Romanian Parliament ratifies North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol


 The Romanian Parliament ratified North Macedonia’s NATO Accession Protocol at today’s plenary session. North Macedonia’s Parliament Speaker Talat Xhaferi attended the ratification in Bucharest and addressed the Romanian MPs. “Today, Romania has once again demonstrated its commitment, friendship and support to North Macedonia for its Euro-Atlantic path, enabling the development of a common future. Allow […]

Zaev visiting Bucharest 11 years after the veto


Prime Minister Zoran Zaev was in Romania on Thursday to welcome the ratification of North Macedonia’s Accession Protocol to NATO. At the place where Macedonia got a veto, which held the country out of NATO for an entire decade, he had a meeting with Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila. Romania has started the procedure for […]

The opening of EU negotiations with Macedonia is a priority for the Romanian presidency


Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Meleșcanu believes that the EU should prove its commitment to Macedonia and Albania by starting accession talks with the two countries. Meleșcanu presented the priorities of the Romanian EU presidency for the next six months before the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. Foreign policy, enlargement to […]

Thousands of Romanians protest against government in Bucharest


Tens of thousands gathered in the Romanian capital Bucharest on Saturday for a second day of demonstrations after more than 450 people were hurt and around 30 arrested in a huge anti-corruption protest on Friday. Massive crowds gathered in downtown Bucharest on Saturday night, watched by security forces as they chanted: “Down with the government” and “Justice, […]

Romanian PM Dăncilă: Successful referendum necessary for NATO and EU integration


The NATO membership invitation for Macedonia is very important for you, but it is also important for us. We support the country’s EU integration process, which in fact requires the name referendum in late September to be successful, Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă told a news conference in Skopje alongside her Macedonian counterpart Zoran Zaev. “My […]

Investigation underway as Romanian politician commits suicide


Romanian media report that a renowned politician of Romania, has allegedly committed suicide. Reports are based on information by the Alba County Police Inspectorate (IPJ) spokesperson, Luminiţa Prodan. On Wednesday morning, the Alba County Council Deputy Chairman, Alin Cucui “was found hanged (…) by his brother in his parents’ house”, adevarul.ro reads. As Prodan has said, “An investigation team […]