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President Says Romania Unable To Improve Things For Future Flood Prevention, Relief

15:16, 07 Iul. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Wednesday said Romania has “no resources" to change things for the better and be ready to better cope with potential waves of floods in the future.

Romanian President Supervises Army Works On Temporary Bridge In NE Romania

12:34, 05 Iul. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu arrived Monday around noon in Dornesti, in the flood-hit northern Romanian Suceava county, to supervise works on a bridge over the local river built by the army.

Romanian President Returns To Flood-Hit NE Romania

19:50, 04 Iul. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu returned Sunday to the heavily flood-hit village of Saucesti, in northeastern Bacau county, which he previously visited Saturday.

Romanian President Calls For Reexamination Of Anticorruption Body Law

15:08, 02 Iun. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu asked the Parliament Wednesday to reexamine a recently adopted law regulating the country’s National Integrity Agency, whose powers have been weakened.

Romania To Cut All Pensions By 15%, Social Pensions Included – Tourism Min

20:02, 25 Mai 2010
All Romanian pensions will take a 15% cut, although exemptions for social pensions worth 350 lei (EUR1=RON4.1838) did come up during talks with Romania’s President Traian Basescu, the Minister of Regional Development and Tourism Elena Udrea told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.

Romanian Pensioners Picket Presidential Palace, Call On President To Resign Over Austerity Plan

11:33, 12 Mai 2010
Over 500 Romanian pensioners are picketing the presidential palace in Bucharest Wednesday and call on the president to resign over highly unpopular austerity measures he announced last week.

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.

Romanian President Says Benefits For Children, The Disabled Will Not Be Slashed

22:00, 09 Mai 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Sunday, after talks with union federation leaders, that social benefits for children and people with disabilities will not be reduced, adding all other subsidies are further poised to “analysis, reduction or elimination.”

Romanian Unions Push For Differentiated Wage Cuts; President Opts For Linear Cuts

18:18, 09 Mai 2010
Romania’s five union federation leaders said Sunday, after a meeting with President Traian Basescu, that they called for differentiated salary cuts in the public sector, whereas the head of state opted for linear salary cuts.

Romanian President To Meet With Union Leaders Sunday

15:17, 07 Mai 2010
Romanian president Traian Basescu has invited the leaders of the country’s large union federations to talks at the presidential palace Sunday, after he announced drastic cuts in public sector wages and pensions.

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 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.

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).

Romanian President Invites Political Parties To Talks On Integrity Agency Situation

09:57, 26 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu meets Monday at 5 p.m. with representatives of parliamentary parties for talks on the Constitutional Court ruling which stripped the country’s integrity agency of its main attributions in screening public official' wealth and interest statements.

Romanian Pres May Order Referendum If Parliament Silent For 30 Days – Draft Revised Constitution

00:54, 22 Apr. 2010
The draft law revising Romania’s Constitution stipulates that the President may choose the topics and date of a popular referendum and, should the Parliament not issue a decision within 30 days of the President’s request, may decree that it be held.

Romanian President Has Immunity During Term – Draft Revised Constitution

20:32, 21 Apr. 2010
The draft law revising Romania’s Constitution stipulates that the President has immunity over the course of his/her term, a change from the current Constitution, which does not provide the length of immunity and makes reference to immunity from prosecution for political opinions.

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.

Romania Isn’t Deploying More Troops In Afghanistan To Make Nice With U.S. – President

10:43, 13 Apr. 2010
Romania will send more troops to Afghanistan to help protect its already deployed troops and not to “make nice” with Washington, Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday evening on B1TV.

Romanian President Says Romania Wants Long-Term Collaboration With IMF

12:43, 30 Mart. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu told IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn Tuesday that Romania wants a long-term collaboration with the International Monetary Fund.

Romanian Intelligence Service Fight For Other Causes Than Fmr Communist Secret Police – President

15:19, 24 Mart. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday there is a fundamental difference between former secret police Securitate, which served the communist regime, and the current Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI).

Romanian Intelligence Services SRI, SIE Are Politically Unbiased – President

13:18, 24 Mart. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday at the headquarters of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) that he is convinced nobody can politically influence the SRI, adding he does not refer to the department services, just those coordinated by the High Council for National Defense (CSAT).

Romanian President Says Constitution Revision Should Go Beyond Issues Addressed In Referendum

16:24, 15 Mart. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday the country’s Constitution should be revised beyond the questions raised in a national referendum regarding Parliament and should include clearer state power separation limits.

Romanian Magistrates Vote Livia Stanciu For Supreme Court President

17:59, 25 Feb. 2010
Romania’s High Council of Magistrates on Thursday voted judge Livia Doina Stanciu to be president of the country’s High Court of Justice, but the appointment is pending approval by President Traian Basescu.

Romanian Social Democrats Elect Victor Ponta For Party President

08:50, 21 Feb. 2010
Romanian social democrats have elected Victor Ponta, 38, as their new party president Saturday, to the detriment of Mircea Geoana who was vying for reelection.

Romania’s Ruling Party To Hold Meeting Saturday, Invites Head Of State To Attend

13:57, 15 Feb. 2010
Leaders of Romania’s ruling Democratic Liberal Party will hold a meeting Saturday, February 20, to discuss the party’s political priorities for this year and debate its by-laws in view of upcoming inner elections, party spokesman Liviu Negoita said Monday.

Romanian Social Democrats To See Five Way Showdown For Party President

12:52, 15 Feb. 2010
The president of the Romanian Constanta County Council, social democrat Nicusor Constantinescu, said Monday before the National Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) that Constanta mayor Radu Mazare will enter the race for PSD president.

Romania’s High Council Of Magistrates Elects New President

16:04, 11 Ian. 2010
Romanian judge Florica Bejinaru Monday was unanimously elected president of the High Council of Magistrates, defeating the two other contenders, namely judge Ana Labus and deputy general prosecutor Liviu Dascalescu.

Romanian President Urges Speedy State Budget Adoption To Unlock International Bailout Money

13:29, 21 Dec. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu sent a latter to Parliament Monday urging adoption of the 2010 state budget by January 16 to unlock further disbursements of an IMF-led bailout loan of nearly EUR20 billion.

Romania’s Constitutional Court Validates Basescu As President

19:26, 14 Dec. 2009
Romania’s Constitutional Court Monday validated Traian Basescu for a second term as the country’s president, as he got the largest number of votes in the presidential election runoff held on December 6.

Romania’s Geoana: Together We Have Won

21:38, 06 Dec. 2009
Romanian social democrat Mircea Geoana said Sunday evening after exit-polls showed him winner of the presidential election runoff, this is a beautiful night for democracy and he shares victory with liberal Crin Antonescu who backed him in the presidential race.

Romanians Elect President Sunday Amid Political, Economic Crisis

07:04, 06 Dec. 2009
About 18 million Romanian eligible voters are expected to cast ballots Sunday to elect their president for the next five years and will choose between incumbent President Traian Basescu and social democrat Mircea Geoana.

Expertise Shows Footage Of President Basescu Allegedly Striking A Child Is Fake

20:08, 02 Dec. 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Wednesday that according to the analysis performed by the National Institute of Forensics the recording made four years ago, where he allegedly strikes a child, is not authentic, nor an accurate copy of an authentic recording.

Romanian Incumbent President Traian Basescu Accused Of Hitting A Child In ‘04

09:58, 27 Nov. 2009
A short clip surfaced on the internet, Thursday evening, showing incumbent president Traian Basescu, running for reelection next weekend, seemingly hitting a child during the electoral campaign for the presidential elections in 2004.

Romanians Vote For New President Sunday Hoping To Break Political Gridlock

16:22, 20 Nov. 2009
Romania’s 18 million eligible voters are expected to cast ballots Sunday, November 22, to elect a new president that should appoint a Parliament-endorsed prime minister to carry through reforms conditioning the east European country’s IMF-led EUR20 billion rescue loan.

Romanian Leasing Companies Ask President To Reject Flawed Legal Amendment

13:40, 12 Nov. 2009
Romanian leasing companies asked President Traian Basescu not to promulgate a draft law stating that leasing installments become fixed and monthly, and the contract period becomes undetermined.

Romanian President Promulgates Simplified Citizenship Procedures Law

21:01, 11 Nov. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu signed Wednesday the decree promulgating the law approving the Government Emergency Ordinance amending the Romanian citizenship law, thus simplifying citizenship granting procedures.

Romania Is Past Economic Crisis Peak, Econ Growth expected In ’10 – President

18:39, 10 Nov. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday on public television Etno TV Romania is past the peak of the economic crisis, adding the population will have higher pensions and wages by 2014.

Romanian President Doesn’t Want Parliament Dissolved, Will Seek New Majority

15:43, 10 Nov. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday he has not set out to dissolve the Parliament after presidential elections and will try to form a new majority if Romania doesn’t have a government until then.

Romanian Pres To Appoint New, “Responsible”, Prime Minister

20:20, 04 Nov. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday in Romanian town Alexandria, at an electoral rally, that he will appoint a responsible prime minister, who would not cover the underhanded privatization dealings attempted by businesspeople and politicians.