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| Newsflash 16.04.2013 |
| (2013-04-16) |
| Last updated: 2013-04-17 14:03 EET |
Romania’s president Traian Basescu on Tuesday conveyed a message of condolence to US president Barack Obama following the bombings in Boston, in which American citizens were killed. The Romanian foreign ministry also expressed regret over the consequences of the explosions at the Boston marathon and voiced solidarity with the families of the victims and the American people. The Foreign ministry in Bucharest said no Romanian nationals were among the victims. The European Union, NATO and Russia have also condemned the bombings. US president Barack Obama said the attacks in Boston are treated as an act of terrorism whose perpetrators remain for the time being unknown.
The Romanian government will call for a vote of confidence in Parliament on Wednesday on a new bill regulating compensations for the buildings nationalised by the communist regime. The main provisions of the bill include restitution in kind, where possible, but only to former owners and their heirs, as well as financial compensation in the form of annual instalments. The opposition criticised the bill and threatened to introduce a no-confidence motion if the bill is passed or challenge it at the Constitutional Court. The changes introduced by the new bill were made at the request of the European Court of Human Rights, which has been stormed by Romanian plaintiffs in cases of this nature.
Bucharest is hosting a two-day meeting on the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, in collaboration with the European Commission. Romania is the initiator of the Strategy alongside Austria. Participants from the Danube 14 countries are seeking for solutions to integrate the goals of the Strategy into future national and regional programme utilising European funds between 2014 and 2020. The strategy is a community cooperation instrument for economic and social development in the Danube macro-region. Of the 14 Danube countries, 8 are EU members, and 6 are outside the union.
Romania’s defence minister Mircea Dusa travelled to Portugal on Tuesday for official talks with his counterpart José Pedro Aguiar-Branco on the purchase of F16 planes by Romania. The two officials agreed on the completion of negotiations by the end of June and reiterated the fact that Portugal and Romania are solid partners in the area of defence. They also agreed to resume the meetings as part of a joint committee on defence. Additionally, the two ministers discussed the situation in Afghanistan and the European Security and Defence Policy.
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