Romania

Romania’s President Traian Basescu late Thursday called for a referendum that would pave the way for the introduction of single chamber parliament, arguing that the current system is too cumbersome and slow. He suggested that the referendum should take place on 22 November, the same day the presidential elections are …

MOLDOVA “Romania will assist Moldova in negotiating and signing a new association agreement with the EU,” the chairman of the Romanian Senate’s Foreign Policy Commission Titus Corlatean told a news conference in Chisinau on September 23. Titus Corlatean is visiting Moldova at the invitation of Igor Corman, the head of …

The Romanian Embassy hopes to continue Turkey’s fruitful activity as the NATO coordinator to Azerbaijan, the Romanian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Nicolae Ureke said at the seminar in the NATO school on Sept. 23.

„Nimic nu este nerezonabil, dacă este util” (Tucidide) (continuare din numărul trecut al Ediţiei de vineri) Tratatul de bază dintre România şi R. Moldova, parafat la 28 aprilie, niciodată semnat, a fost, practic, ultimul prilej de manifestare plenară şi concretă a aspiraţiilor politice unioniste. După anul 2000, „chestiunea unionistă” intră …

ROMANIA Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday he asked Education Minister Ecaterina Andronescu to cancel the order she passed recently entitling her to replace and appoint school principals, and said he would dismiss her if the act is applied.

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc and Pope Benedict XVI had a short meeting on Wednesday, part of his two-day official visit to Italy. The Government issued a press release stating that Boc thanked the pope for Catholic Church’s support to Romanian communities living outside Romania, especially in Italy. Boc said …

MOLDOVA Moldova’s acting president Mihai Gimpu on Wednesday said the new ruling coalition would neither attempt to join NATO, nor try to return the country to Romanian control. He made the comments to Moldova’s PROTV television channel. Gimpu, who is also speaker of parliament, took over as acting president after …

ROMANIA Late on Tuesday, the Romanian government called for a confidence vote on three key laws. mandating major budget and public sector employment cuts. Shortly thereafter, President Traian Basescu addressed the house, urging the current centre-left coalition to maintain its unity, saying it represents a “necessary political compromise”.

BELGIUM The General Affairs Council, where Bulgarian Foreign Minister Rumyana Zheleva also took part, discussed the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism for Bulgaria, the Council’s press service informs. “Reaffirming its earlier conclusions the Council welcomes the Commission’s reports on progress in Romania and Bulgaria under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. The …

„Nimic nu este nerezonabil, dacă este util.” (Tucidide) Mihai Ghimpu a spus-o. Şi imediat au început reacţiile publice, cele mai multe iritate, unele îngrijorate, altele sceptice. Să te declari român şi unionist – fie şi „privat” – este un gest care, la majoratul R. Moldova, şochează. Concluzia majoritară a fost …