Gas.<\/strong> Romanian president Klaus
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Summit.<\/strong> EU accession candidate Ukraine is today
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Tax.<\/strong> The National Liberal Party, in
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Culture.<\/strong>
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\nIohannis today made an address in Baku in the presence of his Azeri counterpart
\nIlham Aliyev and the European
\nenergy commissioner Kadri Simson in the official opening of the ministerial
\nmeeting of the Advisory Council of the Southern Gas Corridor. In the two years
\nsince becoming operational, the Corridor has demonstrated its strategic
\nimportance for Europe’s energy security and is becoming even more important
\nnow, when Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has drastically changed
\nthe geopolitical context, especially in the field of energy, said the Romanian
\npresident. He also spoke about Romania’s involvement in ensuring European
\nenergy security, which can be achieved by expanding cooperation with regional
\npartners and diversifying the sources and routes of transport for the energy
\nresources. Romania is an important producer of hydrocarbons in Europe and
\nintends to develop this role with the help of the gas deposits discovered in
\nthe Black Sea, Johannis also said. Also today, during the president’s two-day
\nvisit to Azerbaijan, Romania’s and Azerbaijan’s state-owned natural gas
\ncompanies, Romgaz and SOCAR, are signing a new one-year contract from April. <\/p>\n
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\nhosting a summit with European representatives, a powerful symbol, according
\nto the Commission, for the support the 27 in the face of unjustified
\naggression of Russia. The president of the European Commission Ursula von
\nder Leyen arrived in Kyiv on Thursday together with the EU foreign policy chief
\nJosep Borrell and around 15 European commissioners. The president of the
\nEuropean Council Charles Michel is also expected, for talks aiming mainly at the
\nsteps towards the accession of Ukraine to the European Union, a difficult
\nprocess which Kyiv wants to speed up. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said
\nhis country deserved to start accession talks this year, but some EU leaders
\nbelieve the accession process may take decades. Ukraine is in any case to receive
\nsubstantial support from the European Union. A first meeting between Ursula von
\nder Leyen and Volodymyr Zelensky already ended with optimistic statements. The good
\nnews announced by the European Commission president refers to Ukraine’s
\naccession to a number of European programmes and a proposal to extend a waiver
\non customs duties on all Ukrainian exports for another year. Moreover, Ukraine
\nwill soon be able to apply for funding for various types of projects and a
\n15-point action plan was agreed for Ukraine’s access to the European single
\nmarket. <\/p>\n
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\nthe ruling coalition, issued a statement saying it firmly opposed the proposal
\nof the Social Democratic Party, also in government, to levy a 1% tax on the
\nturnover of big companies, saying this surcharge may lead to a rise in prices. We
\nwill not support the increase or introduction of new taxes or duties that may place
\na further burden on an economic environment that is already facing problems,
\nsaid the Liberals in the statement. According to the Social Democrats, a
\nsolidarity tax would see big companies pay a profit tax of at least 1% of their
\nturnover, as do all small companies in Romania. They are also saying that the
\ntax should be applied because many Romanian companies declare their real
\nprofits, while others find ways to pay less tax by declaring lower profits. <\/p>\n
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\nTwo well-known international actors, John Malkovich and Isabella Rossellini
\nwill come this year to Timi\u015foara, when this western Romanian city is holding
\nthe title of European Capital of Culture. The two actors will perform at the
\nMihai Eminscu National Theatre, Malkovich in June in the show Infernal Comedy,
\nwhile Rossellini at the end of November in Darwin’s Smile. (CM)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"