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Deputies’ Chamber Speaker Valeriu Zgonea, when exiting the polling station, said he voted for a prosperous, powerful Romania in Europe, respected both in Brussels and in Strasbourg. Photo credit (c) PAULA NEAMTU / AGERPRES PHOTO ‘I voted for a powerful Romania in Europe, respected both in Brussels and in Strasbourg, a prosperous Romania, with jobs, with the confidence that we can build the country we live in. I voted for some people whom I trust they have fought and continue to fight for us, regardless of the qualities we have, the preparation we have, the ethnicity we have, the religion
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Prime Minister Victor Ponta in Giurgiu (southern Romania) on Wednesday said that Romania’s adopting the euro currency in 2019 was an ambitious, but feasible objective, showing that the Romanian economy should be capable to face the competition in the Eurozone, meaning the fulfillment of all convergence criteria. Photo credit: (c) LIVIU SOVA / AGERPRES FOTO ‘Compared with last year, we fulfilled all nominal, not real, convergence criteria. I am very aware of this thing, beyond the economic growth, we have the inflation reduction, we have the public debt, therefore we fulfill the nominal convergence criteria, but we still haven’t fulfilled
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Romania will be the first country to ratify the Association Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova, Senate Speaker Calin Popescu-Tariceanu this Wednesday assured President of the Moldovan Parliament Igor Corman, while on a visit to Chisinau, AGERPRES special correspondent Dana Piciu reports. Photo credit: (c) Simion MECHNO / AGERPRES PHOTO “Moldova can rely on Romania’s full support for everything that related to its European path. I want to salute the great success of the visa system liberalization that benefits numerous Moldovan citizens and particularly young people, who naturally have a higher mobility. There will of course
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The exhibition “Radu Balescu – The Man and the Scientist” was opened on Tuesday at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), where the memory of the Romanian-born Belgian scientist was evoked by members of the Royal Academy of Belgium and the Romanian Academy as well as former close co-workers. Photograph taken at the “Radu Balescu — The Man and the Scientist” exhibition held in Bucharest in September 2012 Photo credit: (c) Sorin LUPSA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE AGERPRES correspondent Florin Stefan reports that among those that spoke of Radu Balescu as a scientist and a man were Paul Vandenplas, a member
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Citeva evenimente referitoare la viata sociala a comunitatii Romana Americana din Sudul Floridei au fost observate intr-o ultima scurta perioada de timp. Festivalul Renasterea a fost anuntat, un Consulat Itinerant a operat pentru prima data in Hollywood, Guvernul Roman a alocat fonduri pentru organizarea festivalului, Festivalul este anulat, un Sondaj pentru sprijinirea Consulatului Itinerant este deschis, Deputatului Parlamentar Dl. Mircea Lubanovici a venit in Florida sa sprijine functionarea periodica a Consulatului Itinerant. Si cu toate acestea, raspunsul comunitatii Romano-Americane este ca si neglijabil, neauzit. La apelurile si articolele de pe site-ul Ligii, www.romanianamericanleague.com, membrii comunitatii nu isi exprima parerea de
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As a continuing efforts to determinate the Romania Government to approve an Itinerant Consulate to operate on regular bases in Hollywood, Florida, Mr. John Banu, will travel next week to Washington. The Head of the Romanian Foreign Affairs, Mr. Titus Corlatean, will be at the Romanian Embassy to meet with members of the Romanian American Communities on April 29, 2014 During that meeting, Mr. Banu will have the opportunity to present the community desire and need for the presence of these consular legal services in their area. To document this request, members of the community are requested to participate to
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Broadband internet connections in Romania reached 3.8 million in 2013, up 7 per cent from the previous year, while 60 per cent of the individual landline internet connections allow data transfer speeds of at least 30 Mbps, according to the annual report released on Monday by the National Communications Administration and Regulatory Authority (ANCOM). Photo credit: (c) George CALIN / AGERPRES ARCHIVE Out of the total number of broadband internet connections, nearly 3.5 million belonged to individuals, up 8 per cent form 2012, while the number of broadband connections for legal entities levelled out at 340,000. On the other hand,
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The National Institute of Statistics (INS) has announced in a press release that it will offer free access to its TEMPO-online database to all users starting on April 15, 2014. Photo credit: (c) Cristian NISTOR / AGERPRES PHOTO ‘We are answering thus to the increasing number of requests coming from users such as the public institutions, representatives of the business environment, researchers and citizens. By taking this measure we ensure full and direct access to all our statistical information, while creating at the same time the conditions for the capitalisation of our entire statistical data archive. The detailed statistical information
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Intensifying the bilateral strategic partnership in the areas of policy, defence and security, as well as the progress recorded with the implementation of the bilateral agreement on the deployment to Romania of part of the US ballistic missile defence system were the main topics discussed by State Secretary for Strategic Affairs with Romania’s Foreign Ministry (MAE) Bogdan Aurescu and officials of the US Administration in Washington DC at the weekend. Foto credit: (c) Simion MECHNO / AGERPRES ARCHIVE MAE reports in a press release that at the White House, Aurescu met Special Assistant to the US President and Senior Director
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