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May 23rd, 2013 at 9:00 PM
The project of the president, dating since 2009, to modify the Constitution was rejected earlier this week by the Chamber of Deputies, after nearly five years since it was...

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Contract with Bechtel to be terminated on Monday, minister Sova says

Contract with Bechtel to be terminated on Monday, minister Sova says

May 23rd, 2013 at 9:00 PM
Minister for Infrastructure Projects Dan Sova stated yesterday that the contract with America’s Bechtel for the construction of the Transylvania Highway will be terminated...

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PM Ponta attends Germany’s Social-Democratic Party 150th anniversary

PM Ponta attends Germany’s Social-Democratic Party 150th anniversary

May 23rd, 2013 at 9:00 PM
PM Victor Ponta and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed to meet at a date to be established later on. The German chancellor is among the European leaders who criticized...

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17 injured in Bucharest storm,  blackout in dozens of localities

17 injured in Bucharest storm, blackout in dozens of localities

May 23rd, 2013 at 9:00 PM
The wind gusts had a speed of 70-75 km/h, there was torrential rain and some neighborhoods registered hailstorms. A Barcelona-Bucharest flight was redirected towards Iasi...

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25th of May, Argentina National Day

25th of May, Argentina National Day

May 23rd, 2013 at 9:00 PM
H.E. Mr Claudio Perez Paladino, Ambassador of Argentina to Bucharest: “Argentina commemorates on the 25th of May the day when the first national government was formed. It...

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Contract with Bechtel to be terminated on Monday, minister Sova says

Minister for Infrastructure Projects Dan Sova stated yesterday that the contract with America’s Bechtel for the construction of the Transylvania Highway will be terminated on Monday, the day on which the sum that the state still has to pay to the constructor will also be announced, Mediafax informs. “Everything will be over on Monday,” Sova [...]

17 injured in Bucharest storm, blackout in dozens of localities

The wind gusts had a speed of 70-75 km/h, there was torrential rain and some neighborhoods registered hailstorms. A Barcelona-Bucharest flight was redirected towards Iasi because of the storm. The Dambovita, Giurgiu, Brasov, Harghita and Sibiu counties were also affected. Several persons were injured in a powerful storm that started out of the blue yesterday [...]

AFRICA DAY

H.E. Pieter A. Swanepoel, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa and Dean of the Council of the African Heads of Mission accredited to Romania Tomorrow we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity/ African Union. The 50th Anniversary commemorations will be anchored by the theme “Pan Africanism and [...]

25th of May, Argentina National Day

H.E. Mr Claudio Perez Paladino, Ambassador of Argentina to Bucharest: “Argentina commemorates on the 25th of May the day when the first national government was formed. It is a celebration full of deep feelings, for that day in 1810 became a turning point in our history that marked the country’s life forever. Celebrating the 25th [...]

Energy strategy, to be finalized by year’s end

Romania could become the first European country to achieve energy independence, Aspen Institute President Senator Mircea Geoana stated. Romania’s energy strategy could be finalized by the end of this year, the first working meeting on this issue set to take place on June 10, Energy Minister Constantin Nita stated yesterday at the “Energy Business Summit” [...]

CSM approves prosecutor Calin Nistor as deputy head of DNA

Calin Nistor, nominated by the Justice Minister as deputy chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) has received yesterday a positive notice from the Superior Magistracy Council (CSM). The decision was taken with unanimous votes at the end of the hearings that took place at the CSM headquarters. “Following the analysis of the management [...]

Only a few days left until the opening of Bookfest 2013

Neagu Djuvara, Lucian Boia, Horia Roman Patapievici and Gabriel Liiceanu will each present a new publishing project at this year’s book fair. The Bookfest 2013 International Book Fair will open on May 29. Book lovers will be have the opportunity to meet some major Romanian cultural and artistic figures, as well as media personalities, politicians [...]

UEFA Executive Committee decides hosts for 2015 finals

The 2014/15 UEFA Champions League final will be staged at Berlin’s Olympiastadion, while the National Stadium Warsaw will hold the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League showpiece, uefa.com reports. The decision on the hosts of the major European club competition finals in two years’ time was announced by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in London [...]

UDMR congress on Saturday, at Miercurea Ciuc

The members of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) will meet tomorrow at Miercurea Ciuc for the 19th Congress of the party, which will have as main topic the modifications that will be operated in the Statute of the Union. The UDMR congress will not bring changes in the leadership, but will modify [...]

Bids for CFR Marfa filed by same companies

OmniTRAX, Grup Feroviar Roman (GFR) and the association formed by Transferoviar Grup (TFG) and Donau-Finanz GmbH & Co KG Austria have once again filed documents in order to pre-qualify for the privatization of CFR Marfa, being the only investors taking part in the process after the process restarted, Mediafax informs. The communiqué points out that [...]