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News from Romania. Breaking news, latest news. What's new, what's important in Romania. 28.01.2012

News from Romania 28.01.2012

New Foreign minister Cristian Diaconescu signed into office

Romanian President Traian Basescu signed on Tuesday the decree by which Foreign minister Teodor Baconschi is dismissed from office and the decree by which [... more]

Opposition Liberals say they consider resignation from Parliament unless their call for early elections is rejected

Several Liberal MPs wrote their resignation from the Romanian Parliament and handed them to opposition National Liberal Party (PNL) leader Crin Antonescu to [... more]

VIDEO French citizen caught stealing from old woman's purse in downtown Bucharest

A French citizen has been arrested after he was caught on camera when stealing from an old Romanian woman's purse in a supermarket in Unirii Square, [... more]

Romanian PM Emil Boc dismisses Foreign minister Teodor Baconschi

Romanian prime minister Emil Boc announced before the Parliament on Monday that he dismisses Foreign minister Teodor Baconschi. He made the announcement shortly [... more]

VIDEO ​PHOTO Thousands join anti-presidential, anti-government protests in Bucharest. UPDATE Violent outbursts as demonstrations came to an end

Thousands of people were protesting against current president Traian Basescu and his Democratic-Liberal government in central Bucharest on Thursday evening. Two [... more]

No word from Traian Basescu on Bucharest street protests, at his first speech since demonstrations started. President tells Ambassadors Romania is interested in strengthening pragmatic dialogue with Russia

Romanian President Traian Basescu met the heads of diplomatic missions to Bucharest on Thursday. In his first speech since demonstrations against him and the [... more]

Bucharest braces for Opposition protest as demonstrations continue

​Hundreds of people from several cities across Romania were on their way to Bucharest on Thursday for demonstrations to be organized by the Opposition parties [... more]

​VIDEO Bucharest witnesses most violent street protests since the nineties

Romania enters a fourth day of anti-government and anti-presidential demonstrations after a weekend marked by the most intense street violence the country has [... more]

Romanian PM Emil Boc: 2011 macroeconomic targets reached. Growth stood at almost 2%, budget deficit at 4.4%

​Romanian PM Emil Boc announced on Wednesday that the Government reached the macroeconomic targets for 2011 "without troubles". The economic growth, [... more]

Security improved at Romanian zoo following tiger escape. As tiger was shot dead, mayor says he is pleased with actions taken in the case

The mayor of Romanian city of Sibiu, where a tiger escaped from zoo earlier this week, was quoted by the media on Thursday as saying that he was please with the [... more]

Romania Parliament passes 2012 budget with 239 votes against 168

Romanian MPs adopted on Thursday the 2012 state budget law with 239 votes in favor and 168 against. While prime minister Emil Boc welcomed the vote noting that [... more]

Romanian High Court acquits ex-PM Adrian Nastase in major corruption case

Romania's High Court of Justice acquitted ex-PM Adrian Nastase in a major case in which he, a former aide and a former head of the national body dealing [... more]

Romanian President Basescu's harsh statements on Netherlands: It wasn't us who legalized prostitution and drugs because we couldn't fight them. Their decision to oppose our joining Schengen is an abuse

Romanian President Traian Basescu said on Friday that a Dutch decision to oppose Romania' and Bulgaria's Schengen accession was an "abuse". [... more]

Cuba report: Popular Revolution – Theory without Practice

The most important thing in Cuba is still the necessity to find ways to survive, mostly by taking part in illegal activities ranging from corruption through sex [... more]

Cuba report: Defenseless Workers

Cuban workers are virtually defenseless. The reason is that the labour law offices in Cuban work centres, which are supposed to defend worker's rights, are [... more]

HotNews.ro monitoring report on major corruption cases in Romania. Total delays in 27 cases amount to 92 years

92 years, 7 months and 28 days - this is the total amount of delays in 27 major corruption cases which have been monitored by HotNews.ro. Almost a year and a [... more]

Iran, Romania-Israel links and joint projects – key issues at Romanian-Israeli inter-governmental meeting

Romania and Israel are interested in developing joint infrastructure, energy and agricultural projects, Romanian PM Emil Boc said in a press conference with his [... more]

Romanian Senate speaker Mircea Geoana voted out of office, Democratic Liberal Petru Filip named interim speaker

A struggle to replace the second highest ranking official in Romania took a major twist on Wednesday, when the Senate voted its speaker Mircea Geoana out of [... more]

Romanian opposition decides to launch procedure to suspend President Traian Basescu

Romania's opposition Social-Liberal Union, formed of Social Democrats (PSD) and Liberals (PNL), decided on Monday to launch a procedure to suspend [... more]

Romanian opposition leader Victor Ponta speaks kindly of anti-graft prosecutors

The leader of Romania's main opposition party, the Social Democrats (PSD), spoke kindly of the country's National Anti-corruption Department (DNA) in [... more]

Social Democratic leader Victor Ponta says he would not object to any court sentence against top party figure Adrian Nastase

The leader of Romania's main opposition party, the Social Democrats (PSD), said in an interview with HotNews.ro on Thursday that the PSD would accept any [... more]

Romania's main opposition party calls for Senate speaker Mircea Geoana to drop job, announce withdrawal of political support

​The leadership of the Romanian Senate was undecided on Monday afternoon as the main opposition party, the Social Democrats (PSD) called on Senate speaker [... more]

Evaluating the impact on Romania of measures adopted by EU leaders on Wednesday night

​A calmer period for financial markets and an assurance that foreign banks will not withdraw capital from subsidiaries on the outskirts of the euro empire are [... more]

Romanian president Basescu on European Council decision on bank recapitalization: Guarantee that subsidiaries of banking groups maintain capital level

Romanian President informed the Romanian public in a press conference on Wednesday night that European leaders who had convened for marathon talks adopted the [... more]

IMF mission head Jeffrey Franks on possible cut in Romania social contributions: There will be very limited room in the 2012 budget for new initiatives

IMF mission head Jeffrey Franks has told HotNews.ro that Romanian "growth in 2012 will be lower than we had previously expected due to the effects of [... more]

Question marks about peculiar details in US basketball player Chauncey Hardy's death. Underworld clan's links with Romanian officials

Several days after the violent incident in which US basketball player Hardy Chauncey died in the Romanian city of Giurgiu, details about the case are yet to be [... more]

US basketball player Chauncey Hardy killed because he put his cap on girl's head. Inquiries ongoing

​American basketball player Chauncey Hardy was beaten to death in Romanian city of Giurgiu on Saturday because he put his cap on a girl's head in a club [... more]

NATO Secretary General Rasmussen: Gap widening between US, allies. President Basescu: Romania never asked or received missile defense guarantees

Libya, Afghanistan and the missile defense shield were the key issues covered in top NATO and Romanian officials at the Alliance's Parliamentary Assembly [... more]

Basketball player Chauncey Hardy dies at 23

Nokia shut down production line in Romania by end of 2011

Finnish cell-phone maker Nokia plans to close its manufacturing facility in Cluj, Romania by the end of the year, the company said in a press release Thursday. [... more]