Romania will play an active role in promoting and boosting the visibility of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) body’s Parliamentary Assembly on a European level, head of the Romanian delegation Mircea Ciopraga told the General Meeting of the BSEC Parliamentary Assembly held in Chisinau, the Republic of Moldova on Tuesday. Read the full story

Visiting president of the National Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas extended Romanian President Traian Basescu an invitation to visit the ‘Palestinian lands’, which Basescu accepted.
‘I assure you I’ll honour your invitation’, Basescu said at the joint press statements he and Abbas held after the bilateral talks on Monday. Read the full story

Romania’s Foreign Minister Lazar Comanescu will attend the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers (Gymnich) and the Conference of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs from the Barcelona Process countries due in Marseille, on Nov 3-4. Read the full story

Ambassador Traian Chebeleu has been recently appointed, by order of ForMin Lazar Comanescu, as representative with special prerogatives at the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE), for cooperation in the extended regions of the Black Sea, spokesman for the Foreign Ministry Cosmin Boiangiu told Agerpres on Thursday. Read the full story

PM Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said, on Wednesday, that the problem of salaries in state-run companies cannot be solved by strikes, he believes dialogue is good for that. ‘Such problems are approached during dialogue, they have to be talked about, as it is normal, and I am inviting the unions to dialogue, ‘ the prime minister said, during a visit to Prahova County. Read the full story