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Romania attended the Autumn
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Romania’s President, Klaus
\nIohannis, on Thursday attended the autumn European Council, alongside the EU
\nleaders. The focal points on the agenda of the summit were the refugee crisis
\nand securing the EU’s external borders. The summit, which initially should have
\nlasted two days, ended on Thursday night with an announcement of an agreement
\nbeing reached in principle between the EU and Turkey, on capping the inflow of
\nrefugees heading for Europe. In exchange for securing Ankara’s better
\ncooperation to contain the wave of migrants, the European leaders promised
\nTurkey visa waiver for its citizens, financial assistance and opening new
\nchapters in the negotiations for EU accession, a process that is now being
\nblocked. Turkey, the main gateway into Europe for the flow of migrants coming
\nfrom neighbouring Syria, is currently providing shelter to some two million
\nSyrian refugees. In another move, the European leaders decided to tighten
\ncontrol on the external borders of the EU and to find solutions to the
\nhumanitarian crisis generated by the conflict in Syria. Refugee-related issues
\nand EU reforms had been approached, ahead of the summit, by Romania’s
\nPresident, Klaus Iohannis, and the President of the European Parliament, Martin
\nSchulz. Iohannis said migration-related issues should be approached in their
\nentirety, in the areas where they emerge, and the EU should cooperate with all
\nthe refugees’ countries of origin and grant support to transit countries, such
\nas Turkey, as well as to the countries that are now providing shelter to
\nrefugees. <\/p>\n
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The new US ambassador to
Romania has made significant progress in fighting
<\/p>\n Romania
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Victor Ponta: The Republic of Moldova needs
Valeriu Streletz was also
Romanian Government gives facilities for
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\nBucharest has referred to the cracking down on corruption and the improvement
\nof the economic environment in Romania<\/strong> <\/p>\n
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\ncorruption and improving the economic environment, the new US ambassador to
\nBucharest, Hans Klemm, told an economic forum held in Romania’s capital city.
\nHe added that Romania must
\ncapitalize on its strengths and strategic advantages and serve as a springboard
\nfor investors in the region. On the
\nother hand, the US ambassador said Romania must break the cycle of
\npolitical influence in economic decision-making. He called on Romanian politicians to stop meddling in the
\nmanagement of state owned enterprises for political gain. Hans Klemm has also
\nsaid politicians should protect and publicly defend those prosecutors that
\npursue corrupt actors, and vocally support an independent judiciary. <\/p>\n
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\ngives loan to neighbouring Republic of Moldova<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nDeputies ratified a Reimbursable Financial Assistance Agreement, under which
\nthe neighbouring Republic of Moldova is given 150 million euros. The loan has a five-year
\nmaturity and carries the same interest rates at which Romania borrows from
\ninternational markets. The first installment, amounting to 60 million euros,
\nwill be transferred next month. While in Bucharest to attend the ratification,
\nthe Moldovan PM Valeriu Streletz thanked Romania for the constant support
\nprovided to Chisinau in various fields. He emphasised that this new loan will be used
\nto promote reforms and modernise the country. The PM of Romania, Victor Ponta, explained
\nthat the difficulties that the Republic of Moldova is facing at present are the
\nconsequence of Russia’s response to Moldova’s European accession aspirations. <\/p>\n
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\nfinancial support today, and it can only receive it from us. It needs it in
\norder to get through a difficult period, which, I’d say, they have been facing
\nespecially because of the economic sanctions imposed by the Russian Federation
\nin response to one thing: the fact that last year the Republic of Moldova
\nsigned the EU Association Agreement. <\/p>\n
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\nreceived by the head of state, Klaus Iohannis, who reiterated that the Republic
\nof Moldova can rely on Romania, at any time and to a substantial extent. <\/p>\n
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\noverdue tax payments<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\ncompanies that pay their overdue taxes to the Romanian state by March 31, 2016,
\nwill have their delayed payment penalties and some of the interest charges
\nerased, under an emergency order passed by the Government on Wednesday. PM
\nVictor Ponta emphasised that this was not a fiscal amnesty measure, but rather
\na form of supporting the taxpayers which failed to pay the amounts owed to the
\nstate budget by September 30, 2015. In order to benefit from this facility,
\ntaxpayers must lodge an application with the local tax administration office.<\/p>\n
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\nmissile defence system triggers reactions in Moscow<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\ndiplomats reacted to the accusations of a Russian Foreign Ministry official,
\nMikhail Ulianov, according to whom Romania breaks the Intermediate-Range
\nNuclear Forces Treaty (INF) by hosting elements of the anti-missile shield at
\nthe military base in Deveselu, in the south. The Romanian Foreign Ministry
\ndismissed the accusations as ungrounded and reiterated that this European
\ncomponent of the US missile defence system has a strictly defensive purpose and
\ndoes not target the Russian Federation, but rather ballistic missile threats
\nfrom outside the Euro-Atlantic area. Early this week Moscow called on the US
\nand Romania to reconsider the inclusion of Mark-41 missile launchers in the
\ndefence system in Deveselu. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry official,
\nthis would be a challenge to international security and will be viewed by
\nMoscow as a serious violation of the INF Treaty signed by the USA and the
\nformer USSR in 1987. <\/p>\n
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