Romania News

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 …

ROMANIA The delegation of the Turkmen Majlis (Parliament), headed by the chairman of the Majlis Akja Nurberdiyeva will visit Bucharest on September 15-18, 2009 to develop inter-parliamentary relations. Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov speaking about importance of inter-parliamentary relations at the state conference stressed the need in further strengthening of mutually …

ROMANIA Romanian President Traian Basescu is expected to visit Kazakhstan in late October, Deputy Economy and Budget Planning Minister, Teymur Suleymanov, said. The 8th meeting of the Kazakh-Romanian intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation is held on the eve of the Romanian President’s visit, which is scheduled for late …

MOLDOVA Local political scientists and constitutional law experts seem to be unanimous in the opinion that the Moldovan Constitutional Court has no reason for regarding the election of Mihai Ghimpu speaker of parliament as unlawful. Former Constitutional Court Judge Nicolae Osmochescu stated on the ProTV-Chisinau channel last night that even …

ROMANIA In a statement to the country, Romanian prime minister Emil Boc has said the government has decided to dismiss as many as 8500 public servants, as part of the restructuring scheme, which aims to trim government agencies and make them more cost efficient as well as productive. As a …

MOLDOVA The recently elected new Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament, Mihai Ghimpu, has stated on the Echo of Moscow radio this past weekend that the legislative forum shall not be promoting the idea of Moldova’s unification with Romania.

ROMANIA Romanian President Traian Basescu will give a keynote speech to parliament on September 15, addressing the primary political and social issues facing the country. On Monday, the leaders of the country’s bicameral parliament decided Basescu would address the legislature on the same day the government takes responsibility for three …

ROMANIA A senior figure in German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party faced criticism Friday for comments at an election rally in which he appeared to disparage Romanian workers. An amateur video posted on YouTube and aired by several German media outlets showed Juergen Ruettgers, the governor of North Rhine-Westphalia state, saying …

RUSSIA, ROMANIA The Russian and Romanian Foreign Ministries have expressed their concern with the situation in Kosovo. Andrei Nesterenko from the Russian Foreign Ministry said that “considerable conflict potential“ persisted in Kosovo, and that he expected international community representatives to act impartially to prevent “new anti-Serb provocation.“