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25,000 members of the Police Union threaten with strike dissatisfied by salary cuts

Half of about 50,000 members of the National Police Union are decided to cease their activity in the upcoming period, unsatisfied by the decrease of salaries [... more]

US Embassy to Bucharest will be closed on Monday, September 6

US Embassy to Bucharest will be closed on Monday, September 6 to celebrate Labor Day. The American diplomatic mission announced that it will resume activity on [... more]

Giulesti Maternity neonatology chief Adrian Toma, under penal investigation

Giulesti Maternity neonatology chief Adrian Toma is officially under investigation by the Bucharest Higher Court of Justice prosecutors, the Health ministry [... more]

Gheorghe Ialomitianu: it is a tough job in tough times, I did not expect to receive it / Ioan Botis: I hope we will be able to gather all the benefits in one year, after the austerity measures

I did not expect this job, I thought Sebastian Vladescu will not be changed but I consider myself suited, otherwise I would not have taken this job, the new [... more]

President Traian Basescu after the new ministers sworn in: you need to have the capacity to explain Romanians we need another year of austerity

​All those six ministers of the Boc excutive - Ion Ariton (Economy), Gheorghe Ialomitianu (Finances), Ioan BotisIoan Botis (Labor), Anca Boagiu (Transports), [... more]

Health Ministry: 15 cases of West Nile virus infections confirmed in Romania

15 cases of infection with the West Nile virus were confirmed in Romania by Friday morning, according to data announced by the Health Ministry. Most cases were [... more]

New ministers sworn in on Friday following Romania government reshuffling

​All six new ministers selected in government reshuffling talks on Thursday were sworn in at noon on Friday: Ion Ariton (Economy minister), Gheorghe [... more]

Volksbank President will negotiate on Friday with representatives of unsatisfied forum users / More clients organized in a collective entity and hired a lawyer to represent them

Volksbank Romania President, Johann Lurf will receive representatives of the unsatisfied clients today, in an attempt to counter the plans of the clients to sue [... more]

Over 30 gypsies from Romania, on the verge of expulsion

​Over 30 gypsies from Romania living in illegal camps in Madrid's outskirts might be expelled if their penal files, opened by the local police, are [... more]

What the newspapers say: September 3, 2010

All newspapers on Friday read about the governmental reshuffling and the next steps. Newspapers also reveal more about the new ministers proposed by PM Boc. [... more]

Ion Ariton is PM Boc's controversial proposal: involved in a financial scandal at Petrom

Democrat Liberal Senator, Ion Ariton, the Prime Minister's proposal for the Economy ministry seems to be a controversial proposal. Ariton was involved in a [... more]

Gheorghe Ialomitianu, proposed for the Finance portfolio: finance background, sustains taxes for unjustified income

Gheorghe Ialomitianu, vice president of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies is a Democrat Liberal deputy of Brasov. This is his first [... more]

PM Emil Boc's proposals were validated by the Democrat Liberals:Gheorghe Ialomitianu (Finances), Valeriu Tabara (Agriculture), Ioan Botis (Labor), Anca Boagiu (Transports) Valerian Vreme (Communications) and Ion Ariton (Economy)

The list of ministers proposed by PM Emil Boc for the vacant ministry positions are: Gheorghe Ialomitianu for Finances, Valeriu Tabara for Agriculture, Ioan [... more]

Sources: Democratic Liberal MPs voted for the government reshuffling with Emil Boc as Prime Minister

A group of MPs from the governing Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) were planning on Thursday to call for the resignation of prime minister Emil Boc during a party [... more]

Over 70 Volksbank clients requested an official reaction from the central bank regarding the activity of the commercial bank

Over 70 Volksbank clients submitted on Thursday an official address to the National Central Bank to request an official reaction regarding the three accusations [... more]

Reshuffled Agriculture minister Mihail Dumitru: I told the Prime Minister good bye. It was an interesting experience / Adrian Radulescu: I am taken into consideration for the Agriculture ministry

Agriculture minister Mihail Dumitru told Romanian news agency Mediafax on Thursday that it was officially invited to the Prime Minister and was informed that he [... more]

Romanian PM Boc met President Basescu to discuss government reshuffling. Basescu: Do whatever you want, I'm not getting involved any longer

Romanian PM Emil Boc met President Traian basescu on Thursday morning to share with him a black list of ministers included in a government reshuffling plan. The [... more]

UPDATE Finance minister Sebastian Vladescu and Labor minister Mihai Seitan dismissed

PM Boc informed Finance minister Sebastian Vladescu on Thursday about a decision to dismiss him from the Government, as part of a government reshuffle, official [... more]

What the newspapers say: September 2, 2010

Most newspapers on Thursday read that Democrat Liberals who support the President demand the resignation of the Boc Cabinet. However, most Democrat Liberals [... more]

A France tribunal blocked the expulsion of seven gypsies

​A French magistrate blocked the expulsion of seven gypsies and postponed the plans of French authorities to continue voluntary repatriations, International [... more]

Traian Basescu: I urge the government to cut costs/ in 2011 we will register economic growth but we will not have investment funds

Romania needs to continue plans to adjust budgetary spending, President Traian Basescu declared on Wednesday at the annual reunion of Romanian diplomats. He [... more]

Foreign Affairs minister Baconschi announced a 30% cut of consular taxes starting September 1

Starting September 1st, consular taxes have been reduced by 30%, Romanian Foreign Affairs minister Teodor Baconschi announced at the annual reunion of Romanian [... more]

President Traian Basescu about Romania's relation with Russia: I do not exclude the possibility that recent tensions with Russia are caused by Romania's stand on Moldova

Romania's top foreign policy priority is to join Schengen in April 2011, Romanian President Traian Basescu declared at the annual reunion of Romanian [... more]

President Basescu to Romanian diplomats: Romania will not recognize Kosovo as an independent state

Romania will not recognize Kosovo as an independent state and Belgrade and Pristina should pursue negotiations, Romanian President Traian Basescu said on [... more]

The Opposition decided to submit a motion of censure against the government and form a government of crisis if it will pass in the Parliament

​UPDATE Social Democrats, Liberals and the Conservaties met on Wednesday for talks regarding a censure of motion against the Boc government. The three parties [... more]

Duster might represent over half of Dacia's production if there will be demand

Dacia produces daily 450 Duster cars, 75% more than in late April and the production of the SUVs might increase if there will be demand so that it will come to [... more]

The Federation of Romanian Associations in Europe demands all Romanians to boycott on Friday all French products

The Federation of Romanian Associations in Europe urge all Romanians in the country and abroad to boycott on Friday all French products to protesc against the [... more]

A Romanian mistakenly hid in a Police station after he stole a bag

A Romania mistakenly hid in a police station which he confused with a postal office after he stole a bag from a car, in Florence, Romanian news agency Mediafax [... more]

Romanian diplomat Bogdan Aurescu at the European Commission about gypsies: I proved with arguments that France's claims that gypsies threat public order is not real

708 Romanians were present in French jails, representing 0.3% of all foreign felons in France and only 1.2% of the total number of accused, not [... more]

What the newspapers say: September 1, 2010

Most newspapers on Wednesday read about the Prime Minister's search of solutions to please both the government and the President. Elsewhere in the news, [... more]