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Romanian Pres To Attend Video-Conference With Romanian Troops Abroad

19:54, 30 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu will attend Monday a video conference with the Romanian troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans, the Presidency informed.

Romanian President Basescu Voted For Both Continuity, Change

09:15, 30 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu voted Sunday morning in Bucharest together with his wife and youngest daughter.

Romanian Pres Attends National Day Celebration In C Romania

15:55, 29 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu was under siege Saturday at the events dedicated to the National Day, as tens of people wished to talk to him or shake his hand.

Romanian President Estimates Elections Will Be Validated Around Dec 6

16:51, 28 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday he estimates the result of parliamentary elections due Nov 30 will be validated by the Central Electoral Office around Dec 6, and consultations with parties will begin immediately to determine parliament majority and form a new government.

Romanian President Calls For High Turnout At Parliamentary Elections

20:55, 27 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Thursday urged the citizens to cast their vote at the parliamentary polls due November 30 so that the future lawmakers will represent their will and be able to take steps to counter the economic crisis.

Romanian Pres See Econ Growth To 3-4.5% In ’09

20:45, 27 Nov. 2008
Romania’s economic growth will reach 3-4.5% in 2009 and the country will “look much better” compared to other states affected by the economic downturn, President Traian Basescu said Thursday.

Former Foreign Intelligence Colonel Claims Material Damages From Romanian President Basescu

15:48, 26 Nov. 2008
Former foreign intelligence colonel Ionel Dragomir demands material damages of 100,000 lei (EUR1=RON3.8131) within a trial in which he requires President Traian Basescu to state whether he, Dragomir, is the “colonel Dumitrescu” to whom the president referred in statements on crisis of the three Romanians kidnapped in Iraq in 2005.

Romanian President Says Steel Mill Mechel Won’t Lay Off Employees

18:47, 25 Nov. 2008
Steel mill Mechel Targoviste, southern Romania, will not lay off employees, although the situation at the plant is not really “a fortunate one”, President Traian Basescu said Tuesday.

Romanian PM Assures Budget Can Sustain Pension Payments This Year And The Next

14:57, 25 Nov. 2008
Romania’s state pension fund has enough money to ensure pension payments this year and the next, Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said during the Cabinet meeting Tuesday, after President Traian Basescu said Monday evening on television that the fund is “drained”.

Romanian President Awards Outgoing U.S. Ambassador With High Romanain Order

14:23, 25 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Tuesday decorated outgoing United States Ambassador Nicholas Taubman with the Order of the Star of Romania in a ceremony held at the Cotroceni Palace and thanked him for his “close and honest” observation of Romanian realities.

Romania Pres Says Recent Visits To Large Cos Not Related To Any Electoral Campaign

21:17, 24 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu told a press conference Monday that his recent visits to large companies were not part of any electoral campaign whatsoever, stressing he just could not sit back and relax in his office, waiting to hear what journalists and politicians say in the fallout of the economic crisis.

Romanian Pres: Moody’s Evaluation Is Accurate

20:05, 24 Nov. 2008
Romania’s president Traian Basescu said Monday that he sees the Moody's Investors Service forecast that Romania might enter in recession in 2009 as “the most accurate prediction of a rating agency”, underlinining that Moody’s “only warned, and not revised downwards the rating of our country”.

Romanian President Upbeat On Ability To Overcome Economic Difficulties

19:24, 21 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Friday said the country can overcome the economic downturn, mentioning the media depicts a false “apocalypse” about job losses.

Nokia’s Romanian Plant Unaffected By World Crisis, Jobs Are Safe – President

15:50, 21 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday, after talks with management of the Romanian plant of Finnish mobile giant Nokia, that the unit isn’t affected by the international financial crisis and people’s jobs are safe.

Upetrom 1 Mai Co Faces Unskilled Young Workforce Issue – Romania’s Pres

14:55, 21 Nov. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Friday, after visiting the factory, that the country’s oilfield equipment manufacturer Upetrom 1 Mai Ploiesti faces the problem of “very low skilled” young workforce.

Romanian Pres Says Damen Shipyard, Steel Plant Arcelormittal Not In The Same Boat

16:49, 19 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu visited Wednesday the Damen shipyard and steel plant ArcelorMittal in Galati town, eastern Romania, and stressed, at the end of his visit, that the situation at the shipyard is different from that at the steel plant.

AFP: Băsescu vrea capul a doi miniştri acuzaţi de corupţie

19:16, 18 Nov. 2008
AFP citează pe 6 decembrie 2007 o scrisoare intrată în posesia Mediafax, prin care preşedintele Traian Băsescu îi cere premierului Călin Popescu Tăriceanu să-i înlocuiască pe miniştrii Justiţiei şi Muncii, faţă de care s-a cerut începerea urmăririi penale.

Layoffs Are Not Currently An Option At Oltchim – Romanian Pres

18:12, 17 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday after talking with the management of chemical plant Oltchim that he would tell the employees unemployment is not in their current outlook, as measures are planned in relation with oil company OMV and state privatization authority AVAS.

Romanian President Proposes Car Tax Exemption For New Cars To Overcome Crisis

14:00, 17 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday after a visit to the plant of Dacia, the Romanian carmaking unit of France’s Renault, that a solution to the crisis that is affecting the local auto industry would be a temporary tax exemption for new cars.

Romanian Pres Passes Law Approving Govt Ordinance On Former Secret Police Files

20:55, 13 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu Thursday promulgated the law adopting the Government Emergency Ordinance regulating the activity of the National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives, or CNSAS.

Romanian Const Court Deems Unconstitutional The Referendum – Elections Law

16:26, 12 Nov. 2008
Romania's Constitutional Court accepted Wednesday president Traian Basescu’s notification on the law stipulating that referendums can be held in parallel with the presidential, parliamentary or European Parliament elections.

Romania Will Be Affected By Fin Crisis, But Can Overcome It – President

11:52, 07 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday before leaving for Brussels that Romania will certainly be affected by the global financial crisis, but it has enough resources to overcome it and the pending threat shouldn’t impair reform.

Romanian President Decorates 16 Journalists Of National Radio Company

15:13, 05 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu decorated Wednesday, at his office, sixteen former and current journalists of the National Radio Company (SRR) during the event celebrating the station’s 80th anniversary.

Romanian President Congratulates New U.S. President Elect

11:19, 05 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu addressed a message Wednesday congratulating the United States’ new President elect Barack Obama and wishing him all the best in carrying out his mandate, the website of the presidency informed Wednesday.

Romanian President Passes Law On Home Insurance Against Natural Disasters

13:51, 04 Nov. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu Tuesday promulgated the law obligating private individuals and legal entities to ensure their homes against natural disasters, which will be enforced 120 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

Romania Stays Out Of Middle East Processes Pending Beckoning – Romanian Pres

13:55, 03 Nov. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Monday Romania does not wish to interfere with the ongoing processes in the Middle East, but the country is ready to get involved, if asked to do so.

Romanian Universities Welcome Young Palestinians – Romanian President

13:54, 03 Nov. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday at the end of the meeting with Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that Romania is willing to resume, starting with 2009, the university education programs for young Palestinians.

Romania’s Future Govt Will Repeal Act Putting Off Teachers’ Wage Hikes – President

15:12, 31 Oct. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday on public radio station RRA that the future government will repeal the ordinance postponing teachers’ age hikes, adding he finds it hard to believe the act would be repealed before general elections.

Romania Stays Loyal To Nabucco Gas Pipeline Proj – President

20:32, 30 Oct. 2008
Romania has no intention to scrap the Nabucco gas pipeline project in favor or rival South Stream, President Traian Basescu said Friday.

Liderii confederaţiilor sindicale nu renunţă la proteste

20:08, 30 Oct. 2008
Liderii confederaţiilor sindicale spun că nu renunţă la proteste în urma apelului preşedintelui, pe care îl consideră tardiv şi cer o ofertă concretă, nu doar un apel formal.

Romanian Pres: S&P Downgrade Decision Not Plausible As Public Debt Is Low

19:43, 30 Oct. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Thursday that the downgrade in Romania’s rating made by Standard & Poor’s on Monday is not plausible as Romania’s public debt is “extremely low”.

Crin Antonescu îl vede premier pe soţul Elenei Udrea

16:09, 29 Oct. 2008
Vicepreşdintele PNL Crin Antonescu a declarat, miercuri, la o întâlnire cu presa, că, în opinia sa, preşedintele Băsescu va numi premier un independent, dacă PDL va ieşi pe locul doi la alegerile parlamentare, dându-l ca exemplu ipotetic pe soţul Elenei Udrea, afaceristul Dorin Cocoş.

Romanian Development Min Denies President’s Claims Of Biased Salary Hikes

13:48, 29 Oct. 2008
The salaries of employees in the Romanian National Housing Agency (ANL) grew by 39% between 2005 and 2008 and the 4.4 times increase, claimed in the speech held by President Traian Basescu, is “an oversight” by the authors of the speech, said development minister Laszlo Borbely.

Romanian PM Widens Speech, Explains Stance On Current Issues

02:42, 29 Oct. 2008
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu spoke on local television station Antena 3 addressing most current issues and responding to some of the accusations brought against him by President Traian Basescu and other political leaders.

Romanian Pres Says Hungarian Post-Salary Hike Budget Problems Are Something Else

14:17, 27 Oct. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Monday "we cannot see the Romanian and Hungarian budgets as equal," as the neighboring country takes out loans to build highways, in public-private partnership, and some of the budget goes to the repayment of loans.

Romanian President Agrees With Higher Wages For Healthcare Sector Employees

12:22, 27 Oct. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday at the meeting with the members of the presidential commission analyzing and drafting policies in the healthcare sector that he agrees with higher wages in the sector, provided wages go hand in hand with professional achievements, just like in the education sector.

Romanian President Promulgates Pension Law

18:56, 25 Oct. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Saturday announced he promulgated a law hiking pensions for labor groups 1 and 2 as of January 1, 2009.

Romanian President Stars In Cheap Drama On Salary Hike – PM

18:35, 25 Oct. 2008
Romanian Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu on Saturday said he witnessed a cheap drama, in which President Traian Basescu asked him additional data on the economic impact of salary raises, only to show that he was more interested in the upcoming elections than in the country’s welfare.

The Parties Wishing For Salary Hikes Will Up Taxes – Romanian PM

22:00, 24 Oct. 2008
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu warned Romanians, Friday evening, on the intentions of parties that promote 50% salary hikes. He said the leaders of these parties will later implement higher taxes, in order to secure funding necessary for these salary increases.

Teacher Salary Hikes Are Unacceptable – Romanian PM

20:56, 24 Oct. 2008
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu asked politicians and union leaders to understand that a the 50% hike in teacher salaries will have a catastrophic effect on the economy, and added Romania cannot afford to apply such an irresponsible measure.