Romania's government

President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday approved the nomination of Sevil Shhaileh for the post of Regional Development minister.

Fondul Proprietatea, a closed-end fund managed by Franklin Templeton, is set to be listed on April 29 on the London Stock Exchange, LSE, in a move to attract new investors to Romania.

Fondul will pay some 4.2 million euro for its secondary listing on the Stoke Exchange, according to the listing prospectus.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday pays a working visit to Strasbourg for a series of meetings with European high officials, informs a Government press release remitted to AGERPRES.

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"We want to continue to represent the interests of our community, meaning increased rights in education, justice and local administration," said Kelemen Hunor, who was reelected as president of the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians, UDMR at the weekend.

The role of the International Labour Organization (ILO) could be foremost if it became the core of political support and technical assistance that can be granted to member states, Minister Delegate for Social Dialogue Liviu Pop said on Monday, in the 323rd Session of the ILO Governing Body, taking place in Geneva.

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Magistrates from the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) on Tuesday night decided to place the former head of the National Agency for Integrity (ANI), Horia Georgescu, currently investigated for abuse of office in the National Authority for Property Restitution (ANRP) case, under preventive arrest for 30 days.

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The head of the National Agency for Integrity (ANI), Horia Georgescu, has resigned from office, his resignation following to be registered on Tuesday at the Cabinet of the Senate President, his lawyer, Cristian Ene, announced.

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The analysis of the activity of the National Defence Ministry (MApN) in 2014 is marked firstly by the change of the security environment in the extended region of the Black Sea, as well as by the growth of instability in the Alliance's southern vicinity, in the Middle East towards Northern Africa, Defence minister Mircea Dusa said on Tuesday at the institution's stocktaking report meeting.

Romania could reach the first positions in the European Union as regards the ecologically certified agricultural areas, given that the new National Programme for Rural Development (PNDR) took into consideration the introduction of an additional financial package for ecologically certified pastures and hayfields, the chairman of the Bio Romania Association Marian Cioceanu told AGERPRES on Monday

Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea on Tuesday said that the People's Republic of China has Romania's respect and friendship and voiced the conviction that the mandate of the new Chinese Ambassador in Bucharest, Xu Feihong, will further strengthen the friendship relation between the two states.

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