Romania

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday, after the meeting with the opposition, that an extraordinary Parliament session would be held next week, to “defuse any conflict”.

Anti-government protesters demanded the resignation of Romania’s President Trian Basescu on Monday during the fifth day of demonstrations across the country sparked by a controversial healthcare bill.

Romanian Justice Minister Cătălin Predoiu said his country had made unprecedented efforts to reform its law enforcement system, suggesting that Bucharest wanted to see the EU monitoring mechanism put in place five years ago removed by the summer. Predoiu met with several EU officials and

The ruling Alliance for European Integration will hold a referendum by the end of April about amendment of the constitution. Then a president of Moldova will have to be elected within a month.

Romania’s capital city of Bucharest has been the scene of anti-government protests for three days in a row, with more than 2,000 people shouting and clashing with riot police on the central University Square on Sunday.

Protests have continued in Romanian cities reflecting widespread anger against the unpopular government. The demonstrations, in their 4th day, are the result of frustration against public wage cuts, higher taxes and widespread corruption.

Copenhagen hopes that a solution regarding Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen bids will be found as quickly as possible, Danish Justice Minister Morten Boedskov has declared. Bulgaria and Romania’s substantial efforts to cover the

Romania will ask the European Commission whether the nine member states’ extending the labor restrictions for Romanian workers is justified, given the Accession Treaty, which envisages similar measures only in extraordinary cases. At the end of 2011, 11 EU member states imposed restrictions on Bulgarian and Romanian workers – Belgium, …

Monday’s talks between the parties in the ruling Alliance for European Integration and communists did not bring a solution to the problem with the election of a president. After the meeting the MPs said this was a good beginning. The representative of the

Moldova’s acting President Marian Lupu says he is encouraged by pledges from the new leader of the country’s breakaway Transdniester region to ease border controls. Yevgeny Shevchuk, who won a runoff presidential election