Romania

Romania’s parliament approved a new government on Monday. The Cabinet was installed during a ceremony in the evening. The government was approved by 284 votes and 92 votes against the Cabinet. Victor Ponta, the new Prime Minister, remarked

Romania’s new centre-left government headed by Victor Ponta on Monday won a vote of confidence in parliament, pledging to pursue reforms while seeking to correct social imbalances. The cabinet will be sworn in later in the day during a ceremony at the presidential palace.

Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti during the visit to Romania that Moldova could join the EU in the next 7 or 8 years. He noted that the EU integration needs procedures, which require time. Timofti expressed hope that Moldova would meet all the conditions for the EU membership. “To join the …

Moldovan President Nicolae Timofti will make an official visit to Romania today. Timofti will meet with Romanian President Traian Basescu and the chairpersons of the two chambers of the Romanian parliament. This is Timofti’s second visit to a foreign country as president of Moldova and the first to Romania.

Catherine Ashton has welcomed the resumption of rail freight service in the Moldovan Republic of Transdniestria. “It is a major step in building confidence between the two banks of the Dniester River. We are satisfied that the EU technical examination allowed to find a practical solution. The resumption of the …

Romania’s Prime Minister-designate Victor Ponta on Tuesday presented his new cabinet. The parliament will vote on the new government on May 7.

Romania’s government failed on Friday when it lost a vote of confidence two months after taking office. 235 MPs voted the motion, four more than the 231 needed to bring down the government.

Moldovan president emitted a decree for recalling the Moldovan ambassador to Russia Andrei Neguta. Moldovan PM Vlad Filat said the duty of the ambassadors is to represent Moldova abroad and respectively execute their mission. Two week ago Moldovan MPs asked for the ambassador to Moscow to be recalled over statements about …

Herman van Rompuy, the President of the European Council, paid a one-day visit to Romania and Bulgaria. In Romania, Rompuy met the President Traian Băsescu, the Prime Minister Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu and spoke in front of the Romanian Parliament

Kazakh Education and Science Minister Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov will visit Romania. The Kazakh Minister will meet with Education, Research, Youth