President Iohannis to attend opening of high-level general debate of 73rd session of UN General Assembly
AGERPRES special correspondent to New York, the US, Florentina Peia reports:
President Klaus Iohannis arrived at the United Nations headquarters on Tuesday to attend the opening of the high-level (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Southern Romania, among Europe’s regions most affected by temperature increases
South-Eastern Romania is among Europe’s regions most affected by the increase in average temperatures since the turn of the century, according to an investigation by the European Data Journalism (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Romanian sailor kidnapped by pirates off Nigerian coasts is marine chief engineer from Constanta
One of the 12 sailors kidnapped Saturday morning on board of the Swiss Glarus off the coast of Nigeria is the marine chief engineer of the ship, a 60-year-old man from Constanta, according to the (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Romania’s ruling party leader prevents PM from taking questions at press conference
Romanian prime minister Viorica Dăncilă accompanied Liviu Dragnea, the leader of the ruling Social Democrat Party (PSD), at a press conference he delivered on September 24, after a meeting of the (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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EC: Romania fails to collect VAT revenues worth EUR 6 bln per year
Uncollected VAT represented a EUR 6.13 billion loss for Romania’s 2016 budget, according to the European Commission’s data. The VAT gap in Romania, which is calculated as the difference between the (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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NGO opens first socio-medical center for children with incurable diseases in Romania
Hospice Casa Speranței, an NGO that offers full palliative care services, inaugurated on Friday, September 21, the first socio-medical center in Romania dedicated exclusively to children with (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Bucharest’s District 5 schools buy smartwatches with panic button
The Bucharest District 5 City Hall, through the schools in the district, has purchased some 5,200 smartwatches with a panic button. These cost RON 1.64 million (EUR 353,566) and were bought by (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Bucharest Centennial: Petre Antonescu, a remarkable Romanian architect of the last century
Romania-Insider.com has started a series of articles about Bucharest landmarks of architecture or history, which have witnessed the last century of what is now the Romanian capital, and (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Supreme Court’s Tarcea: Judges in this country who observe law at any risk
President of the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) Cristina Tarcea stated on Tuesday that the law is observed in the Supreme Court, adding that "there are judges in this country who (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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German Ambassador: Useful if entire Government distanced themselves from defamation of German minority
The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Romania, Cord Meier-Klodt, said on Monday that it would be useful if the entire Government distanced themselves from the defamation of the (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Sibiu invests EUR 4.4 mln in new art high school
The Sibiu City Hall will invest RON 20.4 million (EUR 4.4 million) in revamping and expanding a student dorm where it will move the city’s art high school. The new education unit will have 20 (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Press Review - September 25, 2018
Sep 25, 2018
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Taxes on fuel in Romania reach 50% of the price
Oil companies in Romania pay taxes amounting to 52% of the price of gasoline and 48% of the price of diesel fuel. Romania is thus in top 10 countries with the highest tax level on this segment (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Emirati group will invest EUR 500 mln to develop biggest farm in Romania
Emirati group Al Dahra, one of the biggest international groups in the agriculture and food sector, plans to invest some EUR 500 million in Romania in the next five years. The group recently took (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Romanian Senate Passes Offshore Gas Bill, Rejects President Re-Examination Request
Romania’s Senate passed again on Monday a bill regulating offshore gas exploitations in the Black Sea, in the form amended earlier in the day by an energy and economic committee, following a (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Romania’s Senate adopts anti-money laundering law
The Romanian Senate adopted on Monday evening, September 24, the law that transposes the European Anti-Money Laundering Directive into the local legislation. The form adopted by the Senate is, (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Game developers in Romania reached USD 156 mln turnover in 2017
The turnover of the game developing industry in Romania increased by 11.7% in 2017, reaching USD 156 million, according to data presented on Monday by the Romanian Game Developers Association (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Who is the only Romanian selected in Facebook’s 2018 Community Leadership program?
Atena Boca, the founder of a support community for young mothers called “La primul bebe” (At first baby), is the only Romanian selected this year in Facebook’s Community Leadership program, local (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Romanian Senate adopts amended offshore law
The Romanian Senate adopted on Monday, September 24, the offshore law, which establishes the rules for companies that extract natural gas from Romania’s Black Sea section. The bill has several (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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More flights on Bucharest-Timisoara route
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will introduce four new weekly flights on the Bucharest-Timisoara route starting October. Romanian state-owned airline Tarom will also have two extra flights each (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Romanian interior minister says probe against Gendarmerie heads is “intimidation action”
Romanian interior minister Carmen Dan said on Monday, September 24, that the prosecutors’ decision to investigate the heads of the Gendarmerie for the violent incidents in Bucharest on August 10 (...)
Sep 25, 2018
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Romanian brand "Flori de ie" participates in Paris Fashion Week
Romanian brand "Flori de ie" [Flowers from the Romanian blouse] is set to participate in the Paris Fashion Week over September 28-October 1, which is the most prestigious fashion event (...)
Sep 24, 2018
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Video Game Developers In Romania Post 12% Higher Turnover, Of $156M, On Year In 2017
Video game developers in Romania generated a turnover of $156 million in 2017, up 11.6% on the year, with more than 80 game development studios currently operating in Romania, of which more than (...)
Sep 24, 2018
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Legal professional body calls minister’s statement likely to harm prestige of judiciary
The Prosecution Section of the Supreme Council of Magistrates (CSM) argues that statements by Interior Minister Carmen Dan regarding the case in which the heads of the Gendarmerie are being (...)
Sep 24, 2018
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#DiplomaticCentennial / Romania’s ambassador to Switzerland Vasiliu: Romanian-Swiss political dialogue has enhanced over last year
Relations between Romania and Switzerland are showing a positive dynamic and the bilateral political dialogue has intensified over the last year, with the trade between the two countries (...)
Sep 24, 2018
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Prosecutor General Lazar replies to IntMin Dan’s statements: Prosecutors are conducting an impartial investigation
Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar on Monday stated, related to the case file concerning the intervention of the gendarmes during the August 10 protests, that military prosecutors are conducting (...)
Sep 24, 2018
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Regele Ferdinand frigate to participate in two Mediterranean Sea international missions
Regele Ferdinand frigate left the Constanta Port on Monday to represent the Romanian Navy in two international missions in the Mediterranean Sea, September 27 - October 24, in line with (...)
Sep 24, 2018
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SIF Moldova Sells Hotel Sport To Winners Park Invest
SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO), the second largest institutional investor of lender Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO), on Monday said it sold all the shares it held in Hotel Sport Company to Winners Park (...)
Sep 24, 2018
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UAE's Al Dahra Plans to Invest $500M in Romania in Five Years
Al Dahra Agriculture LLC of the United Arab Emirates, which recently bought Romania's largest cereal producer Agricost Braila, plans to invest $500 million in Romania in the next five (...)
Sep 24, 2018
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Pro Romania’s Ponta asks replacement of criminally prosecuted gendarmes: Minister’s stand, an abuse
Pro Romania demands the replacement of the Gendarmerie chiefs against whom the prosecution was started in the case of the 10 August protest, and this structure should be removed from the (...)
Sep 24, 2018
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