News archive of March 2021

Romania’s Greens See Red Over Call to Restore Bear Hunts

The new Environment Minister has caused a storm by advocating a return to bear hunting as the best way to regulate the burgeoning population of these sometimes dangerous mammals.

Parliament to consider national, social security budgets at joint plenary sitting

At joint plenary sitting today, Parliament is scheduled to consider the draft versions of the 2021 national and social security budgets, with a vote expected on Tuesday. The plenary sitting starts at 16:00hrs, EET. On Saturday, the parliamentary finance and budget committees issued a favourable report on the two bills as submitted by the government. No amendments were adopted.

Azerbaijan warns Armenia against 'illegal' force deployments

Azerbaijan on Feb. 28 warned Armenia not to deploy new troops to its territories.

In a Foreign Ministry statement, Baku said that deploying its forces in internationally recognized territories of Azerbaijan was contradicting international law and the basic principles of international human rights.

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