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Growth is not going to come from cutting costs alone ? it must come from private and public investment, the US ... [Jan 25, 2012] The US Ambassador to Romania, Mark Gitenstein, attending the Bucharest Stock Exchange conference dedicated to the One Year Anniversary of Fondul Proprietatea (Proprietatea Fund) Listing, yesterday blamed the lack of investors in the Romanian energy sector on ?the profits of publicly-owned enterprises being too often diverted back to state coffers or into the pockets of well-connected individuals ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian ambassador: Moldova, a ?soul project? for Romania [Jan 14, 2012] Chisinau/ Moldova.ORG/ -- ?The Republic of Moldova is an essential subject on the public agenda of Romania,? said Marius Lazurca, the ambassador of Romania to Chisinau in an interview for HotNews.md. According to him, there is no other country in the world besides Romania to have such close relations with the Republic of Moldova. ?That?s why, the Republic of Moldova will always be, the way ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Minister Leonard Orban: ?Prospects do not seem very optimistic?. [Jan 10, 2012] Denmark stand steady to welcome Romania and Bulgaria as full members of the Schengen area, said the Denmark Ambassador in Bucharest, Michael Sternberg at the press conference held yesterday to mark the beginning of the Danish Presidency of the EU, where the Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi and minister for European Affairs, Leonard Orban also took the floor. [via YahooNews] More >>

Jordan- Businesspeople, Romanian envoy discuss means to boost economic ties [Nov 20, 2011] (MENAFN - Jordan Times) Jordanian businesspeople on Saturday discussed with Romanian Ambassador to Jordan Bogdan Filip means to boost economic and trade cooperation between Jordan and Romania. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Ambassador: Union Filat and Voronin ? ?hypothesis, which awaits confirmation? [Sep 01, 2011] Romania admits and examines all the possible scenarios of the political situation in Moldova, including scenarios of change in the ruling coalition. This was announced on August 31 in an interview with the Romanian news agency Mediafax Romanian ambassador in Chisinau, Marius Lazurca. [via YahooNews] More >>

US, rights groups slam Romanian plan to evict Roma [Aug 31, 2011] The US ambassador in Bucharest and rights groups including Amnesty International on Wednesday slammed plans by a Romanian mayor to evict hundreds of Roma and pull down their improvised homes. [via YahooNews] More >>

US seeks extradition of Romanian suspects in eBay fraud [Jul 15, 2011] BUCHAREST (AFP) - The United States will seek to extradite 22 people arrested in Romania and accused of massive fraud on e-commerce sites eBay.com and Craiglist.org, the US ambassador to Romania said on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

US seeks extradition of Romanian suspects in eBay fraud [Jul 15, 2011] The United States will seek to extradite 22 people arrested in Romania and accused of massive fraud on e-commerce sites eBay.com and Craiglist.org, the US ambassador to Romania said on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

In his Independence Day speech, American Ambassador Mark Gitenstein praised efforts to modernise Romanian state ... [Jul 05, 2011] United States Ambassador to Romania Mark Gitenstein said on Monday that state reform and the existence of a solid democracy in Romania are top priorities for Washington in its ties with Bucharest. [via YahooNews] More >>

US Ambassador: ?Romanian officials request bribes from American investors? [Jul 04, 2011] In an interview granted to ?Adevarul?, the US Ambassador in Bucharest, Mark Gitenstein, stated that representatives of American companies already operating in Romania are faced with problems related to corruption, the lack of transparency or the unpredictability of the system. [via YahooNews] More >>

Leave a Reply [Jun 26, 2011] The Ambassador of the People?s Republic of China to Romania, Liu Zengwen, stated, on Friday, during a press conference marking the inauguration of the Mures branch of the Romanian-Chinese Friendship Association, that Chinese entrepreneurs were interested in investing in Romanian road infrastructure projects, Mediafax reports. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania summons Iran diplomat over missile shield comment [Jun 21, 2011] Iran's ambassador to Bucharest was summoned by Romanian authorities on Monday to explain claims in a news interview that US plans to build a missile shield were directed at Russia. [via YahooNews] More >>

US, Romania in 'complicated' F-16 talks: ambassador [Jun 02, 2011] The United States and Romania are in "very complicated" negotiations about the purchase of second-hand F-16 combat aircraft due to financing issues, the US ambassador to Romania said Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania commemorates Armenian Genocide victims [Apr 24, 2011] Armenian Ambassador to Romania: international community?s position on Armenian Genocide issue and the protest of democratic community will force Turkey into recognizing the Genocide. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania must sell of energy sector to end corruption: US [Mar 31, 2011] The US ambassador to Romania Mark Gitenstein on Thursday urged authorities to sell off the country's state-owned energy companies in order to uproot corruption and cronyism. [via YahooNews] More >>

Bucharest-Budapest row over controversial statement [Mar 18, 2011] The sentence, made on Hungarians? Day, referring to Transylvania was initially believed to have been included in a message sent by Hungarian PM Viktor Orban. The Hungarian ambassador in Bucharest said it had been a misunderstanding and he had nothing to delimit himself from. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ambassador holds city talks [Feb 23, 2011] The Ambassador of Romania has met with members of the local Romanian community, including a group of Romanian students, as part of an official visit to the Capital. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania aims to forge links with Scotland [Feb 23, 2011] ROMANIA'S ambassador to the UK has pledged that immigrants from his country will not be a drain on Scotland's social care system - and will instead work to forge trade [via YahooNews] More >>

Ambassador holds city talks [Feb 22, 2011] The Ambassador of Romania has met with members of the local Romanian community, including a group of Romanian students, as part of an official visit to the Capital. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ambassador holds city talks [Feb 22, 2011] The Ambassador of Romania has met with members of the local Romanian community, including a group of Romanian students, as part of an official visit to the Capital. [via YahooNews] More >>