Romanian diaspora

Minister Delegate for Relations with Romanians Abroad Angel Tilvar on Saturday starts a four-day official visit to the Portuguese Republic.

Minister Delegate for Romanians Abroad Angel Tilvar met Israeli Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver on Sunday; they discussed matters concerning the community of Israelis of Romanian origin, a release of the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) informed AGERPRES.

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Angel Tilvar, minister delegate for the relations with the Romanians abroad, received on Wednesday Avital Leibovich, director of the American Jewish Committee Jerusalem (AJC) of Israel.

First Vice Chairman of the Liberal Christian Alliance (ACL) Catalin Predoiu considers that Titus Corlatean's stepping down as Foreign Affairs Minister is just a "smoke screen", and urges Prime Minister Victor Ponta to take over this portfolio as interim and sort out the issue of the diaspora ballot casting.

Tens of thousands of Romanians protested in cities across the country at the weekend in support of Romanians living abroad who were not able to cast votes in the presidential election on November 2.

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Some 18.3 million Romanians aged 18 and over are eligible to vote in the presidential elections. In total, 18,550 polling stations will open across Romania. Another 294 are available for Romanian citizens living abroad.

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Spokesperson of the National Liberal Party (PNL) Alina Gorghiu claims that Premier Victor Ponta, who is also running in the presidential election under the PSD-PC-UNPR banner, "defied" the Romanians in Italy and Spain and used the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Department for Romanians Everywhere in his campaign.

The representatives of the Romanians in Timoc Valley, Serbia, warned on Monday afternoon, at the Summer University held in Izvoru Muresului (the County of Harghita, central Romania), that the situation of this community is dramatic, as there are no schools, no media in Romanian, children do not speak Romanian anymore, Romanian priests are persecuted and aid from the Romanian state

Romanian prime minister visits Serbia

BELGRADE -- Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Thursday morning began his visit to Serbia with a meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić.