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President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday in Suceava that the Greater Union should not be regarded as a "deserved inheritance or a well-deserved gift of history ," showing that Romanians should contribute to the project of an advancing Romania.

President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday in Suceava that the Greater Union should not be regarded as a " deserved inheritance or a well-deserved gift of history ," showing that Romanians should contribute to the project of an advancing Romania.

The Organisation of Canadian Nuclear Industries (OCNI) and the Romanian Atomic Forum (ROMATOM) have renewed their memorandum of understanding on nuclear power co-operation.

Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu and European Commissioner for Budget Gunther Oettinger on Tuesday met to discuss the major issues on the European agenda that will be managed by Romania while holding the six-month rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, with an emphasis on negotiations over the Multi-annual Financial Framework 2021-2027.

A few thousand people took part in a march in memory of the victims of the tragic fire at Colectiv bar, in Bucharest on Tuesday evening.

The event began in Square Unirii, where parents and relatives of the dead and the survivors came with flowers and candles to commemorate those who lost their lives in the tragedy three years ago.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Tuesday that Romania should follow the example of the other EU member states and seek consensus for the time it holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2019, stressing that political disputes should be secondary to that.

The head of the European Commission Representation in Romania, Angela Cristea, on Tuesday called on Romania's political leaders to agree on a "pro-European pact to meet the expectations of the Romanian citizens."

President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday laid a wreath in memory of the victims of the deadly fire that occurred in 2015 at Colectiv Club in Bucharest.

After laying the wreath and lighting a candle, Iohannis kept a moment of silence.

A commemorative march, called the "Guitar March," is scheduled for Tuesday,19:30-20:30hrs, local.

As many as 33,015 building permits for residential buildings were issued in the first nine months of 2018, up 4.4pct from the same period last year, according to data with the National Institute of Statistics (INS) released on Tuesday.

Senate President and national leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE), minor at rule, Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said on Monday he was giving a "serious" thought to running on the 2019 presidential election, adding that he has not make any decision yet.