Romania

Preliminary official results indicate a narrow victory for incumbent Traian Basescu in Sunday’s presidential run-off. With 95.7 per cent of the vote counted, election authorities said Basescu polled 50.43 per cent, while challenger Mircea Geoana received 49.57 per cent.

Romanian President Traian Basescu, running for re-election Sunday against social democrat Mircea Geoana, said Friday at a campaign rally the country needs a strong right-winged alliance of his democrats and liberals, who back Geoana in the race.

„Ucraina şi România sunt practic sortite să fie concurente în următorii cinci ani” (Vitali Kulik, directorul Centrului de studii pentru problemele societăţii civile din Kiev, 02.12.09) Totul a început cu vizita din 3-4 noiembrie la Chişinău a secretarului Consiliului de securitate şi apărare al Ucrainei, Larisa Bogatîriova. Cu această ocazie …

The Communist MPs demanded again that the dismissal of the Head of Parliament Mihai Ghimpu be discussed at the sitting after he declared that Romanians live in Moldova on December 1, on Romania’s National Day. The Communists asked support from the Democratic Party (PDM). The Democratic MPs did not back …

The Moldovan Regional Power Station has resumed its energy supply to Romania, which was stopped at the end of October. Vice-Premier, Minister of Economy Valeriu Lazar said. He remarked that the suspension in the energy exports was caused by the decrease of energy consumption at the Romanian market in the …

73% of Romanians who would turn out in the second round of the presidential elections in Romania on December 6 would support the candidate they prefer, while only 27% of Romanians would vote to prevent one of the nominees from winning, an INSOMAR opinion poll reveals.

“The National Assembly of all Romanians in Transylvania, Banat and the Hungarian Country, gathered by its rightful representatives at Alba Iulia on December 1, 1918, decrees the unification of those Romanians and of all the territories inhabited by them with Romania. The National Assembly proclaims above all the inalienable right …

The IMF can quickly resume talks with Romania as soon as it draws up a credible 2010 budget, a Fund official was quoted as saying on Monday, ahead of a presidential vote expected to result in a new cabinet. The International Monetary Fund halted a review of Romania’s 20 billion …

Romania’s minority parties have thrown their support behind Mircea Geoana, further boosting the Social Democratic Party’s candidate in the forthcoming presidential electoral run-off. Geoana on Saturday signed a political agreement with leader of the representatives of the national minorities in Romania’s Parliament Varujan Pambuccian for his support.

José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, today announced the portfolios responsibilities for the next Commission. The President has held detailed consultations with all the Commissioners-designate in order to assign the right jobs to the right people. The President believes that this team can deliver the agenda for change …