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EC Report: Anti-corruption strategy needs clear support from political class
Public controversies have continued to place under a question mark the leadership capacity of the judicial system to respond adequately to the problems of integrity and accountability inside this system, reveals the draft progress report on the Mechanism of Cooperation and verification (MCV), set up on Romania’s EU accession, which will be presented on Wednesday, [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Hunor Kelemen: Coalition plus PM-designate functioning protocol needed
8 februarie 2012
Chairman of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR, a junior ruling coalition partner) Hunor Kelemen said that a protocol setting forth the terms of the coalition’s functioning together with Premier-designate Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu needs to be forged. “We consider that for 2012 we need a coalition functioning protocol signed by all political formations, by all [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Former PSD deputy Emilian Cutean, final sentence to five years in jail
8 februarie 2012
The Bucharest Court of Appeal finally sentenced the former deputy of the Social Democratic Party (PSD, in Opposition) and head of the State Secretariat for Revolutionaries’ Problems, Emilian Cutean, to five years in jail without reprieve. The former official was accused by DNA prosecutors for having initiated a government decision in 2004, according to which [...]
Continuă să citeşti...President Basescu names Mihai Razvan Ungureanu to head new Gov’t of Romania
7 februarie 2012
Mihai Razvan Ungureanu was named Monday evening to head the government of Romania following President Traian Basescu’s consultations earlier in the day with the delegations of parliamentary parties. Prime Minister designate Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu said, on Monday evening, that his political independence guarantees the needed space to fulfill his mandate. “It is a great responsibility that [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Wage recouping to be discussed at next IMF mission visit
7 februarie 2012
The issue of recouping the public workers’ wage losses cannot be discussed earlier than the next evaluation mission visit of the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission and the World Bank due at the end of April, the chairwoman of the Commission on budget and finances in the Deputies’ Chamber, Eugenia Barna said. Barna stressed [...]
Continuă să citeşti...PM Boc: I have decided to tender my Cabinet’s resignation
7 februarie 2012
Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday announced having taken the decision to tender the resignation of his Cabinet. “‘I have tendered the resignation of my Cabinet because I am not clinging to power. To the country, it is extremely important that there is economic stability and that we may win together with Romanians. We have [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Traian Basescu: Illusion of living on credit was shattered not only in Romania, but throughout EU
1 februarie 2012
Illusion of living on credit was shattered not only in Romania, but throughout the European Union (EU), said on Tuesday President Traian Basescu. “Illusion of living on credit was shattered not only in Romania, but throughout the EU. For this reason, the two documents adopted yesterday (by the European Council – editor’s note) have a [...]
Continuă să citeşti...ForMin Diaconescu, MP Filat open consular outbuilding in Chisinau
1 februarie 2012
Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu and Moldova’s Prime Minister Vlad Filat on Tuesday opened an outbuilding of the Romanian Consular Office in Chisinau. Diaconescu, on his first visit abroad since recently being sworn in, pointed out that the Romanian consular office in Chisinau is Romania’s largest following the latest upgrading of the building. He added [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Traian Basescu: We have introduced some rules into EU that are very close to IMF ones
31 ianuarie 2012
President Traian Basescu on Tuesday, at the Cotroceni Palace, received the joint delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Commission and the World Bank, an occasion on which the Head of State emphasized the fact that rules close to the ones of the IMF were introduced into the EU. Head of the IMF [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Temperatures plunge to -29.3C at Intorsura Buzaului
31 ianuarie 2012
The weather station at Intorsura Buzaului, the central Covasna county recorded this winter’s lowest temperature early Tuesday at minus 29.3 degrees Celsius in the air and minus 31.2 C on the ground. This is the fourth consecutive day when temperatures have plunged below minus 26 C in Covasna county. The county authorities say no special [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Ion Luca Caragiale’s 160th birthday anniversary
31 ianuarie 2012
On January 30 one marks the 160th birthday anniversary of I L Caragiale, one of the classics of Romanian literature besides Mihai Eminescu and Ion Creanga. This year too, in June, one will mark the 200th commemoration of the death of the great dramatist. Born on January 30, 1852, in the village of Haimanale, today [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Twenty Romanian firms to attend world’s largest organic trade fair Biofach 2012
31 ianuarie 2012
Romania will participate 20 companies at the world’s largest organic trade fair Biofach 2012 to be held in Nuremberg, Germany, over Feb. 15-18. The event is supported by the Association of Romanian Organic Producers Bio Romania and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Environment, the Department of Foreign Trade. At Romania’s national exhibition stand, [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Beyond cold, press and manipulation, Rosia Montana is not for sale
30 ianuarie 2012
Saturday, the 28th of January 2012, the most significant street action dedicated to the Save Rosia Montana Campaign took place in Piata Constitutiei from Bucharest. More than 500 Romanians from all over the country participated in the manifestation, protesting side by side with the locals from Rosia Montana against the imminent decision of Laszlo Borbely, [...]
Continuă să citeşti...President Traian Basescu participates in informal meeting of European Council
30 ianuarie 2012
President Traian Basescu attends, on Monday, an informal meeting of the European Council in Brussels. The head of state said on Sunday, at the Cotroceni Palace, that Romania will raise at this meeting of the European leaders the issue of EU industries relocation to Asia, in the idea that tax incentives should be identified, so [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Exhibition with oldest cave paintings in Central Europe, discovered in Coliboaia Cave
30 ianuarie 2012
The Paleolithic cave paintings unearthed in Coliboaia Cave, the oldest in Central Europe, along with the history of their discovery, were displayed this week for the first time in an exhibition held by the “Cris Rivers’ Country Museum” and Aven d’Orgnac Grand Site de France, partnering the French Embassy to Romania. According to museum director [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Anniversary extraordinary concert given by Transilvania State Philharmonic
30 ianuarie 2012
The Transilvania State Philharmonic, in an anniversary extraordinary concert given in Cluj-Napoca (western Romania), marked the 55th anniversary of the first concert given by the symphony orchestra under the baton of conductor Antonin Ciolan, the 40th anniversary of the choir and the 25th anniversary of the Transylvanian Quartet. Fifth-five years ago the orchestra of the [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Markets not to react to protests in Romania as long as reforms go in right direction
30 ianuarie 2012
Romania will not be affected and markets are not to react to street protests, as long as the economic fundamentals and reforms are going in the right direction, said on RFI, Romania’s representative to the International Monetary Fund / IMF / Mihai Tanasescu. “Sure, it’s a frustration accumulated in time, it is the people’s discontent [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Senator Viorel Badea presents Romanian minority of Ukraine problems in Strasbourg
30 ianuarie 2012
Senator Viorel Badea, a member of the Romanian delegation to CEPA in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly plenum on Thursday evoked the situation of the Romanian minority of Ukraine, whose rights are not always observed, by diminishing the number of schools teaching in Romanian in Chernovtsy, Odessa and Transcarpathia and by turning some of [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Ford to manufacture 60,000 B-Max units in Craiova in 2012
30 ianuarie 2012
Ford will manufacture some 60,000 B-Max units in 2012 at its Romanian factory in Craiova, starting in the second quarter of the year, while in 2013 it will manufacture over 100,000 such units, Ford Romania President and CEO Jan Gijsen said. In 2013, the factory will also increase its output of engines, so that it [...]
Continuă să citeşti...One year from Proprietatea Fund stock market listing
25 ianuarie 2012
Proprietatea Fund (FP) and the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) on Wednesday organize a press conference on the occasion of the first anniversary from the listing of FP on the stock market. Templeton Emerging Markets Group Executive Chairman Mark Mobius, Templeton Emerging Markets Group Executive Vice President and FP Fund Manager Greg Konieczny and US Ambassador [...]
Continuă să citeşti...President Basescu: Messages of Iliescu, Ponta and Antonescu similar to Voronin’s
25 ianuarie 2012
President Traian Basescu said that he has recently noticed “a delight about demolition,” mentioning the statements made in the context of street protests by former President Ion Iliescu and opposition leaders Victor Ponta and Crin Antonescu. “One can perceive a joy of demolition, perhaps the internationally acknowledged accomplishment is a bitter pill to swallow for [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Traian Basescu signs Diaconescu appointment as Foreign Affairs Minister
25 ianuarie 2012
President Traian Basescu signed the decree to revoke Teodor Baconschi from his position of Minister of Foreign Affairs and to replace him with senator Cristian Diaconescu. “The ceremony when Cristian Diaconescu takes the oath of office for the position of minister of Foreign Affairs is to be held on Tuesday, January 24, at 7 pm [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Traian Basescu: Romania, especially now, needs our loyalty, efficiency and responsibility no matter where we might be
24 ianuarie 2012
President Traian Basescu on Tuesday sent a message on the Day of the Romanian Principalities’ Union emphasizing the fact that Romania, especially now, needed our loyalty, our efficiency and responsibility. ‘Romania especially now needs our loyalty, our efficiency and responsibility no matter where we might be. Romania is our effort to be together every day, [...]
Continuă să citeşti...153nd anniversary of Romanian Principalities’ Union
24 ianuarie 2012
Romanians celebrate on January 24 the 153nd anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia, a highly important event in this country’s history, which opened the way to the modernization of the Romanian State and society. On January 24, 1859, as a result of the wish of the Romanian people, and in [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Liberal Crin Antonescu proposes resignation of President Basescu, of Boc Government and of Parliament
24 ianuarie 2012
The President of the National Liberal Party (PNL, in opposition), Crin Antonescu, proposed, at the Parliament’s rostrum, the solution to the demands of Romanians who took to the street, namely the resignation of the President of the country, of the Boc Government and of the all MPs, saying that the opposition MPs are first to [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Tax for cars registered before 2007 postponed because owners did not understand it
24 ianuarie 2012
The payment of the car tax for the motorcars registered before January 2007 was postponed by one year in order to enable car owners to sell their cars, but also because they did not understand enough the way to apply it, according to the information supplied by the Ministry of the Environment and Forestry (MMP). [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Foreign Affairs Minister Teodor Baconschi at meeting of Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels
23 ianuarie 2012
Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi attends the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on Monday in Brussels, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) by a release. According to the quoted source, the debates of the foreign affairs ministers in the EU member states will mainly centre on the events south of this [...]
Continuă să citeşti...State officials must not disregard international reactions, as they are not circumstantial only (UNPR)
23 ianuarie 2012
Chairman of the National Union for Romania’s Progress Cristian Diaconescu told a press conference that the Romanian officials must not overlook the international reactions as they are not “only circumstantial.” “The representatives of the institutions of the Romanian state who have competence regarding foreign affairs and aspects related to the European funds must be eloquent [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Protests in Bucharest and around the country, ninth day in a row
23 ianuarie 2012
The protests continued in Bucharest and around the country on Saturday for the ninth day in a row, and ended “without any incidents,” according to the Gendarmerie spokesperson Florin Hulea. The peaceful protesters chanted anti-presidential and anti-governmental slogans in Bucharest and around the country. Among the most chanted there are “We beg the Government to [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Jan 22, 2012 – 150 years since the creation of first Romanian unitary government
23 ianuarie 2012
On January 22, 2012, a century and a half has passed since the first unitary government of Romania led by conservative Barbu Catargiu (between Jan 22/Feb 3 and June 8/20 1862). Barbu Catargiu Government was the first central government of Romania following the recognition of the total unity of principalities. The government’s mandate was cut [...]
Continuă să citeşti...PM Boc: Romania in dire need of economic growth in 2012
23 ianuarie 2012
Prime Minister Emil Boc said on Saturday during a visit to the construction site of the Bucharest-Ploiesti motorway that Romania is in “dire need” of economic growth in 2012 in order to keep up the investments programme and to create jobs. “It is crucial for Romania to maintain its economic growth in 2012. We badly [...]
Continuă să citeşti...About 500-600 Bucharesters take part in protest in University Square
21 ianuarie 2012
About 500-600 Bucharesters were involved in the protest in the University Square on Friday evening, for the eighth day in a row. On the esplanade outside the National Theatre there are about 450-500 protesters, many of them are pensioners, elderly people or teachers, members of the trade union federations in education, and on the other [...]
Continuă să citeşti...MEP Corina Cretu: Danish EU Presidency must determine European policy reverting to citizens
21 ianuarie 2012
Euro-deputy Corina Cretu, vice president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD, in opposition), asked the Danish EU Presidency to act for the defense of European values in the Member States and to urgently adopt some concrete measures in the aim to stimulate the economic growth and for the creation of jobs, a press release informs. [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Cluj-Napoca – first city in Romania with most important tourist attractions presented on a three-dimensional map
21 ianuarie 2012
Cluj-Napoca (northwest of Bucharest) is the first city in Romania which has a three-dimensional map, showing the most important tourist attractions located in the historic city center. According to a release of Cluj-Napoca City Hall, the map was made by Schubert & Franzke company – the most important producer of maps in Romania – and [...]
Continuă să citeşti...PNL’s Crin Antonescu at USL rally: Opposition makes no compromise
20 ianuarie 2012
Chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL) Crin Antonescu on Thursday, from the stage of the rally organized by the opposition Social Liberal Union (USL), told President Traian Basescu, Premier Emil Boc and the Democrat Liberals to give up power and made it clear that the opposition would make no compromise. “They are lying to [...]
Continuă să citeşti...EU funding can significantly contribute to Romania’s macroeconomic stability, President says
20 ianuarie 2012
President Traian Basescu said on Thursday that the European funds represent an essential element of economic growth, as they can significantly contribute to ensuring Romania’s macroeconomic stability. “Our belief is that the solution for a stronger, more cohesive Union also involves promoting the so-called traditional policies, specifically the Common Agricultural Policy and the Cohesion Policy, [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Thousands participate in USL meeting in Bucharest
20 ianuarie 2012
Thousands of people gathered on Thursday afternoon in the surroundings of the Bucharest Arc of Triumph for the rally organized by the opposition’s Social Liberal Union (USL). The crowd covers the stretch between the Arc of Triumph till close to Victory Square. According to a USL release, at around 4:30 the organizers confirmed the presence [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Romania joining the euro area in 2015, still on, Traian Basescu says
19 ianuarie 2012
Romania maintains its target to adopt the unique European currency in 2015, said President Traian Basescu, mentioning that Romania is aware that meeting the Maastricht criteria is not enough to reach this target, but the state economy and the institutions of the Romanian state should be competitive as well. He added that the decision made [...]
Continuă să citeşti...Romanian Academy calls on political class to show responsibility
19 ianuarie 2012
The Romanian Academy called on the Romanian political class to show ‘not only maturity, responsibility, clear-headedness and balance, but also goodwill, cooperation and participation to dialogue’. ‘Amid the current political movements, the discontent over the economic and moral situation in the country, we call on the entire political class to show not only maturity, responsibility, [...]
Continuă să citeşti...State reforms to be among Romania’s priorities in 2012 too, says President Basescu
19 ianuarie 2012
The state reforms will represent a priority in 2012 too, President Traian Basescu said at the annual meeting with the ambassadors accredited to Romania, adding that he will be an active partner of the Government in the process aimed ad adopting the measures stipulated in the agreements with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank [...]
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