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The spokesperson of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR), Hegedus Csilla, announced, on Sunday, that the round of negotiations with representatives of the National Liberal Party (PNL) and Save Romania Union - Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity (PLUS) at the Vila Lac have concluded, as the person of the Prime Minister could not be agreed upon, and thus the Liberals and USR PLUS w

Relations between Romania and Switzerland are showing a positive dynamic and the bilateral political dialogue has intensified over the last year, with the trade between the two countries expanding in the first four months of 2018 and the bilateral trade balance favouring Romania for the first time since 1990, Romania's ambassador to Switerland Vlad Vasiliu told AGERPRES in a recent inte

Yesterday the Swiss government announced that it will unlock more than 1 billion euros to continue to help the eastern and central European countries of the EU, reports sega. 

Pouring rain did not prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from taking part in a wreath-laying ceremony on the Day of Memory and Sorrow, which marks the beginning of the Great Patriotic War against the Nazis.
The wreath-laying took place on Thursday at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Alexander Garden outside the Kremlin in Moscow.

Switzerland's government says it will temporarily limit the number of workers from European Union member states Bulgaria and Romania who can access Swiss jobs, after an influx from the countries in recent months, according to The Washington Post, quoted by Focus  News Agency.

Neutral Switzerland will officially lift on Aug. 13 sanctions against Iran that had been suspended since January 2014, the government announced on Aug. 13, citing a deal last month between Tehran and six big powers to curb Iran's nuclear program. 

BERLIN - Peter Friedrich, Baden-Wuerttemberg's minister for the Bundesrat, Europe and International Affairs in the Bundesrat (Federal Council), has said that Serbia plays a crucial role in stabilization of the Balkans, adding that Belgrade has to work at full speed on normalization of relations with Pristina.

BELGRADE - Serbia and the German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg have reached agreement on the realization of a number of projects aimed to increase efficiency of Serbia's agriculture and food industry, implementation of European environmental protection standards, and cooperation between institutions of higher education.

BELGRADE - The memorandum on the promotion of cooperation between Serbia and the German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg was signed in Belgrade on Tuesday, after a two-days' work of the Joint Commission focusing on cooperation opportunities in tourism, IT industry, energy, water management, environmental protection, police work and education.

Both Houses of the Russian Parliament will approve a move by Crimea to join the Russian Federation.

This is the first official sign that Moscow backs the actions of the new Crimean authorities, which announced on Thursday the peninsula was seceding from Ukraine and would hold a referendum on March 16 to confirm the decision.