wednesday. According to Romexpo, this year, the fair had a 21 percent internationalisation rate, with representatives of the participating...
Bogdan Aurescu, picked for foreign minister (bio)
On October 24, 2019, Prime Minister-designate Ludovic Orban unveiled the composition of the Cabinet that he will submit to the Parliament for a vote. Bogdan Aurescu was picked for the position of foreign minister. Career diplomat Bogdan Lucian Aurescu, a former foreign minister (November 24, 2014- November 17, 2015), was born on September 9,...
Acting ForMin Manescu advocates East – West cooperation, as new global order is about to set in
Eastern and Western European states need to cooperate, and the EU should tighten the relationship with the US, because a new global order is about to set in, acting Foreign Affairs Minister Ramona Manescu on Thursday told the Bucharest Forum, an event organized by the Aspen Institute and the Bucharest Office of the German Marshall Fund of the US....
ForMin Manescu: Romania can become largest gas producer in Europe, which gives it security, independence
Bucharest, Oct 16 /Agerpres/ – Romania can become the largest gas producer in the European Union, which gives it security and independence, but also positions it as an important negotiation partner at European and global level, the Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister, Ramona Manescu, said on Wednesday, at the third edition of the Aspen Energy...
Romania 3-0 Northern Ireland in UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier
Romania defeated Northern Ireland 3-0 (0-0) on Monday evening at the Anghel Iordanescu Stadium in Voluntari, in a Group 8 qualifying match for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in 2021. Denmark are first, with 9 points (3 matches), followed by Finland, 7 points (4), Romania, 6 points (3), Ukraine, 3 points (3), Northern Ireland, 2...
