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Social Democrats Invite Parliament Parties To Talks On 2008 State Budget

13:27, 10 Dec. 2007
Romania’s leftist opposition Social Democratic Party, or PSD, decided Monday to invite all parliament parties for talks this week on the 2008 state budget draft.

Romanian Ex Pres Suggests Left-Right Tag Team Vs Current President

11:13, 10 Dec. 2007
The honorary president of Romanian leftist opposition party PSD, Ion Iliescu, said that Romanian president Traian Basescu and his supporters are the foes of stability in Romania, and social democrats and liberals should work together to isolate the head of state.

Romanian Community In Italy Donates Blood For Rome Hospitals

10:53, 10 Dec. 2007
Romanian immigrants in Italy gathered Sunday near the Coliseum in Rome to take part in an ample blood donation campaign for hospitals in Rome, RomaCitta informed.

Romania’s Rompetrol Cut Pump Prices By RON0.02 Per Liter

10:39, 10 Dec. 2007
Romania’s second-largest oil company Rompetrol Group NV cut Monday gasoline and diesel oil pump prices by 0.02 lei (EUR1=RON3.5121) per liter, for the period December 10-16, the company said in a statement.

Romania’s Leftist Opp Leader To Quit If ‘08 Elections Return Low Scores

16:55, 09 Dec. 2007
Romania’s leftist opposition leader Mircea Geoana told the BBC in an interview he would resign his leading position of the Social Democratic Party, or PSD, fails to win the 2008 local or legislative elections.

Romania’s First Grand Prix One Circuit To Cost EUR300M

16:47, 09 Dec. 2007
South Pacific Group starts construction works next summer for the first Grand Prix One circuit in Romania in Snagov, near Bucharest.

Liberals Norica Nicolai, Renate Weber Considered For Justice Min – Sources

16:27, 09 Dec. 2007
Liberal senator Norica Nicolai and MEP Renate Weber are two of the options considered by the Liberal Party, or PNL, for the position of justice minister, following Tudor Chiuariu’s resignation, liberal sources told MEDIAFAX Sunday.

Romanian Justice Minister Quits

15:05, 09 Dec. 2007
Romania’s justice minister Tudor Chiuariu announced his resignation Sunday in a press conference, adding he would come back to continue reforms in the country’s legal system when “ridiculous attacks against him” cease.

Romania Allots EUR1M For Africans Studying In Romania In ‘08 – President

11:10, 09 Dec. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Saturday at the end of the first working day of the EU-Africa Summit in Lisbon that Romania will grant financial assistance of EUR1 million in 2008 to African students studying of finishing PhDs in Romania.

Romania Qualifies In 2007 Women’s Handball World Championship Quarterfinals

22:07, 08 Dec. 2007
Romania qualified Saturday in the quarterfinals of the 2007 Women’s Handball World Championship in France , in Group II, after it beat Spain 32-19 (19-6).

Romanian Social Democrat MP Dan Iosif Buried With Military Honors

15:50, 08 Dec. 2007
Former social democrat lawmaker Dan Iosif was buried with military honors in Bucharest on Saturday.

Romania Backs Europe Sport Police

20:44, 07 Dec. 2007
Romanian sport officials on Friday discussed during a meeting of the National Committee against Violence in Sport a project initiated by EU regarding setting up a European police force to protect sport.

Romanian Pres Blames Govt, Assoc For Unlawful Electoral Reform

19:38, 07 Dec. 2007
Romania’s president Traian Basescu said Friday he suspects the government and an association Pro Democratia to have worked hand in hand to draw up two unconstitutional articles in the electoral reform law.

Romania’s Rompetrol Group Changes Mgmt Structure, Patriciu Stays CEO

18:15, 07 Dec. 2007
Romania’s second-largest oil company, Rompetrol Group NV, changed its administration structure following the 75% sale deal to Kazakhstan's state energy company KazMunaiGaz, local oil tycoon Dinu Patriciu remaining Rompetrol’s chief executive office, the company said in a statement Friday.

Romania Development Min Grants EUR28M To Modernize Zoos

16:28, 07 Dec. 2007
Romania’s development ministry MMDD will allocate EUR38 million for modernization works at 14 zoological gardens by 2012, the ministry said in a statement Friday.

Romanian Cab Drivers Protest In Front Of Bucharest Mayoralty

14:40, 07 Dec. 2007
Over 200 taxi drivers gathered on Friday morning in front of the mayoralty of Romania’s capital city Bucharest asking that lawmakers renew their transportation licenses and that licenses be granted individually and not for taxi companies.

Romanian 9-Mo GDP Slows On Low Ag Output, Revived By Construction

14:32, 07 Dec. 2007
Romania's nine-month gross domestic product growth of 5.8% on the year in real terms, compared with 7.8% in the corresponding period of last year, was due mainly to comparatively low agricultural output, the National Institute for Statistics, or INS said Friday.

Italy, Increasingly Intolerant To Romanians, Rroma – Report

14:30, 07 Dec. 2007
The integration process of foreigners in Italian society is “deficient”, as Italians grow more intolerant, particularly toward Romanians and Rromas, according to the 2007 report of the Italian socio-economic research institute Censis.

Romanian Far-Right Party Pushes Dismissal Of President Basescu

12:52, 07 Dec. 2007
Romania’s far-right Greater Romania Party, or PRM, will start proceedings next week to dismiss Romanian President Traian Basescu, whom they accuse of high treason, party secretary general Gheorghe Funar said Friday.

Romanian Prosecutor Gen Says Ex President Not Criminally Probed In Miners’ Riot Case

12:21, 07 Dec. 2007
Romania’s prosecutor general Codruta Kovesi said Friday she disaffirmed the solution to criminally probe former president Ion Iliescu in the 1990 miners’ riot case.

Romanian National Integrity Agency Is Now Operational

21:28, 06 Dec. 2007
The Romanian Government enacted, Thursday, a series of measures to render the National Integrity Agency (ANI) operational.

Rromani Ethnics Stab US Journalist In Romania

21:18, 06 Dec. 2007
A journalist from an American daily was stabbed in Romania by two Rromani ethnics in eastern Romanial locality Teisoru, in Vaslui county, while he was conducting research in the Rromani community of that area.

Romanian Journalist Prank Triggers Airport Security Upgrades

21:00, 06 Dec. 2007
The Romanian Government decided Thursday, a few days after two journalists entered unchecked in the perimeter of airport Baneasa, to equip 13 airports with control and security equipment as well as systems for the detection of explosives, X-Ray devices and metal detecting gates.

Romanian Pres Says Chamber Speaker Blocked CC Decision Publishing

20:04, 06 Dec. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu accuses Chamber Speaker Bogdan Olteanu of stopping the publishing, in the Official Gazette, of the Constitutional Court decision on the special Commission, keeping the head of state from making a decision regarding the ministers targeted by prosecutors.

Romania’s Justice Minister Considers Resignation – Sources

19:43, 06 Dec. 2007
Romania’s justice minister Tudor Chiuariu informed Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu this week that he considers submitting his resignation.

Romanian PM Did Not Honor Pres Request

19:21, 06 Dec. 2007
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu did not honor the request of president Traian Basescu regarding the dismissal of ministers Chiuariu and Pacuraru, feeling that the head of state has constitutional procedures for such cases, sources within Tariceanu’s office told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Govt To Submit Car Tax Amendments To EC By Feb ’08- Econ Min

19:18, 06 Dec. 2007
Romania is to submit to the European Commission, by February 2008, the amendments to its car tax legislation, but the government says there are no legal grounds forcing it to pay back the money already cashed for this tax, Romania’s economy and finance minister Varujan Vosganian said Thursday.

Romanian Pres Asked PM To Dismiss Two Mins

18:53, 06 Dec. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu asked Prime Minister Calin Popescu tariceanu, in a letter dated November 29, to immediately dismiss justice minister Tudor Chiuariu and labor minister Paul Pacuraru, for whom there was a request for criminal investigation.

New Chief At Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service

16:53, 06 Dec. 2007
The new director of the Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE), Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, said, after taking over his new position, that he believes in the strong of voice of Romania, adding the country deserves a good spot under the sun.

Romanian Democratic Liberal Party Leadership Structure Decided

16:03, 06 Dec. 2007
Romanian democrats and liberal democrats decided that the new party would be named the Democratic Liberal Party, under the presidency of Democratic Party president Emil Boc.

Romanian Late Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu As Best, Worst Political Leader In Last Century – Poll

15:03, 06 Dec. 2007
Romanians consider their former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu as “the best” and “the worst” political leader in the last century, according to the Public Poll Barometer of the Soros Foundation published Thursday.

Romania, EU’s Most Corrupted Country-Global Watchdog

13:43, 06 Dec. 2007
Romania is the EU country most affected by corruption, according to the 2007 Global Corruption Barometer published Thursday by the Berlin-based organization Transparency International (TI).

Bucharest Traffic Jams Risk Blocking Emergency Call No. 112

11:01, 06 Dec. 2007
The emergency call number 112 risks to be blocked due to the large number of calls received from divers complaining about traffic jams in Romania’s capital city of Bucharest, said Adrian Fulea, spokesperson with the Special Telecommunication Service, or STS.

Great Britain Maintains Restrictions For Romanian, Bulgarian Citizens

10:28, 06 Dec. 2007
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu went on an official visit in Great Britain to try and negotiate the faith of Romania citizens who wish to live and work in this country.

Romania’s News Agency Mediafax Receives Award During Business Superbrands Gala

08:15, 06 Dec. 2007
Romania’s largest news agency Mediafax, newspaper Ziarul Financiar and Business Magazin were awarded Wednesday evening within the Business Superbrands Gala during a ceremony that paid homage to the most valuable brands in the Romanian industry.

Romanian Democrats, Liberal Democrats Officially Approve Setting Up New Party

21:06, 05 Dec. 2007
The leadership of the Democratic Party, or PD, and the Standing Office of the Liberal Democratic Party, or PLD, approved Wednesday the setting up of a new party.

RTL Aims Buying Minority Stake In Antena 1, Antena 2, Euforia TV Stations

20:25, 05 Dec. 2007
German group RTL is negotiating with Romania’s media group Intact to buy a minority stake in TV stations Antena 1, Antena 2 and Euforia.

Arabia’s Al Arrab Did Not Inject Yet EUR35M In Romania’s Electroputere

20:03, 05 Dec. 2007
Saudi Arabia's Al Arrab Contracting Co., majority shareholder of Romanian electrical equipment-producer Electroputere, did not inject EUR35 million into the company’s working capital, as previously announced by Romania’s privatization authority AVAS.

Authorities Demolish Illegal Rromani Immigrant Camp In Rome

19:57, 05 Dec. 2007
Italian authorities evacuated and demolished, Tuesday, a Rromani camp abusively set up on the shores of river Aniene, at Ponte Mammolo (outskirts of Rome), inhabited by some one thousand Romanian Rromani people, together with numerous other extra-community citizens.

EU Commissioner Invites Farmers To Debate Agriculture Policies On Her Blog

17:33, 05 Dec. 2007
Romanian farmers can express their opinion on the reforming of the Common Agriculture Policy, or CAP, on the personal blog of European commissioner for agriculture, Mariann Fischer Boel.