Joe Biden, the Vice President of the United States is paying a visit to Bucharest on Tuesday and Wednesday to meet President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Victor Ponta for discussing the international community’s response to Russia’s ille...more »

The Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Titus Corlatean, had yesterday a meeting with the United States Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz, discussing about a possible assistance in view of updating Romania’s National Strategy in the Energy field. ...more »

Mykola Azarov, Ukraine’s Prime Minister announced his resignation earlier today through a media release, Ria Novosti informs. His announcement has been made within a special session of the Parliament where MPs gathered so as to reach a resolution in order to possibly overcome the inner turmoil. He explained his action as being a compromise meant to ensure the conditions needed to eventually avoid an even deeper political crisis and further violences....more »

Demonstrations continue in Ukraine, after the past Sunday’s riots in Kiev. Then, some hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians protested against the President, Viktor Ianukovych, and the Ukraine’s Government following the refusal to sign an economi...more »

Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta saluted the great cooperation between Romania and China and reaffirmed the support for China to build stronger cooperation relations within the EU, during the press conference held yesterday at Victory Palace on the occasion of the Chinese delegation’s arrival in Romania. Gathering some 300 representatives, the delegation lead by Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, visits Bucharest for the second edition of the China and Central-East Europe Economic Forum....more »

Titus Corlatean, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will represent Romania at today’s reunion in Bruxelles which gathers the ministers of foreign affairs of the EU member states, according to a minister’s informing....more »

PSD Deputy Gabriel Vlase, chief of the Romania’s Delegation at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) has been elected Vice-President of the assembly during its last annual session, the 59th, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Vlase’s appointment is a success of Romania’s parliamentary diplomacy, considering the central role the national legislatures have within NATO, reads a release of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs....more »

Barack Obama officially nominated Janet Yellen to succeed Ben Bernanke as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, the United States central bank. Yellen, who has served as Vice Chair at the Fed for the last three years, is considered to be 'exceptionally well-qualified' for that position according to Obama....more »

Italy faces a governmental crisis upon five ministers, all members of PdL (the Liberty Party), resigned last Saturday, the 28th of September....more »

EU might reintroduce visas for US and Canadian citizens willing to enter EU, in case US and Canada keep the visa-system for citizens of certain Member States, including Romania.EU Parliament has recently voted for changing the EU Regulation regarding visas, setting a reciprocity clause in order to determine US and Canada to waive visas for citizens of Bulgaria, Cyprus, Poland, Czech Republic and Romania....more »