During his current state visit to Israel, Romania\u2019s president Traian B\u0103sescu has today been received by his counterpart Shimon Peres. The former expressed his conviction that Israel would do its best to ensure peace in the region. Traian B\u0103sescu also talked about the excellent cooperation between the two states in the field of military technology and the fight against terrorism, as well as cross-border crime. President Shimon Peres emphasised that peace is not easy to obtain and that Israel would spare no efforts to bring peace and development in the area. President B\u0103sescu is also having talks today with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n
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Romania\u2019s foreign minister Titus Corl\u0103\u0163ean is today attending in Brussels a meeting of the EU External Affairs Council which looks at major EU external policy issues, such as the recent developments south of the Union\u2019s borders, in particular in Syria and Egypt. The stage of Middle East peace talks will also be analysed, as well as the Union\u2019s role in the process. According to a Romanian foreign ministry press release, EU foreign ministers will also tackle the relationship with the Russian Federation in the run-up to the EU-Russia summit hosted by Brussels on the 27th and 28th of January.<\/p>\n
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The Romanian minister delegate for energy Constantin Ni\u0163\u0103 is today meeting with Moldova\u2019s prime minister Iurie Leanc\u0103 and the economy minister Valeriu Laz\u0103r in Chi\u015fin\u0103u. Talks will tackle energy projects, in particular the Ia\u015fi-Ungheni pipeline, which will interconnect Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The pipeline, whose building started last year, will be more than 43 km long and will be able to supply a maximum of 1.5 billion cubic metres of gas per year, which is more than what Moldova uses in a year.<\/p>\n
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The Association of Business People in Romania have called on the government to support, during its forthcoming talks with the International Monetary Fund, tax exemption on reinvested profit, an increase in funding for job-generating programmes and a lower salary tax to boost economic development. A joint mission of the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the World Bank will be in Bucharest between the 21st of January and the 5th of February.<\/p>\n
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The Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, seeded 11th at the Australian Open, has qualified to the tournament\u2019s quarter finals for the first time in her career. She defeated Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, number 8 in the WTA ranking, 6-4, 2-6, 6-0. In her next match, Halep will meet Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia, seeded 24th, who defeated the number 3 seed Maria Sharapova in the 4th round. The Romanian-Indian pair Horia Tec\u0103u and Sania Mirza, seeded 6th, have also made it to the quarter finals in Melbourne in the mixed doubles.<\/p>\n
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