Romania has a clear and very firm position, alongside the European Union and the United States of America of support for Ukraine, as the situation of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict is building up instead of settling, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said during a visit to this eastern Romanian Danube River port city on Friday. read more...

Romania’s candidate for a European commissioner position, incumbent Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos is welcome in the next European Commission, President Traian Basescu declared after the summit of the heads of state and government of the 28 EU states in Brussels on Wednesday night. read more...

Romania’s Foreign Affairs Minister Titus Corlatean is participating today in an extraordinary meeting in Brussels of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union concerning the situation in Ukraine. read more...

Romanian Senate Chairman Crin Antonescu has urged Ukrainian President Yanukovych to ‘immediately cease the bloody repression of protesters.’ read more...

Romania expects a favourable decision for its integration into the Schengen Area before the end of this year, Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Titus Corlatean said on Monday. read more...

Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta said he will discuss with US lawmakers the need to lift visa requirements for Romanian nationals travelling to the US, voicing hope that his arguments will be useful. read more...

President Traian Basescu said, on Wednesday, that the Republic of Moldova has no other option than the European track, emphasizing at the same time that, in Chisinau, there is an internal opposition to this process, which he cannot explain. read more...

Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta will be on an official visit to Germany, today and tomorrow, at the invitation of Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, to discuss bilateral relations, European and regional themes as well as Romania’s domestic policy. read more...

Romania has a strong position inside NATO and the fact that Romania’s ambassador to NATO Sorin Ducaru on Wednesday was appointed assistant to the NATO secretary general for emerging security threats is an expression of this fact, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told in an interview. read more...

Romanians are optimistic about the future of the European Union as well as about their country’s Schengen Area entry bid, reveals a poll conducted by IRES pollsters. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Tuesday sent a message to King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands congratulating him on the investiture, the President’s Office announced. read more...

Romania is and will be extremely committed to the process of European integration, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) Radu Podgorean told the Eurosfat meeting at the Parliament Palace. read more...

Pope Benedict the 16th will be retiring today from the Vatican, a difficult blow received by the Catholic Church, but also by the supporters of the European integrationism and globalization. The fact that several days have elapsed between the initial announcement and the resignation itself mitigated the shock and made the transition easier. Pope Benedict the 16th yesterday mentioned "the stormy waters" of his rule as a Pontiff, while saying that "God would not let the Church sink", during his last hearing in front of over 150,000 people gathered in the Saint Peter Square. "I am truly moved and I see the Church live", said the Pope, to the crowd's acclaim. read more...

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday, February 26, will pay an official visit to Copenhagen, during which he will have meetings with Danish Government head Helle Thorning-Schmidt, with Kingdom of Denmark Crown Prince Frederik, with Danish business community representatives, but also with personalities who marked the European politics over the past few years. read more...

The meeting of Romanian President Traian Basescu and Pope Benedict XVI ended with the two personalities exchanging gifts. read more...

President of the European Parliament Martin Schultz on Wednesday argued that Romania should be allowed to enter the border-free Schengen Area because it has managed to fulfil all the accession criteria. read more...

Justice Minister Titus Corlatean on Friday attends the meeting of the EU’s Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council, to be held in Luxembourg, where he is also scheduled to have official bilateral meetings with his EU counterparts. read more...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Marga will pay an official visit to the State of Israel from Monday till Wednesday at the invitation of his counterpart Avigdor Lieberman. read more...

Romania’s Foreign Minister Andrei Marga on Wednesday welcomed Germany’s ambassador in Bucharest Andreas von Mettenheim, who voiced Germany’s support for Romania’s accession to the border-free Schengen Area according to the schedule agreed upon, the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE) reports. read more...

Prime Minister Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu told EU ambassadors in Bucharest that Romania is interested in the organization of a European Council debate on the discriminatory attitudes towards European citizens, the government informed. read more...