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Romanian Environment Min Heard By Parliament Inquiry Committee

12:05, 08 Iul. 2009
Romanian environment minister Nicolae Nemirschi si being heard Wednesday by a parliamentary inquiry committee regarding the ministry’s awarding of an advertising contract worth over 2 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2100) in April.

Former Romanian MPs Set Up NGO To Defend Their Rights And Explain Parliament’s Role

15:05, 30 Iun. 2009
Nine former Romanian MPs have set up a society, called the Association of Former Members of Parliament, which is to contribute to the Constitution’s revision, advise new MPs, watch over the separation of state powers and defend the rights of former MPs.

Romanian Lawmakers OK Setup Of Committee To Check Contract Awarded By Environment Min

15:56, 24 Iun. 2009
Romania’s Chamber of Deputies approved Wednesday 186 to one vote and one abstention the creation of an investigation committee to look into the awarding by negotiation of an advertising contract by the Ministry of Environment in April.

EP Elect Gigi Becali Banned From Leaving Bucharest Through Final Decision

14:55, 18 Iun. 2009
The Bucharest Court decided that businessman turned politician Gigi Becali cannot leave Bucharest and the Ilfov county, after judges allowed the prosecution’s appeal and rejected Becali’s request to be allowed to leave the country.

Romanian Lawmakers To Discuss Prosecution Of Ex PM Nastase Next Week

14:17, 17 Iun. 2009
Romania's Chamber of Deputies will decide next Wednesday whether to allow the prosecution of former social democrat prime minister Adrian Nastase, after the process was suspended Tuesday, Chamber secretary Sever Voinescu said Wednesday.

President Basescu: EC Deems Romania’s Parl Hinders Probes, Interferes With Legal System

09:50, 17 Iun. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday evening on B1TV that the European Commission thinks Romania’s Parliament interferes with the country’s legal system whenever it hinders probes against one of its members.

Romanian President Congratulates New Romanian MEPs

15:19, 11 Iun. 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu congratulated Thursday the Romanian elected MEPs and thanked the Central Electoral Office for the manner in which the European Parliament elections were handled.

Over 700 Romanians Vote In EP Elections At USA Stations

10:18, 08 Iun. 2009
A total number of 720 Romanians voted in the European Parliament elections at the 19 polling stations opened in the USA, according to final count at station closing time.

Romanian Social Democratic Party Prepares To Win Presidential Elections

21:34, 07 Iun. 2009
Romanian Social Democratic Party president Mircea Geoana said Sunday evening that his party would at once begin preparations to win the presidential elections.

Romania Govt To Pull Initial Draft Legal Codes From Parliament

20:52, 20 Mai 2009
The Romanian Government decided to withdraw from the Parliament the initial draft Criminal and Civil Codes, in order to take responsibility for the new texts, and the Secretariat General of the Government will send to Senate a request in this respect, according to talks in today’s Government meeting

Romanian Govt To Take Responsibility For Criminal, Civil Codes Early June

11:22, 18 Mai 2009
The Romanian government will take responsibility in Parliament for the Criminal and Civil Codes at the beginning of June, democrat liberal vice-president Gheorghe Flutur said Monday after a governing coalition meeting.

Romanian Parliament Rejects Liberals’ No-Confidence Motion

14:31, 13 Mai 2009
Romania’s Parliament voted 272 to 130 to reject the no-confidence motion submitted by opposition liberals and backed by the Hungarian minority party.

Romanian President Replies To Senate Head’s Open Letter

14:28, 12 Mai 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu sent a letter Tuesday to social democrat leader and Senate chairman Mircea Geoana regarding the debates on the legal codes.

Romanian Lower House Speaker Mulls Publishing List Of Absentee Lawmakers Each Week

16:12, 06 Mai 2009
Romanian Chamber of Deputies speaker Roberta Anastase submitted Wednesday a legislative initiative according to which lists of lawmakers who are present or absent from parliamentary commission or plenary meetings would be published on the Parliament’s website each week.

Romanian Parliament Endorses ’09 Budget Revision

14:49, 28 Apr. 2009
The Romanian Parliament approved Tuesday the emergency ordinance on the 2009 budget revision, which is based on a 4% economic contraction and a deficit target of 4.6% of the gross domestic product.

Romanian President Calls For Reexamination Of Magistrates’ Statute

13:12, 24 Apr. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu sent the Parliament Friday a request for the reexamination of amendments to the law on the statute of judges and prosecutors, saying that the European Commission would file a negative report if magistrates are allowed to occupy positions without a contest.

Romanians Abroad To Be Able To Vote In EP Elections

12:34, 22 Apr. 2009
Romanian citizens will be able to vote in the European Parliament elections even if they are temporarily abroad, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, adding procedures have been initiated for the organization of EP Elections, as well as the voting information campaigns for Romanian citizens abroad.

Romania Govt Calls For Annulment Of ‘Spiteful’ MPs Pension Law

14:45, 16 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government wants to have the Law allowing MPs to collect special pensions annulled, considering the act spiteful toward the population in times of crisis, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday.

Hundreds Of Students Vote In Bucharest For Moldovan Parliament Elections

15:21, 05 Apr. 2009
Hundreds of Moldovan students left Saturday night for Bucharest in order to vote in the Moldovan Republic Parliament elections held Sunday.

Marriage Defined In Romanian Draft Civil Code As Union Between Man And Woman

20:59, 25 Mart. 2009
Romanian MPs have defined marriage as the consensual union between a man and a woman, concluded according to law.

Romanian Ctrl Bk Chief To Explain IMF Loan In Parliament Hearing

17:53, 25 Mart. 2009
Romania’s central bank governor Mugur Isarescu will be asked to explain in parliament the reverberations of the IMF loan on local economy during a hearing of the budget and finance committees, democrat liberal Deputy Mircea Toader said Wednesday.

Romanian Parliament Commission To Hear Interior Min Next Week Over Intelligence Dept Scandal

11:40, 25 Mart. 2009
Romania’s Chamber of Deputies defense commission decided Wednesday to hear interior minister Dan Nica next week about his plans to reorganize the ministry and the situation at the General Intelligence and Internal Protection Department (DGIPI) whose chief was detained by anticorruption prosecutors.

New Romanian Criminal Code Redefines Self-Defense

13:47, 24 Mart. 2009
The Romanian Parliament Commission analyzing the Criminal Code set, on Tuesday, the definition of self-defense as the repulsion of the unauthorized night time attempt by a person to enter the home, estate or annexes of another person.

Romanian President Expected To Address Parliament Mo Afternoon

15:43, 09 Mart. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said he will address a parliament meeting on Monday afternoon regarding a potential foreign loan to aid Romania during the economic crisis.

Parliament, Romanians Must Agree To Foreign Loan – President

12:58, 06 Mart. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu will touch the issue of a foreign loan for Romania in his speech in Parliament Monday and said one cannot impose austerity if the population and the Parliament disagree.

European Parliament Elections To Be Held On June 7

09:14, 05 Mart. 2009
The Romanian Government decided, Wednesday, to hold elections for the European Parliament on June 7.

Romanian Parliament Amends Rules To Allow Prosecution Of Ex Ministers With Simple Majority

10:27, 25 Feb. 2009
The regulation commission of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies decided Wednesday that former ministers who are lawmakers may be indicted with the vote of half plus one of deputies present, commission president Iustin Cionca said.

Romanian Parliament OKs 2009 State Budget

16:22, 20 Feb. 2009
Romanian lawmakers approved Friday the 2009 state budget after four days of debates.

Romanian Parliament Starts Debates On ’09 Bugdet Tuesday

12:54, 16 Feb. 2009
The Romanian Parliament will start discussions on the 2009 budget draft on Tuesday and the budget might be adopted as soon as Thursday noon, as over 7,000 amendments are to be debated, said Monday Gheorghe Flutur, the vice-president of the Democratic Liberal Party, part of the ruling coalition.

Romanian Father’s Day, Mother’s Day Law Submitted To Parliament

14:57, 10 Feb. 2009
Romanian democrat liberal MP Mircia Giurgiu told MEDIAFAX he has submitted in the Chamber of Deputies the draft law "instating Father’s Day and Mother’s Day."

Romanian Deputy PM To Be Heard In Parliament To Fill Interior Min Position

12:38, 10 Feb. 2009
The standing offices of Romania’s two chambers of parliament will discuss Tuesday about having deputy prime minister Dan Nica, also nominated for interior minister, heard in Parliament, Chamber of Deputies vice-president Ioan Oltean told MEDIAFAX.

Dan Nica Doesn’t Need Parliament Approval To Be Deputy PM And Interior Minister

15:54, 09 Feb. 2009
The standing offices of the two chambers of the Romanian Parliament decided Monday that interim interior minister Dan Nica, who is also deputy prime minister, doesn’t need Parliament approval to become interior minister.

Romania’s ’09 Budget Draft To Be Debated By Parliament’s Commissions In 10 Days

11:30, 06 Feb. 2009
Roberta Anastase, the president of Romania's Chamber of Deputies, said Friday that the 2009 state budget draft was sent to the Parliament and will be debated by the two chambers’ commissions in about 10 days.

Romanian President Pleads For Single Chamber Parliament

14:12, 14 Ian. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday that he would opt for a single chamber Parliament and would lift immunity for lawmakers whose actions are punishable under the Criminal Code.

Parliament Dissolution, Last Resort To End Crises – Romanian President

12:32, 14 Ian. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday that dissolving the Parliament should be a last resort to end crises, adding it would not increase the authority of the head of state but will increase the ability of state institutions to act responsibly at times of crisis.

Romanian Govt Should Assume Responsibility For Criminal, Civil Codes – President

13:37, 08 Ian. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday at the presentation of the 2008 activity report of the High Council of Magistrates that the government needs to assume responsibility for the Criminal Code, the Civil Code and their respective procedure codes.

Romanian Senate Allows Govt To Issue Emergency Decrees During Parliament Recess

15:37, 22 Dec. 2008
Romanian senators decided Monday 114 to one votes to allow the government to issue emergency decrees during the Parliament’s recess.

Romanian President Asks Parliament Consent To Keep Romanian Troops In Iraq In ‘09

15:25, 22 Dec. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu sent a letter to Parliament Monday requiring its consent to keep Romanian troops in Iraq in 2009.

Romanian Parliament Summoned In Jan To Discuss ’09 State Budget – Sources

10:25, 22 Dec. 2008
Romania’s new ruling coalition formed of democrat liberals and social democrats decided to summon the Parliament in extraordinary meeting in the last week of January to debate the 2009 state budget draft, which they will most likely complete on January 20.

Romania’s New Cabinet Members Meet Before Parliament Votes On Investiture Monday

17:54, 21 Dec. 2008
The ministers nominated by Romania’s designated Prime Minister Emil Boc are participating in an informal meeting Sunday afternoon at the Palace of Parliament.