Section: Romania
Artistic gymnastics: Bronze medals for Laura Iacob and Anamaria Ocolisan, in Osijek World Cup
Romanian athletes Laura Iacob and Anamaria Ocolisan won bronze medals on Sunday, in the balance beam and, respectively, the floor event, in the Osijek World Cup (Croatia). In the balance beam final, Iacob was ranked third, with 12.467 points, outrun by Ukrainian Diana Varinska, 13.000 points. and Barbora Mokosova (Slovakia), 12.633 points. Maria...
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...
Romania goes up in financial complexity index
Accounting and tax compliance has become more complicated in Romania in the last year, according to TMF Group’s Financial Complexity Index 2018. Romania ranks 17th in this year’s ranking, up from 54th in 2017. Accounting and tax compliance in Romania has become even more complex than in Venezuela and Ukraine. Of the countries in 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...
