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Romanian President Set To Reject Integrity Agency Bill If It Strips Agency Of More Attributions

20:57, 13 Mai 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu told a press conference Thursday that he will reject the bill regulating the country’s integrity agency if he notices that the new bill only strips the agency of more attributions.

Romanian President Hopes Public Spending Cuts Will “Minimally Affect” Child-Rearing Benefits

20:39, 13 Mai 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu told a press conference Thursday that he hopes child-rearing benefits will be “minimally affected” by the recently announced spending cuts in the public sector.

Romania Not Faced With Greek Situation, Has Means To Avoid It – President

19:39, 13 Mai 2010
Romania is not in the same position as Greece, and the country has all the means necessary to avoid being faced with such a situation, nevertheless it should not be assumed that the current situation is “rosy”, President Traian Basescu told a press conference Thursday.

Romania Must Borrow Extra EUR5B, Apart From IMF Loan, To Meet New Budget Deficit Target

00:03, 12 Mai 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday Romania should borrow extra EUR5 billion from the market, apart from the EUR3 billion to be disbursed by the International Monetary Fund and the European Union by the end of the year, in order to keep the deficit in the new cap agreed with the IMF.

Romania Is Better Off Than Certain Eurozone Countries – President

16:51, 10 Mai 2010
Romania is not among the most financially afflicted countries in Europe, said President Traian Basescu Monday, after a meeting with the parliamentary groups which endorse the current Cabinet.

Romanian Liberals Will Not Endorse President’s Austerity Plan In Parliament – Party Head

13:55, 10 Mai 2010
Romanian opposition liberal leader Crin Antonescu said Monday that his party will not endorse President Basescu’s austerity plan in Parliament and that if the President wants to combat corruption and bureaucracy, he and Prime Minister Emil Boc should resign.

Romania Forced To Contract New Loan In 2011 Unless It Cuts Wages, Pensions – President

19:08, 09 Mai 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Sunday that if public salaries and pensions are not reduced, Romania will have to contract a new loan in 2011, which would simply “pawn” the future of the country and of millions of Romanians.

Romanian Union Leaders Say Spending Cut Measures Will Be Applied Until Dec 31, 2010

17:03, 09 Mai 2010
Romania’s five union federation leaders said Sunday, after a meeting with President Traian Basescu, that recent measures meant to cut budget spending in the public sector will be applied until December 31, 2010.

Romanian Union Leaders Call For Talks With President, PM, Before Completion Of IMF Negotiations

14:02, 07 Mai 2010
Romania’s five union federation leaders said in an open letter Friday they want to have an emergency meeting with President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Emil Boc before the agreement with the International Monetary Fund is finalized.

Romanian President Calls On Unions, Public Sector Employers To Decide Layoffs

21:29, 06 Mai 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday, after meetings with International Monetary Fund representatives, that unions and public sector institution heads must decide who will be laid off by the end of the year.

Wage Fund Reduction To Affect Both Central, Local Administration Sectors – Romanian President

20:54, 06 Mai 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday evening, after talks with the International Monetary Fund officials, the 25% decrease of the public sector salary fund will affect both the central and the local administration sectors.

The State Needs To Urgently Pay Its Debts To Local Cos – Romanian Pres

20:46, 06 Mai 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday that the payment of debts owed by the state to companies is essential in encouraging the resumption of economic growth.

Romanian President Calls For Quick Amendment Of Public Procurement Law

19:35, 06 Mai 2010
Romania’s public procurement law must be amended “quickly” so that procurement procedures become speedier and more transparent, President Traian Basescu said Thursday.

Romanian President Announces Pensions To Decrease By 15%, Public Sector Wage Fund By 25%

19:20, 06 Mai 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday, after talks with International Monetary Fund officials, pensions will decrease by 15% and salary funds in the public sector by 25%, which will also impact the minimum wage, adding subsidies will be drastically reduced.

Băsescu s-a întâlnit, din nou, cu delegaţia FMI şi face o declaraţie de presă, la ora 18.00

17:03, 06 Mai 2010
Preşedintele Traian Băsescu susţine o declaraţie de presă, la ora 18.00, la Palatul Cotroceni. Băsescu s-a întâlnit, joi, la Palatul Cotroceni, cu delegaţia FMI, după discuţia pe care a avut-o cu liderii partidelor şi formaţiunilor puterii, au declarat pentru MEDIAFAX, surse politice.

Romanian President Basescu To Meet China President Hu Jintao In July, In Beijing – Sources

14:44, 30 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu will visit Beijing in late July and meet with Hu Jintao, President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX on Friday.

Băsescu vrea să adopte, lunar, 10.000 de basarabeni. De ce rămân studenţii basarabeni în România

11:55, 30 Apr. 2010
Din ce în ce mai mulţi tineri basarabeni vin la studii în România. Pentru majoritatea, opţiunea naturală este de a se stabili definitiv la vest de Prut. Îi îndeamnă în primul rând, standardul de viaţă mai ridicat, informează Gândul.

President Basescu: Romania And Moldova – Two States, One People, Common Future

21:12, 28 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday in Iasi, northeastern Romania, at a meeting with Moldova’s acting President Mihai Ghimpu, that Romania and Moldova "are two states and one people and have a common future".

Romania To Consider Lowering Visa Money Requirement For Moldovan Citizens

17:16, 27 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday that the government will consider lowering the amount of money citizens of the Republic of Moldova are required to have before receiving a visa for Romania.

Romania’s President Pushes For Quick Adoption Of Integrity Agency Law

20:26, 26 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu Monday called on the country’s Government parties to ensure majority in Parliament to adopt the new draft law regulating the activity of the National Integrity Agency (ANI).

Geoană, către Ponta şi Dragnea: Ieşiţi din logica lui Băsescu

15:32, 26 Apr. 2010
Preşedintele Senatului, Mircea Geoană, le-a solicitat, luni, în BPN, liderului PSD, Victor Ponta, şi secretarului general, Liviu Dragnea, să "iasă din logica" lui Traian Băsescu şi să nu mai răspundă "temelor artificiale" create de şeful statului privind ANI sau revizuirea Constituţiei.

Romanian Liberals Support Integrity Agency Law But Won’t Attend Talks With President

13:06, 26 Apr. 2010
Romanian opposition liberals will not participate in talks with President Traian Basescu until he assumes a mediator’s attitude, and will only attend emergency-related talks with him until then, Liberal Party leader Crin Antonescu said Monday.

Romania Calls For Speedier Gap Reduction Btw Old EU Member States And Newcomers

13:16, 23 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Friday said efforts should be stepped up to reduce gaps between the European Union’s old member states and newcomers, arguing that competitiveness in the EU can never grow "if major imbalances are kept between Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Europe.”

Romania President: Govt Will Issue Emergency Decree To Keep Integrity Agency Running

21:00, 22 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday in Brussels that the government will issue an emergency decree allowing the country’s integrity agency to operate again, as soon as it takes note of the motivation of the Constitution Court ruling that stripped the anticorruption body of its main role.

Romanian President: Country’s Adoption Law Will Not Change During My Term

19:21, 22 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday in Brussels that the country’s law on adoptions will not change, “at least” not during his term, regardless of the lobby in favor of change made “in Brussels and elsewhere.”

President Basescu Says EC Head Shares His Standpoint On Core Issues For Romania

19:03, 22 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said that European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso made Thursday in Brussels the same remarks he did in the meeting with Government members on Wednesday, and underscored the dire need to keep tight grip on public spending.

Romania Assures EU The Country Will Have A Fully Operational Integrity Agency

17:12, 22 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Thursday assured European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso that Romania will fulfill its undertaken commitments to have a fully operational integrity agency that will meet its objective to screen public officials’ wealth and interest statements.

Romanian Govt: President Impeachment Ceases On Favorable Court Ruling

15:05, 21 Apr. 2010
Romania’s Government decided in its weekly meeting Wednesday that the parliamentary procedure used to impeach the head of state ceases if the country’s Constitutional Court rules the head of state did not breach the Constitution.

Romanian President’s Trial Against Paper, Businessman Over Campaign Video Postponed For June

11:26, 21 Apr. 2010
A Romanian court adjourned for June 16 a trail in which Romanian President Traian Basescu sued businessman Dinu Patriciu and newspaper Gardianul for libel after they released a video in which Basescu appears to be striking a child during the presidential election campaign in 2004.

Romanian President Warns 2010 Budget Deficit May Exceed Target – Sources

20:50, 20 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu Tuesday warned the government that the economic data for the first months of 2010 suggest the budget deficit could exceed 7% of the gross domestic product, above the 5.9% of GDP target agreed with the International Monetary Fund.

Romanian President: Govt Took Rough, Yet Necessary Measures To Cut Public Spending

16:31, 20 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Tuesday said the measures taken by the government so far are rough, audacious, yet highly necessary, adding they are meant to cut down public spending and set a reasonable balance between various social categories.

President Says Stripping Integrity Agency Of Its Role Hurts Romania

15:02, 20 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday the Constitutional Court’s decision to strip the country’s integrity agency of its main role may please some public officials but it does the country a great disfavor.

Romanian President Summons Govt For Talks On Public Spending, EU Funds, Constitution Revision

13:46, 19 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu Tuesday will hold talks with the Government on issues regarding public spending in the administrative sector, absorption of European funds, public procurement legislation, the revision of the country’s Constitution and the decentralization of state institutions.

Romanian Social Democrats Support 10% Election Threshold Proposition Made By President Basescu

13:57, 13 Apr. 2010
Romania's opposition endorses President Traian Basescu’s proposition to implement a 10% threshold for Parliament representation, party spokesman Radu Moldovan told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.

Romanian President May Use Executive Power To Revise Constitution

10:48, 13 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday evening, on B1TV, that he has asked parliamentary parties to implement the result of the 2009 referendum, but that he intends to start the Constitution revision process through the executive branch.

Romanian President, Government To Discuss Public Sector Layoffs Next Week

10:08, 13 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday evening, on B1TV, that he will summon the Government to the Presidency headquarters next week to discuss public sector layoffs and funding for infrastructure projects.

Romanian President Calls On Public Institutions To Use Electronic Auction Systems

13:51, 12 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu Monday called on public institutions to use the electronic auction system, adding he will closely monitor the increase in the number of electronic auctions, as there are many institutions which avoid using the system.

Băsescu: Poporul român şi eu însumi ne alăturăm doliului poporului polonez

16:18, 10 Apr. 2010
Preşedintele Traian Băsescu se alătură "doliului poporului polonez" după moartea preşedintelui Lech Kaczynski şi a primit cu "profundă tristeţe" vestea tragediei aviatice în care acesta şi-a pierdut viaţa, se spune în mesajul de condoleanţe transmis, sâmbătă, de şeful statului român.

NATO Member States’ Mission In Afghanistan Not Over Yet – Romania President

20:57, 08 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said he will call for a stronger relation between the EU and the U.S.A. at the meeting with U.S. President Obama and other high officials Thursday, and stressed “it is inacceptable that several NATO member states should think their mission in Afghanistan is over."

Năstase: Băsescu vrea să scape de Boc

11:25, 08 Apr. 2010
Preşedintele Consiliului Naţional al PSD, Adrian Năstase, susţine, într-o postare pe blog, că anunţul preşedintelui Camerei Deputaţilor, Roberta Anastase, privind urgentarea adoptării Legii lustraţiei arată că Traian Băsescu "vrea să scape" de Emil Boc.