Section: Romania
Tennis: Simona Halep qualifies for third round at Roland Garros
French Open defending champion, Romanian tennis player Simona Halep qualified for the third round at Roland Garros, in the Grand Slam tournament in Paris on Thursday, after a three-set victory against Polish Magda Linette, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3. Halep, 27 years of age, third seeded, won after two hours and 11 minutes against an opponent of the same age,...
#EuropeanParliamentElections2019/Interview/UDMR’s Kelemen: Fate of some communities should be just as important as pig slaughter or cucumber curvature
Chairman of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) Kelemen Hunor argues that it is in the interest of the Hungarian community to be strongly represented in the European Parliament (EP) and mentions that his political formation benefited, in the electoral campaign for the elections to the European Parliament, from the support of...
In Brussels, ForMin Melescanu emphasises importance of EU’s Eastern Partnership
In Brussels on Tuesday, Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu attended a high-level conference of the European Union's Eastern Partnership that marked its 10th anniversary. According to a press statement released by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE), the event – organised by the European Commission and the...
#Europeanelections2019 / INTERVIEW / Ponta: Getting Dragnea replaced as Chamber’s speaker, a priority
Pro-Romania national leader Victor Ponta, a candidate in the elections to the European Parliament, tells AGERPRES in an interview that replacing Liviu Dragnea as speaker of the Chamber of Deputies is a priority for the party he leads. “A priority is replacing Mr Dragnea from the Chamber of Deputies (…) Actually, Achilles' heel is...
ForMin Melescanu talks in Brussels about need to continue reforms in EaP states
Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Melescanu attended on Monday the ministerial meeting of the Eastern Partnership (EaP), alongside his counterparts of the EU member states and partner states (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine), where he talked about the need to continue the reforms in the countries which are...
In Brussels, Iohannis urges EU to strengthen its Eastern Partnership
In Brussels on Monday, Romania's President Klaus Iohannis attended a meeting with representatives of the Eastern Partnership member states, advocating for strengthening this organisation. According to a press statement released by the Presidential Administration, in his speech, Iohannis referenced the importance of the Eastern Partnership,...
President Iohannis to attend in Brussels meeting with representatives of Eastern Partnership states
President Klaus Iohannis will attend in Brussels a meeting with representatives of the states within the Eastern Partnership, going to speak out for the strengthening and consolidation of this initiative, a Presidential Administration release informed. “President Klaus Iohannis will speak out for the continuation of the Union's...
iMapp Bucharest turns into an international video mapping competition – Winners League
The 6th edition of iMapp Bucharest will become an international video mapping competition – Winners League, with the most recent winners of international festivals of this kind to be invited to the Romanian Capital in September this year. “During the previous five editions, the festival drew a crowd of 300,000 becoming one of the most...
Pope Francis’ mass in Sumuleu Ciuc draws pilgrims from Rwanda, Pakistan, Madagascar, Namibia, Reunion
Pilgrims from Rwanda, Pakistan, Madagascar, Namibia or Reunion have registered online to attend the Divine Liturgy Pope Francis will be celebrating in Sumuleu Ciuc on June 1, father Olah Zoltan from the Alba Iulia Roman Catholic Archdiocese announced on Wednesday. He said that the registration on the official site of the event has ended and that...
President Iohannis congratulates newly-elected Ukrainian President: I am sure together we will strengthen bilateral relations
President Klaus Iohannis has congratulated the new Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski for winning the election on Sunday. “I want to congratulate you for winning the election and becoming the head of the Ukrainian state and to wish you good luck in your new mission. I also trust that, through dialogue and common actions, together we...
