Romania prepares pullout of troops from Iraq, Melescanu says
January 19, 2008
Caretaker Defence Minister Teodor Melescanu said, on Friday, in Iasi, eastern Romania, that Romania was preparing the pullout of its troops from Iraq, after the NATO summit due in Bucharest, it will next offer only consultancy, Melescanu added. Read more
Romania and Bulgaria set 2011 as year of their accession to Schengen space
January 19, 2008
Romania and Bulgaria consider 2011 will be the year of their common accession to the Schengen space, with the steps for the move to be taken in close cooperation, says a Common Romania-Bulgaria Declaration, which is to be signed by the interior ministers of the two countries and submitted to the General Secretariat of the EU Council, on the occasion of the Justice and Home Affairs Council due in Brno, Jan. 24-25. Read more
Caretaker Foreign Minister returns to Presidency files on ministers’ investigation
January 18, 2008
Caretaker Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu on Friday remitted to the Presidency a letter specifying he cannot refer to the Prosecution Office the documentation on the start of the prosecution of eight former and current ministers, because it is incomplete, consisting only of the reports of the trial prosecutors and of the institution’s department head prosecutors, whilst the actual files are missing. Read more
Catalin Avramescu, state counselor with the Presidential Chancellery
January 18, 2008
Journalist Catalin Avramescu was appointed state counselor with the Chancellery of Romania’s President Traian Basescu Read more
Black Sea ports closed due to fog
January 18, 2008
Three Romanian Black Sea ports and the Canal linking the Danube River to the Black Sea were closed early on Friday due to the thick fog, the Rompres correspondent reported. Read more
