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Romanian Social Democrats Maintain Stance, “UDMR Is Not Necessary”

21:57, 13 Dec. 2008
The leader of the Romanian social democrats, Mircea Geoana said Saturday evening, after negotiations with the democrat liberals, that the positions received by the local Magyar minority party are a PDL concern and the social democrats will not surrender any of their due positions in the next government.

Romanian Magyar Party Sees Dual Choice, Govt Or Opposition

21:34, 13 Dec. 2008
The president of the Democratic Union of Magyars in Romania, Marko Bela, told MEDIAFAX Saturday that he does not accept the proposition of the democrat liberals through which the Union would only receive secretary of state positions. He added PDL won the elections but lost the negotiations with PSD.

New Romanian Govt Nearly Complete, Pact Completion Expected Sunday

21:27, 13 Dec. 2008
The leader of the Romanian democrat liberals, Emil Boc, announced Saturday evening, after a new round of negotiations with the social democrats, that the Partnership for Romania will be between PDL and PSD, in the government, while UDMR would take state secretary positions.

Another Round Of Romanian Govt Format Negotiations Held In Senate Building

18:46, 13 Dec. 2008
The delegations of the Romanian Social democratic Party and Democratic Liberal Party met Saturday evening, at the Senate, within another round of negotiations for the Government format.

Romanian Pres Meets Renault Group Official, Discusses Outlook

17:21, 13 Dec. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu talked Saturday with the general manager of the Euromed region within the Renault Group, Christian Esteve, regarding the problems faced by Dacia- Renault.

Romanian Fighter Morosanu Defeats Gary Goodridge

15:29, 13 Dec. 2008
Romanian fighter Catalin Morosanu defeated Canadian Gary Goodridge Friday evening in the Local Kombat gala held in central Romanian city Ploiesti. The bout counted for the intercontinental WKN title.

Romanian Pres Attends Democrat Liberal Informal Meeting

14:31, 13 Dec. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu arrived Saturday at the Diplomats’ Club, where an informal meeting of the Democratic Liberal Party is taking place regarding the state of negotiations with the social democrats and the Democratic Union of Magyars in Romania and the format of the next government.

Romanian Drivers In Countrywide Protest Against Car Tax

12:54, 13 Dec. 2008
Hundreds of Romanian drivers took to the streets Saturday, displeased with the tripling of the pollution tax for used cars.

Romania To Have New Govt By Dec 22 – President

19:27, 12 Dec. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu told journalists Friday the country will have a new Government by December 22, after the hearings of the ministers of the new Cabinet by the special parliamentary committees on December 20 and 21.

Romanian Govt Fills Vacant Position Within The Securitate Archive Study Council

19:04, 12 Dec. 2008
The Romanian Government asked TV producer Lucia Hossu-Longin to represent the Executive in the National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives (CNSAS), on the position left vacant when Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu passed away, Hossu Longin told MEDIAFAX.

NGO Sues Romanian Govt Over Triple Car Tax

17:51, 12 Dec. 2008
Non-governmental organization “The Commissariat for Civil Society” sued the Romanian government for its recent decision to triple the pollution tax on used cars and urged the Bucharest Court of Appeals to annul the decree tripling the tax.

New York’s Former Mayor Impressed By Romania’s Capital City

17:10, 12 Dec. 2008
Romania’s capital city is a beautiful, clean city, and its inhabitants should be proud of it, New York’s former mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Friday, after the meeting with Bucharest’s mayor Sorin Oprescu.

Romanian Pres Issues Post-EU Council Statement, “National Interest Was Served”

16:49, 12 Dec. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Friday, at the end of the winter European Council, that he managed, together with Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu, to serve national interest, referring to the decisions made by the European forum, the last one organized under the French EU presidency.

Romanian Social Democrats, Democrat Liberals Nearly Done Negotiating, Hungarian Party Still An Issue

16:16, 12 Dec. 2008
Romanian social democrat leader Mircea Geoana said Friday after a new round of negotiations withy democrat liberals to form a coalition government that technical talks on a governing program have progressed, but the inclusion of the Hungarian party in the coalition is still a problem.

Romanian Prosecutors Bring Out Incriminating Evidence In Lawmaker Graft Case

15:58, 12 Dec. 2008
Romanian anticorruption prosecutors in Cluj, western Romania, said in the file drafted for liberal Virgil Pop, whom they arrested late November, that Pop received EUR30,000 from denouncer Petru Chis after promising the latter he would personally see to it that his company gets hold of several works contracted by power distributor Electrica at Nokia plant in Cluj.

Romanian ’09 Budget Def May Be Set Above 3% Of GDP, On Econ Support Measures – PM

15:50, 12 Dec. 2008
Romania's 2009 budget draft has to be revised to include economic support measures and a hike in investment expenses, that could push the budget deficit above the 3% Maastricht limit of the gross domestic product, or GDP, Romania’s Pime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said Friday.

Romanian Authorities Recover Another Two Dacian Bracelets

15:17, 12 Dec. 2008
Another two Dacian bracelets from the Romanian cultural patrimony were recovered by Romanian authorities, following investigations performed by police and prosecutors in the file “Dacian Gold.” The bracelets were brought from Germany and will be displayed Friday at the National History Museum.

Romanian Far-Rightist Leader Vadim Tudor To Run For President

14:59, 12 Dec. 2008
Romanian far-rightist party leader Corneliu Vadim Tudor said Friday he will run for president in the 2009 presidential election and pleaded for the creation of an opposition pole, to be called the National Antipoverty Alliance.

Romanian Drivers, Car Dealers Stage Protests Against Triple Car Tax

14:52, 12 Dec. 2008
Nearly 400 Romanian drivers and car dealers staged protests on Friday against the government’s recent decision to triple a tax on car registration as of December 15.

Romanian Social Democrats, Democrat Liberals To Decide On Magyar Union Issue This Afternoon

14:08, 12 Dec. 2008
Following talks scheduled for Friday afternoon between the Romanian Democratic Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party, a decision will be made regarding the Magyar Democratic Union in Romania, head of the social democrats’ National Committee Adrian Nastase said.

Romanian Foreign Invest Agency Head Steps Down

13:35, 12 Dec. 2008
Romanian outgoing premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu on Friday accepted the resignation of Monica Barbuletiu from her position of vice-president of the Romanian Foreign Investments Agency.

Romanian 10-Mo FDI Up 37% YY To EUR8.16B – Ctrl Bk

13:22, 12 Dec. 2008
Foreign direct investment in Romania in the first ten months stood at EUR8.16 billion, 37% higher compared with EUR5.95 billion the same period of 2007, the central bank said on Friday.

Romania’s 10-Mo Curr Acct Gap Widens 10.9% YY To EUR14.43B

12:46, 12 Dec. 2008
Romania’s current account deficit rose 10.9% on the year in the first ten months, to EUR 14.437 billion, from EUR13.01 billion in the same period a year earlier, the central bank said in a statement Friday.

Romanian Designated PM Says Negotiations Btw His Party, Liberals Are Over

12:45, 12 Dec. 2008
Romanian democrat liberal vice-president Theodor Stolojan, whom President Traian Basescu recently appointed Prime Minister, on Friday dismissed rumors alleging the liberals and democrat liberals held political negotiations, stressing talks to include liberals in the future government are over.

Romanian Democrat Liberals Ponder Parliamentary Partnership With Liberals – Sources

11:23, 12 Dec. 2008
Romanian liberals and the democrat-liberals have recently talked about a potential parliamentary collaboration and about supporting a potential minority government formed of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and the Hungarian minority party (UDMR), which might be created due to incongruities between the democrat liberals and the social democrats, liberal sources told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian State To Pay Iraqi Debt To 25 Cos In Installments Over 20 Yrs

19:33, 11 Dec. 2008
A total number of 25 Romanian companies with business sin Iraq in the ‘80s, including car maker Dacia, lender BCR and oil company Rompetrol, will receive a total sum of $112.4 million from the state, money owed by the Arab state. The sums will be paid over 20 years.

Romanian Govt Postpones Car Tax Tripling Until Dec 15, ‘08

19:24, 11 Dec. 2008
The emergency ordinance by which the Romanian Government postponed the tripling of the car tax by December 15, 2008 was published Thursday evening in the Official Gazette.

Romania’s Petrom Cuts Diesel Oil Prices By RON0.06/Liter

17:59, 11 Dec. 2008
Romania’s largest oil company Petrom SA (SNP.RO) will cut Friday diesel oil prices by 0.06 lei (EUR1=RON3.9047) per liter, while gasoline prices will stay unchanged, the company said in a statement.

Romanian Salaries To Grow By At Most 10% In ’09

16:58, 11 Dec. 2008
The growth pace for salaries in the Romanian private sector will slow down next year by at most 10%, due to reductions in human resources budgets and delays in recruitment, while the number of benefits will be reduced, as benefits will be selected depending on staff needs and performance.

Romanian Food Safety Auth Seizes 34 Tons Of Bad Pork Meat

16:55, 11 Dec. 2008
Of the 133.6 tons of pork meat imported by Romania from Ireland, 34 tons were seized, while the rest was processed. The national food safety authority decided, through the rapid alert system, to pull these products off the market, said food safety authority head Radu Roatis.

Romanian Social Democrats, Democrat Liberals To Share Minister Seats Saturday

16:47, 11 Dec. 2008
Romania’s Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Liberal Party decided Thursday the manner to share the minister positions in the next Government and to have negotiations beginning on Saturday.

Romania 11-Mo Used-Cars Registrations Up 115.8% YY To 256,173 Units

16:08, 11 Dec. 2008
Romanian used-cars registrations rose 115.8% in the first eleven months to 256,173 units from 114,049 units in the corresponding period a year earlier, Interior Ministry data showed Thursday.

Romanian IT&C Regulator Urges Internet Providers To Block 40 Porn Sites

16:03, 11 Dec. 2008
Romania’s National Communication Authority, or ANC, urged the country’s main internet providers Thursday to block access to 40 porn sites hosted in Romania, which aren’t password protected or pay-per-view.

Hundreds Of Romanians Sent Petitions To Govt Over Tripled Car Tax

15:44, 11 Dec. 2008
Hundreds of Romanians are sending daily petitions to the Government displeased with the Government’s move to triple the pollution tax for used cars, which utter insults or request tax exemption for different reasons.

Romanian Leu Continues Slide, Ctrl Bk Indicative At 2-Mo Low

14:44, 11 Dec. 2008
The Romanian currency continued its downward trend against the euro in Thursday’s mid-trade and the central bank computed an indicative of RON3.9047 to the euro, the lowest level in two months.

Romanian Leftist Head To Become National Defense Council VP – Sources

13:37, 11 Dec. 2008
Within the negotiations between the Romanian social democrats and democrat liberals, social democrat leader Mircea Geoana managed to impose the amendment of the Law governing the High Council for National Defense, eyeing the vice-presidency of the council, sources within the party told MEDIAFAX.

Sepultura Returns To Bucharest For Gig On Feb 7

13:22, 11 Dec. 2008
Brazilian rock band Sepultura returns to Romania on Februarya 7 for a gig in Bucharest, part of the tour following the release of their newest album "A-Lex", scheduled for January, organizers said.

Vodafone Romania Offers In-Flight Mobile Phone Services

12:25, 11 Dec. 2008
Vodafone Romania on Thursday said will offer in-flight mobile phone services aboard Emirates Airline and Malaysian Airlines flights, following a roaming deal with Telenor Mobile Aviation AS (TMA).

Romanian Liberal Lawmaker Virgil Pop Sent To Court In Corruption Case

12:10, 11 Dec. 2008
The Cluj branch of Romania’s Anticorruption Department (DNA) sent liberal lawmaker Virgil Pop to court on charges of influence peddling, forgery, instigation to forgery and money laundering, the representative of the local anticorruption department said Thursday.

Godfather Of Punk Iggy Pop To Play Romania At B’estfest In July

11:58, 11 Dec. 2008
After more than 40 years on the world’s biggest stages and after creating mass hysteria among fans at festivals such as Glastonbury or Reading Leeds when he invited them up on state, “Godfather of Punk” Iggy Pop will play Bucharest during the 2009 B'estfest festival.