The US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Victoria Nuland, visits Romania/ Romanian foreign minister, Lazar Comanescu, is attending the Foreign Affairs Council, underway in Brussels/ Cold snap is sweeping Romania
Most of all the men suspected of involvement in mass assaults and muggings in Cologne are North-African and Arab asylum seekers / The Romanian Government and the World Bank signed a memorandum on Monday in Bucharest
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In Berlin, the Romanian PM Dacian Ciolos and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed bilateral relations and Romanias prospects for joining the Schengen area.
German chancellor Angela Merkel says Romanian-German economic relations will expand if Romania continues to improve its legal system and fight against corruption.
The World Bank has upgraded its economic growth forecast for Romania / French police shot dead a man who tried to enter a Paris police station
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Romanias prime minister Dacian Ciolos travels to Berlin for talks with German chancellor Angela Merkel.
A retrospective of the main domestic events in Romania in 2015
2016 will not be an austerity year for Romania, says Romanian prime minister Dacian Ciolos/Most Orthodox believers, Greek-Catholics and Catholics are today celebrating Christmas Eve
Ceremonies marking 26 years since the Romanian Revolution of December 1989 continued across the country/The Romanian government postpones the enforcement of the law on insolvency procedures for natural persons
The anti-missile shield in Deveselu has become operational/ Romania's President has promulgated the 2016 state budget and social securities laws, respectively
Events marking 26 years since the first anti-communist protests continue in Timisoara./The anti-missile shield in Deveselu has been completed. /
Pay rises for state employees, smaller taxes and a significant economic growth is what the current technocratic cabinet inherited from the former leftist cabinet and the basic elements of the 2016 budget structure.
Moodys has improved Romanias rating from stable to positive/ The state budget bill for 2016 is being debated by the relevant parliamentary committees, with a final vote being expected in a plenary session of Parliament, next Wednesday.
