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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.

Romanian Liberal Leaders Reunite To Talk Teacher Salary Hike Aftermath

19:36, 24 Oct. 2008
Romanian liberal leaders and ministers will reunite, Friday evening, in a meeting with the party president, Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu, to discuss the situation created when the head of state promulgated the law increasing teacher salaries by 50%.

Romanian Govt Can Adopt Any Act To Counter Teachers’ Wage Hike Law – Govt Official

14:34, 24 Oct. 2008
The Romanian government will thoroughly analyze the implications of the teachers’ wage hike law, which president Traian Basescu passed Friday, and can adopt any normative act in this respect as it still considers the move is unsustainable unless all investments are canceled.

Education, Labor Mins Decline To Comment On Teachers’ Wage Hike Law Promulgation

14:08, 24 Oct. 2008
Romanian education minister Anton Anton told MEDIAFAX Friday that he doesn’t wish to comment on President Traian Basescu’s decision to promulgate the law raising teachers’ wages by 50%, but he observes all laws.

Romanian President: I Take Liberties Beyond Those Imposed By My Office

20:55, 23 Oct. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Thursday said at the manifestations celebrating 52 years from the Hungarians’ anti-Soviet revolution that he understands the need for freedom of all Romanians, regardless ethnicity, as he himself has sometimes taken liberties beyond the ones imposed by his position.

Romanian Pres Calls For Unitary Approach In Nabucco Proj

19:31, 22 Oct. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Wednesday that Romania supports the development of renewable energy sources and the diversification of electric power transport routes, and also stressed upon the speeding up of Nabucco pipeline project.

Romanian PM Sends Salary Hike Effects Briefing To Pres

17:23, 22 Oct. 2008
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu sent to president Traian Basescu a letter with the additional data requested by the head of state regarding the economic impact of the salary hikes in education, the pension hikes for labor groups I and II and aid for mothers.

It Is Time Romania Resumed Relations With Syria – Romanian President

11:37, 21 Oct. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday in a meeting with the representatives of the Syrian Chambers of Commerce and Industries Federation that the message he brings in his official visit is that Romania wishes to resume relations between the two states.

Tăriceanu: Băsescu a fost ales preşedinte cu voturile PNL, dar liberalii au fost înşelaţi

21:45, 20 Oct. 2008
Liderul PNL, premierul Călin Popescu Tăriceanu a declarat că Alianţa PNL-PD a fost încheiată într-o perioadă în care formaţiunea democrată se afla "în pragul dispariţiei" şi că Traian Băsescu a fost numit preşedinte al ţării în principal cu voturile PNL, liberalii fiind însă ulterior înşelaţi de PD.

Iran’s Nuclear Program Should Be Transparent – Romanian President

15:40, 20 Oct. 2008
Iran is free to unfold civil nuclear programs, but should keep them transparent to avoid suspicions that it might be developing nuclear weapons, Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday in Damascus after a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Romanian, Syrian Presidents Talked About Runaway Terrorist Omar Hayssam

14:00, 20 Oct. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday after a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that talks included Syrian business man Omar Hayssam, tried and convicted in Romania for terrorism and thought to be hiding in Syria.