Old allies and strategic partners of the United States, Romanians have been waiting for years now to travel to this country without a visa.
The governments efforts to privatise a number of state-owned companies as part of its pledge to international lenders have so far seen little progress.
Victor Ponta also assured American companies that the Romanian judiciary would no longer be involved in political infighting
The European Union has taken new steps to tighten the security of its external borders.
A joint mission of international lenders is assessing in Bucharest the stand-by agreement concluded with Romania last month.
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta paid on official visit to Washington on Monday.
Romania will assist Washington with the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
Fierce debates around Romanias underground resources still hold the headlines, be they shale gas or gold exploitation using the cyanide-based technology.
Syrian-born Romanian physician of Palestinian origin Raed Arafat has been made a Knight of the French Legion of Honour.
Romanian MPs are discussing a draft road traffic code.
The European Commission has proposed that Albania is granted the status of EU candidate state and that Macedonia should start accession talks.
The parliamentary committee in charge of assessing the gold mining project in Rosia Montana has begun work on a draft law to settle one of the most controversial cases in the history of mining in Romania.
After 2-0 against Estonia in Bucharest, Romania qualified into the football World Cup playoffs, after a 12-year absence. Still, there is a long way to the final tournament in Brazil.
Energy and energy infrastructure are key elements of the “Europe 2020 strategy drawn up by the European Commission.
After this springs failed attempt to pass the petrochemical plant Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea into private hands, the privatization of CFR Marga, the freight division of the Romanian Railway Company has also been called off,
