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Romania's tourist brand launched at Expo 2010 in Shanghai

Bucharest, July 29 / Agerpres / - 'Romania's tourist brand, under the slogan 'Explore the Carpathian Garden', was launched Thursday at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. The new logo and slogan under which Romania will be promoted as a tourist destination in the coming years have also been presented at the event. The leaf - a graphic element powerfully anchored in Romania's nature and tradition, brings the brand's visual identity into relief. The entire graphical symbol is intended to suggest the Variety of Romania's specific geographical features and the primary elements: earth, water, the wild, adventure, dynamism.

ForMin Baconschi and Minister Udrea, along with Nadia Comaneci, Gheorghe Hagi and Ilie Nastase at EXPO Shanghai 2010

Bucharest, July 28 /Agerpres/ - Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi is in Shanghai over July 28-30, to attend the events of Romania's National Day at EXPO 2010, due to be celebrated on Thursday July 29.

Romania campaigns in Brussels for European approach of Roma issues

Brussels, July 26 /Agerpres/ - At a meeting of the European Union's General Affairs Council on Monday in Brussels, Romania campaigned for the need for a European approach of the Roma integration issue, Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi told a news conference at the end of the meeting.

Equal autonomy for all Romanian citizens, regardless of ethnicity

Bucharest, July 25 /Agerpres/ - President Traian Basescu, attending on Saturday, July 24, the debates at the Tusvanyos Summer University in Tusnad (Harghita County, center Romania), said that he supports the process of decentralization and sticks to his conviction that all Romanian citizens must enjoy equal autonomy, regardless of ethnicity.

Romania's Pavilion at EXPO 2010, visited by two million people

Bucharest, July 24 /Agerpres/ - Romania's Commissioner General at EXPO 2010, Ferdinand Nagy, on Saturday awarded the visitor number 2,000,000 at the Romanian Pavilion - Greenopolis. According to a press release of the Foreign Ministry, Han Liang, who lives near Shanghai, won, on this occasion, a holiday for two people in Romania.

ForMin Baconschi: out of the 192 UN member states only 69 have stated themselves in favour of recognising Kosovo

Bucharest, July 23 /Agerpres/ - Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi on Friday said that two thirds of the international community has not recognised Kosovo, a stance that Romania has steadily taken. "Currently, a majority of the EU member states recognise Kosovo. At the same time, in the international community, out of the 192 UN member states only 69 have stated themselves in favour of recognising this entity," Baconschi said in a statement at the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) on Friday evening.

ForMin Baconschi reiterates in Kabul Romania's commitment to Afghanistan reconstruction and stabilization

Bucharest, July 21 /Agerpres/ - Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi participated on Tuesday, July 20, in Kabul, in the International Conference on Afghanistan, occasion to reaffirm Romania's firm commitment to Afghanistan reconstruction and consolidation.

The Ambassador of Romania meets with a team of cyclists who will ride to Romania in a fundraising campaign

Embassy of Romania – London / The Ambassador of Romania to the UK , Dr Ion Jinga, met with the members of a cycling team who will ride between-18 of August 2010 from London to Timisoara ( Romania ) in a fundraising campaign.

State Secretary Bogdan Aurescu participates in informal meeting of OSCE

Bucharest, July 17 /Agerpres/ - State Secretary for Strategic Affairs Bogdan Aurescu, on July 16-17, headed Romania's delegation attending the informal foreign ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan, which is currently holding the rotating presidency of the organization.

MAE: Romania's wish to encourage Republic of Moldova's European development is quite natural

Bucharest, July 16 /Agerpres/ - Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Romania's wish to encourage the Republic of Moldova's European development is quite natural, with the response coming after an item carried by German Der Spiegel publication said Romania "generously" offers Romanian passports to its eastern neighbours.

Basescu, Grybauskaite discuss energy cooperation in Baltic Sea, Black Sea

Bucharest, July 14 /Agerpres/ - The cooperation on energy in the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea area was one of the topics approached during the talks held by Romanian President Traian Basescu and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite on the occasion of a one-day official visit paid by the Romanian leader to Vilnius on Wednesday.

Bogdan Aurescu: Romania is involved in struggle against information criminality

Bucharest, July 13 /Agerpres/ - State Secretary for Strategic Affairs with the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu said on Tuesday, in the opening of the conference on "Models and approaches in combating information criminality and in digital investigations", that the Romanian State was involved in combating information criminality by giving extensive institutional support to a Romanian-Swiss cooperation project being put into practice.

Ceremony marking the bestowal of a National Order

Embassy of Romania – London/ On July 8, 2010, the Embassy of Romania in London has organized a ceremony marking the bestowal of an honour by the President of Romania, Mr Traian Băsescu, on The Rt. Hon. Lord Lamont of Lerwick.

The Enescu Society organized the Grand Finale of the 2009/2010 concert season

Embassy of Romania-London/ On July 1st, 2010, in the presence of Mr Horia-Roman Patapievici, President of the Romanian Cultural Institute, recently appointed as President of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), and in the presence of HE Dr Ion Jinga, the Ambassador of Romania to the United Kingdom, the Enescu Musical Society organized the Grand Finale Concert of the 2009/2010 season performed by the Schubert Ensemble.

Meeting of the Steering Committee of the 3rd edition of the Conference for Romanian Students, Professors and Researchers

Embassy of Romania-London/ On 2 July 2010, took place the first meeting of the Steering Committee of the Conference for Romanian Students, Professors and Researchers, 3rd edition, to be hosted by the Embassy of Romania in London on 23 October 2010.

The Ambassador of Romania to the UK’s official visit to Scotland

Embassy of Romania-London/ The Ambassador of Romania, Dr Ion Jinga, paid an official visit to Scotland, between 22nd - 26th of June 2010. This is the Ambassador’s third visit to Scotland since he was appointed in March 2008, the previous two being dedicated to the opening of the Honorary Consulate of Romania in Aberdeen and to a better understanding of the needs of the Romanians living in the region.

City Skills for Life: Romanian project at the London Festival of Architecture 2010

Embassy of Romania in London/On the 21st of June 2010, HE Dr Ion Jinga, Ambassador of Romania to London, participated at the launching of City Skills for Life, the Romanian project at the London Festival of Architecture 2010, organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute London. The Festival of Architecture takes place between 19 June and 2 July 2010. The Romanian project brings together a team of architects, designers and artists who investigate the paradoxical nature of Bucharest, the individual works analysing “the psychological contract” between the city and its inhabitants.

Awarness-raising events for the Romanian community in Northern Ireland

Embassy of Romania-London/ Two activities dedicated to the Romanian community in Northern Ireland took place between 12 and 13 June this year in Belfast and Ballymena. The events were organized by the Embassy of Romania in London in partnership with the authorities in Northern Ireland, The Romanian Honorary Consulate in Northern Ireland and the organizations Multi-Cultural Resource Centre (MCRCNI), Lower Ormeau Residents Action Group (LORAG) and Romanian Self Support Group.

Gala of Young Romanian Talents in London

Embassy of Romania - London/ On the 11th of June 2010, in the presence of HE Dr Ion Jinga, the Ambassador of Romania in the UK, took place the Gala of Young Romanian Talents, held by the pupils of the School of Romanian Culture and Tradition in London, at the Ratiu Foundation.

The Conference “Democracy and Memory: Romania confronts Its Communist Past”

The Embassy in London/ On 7 June 2010, HE Dr Ion Jinga, the Ambassador of Romania in London, participated at the conference “Democracy and Memory: Romania confronts Its Communist Past”, organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute – London. Panellists were Prof. Vladimir Tismaneanu, President of the Scientific Council of the Institute for the Investigation of the Communist Crimes and the Memory of Romanian Exile and Dr John Gledhill, lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Discussions were moderated by Dorian Branea, the Director of the Romanian Cultural Institute – London.

"The Thinker" at Oxford - First Romanian archaeology exhibition in the United Kingdom

Embassy of Romania-London/ On the 18th of May 2010, at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology of the University of Oxford, in the presence of the Ambassador of Romania in the United Kingdom, Dr Ion Jinga, took place the launch of the international exhibition "The Lost World of Old Europe".

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