Friday, June 27th, 2014

Mircea Diaconu is the only Romanian MEP in ALDE Group of the European Parliament

Mircea Diaconu is the only Romanian MEP in ALDE Group of the European Parliament. He remains independent in the group where he was invited by its leader, Guy Verhofstadt, who guaranteed to preserve his independence in the future. According to the practices of the European Parliament, an independent MEP may join a political group. (RADIO ROMANIA reports)

Romania and Turkey welcomes the signing, which will take place in Brussels, of the EU Moldova Association Agreement

Romania and Turkey welcomes the signing, which will take place in Brussels, of the EU Moldova Association Agreement. State Secretary for European Affairs, George Ciamba, met with Murat Esenli, Assistant Secretary for European Affairs in the Turkish Foreign Ministry. According to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of State George Ciamba has also reiterated Romania's support for Turkey's accession to the European Union. Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced today that the executive will meet on Saturday, in a special meeting, to approve the draft law on ratification of the association agreement between Moldova and the European Union. (RADIO ROMANIA reports)

The 3rd edition of the annual Forum of the Danube Strategy opened in Vienna

The 3rd edition of the annual Forum of the Danube Strategy opened in Vienna, the most important annual event for the region of this river . The political signal of interest for the Danube Strategy has been formulated by the speakers of the opening session, the foreign ministers of Austria and Romania, Sebastian Kurz, respectively Titus Corlatean. Romanian Minister said that the purpose of his presence in Vienna is the political support for the Romanian projects. "The implementation of the Danube Strategy", said Titus Corlatean, "is the essence of success in terms of the desire to highlight the huge potential that regards Danube, weather we talk about infrastructure-related potential, navigability, trade, economic potential, port infrastructure that we want to modernize with European funding, weather we talk about research and here we have a remarkable stand which presents this project Extreme Light Infrastructure, the largest laser in the world to be built in Magurele, weather we talk about academic exchanges, travel". (RADIO ROMANIA reports).

Adrian Strugariu

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