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President Iohannis to participate at the informal meeting of European Council in Salzburg
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
President Klaus Iohannis is participating Wednesday through Thursday in the informal meeting of the European Council in Salzburg, topics regarding migration, the EU internal security, as well as the latest developments on the UK's withdrawal process from the Union featuring on the agenda.According to a press release of the Presidential Administration sent on Tuesday, President Klaus Iohannis will advocate for the continuation of discussions regarding the Dublin ...
Second day of Three Seas Initiative Summit: Plenary session focusing on energy and digital interconnection
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The Three Seas Initiative Summit continued on Tuesday at the Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest with a plenary session focusing on energy, transportation and digital interconnection. The session was moderated by President Klaus Iohannis, who spoke to the press alongside his Croatian and Polish counterparts and US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. The Three Seas Initiative can strengthen the overall economic development and the consolidation of the European ...
Joint Statement for the creation of the Chambers of Commerce of the Three Seas Initiative
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The representatives of the national Chambers of Commerce of 7 participating states to the Three Seas Initiative (3SI) – Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovenia, have met in Bucharest on September 17, 2018, on the occasion of the first edition of the Three Seas Business Forum. On this occasion, they acknowledged the following as regards the 3SI objectives: It is an ...
Johannis : the Summit of the Three Seas Initiative is "a top level political signal"
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The list of priority interconnection projects presented within the Summit of the Three Seas Initiative is "a top level political signal", on Tuesday stated Klaus Iohannis, in a news conference at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace.The President delivered a joint declaration alongside his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, the Prime Minister of the Polish Government, Mateusz Morawiecki, and the US Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry."Romania's ...
Jean- Claude Juncker: investments make no sense without respect of the rule of law
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
EC President Jean-Claude Juncker has addressed the Three Seas Initiative summit’s plenary session on Tuesday, stating that Europe starts being breathless for it doesn’t breathe with its two lungs anymore, the eastern and the western ones. He proposed the focus should be put on cooperation, to use a common language for East and West.Juncker said the EU supports the Three Seas Initiative, while asking Romanian President Klaus Iohannis to encourage „new ways of ...
Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic: the final goal of this Initiative is to turn Central Europe into the backbone of the European Union
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The 3rd Summit of the Three Seas Initiative mirrors the determination to have a fully integrated European Union, a stronger economic partner in the transatlantic relationship, President of Croatia Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic affirmed on the second day of this summit."Thus, a stronger economic partner in the transatlantic relation, the energy corridors, the transport infrastructure, the modernization of our economy. By strengthening the transport connections, the full ...
Rick Perry: energy sector should not be used as a threat to national security
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The energy sector should not be used as a coercion means or as a threat to national security, US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry stated on Tuesday. He held a joint press conference alongside President Iohannis, Croatia's President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Prime Minister of the Polish gov't Mateusz Morawiecki on the occasion of the Three Seas Initiative Summit in Bucharest.We want countries in Central and Eastern Europe to know they can count on the United ...
President Iohannis and US Secretary of Energy Perry had a meeting to talk about mutual interest projects on economic and energy level
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
President Klaus Iohannis talked on Tuesday with the US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry about the importance of a transparent, predictable, fair and stable legislative process, aimed at attracting foreign investment in Romania, the Presidential Administration specifies in a press release."The meeting occasioned a deeper discussion about the dimension of the Strategic Partnership between Romania and the United States, with a focus on mutual interest projects, ...
Rick Perry: there is great potential among the states from the Three Seas Initiative with regard to energy
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry highlighted on Tuesday, in Bucharest, the importance of energy security and pleaded for the diversification of energy sources, bringing to mind the launch of a new initiative, the Partnership for Transatlantic Cooperation in the Energy Field, in the context of the Three Seas Summit that unfolded Monday through Tuesday in Bucharest.Within the Partnership for Transatlantic Cooperation in the Energy Field, the United States of ...
Austrian President :Energy security remains precondition to realise innovation growth,common potential
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Energy security remains a precondition to realise innovation growth and our common potentials, President of the Republic of Austria Alexander van der Bellen stated on Monday in Bucharest, in the opening of the 3rd Three Seas Initiative Summit."Providing energy security for European citizens must be our common goal, this requires diversification of energy sources and a diversification of transport routes. We need both," the Austrian president ...
PM Dancila met EC President Juncker
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Prime Minister Viorica Dancila met on Tuesday at the "Aurel Vlaicu" International Airport (Baneasa Airport) with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker upon his departure from Bucharest, where he attended "the Three Seas Initiative" Summit.The meeting, which was held in the official lounge room of the Baneasa Airport started around 13:00hrs and lasted approximately 20 minutes. Upon arriving at the airport, the head of the EC was greeted by Prime ...
Representatives of management structures from tens of sea ports participate in Executive Committee of ESPO
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Representatives of management structures from some 30 European ports on Tuesday participate in Constanta in the works of the Executive Committee of the European Sea Ports Organization (ESPO), the first event of its kind organized in Romania, dealing with challenges in sea transportation as well as legislative novelties at European level, according to the manager of the National Sea Ports Administration Constanta (CNAPM), Nicolae Dan Tivilichi.The event is also an ...
Gov't : Referendum on 6 and 7 October, from 7:00 to 21:00
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The referendum for the redefinition of family will take place on 6 and 7 October, from 7:00 to 21:00, says the gov't's spokesman Nelu Barbu, after an extraordinary sitting of the Romanian Executive on Tuesday.The question the citizens will have to answer, with Yes or No, is "Do you agree with the Law for the revision of Romania's Constitution in the form adopted by Parliament?" The spokesman added that the gov't allocated 163.712 million lei for ...
EBRD president: Slowing down structural reforms affects productivity of Romanian companies
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
The slow growing rate of productivity in the past years reflects slowing down of structural reforms in Romania. There are are still many business sectors where urgent reforms are needed when joining EU no longer represents an impulse for reforms as it was 15 years ago, said Suma Chakrabarti, the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in a speech held at the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest (ASE) on the occasion of his participation in the ...
Judges' Motivation: Liviu Dragnea adopts illegal, antisocial and immoral behaviour contrary to his position
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Supreme Court judges show, in the motivation to the prison sentence of 3 years and 6 months for Liviu Dragnea in the case of hirings at DGASPC Teleorman, that he had adopted an illegal, antisocial and immoral behaviour contrary to the public position he held. Magistrates say the social danger degree of his deeds is shown by the “way in which employees of public institutions accept to commit acts of penal nature, influenced and intimidated by the ...
Regarding the 10 August protes, Ombudsman Ciorbea to analyse of human rights legislation and proposal of amendments
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Ombudsman Victor Ciorbea stated on Tuesday that he will draw a comparison between the legislation in Romania and that in other countries on human rights matters, and then he will put together a report with the possible amendments that are required, and he will table these proposals in Parliament and the Gov't."We take note ex-officio, as of right now we will start the examination of the entire legislation with its two essential sides, starting from the human ...
President Iohannis, opening speech at the Business forum of the Three Seas Initiative Summit
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
President Klaus Iohannis Monday voiced his conviction, at the plenary session that opened the Business forum of the Three Seas Initiative, that the tools created during the summit in Bucharest will bring value to this informal platform, mentioning in this regard that there will be a short list of priority interconnection projects, fully compatible with the European Union's policies. " I strongly believe that the tools created on the occasion of ...
In the letter sent to Bucharest, President Donald Trump welcomes
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 17, 2018 I send my greetings to those attending the 2018 Three Seas Initiative Business Forum. Last year, I had the honor of speaking at the Three Seas Initiative Business Forum in Warsaw, Poland. During my visit, I reaffirmed the United States' strong support for the Three Seas Initiative and our shared focus on expanding infrastructure, enhancing business ...
Documents for the fathering of Chambers of Commerce network, Investment Fund inked at the Business forum
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
The officials of the Three Seas Initiative platform have inked on Monday Business forum of the at Romexpo in northern Bucharest, the Joint Declaration on the fathering of the Chambers of Commerce network of the Three Seas Initiative as well as a Letter of Intent in connection with the establishment of an Investment Fund dedicated to the same Initiative.Through the Investment Fund, estimated to be worth tens of billions of euro, a series of interconnection priority ...
Projects proposed by Romania at the Summit of the Initiative of the Three Seas
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Economically, the Initiative of the Three Seas means 28% of the European GDP worth 1,400 billion euro, for 114 million inhabitants. Even if in the area there were built over the last 20 years about 5,600 km of highways, it is still necessary, according to some international studies to have almost 615 billion euro for investments in infrastructure and logistics to get to the level of the western countries. In general, the big corridors of transport were placed in ...