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Romania’s Healthcare System Ready To Cure All Swine Flu Cases – President

13:00, 04 Nov. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Wednesday said Romania cannot escape the swine flu pandemic because all European countries are faced with this illness, but stressed Romania’s healthcare system is ready to cure all cases of infection "if people immediately report any flu suspicions."

Romanian President Opposes Tax Hikes, Including VAT

15:42, 28 Oct. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Wednesday said he opposes any tax hikes in times of crisis, as the measure would only increase tax evasion, dismissing recent media reports about him favoring a higher level of the value added tax to boost revenues to the state budget.

Romania Cannot Make It Out Of The Crisis By Itself – President

19:09, 25 Oct. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Sunday said Romania cannot make it out of the economic crisis by itself, because it is not an isolated country, stressing, however, that Romania cannot turn into a "tractor" for other European countries.

Romanian President Issues Referendum Decree

18:44, 22 Oct. 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu issued Thursday the decree organizing the referendum for a single-chamber Parliament and reducing the number of Parliament Members to at most 300, despite Parliament opposition.

Romanian Magistrates’ Vote Fmr Head Lidia Barbulescu For Supreme Court President

16:24, 22 Oct. 2009
Romania’s High Council of Magistrates Thursday voted former council head Lidia Barbulescu to be president of the country’s High Court of Justice, but the appointment is to be made by the head of state.

Romanian Social Democrat Leader Threatens To Oust Bucharest District 2 Mayor From Party

18:37, 21 Oct. 2009
Romanian social democrat leader Mircea Geoana told Bucharest District 2 mayor Neculai Ontanu he will be excluded from the party if he does not withdraw his statement according to which he supports President Traian Basescu for a second term, social democrats told MEDIAFAX Wednesday.

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 Ex Interior Min Appointed His Intelligence Chief Wihtout PM Approval – Pres

17:22, 16 Oct. 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu told national radio station RRA that former social democrat interior minister Dan Nica did not ask for the prime minister’s approval when appointing the managers leaders of Interior Ministry intelligence.

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.

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 Democrat Liberals Forward PM Proposition To President – Sources

11:49, 15 Oct. 2009
Romanian democrat liberals forwarded a proposition for prime minister to President Traian Basescu, who is likely to make an announcement in this respect around noon, sources close to the matter said Thursday.

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 Fingers Social Democrats, Liberals, Magyar Union As Crisis-Starters

20:47, 13 Oct. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday that those who claim the need for political stability are the same ones who started the political crisis, namely those who resigned the Government “en masse” and filed the no-confidence motion that brought down the Government.

Bucharest General Mayor Has “Short” Ruling Plan If Elected President

14:56, 10 Oct. 2009
Independent candidate for the presidential race Bucharest general mayor Sorin Oprescu said Saturday during a visit in Timisoara, western Romania, his ruling plan is “short” and based on honesty and “peaceful” relations between state institutions.

Romanian President Signed Revocation Of Social Democrat Ministers Who Resigned

19:13, 01 Oct. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday that he signed at the proposition of Prime Minister Emil Boc the decrees revoking the ministers who resigned.

Romanian Social Democrat Secretaries Of State Resign Their Positions

12:31, 01 Oct. 2009
Romanian social democrat secretaries of state will resign their positions in the government in solidarity with the resigning social democrat ministers.

Romanian Govt Standoff Conclusion Depends On Presidential Decision

19:40, 30 Sept. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc asked the social democrat ministers at the end of the government meeting if they reconsidered their stance to support minister Dan Nica, to which Ilie Sarbu replied their stance is the same, Boc adding that in this case he awaits President Traian Basescu’s decision.

Romanian Social Democrats Quit Govt If President Signs Interior Minister’s Dismissal

14:32, 30 Sept. 2009
Romania’s social democrat Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Dan Nica, called on President Traian Basescu and democrat liberal Prime Minister Emil Boc to take back the act firing him, or social democrat ministers leave the government.

Romanian PM Invites Coalition Partners To Talk On President’s Recommendations

17:56, 29 Sept. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc called for a meeting of the ruling coalition for 9 p.m. on Tuesday or for 9 a.m. on Wednesday, for talks on the nominations proposed by President Traian Basescu for the interior minister seat, said democrat liberal vice-president Adriean Videanu.

Romania’s Social Assistance System, Grossly Cheated – President

15:15, 22 Sept. 2009
Romania’s social protection system is inefficient because it is cheated by thousands of people who take early retirement because they had tonsillectomies or appendectomies and are helped by “some very generous doctors”, Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday.

Romanian President Traian Basescu States Priorities For Potential Second Mandate

18:37, 20 Sept. 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu said, answering a question, that should he run for a new mandate as president his priorities would be the reform of the state, the revision of the constitution and a policy for the promotion of Romania.

Romanian President Backed By Democrat Liberals For Second Term As Independent

09:34, 08 Sept. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu cannot be part of any political party, under the Constitution, and will run for a second term independently, backed by the Democratic Liberal Party, democrat liberal leader Mircea Toader told MEDIAFAX Monday evening.

Romanian Lawmakers Decide President Will Address Parliament On Sept 15

14:38, 07 Sept. 2009
The leaders of the two chambers of Parliament on Monday decided Romanian President Traian Basescu would address Parliament on September 15, at 7 p.m., although Basescu said he wishes to address the Parliament on September 14 regarding the country’s main political issues.

Prince Radu Of Romania Drops Out Presidential Race

19:40, 02 Sept. 2009
Prince Radu Duda of Romania said Wednesday in a press release he will not run for president, saying that the left political wing “lies in presidential pocket”, while the right wing chose to ignore the project set up by the Royal House.

Romanian Journalist Accuses Head Of State’s Brother Of Involvement In Terrorism

17:47, 24 Aug. 2009
Reputed Romanian journalist Sorin Rosca Stanescu said, on his personal website, that the Romanian president’s brother, Mircea Basescu, is allegedly involved in an explosives trafficking business alongside an alleged terrorism affiliation suspect named Bakri Imad Abdul Reda.

Romania Needs To Uphold Investments To Overcome Crisis – Pres

18:46, 22 Aug. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Saturday that the country has the capacity to exit fast from the crisis and it needs to do so by stimulating investments in agriculture and infrastructure.

Foreigners’ Citizenship Problems To Be Solved In Three Months At Most – Romanian Pres

10:02, 22 Aug. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday the sector in charge of citizenship problems will be consolidated by the end of the year, so that foreign citizens will no longer have difficulties in obtaining Romanian citizenship.

Romanian Social Democrats Ask Pres To Clarify Involvement Military Contracts

14:38, 21 Aug. 2009
Romanian Social Democratic Party spokesman Bogdan Niculescu-Duvaz said Traian Basescu still has to clarify his involvement in his brother’s dealings or the potential military contracts signed by the company with the state.

Romanian Pres Asks His Brother To Give Up Shares In Military Co

13:09, 21 Aug. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu asked his brother, Mircea Basescu, to withdraw from a company the press reported might be involved in various military contracts, pointing out that the respective company was not involved in such contracts.

Romania’s Pres: Fincl Booms Will No Longer Return

10:13, 21 Aug. 2009
Romania’s President Traian Basescu said Thursday in the eastern town of Vaslui that the financial booms will not return after the economic crisis comes to an end.

Romanian Police Officers Suspend Protests Following President’s Invitation For Talks

20:47, 19 Aug. 2009
Head of Romania’s Union of Police Officers Marian Gruia told MEDIAFAX Wednesday that the protests of the police officers were suspended after President Traian Basescu invited their representatives for talks.

Issues On Romanian Side Further Delay President Basescu’s Visit To Ukraine – Ambassador

16:17, 19 Aug. 2009
Markiyan Kulyk, Ukraine’s ambassador to Bucharest, told MEDIAFAX in an interview that the main reasons for the delay of the Romanian president’s visit to Ukraine endure because of the Romanian side.

Ten Police Officers’ Representatives To Meet Romanian President On Sunday For Talks

13:56, 19 Aug. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Wednesday invited ten representatives of the police officers for talks on Sunday at 12 local time, amid protests of the unionists in Bucharest.

Romania To Resume Econ Growth In 2010 – Pres

17:53, 15 Aug. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Saturday said on private television ProTV that the country will resume the economic growth as of 2010 and sees no perspective on stopping the negative economic growth of the gross domestic product.

Acting President Traian Basescu Will Run For Second Mandate – Romanian Transp Min

14:29, 15 Aug. 2009
Romanian transport minister Radu Berceanu on Saturday said he is sure that acting president Traian Basescu will run for a second mandate and will announce his candidacy close to the start of the electoral campaign.

Romanian President Skeptical About Unpaid Leave In Public Sector, Suggests Staff Cuts Instead

11:25, 14 Aug. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday, in the southeastern county of Tulcea, that forcing public sector employees to take ten days off without pay is not the right solution and recommended staff cuts based on performance evaluations.

Romanian President Wants 2nd IMF Loan Tranche To Fund Budget Deficit

12:01, 06 Aug. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said late Wednesday that he would talk to IMF representatives on using the second tranche of the IMF loan to finance the budget deficit instead of raising central bank's foreign currency reserves.

Romania Won’t Meet Targets Agreed With IMF – President

19:38, 30 Iul. 2009
President Traian Basescu Thursday said Romania cannot fulfill the targets agreed with the International Monetary Fund for 2009, as the economy contraction would be larger than projected.

Romanian Education Min, Unionists Want To Turn “Good Laws” To „Convenient” – President

19:02, 30 Iul. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Thursday said on public radio RRA that the meeting of education minister Ecaterina Andronescu and the unionists in the sector eyes transforming a good set of laws, beneficial to the education, into a “convenient” one.