Moldova’s Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca has been named the country’s new caretaker prime minister by President Nicolae Timofti. The President signed an appointment decree on April 23.
Read More »EU agrees visa facilitation for Ukraine and Moldova
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Read More »Moldova interim PM to form new government
Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti on Wednesday invited caretaker Prime Minister Vlad Filat, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, to form the new government. The president made the decision after consultations with the parties in the former governing coalition, the Alliance for European Integration.
Read More »Workers Protest in Romania Over Unpaid Wages
Angry employees of the Oltchim chemical company rallied in Bucharest demanding payment of their overdue wages and urging the government to step in and save the plant.Around 1,000 workers at Romania’s ailing Oltchim plant staged a protest on Tuesday in front of the government building in Bucharest, demonstrating against unpaid …
Read More »Romanian Economy Minister meets Armenian PM
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met Romanian Economy Minister Varujan Vosganian to discuss improvement of bilateral ties.
Read More »UK PM to unveil sweeping immigration crackdown
Prime Minister David Cameron will unveil a sweeping immigration crackdown on Monday, March 25, aimed at discouraging migrants from Romania and Bulgaria from moving to Britain when EU restrictions on their right to travel and work there expire next year, Reuters reported. Under his plans, access to Britain’s National Health …
Read More »Romania’s Ex-Ruling Party Re-elects Leader
Vasile Blaga was re-elected head of the Democratic Liberal Party – but his victory won’t heal the splits that are hindering the former ruling party’s recovery.Vasile Blaga, 56, received around 51 per cent of the votes from delegates at the congress of the Democratic Liberal Party, PDL, which took place …
Read More »Cyprus Bank Levy Worries Romanian Savers
Thousands of Romanians are to be affected by the controversial plan to tax savings held in Cypriot banks.Some 40,000 Romanians who live and work in Cyprus could be hit by the controversial plan to tax bank deposits in order to fund a bank bailout. “All Romanians here will be affected. …
Read More »Romanian Defence Minister says US anti-missile shield will be deployed in 2015
Mircea Dusa, Romania’s defence minister said on Tuesday that United States plans to deploy anti-missile interceptors in Romania will continue and interceptors will be deployed in 2015. “I have very serious assurances from the American side that the investment in Romania will continue,” Dusa said.
Read More »Romanian FM says Turkey’s EU integration would strengthen both Turkey and the Union
Turkish and Romanian foreign ministers signed a cooperation protocol in the fields of education, culture, youth and sports in the Turkish capital, Ankara. Romanian Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean said this protocol will strengthen the relations between the two countries. “The signing of the action plan for the strategic partnership really excites …
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