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Romanian PM: No More Pay Raises 6 Months Before Elections

14:07, 29 Nov. 2009
Salaries will no longer be increased six months before elections, local authorities will be obliged to draft financial plans for a three-year period and there will be a maximum two budget revisions per year, Romania’s caretaker Prime Minister Emil Boc said at Realitatea TV.

Romanian Social Democrats Expect Support From Liberals In Dec 6 Presidential Runoff

13:35, 23 Nov. 2009
Romanian social democrat leader and presidential candidate Mircea Geoana said Monday the social democrats believe in a majority created with the liberals, a majority already formed around prime minister nominee Klaus Johannis, which could function after December, with Johannis as prime minister.

Romania’s President Wants Talks With Political Parties On Govt’s Draft Budget

10:14, 20 Nov. 2009
Romania’s President Traian Basescu said Thursday evening on public television he will not promulgate the draft amendments to the Law on the organization of the Government empowering the Cabinet to draft the state budget for 2010 until he has talks with political parties.

Romanian Ex-PM Tariceanu Says Govt Coalition With Democrats Is Possible But Unlikely

16:25, 19 Nov. 2009
Romania’s former prime minister, liberal Calin Tariceanu, said Thursday that if President Traian Basescu obtains a new term there could be a government formed by democrat liberals and liberals, but the alliance is unlikely given the “sad” experience previously gained in such an alliance.

Romania’s Govt Increases Foreign Affairs Min’s Budget To Organize Referendum Abroad

10:46, 12 Nov. 2009
Romania’s Government supplemented the budget of the Foreign Affairs Ministry by 190,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.2952) to cover costs for the organization and unfolding of the November 22 referendum to downsize the Parliament.

Romanian Subway Employees To Continue Protests, Say Govt Ignores Them

19:19, 11 Nov. 2009
About 200 Romanian employees of state-owned subway company Metrorex picketed the Government Wednesday and a delegation of subway workers’ representatives failed to talk with Prime Minister Emil Boc or Transport Minister Radu Berceanu.

Govt To Approve Subway Company Metrorex’s Budget Wednesday – Romanian Transport Min

15:44, 11 Nov. 2009
Romania's Government will approve Wednesday the revenue and expenses budget for 2009 of state-owned subway company Metrorex, Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said Wednesday.

Romanian Parliament Allows Govt To Submit 2010 State Budget Draft

12:03, 11 Nov. 2009
Romania's Senate on Wednesday adopted with 93 votes in favor the draft amendments to the Law on the organization of the Government, empowering the Executive to send to the Parliament the 2010 state budget, social security budget and fiscal liability laws.

Romanian President Vows To Designate New Prime Minister If Negoita Cabinet Falls

10:22, 11 Nov. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday on national television that if the government formed by Prime Minister-designate Liviu Negoita gets a no-confidence vote in Parliament, he will then designate a new prime minister, other than Negoita.

Romanian Government Takes New Shot At Pushing Pension Law In Parliament

19:44, 10 Nov. 2009
Romanian interim Prime Minister Emil Boc asked the Senate Tuesday to amend the law organizing the Government so that the dismissed Cabinet can enact the state budget for 2010 as well as the draft laws on fiscal liability and the unitary pension system, parts of the agreements concluded with the IMF.

Romanian PM-Designate Presents Cabinet List, Includes Acting Ministers And One Independent

17:32, 09 Nov. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister-designate Liviu Negoita said he submitted to Parliament a Cabinet list of fourteen ministries, led by some of the current interim democrat liberal ministers, but also including independent Gabriel Oprea.

Romanian Social Democrats Give Proposed Govt The Cold Shoulder

15:42, 09 Nov. 2009
Romanian social democrat head Mircea Geoana said Monday the social democrat MPs will not attend the procedures involved in the confirmation of the Negoita government, so as not to legitimize, through their presence, "the parody" prepared by President Traian Basescu.

Romanian Social Democrats To Delay Conf Vote For New Govt Until After Elections -Sources

12:46, 09 Nov. 2009
Romania’s opposition Social Democratic Party decided Monday to delay holding confidence vote for the country’s new government until December, after presidential elections, people familiar with the matter told MEDIAFAX Monday.

Romania PM-Designate To Propose Rebuffed Ministers In New Cabinet

17:36, 08 Nov. 2009
Romania’s Prime Minister-designate Liviu Negoita said Sunday his proposed Cabinet will include ministers previously proposed by Lucian Croitoru, who lost a confidence vote in Parliament.

Romanian Parliament Allows Caretaker Govt To Submit 2010 State Budget

16:46, 04 Nov. 2009
The Parliament Wednesday voted 259 to 4 and 120 abstentions to adopt a resolution requiring the country’s caretaker Government to submit the draft state budget for 2010.

Romanian PM-Designate Loses Confidence Vote In Parliament

15:16, 04 Nov. 2009
Romania’s Prime Minister-designate Lucian Croitoru lost a confidence vote in Parliament Wednesday as 250 lawmakers voted against his proposed government, leaving the country stuck in a political deadlock.

Romanian Parliament Holds Confidence Vote On Croitoru Govt

11:09, 04 Nov. 2009
Romanian lawmakers met Wednesday morning to hold a confidence vote on the Cabinet proposed by Prime Minister-designate Lucian Croitoru.

Romanian President Wants Right Winged Govt But No Liberal PM – Paper

11:49, 02 Nov. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said in an interview for local Romanian daily Ziarul de Iasi that he would prefer a right-wing government of democrat liberals and liberals, as in 2004 and 2008, but doesn’t want a liberal prime minster.

Hassle Around Romania’s Proposed Govt, Waste Of Time – Johannis

14:12, 29 Oct. 2009
Klaus Johannis, the mayor of the central Romanian city of Sibiu who is backed by a Parliament majority for prime minister, told a news conference Thursday he thinks all the hassle around the prime minister-designate’s proposed Cabinet is a waste of time.

Romanian Govt’s Budget Reserve Fund For 2009 Has Only RON7M Left – PM

10:31, 29 Oct. 2009
The Romanian government’s budget reserve fund for 2009 currently has only 7 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2995) left but can be refilled by the end of the year with money left unspent by ministries, caretaker Prime Minister Emil Boc said late Wednesday.

Romanian Govt Allots RON15 Installment Of Subsidy For Sheep Farmers

19:24, 28 Oct. 2009
Romania's Government decided Wednesday to allot a 15 lei per head (EUR1=RON4.2995) installment of the subsidy granted to sheep farmers, official sources told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian President Pledges New Govt Before Presidential Polls If Croitoru’ Cabinet Falls

20:58, 27 Oct. 2009
Romania’s acting President Traian Basescu on Tuesday said that, if the new Cabinet formed by designated Prime Minister Lucian Croitoru does not get the Parliament’s confidence vote, he will see that a new Cabinet is formed before the presidential elections due on November 22.

Romania’s New President Will Secure Majority In Parliament – President Basescu

19:35, 27 Oct. 2009
Romania's acting President Traian Basescu said Tuesday that, after the presidential elections in November, the country's new president will succeed in putting together a Parliament majority to further form a new government.

Romanian Govt Keeps RON1,000 Cap On Tax-Exempted Pensions Citing Budget Restraints

15:42, 27 Oct. 2009
Romania’s government won’t raise the ceiling for pensions exempt from income tax to 1,500 lei (EUR1=RON4.2897), as the Labor Ministry had proposed, and will keep it at RON1,000, citing budget restraints.

Romanian Parliament To Vote On New Govt Next Wednesday

16:02, 26 Oct. 2009
The standing offices of Romania’s Parliament decided Monday to hold the confidence vote for the country’s proposed new government next Wednesday and proposed ministers will be heard by parliament commissions this week.

Romania’s Hungarian Minority Party Maintains Support For Johannis Nomination

18:58, 23 Oct. 2009
Romania’s Hungarian minority party UDMR will not vote in Parliament for the proposed Croitoru government and will continue to support Sibiu mayor Klaus Johannis for the position of prime minister, said UDMR president Marko Bela.

Romania’s PM-Designate To Seek Parliament Confidence Vote For New Cabinet

17:27, 23 Oct. 2009
Romania’s designated Prime Minister Lucian Croitoru will seek a confidence vote in Parliament for a Cabinet made up by experts and democrat liberals of the dismissed government, but which is likely to be rejected as Croitoru has failed to secure the opposition’s support.

Romanian Government Adopts Legal Frame For Nov 22 Referendum

16:25, 23 Oct. 2009
The Romanian government adopted Friday two decisions allowing the organization of the referendum for the single-chamber Parliament at the same time as the first round of presidential elections on November 22, said interim Interior Minister Vasile Blaga.

Romanian PM Upholds PM-Designate To Form New Govt

15:02, 23 Oct. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said he offered designated Prime Minister Lucian Croitoru his political support as well as the “human resources” needed in setting up the new Executive, during a meeting held Friday at the Government.

Financial Aid For Romanian Food-Hit Areas In ‘08 Granted Upon EC Evaluations – Govt

11:14, 22 Oct. 2009
Romania's Government on Wednesday said European Union funds worth EUR11 million, used as financial assistance for floods that occurred in 2008, were allocated to counties Suceava, Botosani, Neamt, Iasi and Maramures, in northern Romania, after the EC experts assessed flood-related damages.

Romanian PM-Designate To Present Govt Structure In Parliament Friday Or Monday

16:32, 21 Oct. 2009
Romanian designated Prime Minister Lucian Croitoru will forward to the Parliament Friday or Monday morning the list with the structure of the new Government made up of 14 ministries led by technocratic ministers, democrat liberals told MEDIAFAX Wednesday.

Romania Pays $5.4M Of US’ Loan, On Behalf Of Local Cotton Importers

13:47, 20 Oct. 2009
The Romanian Government will pay from the state budget the remaining $5.4 million from a loan previously taken from the US Government for cotton acquisition by local companies, after importers refused to pay their debt.

Romanian President Seeks A Friendly Government

14:33, 17 Oct. 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu said on national television that his major objective is to secure a friendly government for a future mandate as president.

Romania’s President Could Dissolve Parliament If Reelected

16:39, 16 Oct. 2009
Romania’s acting President Traian Basescu said Friday on public radio if Parliament rejects two Government propositions until presidential elections, the Constitution allows him to dissolve Parliament after his potential reelection as president, adding he would rather not do so.

Romanian Govt Faced With Tough Choices If IMF Halts Payment – Pres

15:27, 16 Oct. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday on national radio station RRA that if Romania does not receive the money from the IMF and EU, any government, approved or provisional, will have to decide "where to cut payment," a choice between paying salaries and wages, or paying for investments.

Romanian Govt Does Not Support Memo On Reopening International Adoption

14:23, 16 Oct. 2009
The memorandum put forward by the Romanian Adoption Office (ORA), asking for the reopening of international adoptions, is this institution’s point of view, which is not shared by the Emil Boc Cabinet, the Romanian Government announced Friday.

Deisgnated PM, Proposed Govt To Face A Parliament Immune To Dissolution

18:21, 15 Oct. 2009
The Romanian Parliament is forced to validate a Government, if it gets the chance before the presidential elections and if it wants the provisional Boc Government gone, while the Parliament cannot be dissolved in the final six months of a president’s mandate.

Romanian Pres Disagrees With Appointing A Technocratic Government

19:17, 14 Oct. 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu told political parties, in the meeting held at the presidential palace, that they should assume government, because a government of technocrats is not suitable in a context where democracy is guaranteed in Romania.

Romanian Pres Pleads For National Union Government

19:16, 14 Oct. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday, in consultations with the political parties, that “he suggests” a national union government, to prevent parties from pointing fingers at each other.

Romanian Pres Invited Parties To Talks, Following Boc Cabinet Removal

17:59, 13 Oct. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday, after Parliament adopted the censure motion removing the Boc Cabinet, that he has invited political the parties to talks, the first stage of which is to begin at 5 p.m. today and end some time in the evening.