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Romania, invited by US to join missile shield

Bucharest, Feb 4 /Agerpres/ - Romania has been invited by US President Barack Obama to join in the development of the US missile defence system, Romania's President Traian Basescu informed on Thursday after a meeting of Romania's Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT).

PM Boc introduces Gov't priorities to Senate

Bucharest, Feb 1 /Agerpres/ - Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday introduced the legislative priorities of the Government for the new parliamentary session, which include a fiscal responsibility law, the education law and the finalisation of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Civil Procedure.

The Romanian Ambassador speaks at the Harriman Institute

New York, Jan 29 /Permanent Mission/ - Ambassador Miculescu took part in Harriman’s Institute “Ambassadors’ Forum” at Columbia University, and made a presentation on “Romania – twenty years after history changed its course”. She had the chance to speak to academics – students and professors at Columbia, as well as to diplomats about the changes in Romania since the fall of the Iron Curtain, or, as she called it, “the evolution after the revolution”.

Teodor Baconschi participates in London Conference on Afghanistan

Bucharest, Jan 28 /Agerpres/ - Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi on Thursday participated in the London International Conference on Afghanistan, co-chaired by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Optimistic perspective for the Romanian economy in 2011 and 2012

Bucharest, Jan 28 /Agerpres/ - Romania will have a 1.3-1.5 percent economic growth in 2010, an acceleration in 2011, while in 2012, it will register a 5-6 percent increase, Mihai Tanasescu, Romania's representative in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) told a conference on economy development on Thursday.

Traian Basescu: We are ready to sign partnership to help Moldova with EU accession process

Chisinau, Jan 27 /Agerpres/ - Romanian President Traian Basescu on Wednesday stated that Romania was ready to sign a partnership agreement intended at supporting Republic of Moldova on its way to European accession, agreement under which the Bucharest authorities to use not only their political influence within the EU, but also their acquired expertise.

Measures to achieve budget deficit target helped unblock IMF and EC funds for Romania

Bucharest, Jan 27 /Agerpres/ - The key measure taken by the Romanian Government that has helped unblock the funds for Romania from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Commission related to achieving a deficit target of 5.9 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), IMF Mission Chief for Romania Jeffery Franks told a news conference on Wednesday, where he disseminated the conclusion of a recent review mission.

Republic of Moldova support group is launched in Brussels at Romania's initiative

Brussels, Jan 25 /Agerpres/ - Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi launched on Monday in Brussels the Informal Support Group of the European Union member states for the Republic of Moldova's European action, on the sidelines of the External Affairs Council, during a working breakfast.

Teodor Baconschi presents EU ambassadors main lines of Romania's foreign policy

Bucharest, Jan 22 /Agerpres/ - Chief of Romanian diplomacy Teodor Baconschi met on Friday ambassadors of the European Union member countries to Bucharest, presenting the main lines of Romania's foreign policy in the period to come. The meeting was organized by Spain's Embassy in Bucharest, in the context of this country holding the EU Council Rotating Presidency

Theodore Ahlers: World Bank further supporting Romania

Bucharest, Jan 21 /Agerpres/ - The World Bank continues to fully support Romania in its efforts to deal with the economic and financial crisis in close cooperation with the European Commission and the IMF, and also to advance the reform program for sustainable and equitable growth in the medium term, said the World Bank's Operations Director for Europe and Central Asia, Theodore Ahlers

Traian Basescu: Foreign policy key words - dynamism, continuity, predictability, pragmatism

Bucharest, Jan 20 /Agerpres/ - President Traian Basescu on Wednesday, at the annual meeting with the chiefs of the foreign diplomatic missions accredited to Bucharest, outlined the main directions of the Romanian foreign policy in the upcoming period.

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