Section: Romania
Diaspora minister requests ‘positive reciprocity’ for Romanian ethnics in Ukraine
Minister-Delegate for the Relations with Romanians Abroad Dan Stoenescu stressed in his talks with authorities in Kiev the importance of the positive reciprocity principle for Romanian ethnics in Ukraine, the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) informed on Friday in a release to AGERPRES. …read more Source:...
Australian Open: Men’s doubles first seeds Tecau and Rojer get to a winning start
Romanian tennis player Horia Tecau and his doubles partner Jean-Julien Rojer (the Netherlands), the first seeds of the men’s doubles competition of Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, qualified on Thursday for the second round of the tournament after defeating Martin Klizan (Slovakia)/ Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukraine) 7-5, 6-2, in...
ForMin on relation with Russia: We must be pragmatic, there are points on which we can continue dialogue
Foreign Affairs Minister Lazar Comanescu said on Tuesday that Romania must be pragmatic in the relation with the Russian Federation, showing that, beyond the problems related to Russia’s intervention in the east of Ukraine, there are “specific matters” on which Bucharest and Moscow can continue dialogue. …read more Source:...
INSCOP: Spain, Romanians’ most liked country, Russia, least liked
According to a recent poll conducted by INSCOP and sent to AGERPRES on Wednesday, the countries Romanians like most are Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom. According to the poll, Ukraine, Hungary and Russia are the countries Romanians are least fond of. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian ambassador: Cutting natural gas exports to Ukraine not suitable for Russia
Ukrainian Ambassador to Romania Teofil Bauer said in an interview with AGERPRES that cutting the natural gas exports to Ukraine is not suitable for Russia and the declarations to this effect coming from Moscow are political. …read more Source:...
Regional experts launch ‘Prospective on Ukraine Crisis. A Trilateral Approach’ book for diplomats, security
The Centre for Conflict Prevention & Early Warning launched on Tuesday the volume ‘Prospective on Ukraine Crisis. A Trilateral Approach’, an instrument aimed at all the involved security structures and states as well as at the international community, so as to see what are the possible directions of development on the short-,...
Romanian Foreign Ministry: Ukraine deeply regrets officer’s assertions about Romania
Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry qualified as “surprising” the assertions of an Ukrainian officer about alleged territorial claims of Romania and expressed “its deep regret for this incident”, the Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) informed AGERPRES in a release on Friday. …read more Source:...
Coach overturns on A2 motorway; 2 killed, scores injured
A coach operated by a Bulgarian firm that was travelling to Ukraine overturned Saturday night on A2 Sun Motorway linking the Romanian capital to the Black Sea port of Constanta, killing two persons and injuring another 48. The passengers that sustained injuries were taken to Bucharest hospitals, but some of them do no need hospitalization, the...
Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu to have a statue in Donetsk
Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu, who led soccer club Shakhtar of Donetsk to their biggest victories, will have a statue in this Ukrainian city, the club reported on its website on Friday. …read more Source:...
Tennis: Patricia Tig qualifies for 1st time to a WTA tournament quarterfinal, in Baku
Romanian tennis player Patricia Maria Tig has qualified as a first to the quarterfinals of a WTA tournament, the 226,750-dollar competition in Baku (Azerbaijan), by defeating on Thursday Ukrainian Olga Savchuk 7-5, 6-4. …read more Source:...
