BUCHAREST: Pakistan and Romania signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to enhance bilateral cooperation between the trade bodies as well as for the provision of educational scholarships to Pakistani students. The MoUs were signed during the visit of Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to Romania. A MoU was signed between the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of … Read more
Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday left for Bucharest on his official visits to Romania and Spain, Radio Pakistan reported. During the first leg of his visit, the FM will stay in Bucharest till tomorrow at the invitation of his Romanian counterpart, Bogdan Aurescu. Read more: Border fencing issue: Qureshi says positive response … Read more
PARIS: The euro on Saturday marks 20 years since people began to use the single European currency, overcoming initial doubts, price concerns and a debt crisis to spread across the region. Euro banknotes and coins came into circulation in 12 countries on January 1, 2002, greeted by a mix of enthusiasm and scepticism from citizens who … Read more
VELIKA KLADUSA: Huddled around cooking fires as winter looms in Bosnia, refugees are risking beatings and humiliation from Croatian police in the desperate hope of a new life in the European Union. Largely from Afghanistan, many of them have endured months or years of flight from war and poverty, only to be met by Croatian … Read more
Authorities of Romania have decided not to use the common “EU Traffic Lights” map to identify countries based on their current COVID-19 condition, instead use their own risk classification of risk territories. Other countries are categorized into green, yellow, and red categories as a result of this classification. The government of Romania has emphasized that … Read more
Romanian Health Minister Victor Costache has resigned and will replaced by his deputy Nelu Tataru, the prime minister said on Thursday without elaborating. Reuters reported that The European Union member state, which has recorded 906 coronavirus infections and 13 deaths, declared a state of emergency on March 16. Furthermore Hospital across the country have complained … Read more
A cargo ship carrying about 14,600 sheep capsized in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania. The crew, which comprised 20 Syrians and one Lebanese, were rescued along with just 33 surviving animals. The ship, named Queen Hind, overturned for unknown reasons on Sunday shortly after leaving the Romanian port of Midia. Supported by … Read more
Romania’s Klaus Iohannis looked set to be re-elected as president in the second round of presidential elections Sunday, confirming the pro-European trajectory of the eastern EU member. Thirty years after the fall of communism, the centre-right former physics professor is running against Social Democrats (PSD) leader and former Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, whose government fell … Read more
