Bahrain and Romania to bolster ties
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A PROPOSAL by Shura Council chairman Dr Faisal Al Mousawi to form a joint Bahraini-Romanian executive friendship committee was yesterday welcomed by Romanian vice-president Ioen Talpes during their meeting in ...
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STRASBOURG, France -- The European Commission recommended Tuesday that Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union next year _ but under some of the harshest terms ever faced by new members.
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Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said that Bulgaria and Romania&#039;s joining the European Union would strengthen stability in their western Balkan region.
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Documents purported to be transcripts of top-level ruling party meetings with ministers discussing intimidating opposition leaders and rigging votes in the Senate have surfaced ahead of Romania's Sunday ...
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Romania and Bulgaria will be ready to join the EU on schedule in 2007, according to a European Commission report on their progress.
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Pop by the Golden Blitz pub during happy hour, and you just might run into the president of Romania. He'll be the one huddling with a confidant, hamming for the cameras, or dancing a friend around the room. Traian Basescu &#151; unbuttoned, unorthodox, some say unpresidential &#151; is shaking up the political scene in this former communist country accustomed to colorless, aloof leaders.
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BRUSSELS -- The European Union gave the final green light yesterday to the second wave of its eastern enlargement, inviting Bulgaria and Romania to join the bloc in 2007 and agreeing to open entry talks with Croatia next March.
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Prime ministers of Serbia and Croatia said on Monday that further enhancement of cooperation between their countries is of great importance to stability in southeast Europe.
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The promise of a new French base in the United Arab Emirates is the latest sign that Arab Gulf countries are expanding their commercial and military contacts to bolster security without appearing too dependent on the United States.
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The winner of Romania&#39;s presidential election, opposition leader Traian Basescu, now has the task of steering his country into the European Union and of tackling endemic corruption.
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Bahrain has received bids from U.S. firm  Occidental  and Russian state-owned Zarubezhneft to  explore for oil in the kingdom&#39;s waters, the Gulf Daily News  reported on Thursday.
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The rather dull world of Romanian politics was shaken up in the last 10 days by two events that intensified the sparring between the government and the opposition: the surprise withdrawal of one of the main ...
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Ambassador of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Athens Fernand Kartheiser, who is also accredited to Romania, on Wednesday in Bucharest presented the priorities of the new Luxembourg presidency of the European ...
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GERMANY is to strengthen its security co-operation with Bahrain , especially in the area of police training and civil protection, German Interior Minister Otto Schily said yesterday.
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates inaugurated a technical support center in Bucharest on Thursday, saying he was confident that Romania's recent accession to the European Union would boost foreign investment and ...Comment
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As the United States begins to re-position its military forces to better combat the terrorist threat and deal with crises in the Middle East and Central Asia, Romania is trying to convince U.S. defense ...
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EU entry seems destined to change Romania's small-scale farming methods - and its landscape.