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Romanian defence ministry denies conscription amid conflict in Ukraine

February 28, 2015February 28, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania, Ukraine

Romanian defence ministry Mircea Dusa said on February 27 that there was no conscription underway in the country amid the military

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Europe 

Romanian president heads to Germany, to discuss Schengen

February 25, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis left for Berlin on February 25 on an official visit which is expected to have Romania’s Schengen

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Europe 

Bulgaria and Romania together can have a strong voice in the region and the EU – foreign ministers

February 20, 2015February 20, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Close co-operation will make Bulgaria and Romania’s voice better heard in the region and the European Union, Bulgarian Foreign Minister

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Foreign Minister speaks on relations with Skopje, interconnectors with Romania and Greece

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency energy, Greece, Macedonia, Romania

Bulgaria is concerned about the lack of dialogue between the government and opposition in Macedonia and will find a way

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Europe 

Another head rolls in Romania’s anti-corruption campaign

February 14, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Miron Mitrea, former Romanian minister of transport and once one of the strongmen of the ruling social-democratic party, was sentenced

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Europe 

‘The Lady’ of Romanian politics, detained in large-scale corruption case

February 11, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Elena Udrea, arguably the most famous woman in Romanian politics, was last night detained for 24 hours and taken into

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Bulgaria 

Nato command centres in Romania and Bulgaria draw Russia’s ire

February 7, 2015February 10, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Nato, Romania

Russia threatened to respond in kind to NATO’s February 5 decision to establish new command centres in six countries in

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Europe 

Dracula Park project floated again in Romania

January 30, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania wants to build a Dracula theme park in Transylvania, the head of the national tourism agency said, reviving an

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Europe 

Romania’s Schengen membership halted only for political reasons – president

January 30, 2015January 30, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania belongs to the Schengen area since the country fully fulfills all the accession technical criteria while all the other

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