Social/Politics
Romanian Ruling Coalition Sets Confidence Vote Calendar
Leaders of Romania’s ruling coalition on Monday set a calendar for the adoption of two bills for which it plans to seek the Parliament’s confidence vote and will insist that a potential no-c...
Cabinet To Seek Confidence Vote On Elections, High Court Judge Appointment Bills
The Romanian Government on Monday adopted the bill merging 2012 local and parliamentary elections and the one regulating High Court of Justice judge appointments and decided to seek the Parl...
Romania, Turkey To Sign Declaration For Strategic Partnership
Romania and Turkey will sign a declaration for a strategic partnership targeting cooperation between the two countries in the economic, military, and energy sectors, and the fight against te...
Romanian Cabinet Holds Special Meeting On Merging Local, Parliamentary Elections
The Romanian Government will hold a special Cabinet meeting Monday morning to discuss a bill that would merge 2012 local and parliamentary elections and another that regulates appointments o...
Basescu To Visit Turkey Monday, Tuesday
Romania’s President Traian Basescu will be on a visit to Turkey Monday and Tuesday at the invitation of Turkish President Abdullah Gül, the Presidency said Sunday.
European Council Calls For Decision Regarding Romania, Bulgaria’s Schengen Entry
The conclusions of the European Council summit note that all the legal procedures needed to adopt a decision regarding Romania and Bulgaria’s accession to the border-free Schengen Area have...
Tabara: Drought Might Affect Romania’s 2012 Wheat Production
This year’s drought might affect Romania’s 2012 wheat production, Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara said Friday, adding that the country has enough wheat reserves to cover local consumptio...
Basescu: Romania Doesn’t Have To Pitch In To Raise IMF Resources, But It Sure Could Have
Romania doesn’t need to join the other EU states in a common effort to increase the financial resources of the International Monetary Fund, but it would have been “more than able” to do so i...
President Basescu Accuses Netherlands Of Abuse When Opposing Romania’s Schengen Entry
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday in Brussels that the Netherlands' standpoint regarding the country’s accession to the Schengen Area is an abuse.