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Romanian Constitutional Court Ruling On Defense Council May Favor Liberals – Sources

17:15, 07 Iun. 2009
Romania’s Constitutional Court may rule on June 17 that the decree granting the Senate chairman the statute of vice-president of the country’s Supreme Defense Council is unconstitutional, sources within the liberal Party, which challenged the decree, said Sunday.

Romanian Interior Ministry Received Over 1,300 Notices Of Attempted Election Fraud

16:12, 07 Iun. 2009
More than 1,300 notices of attempted fraud were received Sunday afternoon by the Romanian Interior Ministry’s Operative Command Center, set up to monitor and manage the activity of law enforcement forces during the European Parliament elections.

Food, Drink Scarce On Pirate-Seized Italian Ship Carrying Romanian Sailors

16:11, 07 Iun. 2009
The crew of Italian ship Buccaneer, seized by pirates two months ago, is in a dramatic situation, as drinkable water and food are scarce, LiberoReporter informed, citing an Italian sailor on board.

Fraud Attempts In EP Elections, 35 Criminal Records Opened – Romanian Interior Min

14:58, 07 Iun. 2009
Romanian Interior Minister Dan Nica said Sunday that there have been attempts to defraud the EP elections, with voters receiving money and food, and 35 criminal records have been opened.

Romania Voter Turnout At 10.24 % By GMT 1000

14:34, 07 Iun. 2009
Voter turnout at the European Parliament election in Romania was of 10.24% by GMT 1000, Central Electoral Bureau spokesman Marian Muhulet said.

Romanian Senate Chairman Geoana To Withdraw From Country’s Def Council

13:35, 07 Iun. 2009
Romanian Senate chairman and social democrat leader Mircea Geoana said Sunday he is withdrawing from the country’s Supreme Defense Council, or CSAT, saying he won’t admit president Traian Basescu to use the Army’s positive image for election purposes.

Romanian Arrested In Italy After Attempting To Steal Ballot Box

13:29, 07 Iun. 2009
A Romanian national was arrested in Rome, Italy, after attempting to steal a ballot box which was to be used in the European Parliament elections, according to news website IlSole24Ore.com.

Spy-Phone Software Increasingly Used In Romania, Greece, Italy, Spain – Experts

13:04, 07 Iun. 2009
Mobile phone tapping by people and companies, using spy-phone software, seems to be on the rise in countries such as Romania, Greece, Italy, Spain, France and Germany, the online edition of Newsweek magazine cited experts as saying.

Romanian Police Pulled Over Five Buses Carrying Voters To Bucharest

11:49, 07 Iun. 2009
Romanian police and gendarmes on Sunday pulled over five buses transporting voters from Giurgiu, southern Romania, to capital city Bucharest, on suspicions that those people were brought to cast multiple votes, sources told MEDIAFAX.

Romania Voter Turnout At 4% % By GMT 0700

11:38, 07 Iun. 2009
Voter turnout at the European Parliament election in Romania was of 4% by GMT 0700, Central Electoral Bureau spokesman Marian Muhulet said.

Romanian Liberal Party Leader Says He Voted For New Era In Romanian Politics

11:33, 07 Iun. 2009
Romanian Liberal Party leader Crin Antonescu said Sunday morning, after casting his vote in the European Parliament elections, that he voted for a good representation of the country in the EU legislative body and the beginning of a new era in Romanian politics.

EP Election Results Won’t Influence Romania’s Ruling Coalition – Soc Dem Leader

10:52, 07 Iun. 2009
Romania’s Social Democratic Party leader Mircea Geoana said Sunday, after he cast his ballot in the European Parliament elections, that he doesn’t think the results of this vote would influence the country’s ruling coalition as the country needs stability.

Romania’s Hungarian Party Leader Says He Voted To Impose Minorities’ Rights

10:39, 07 Iun. 2009
Romania’s Hungarian minority party leader, senator Marko Bela, said Sunday morning after he cast his ballot in the European Parliament election, that he voted for “a Europe that would impose minorities’ rights”.

Romanian PM Says He Voted For Party, Romania And Europe

10:38, 07 Iun. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc cast his ballot Sunday morning in his hometown of Cluj-Napoca, northwestern Romania, saying he went to the polls “for the party, for Romania and for Europe”.

Romanians Vote For Members Of The European Parliament

07:52, 07 Iun. 2009
Romanians began voting Sunday morning to choose 33 people who will serve as representatives of the country in the European Parliament for the next five years.

Romania Beats Lithuania 1-0 In World Cup Qualifying

07:25, 07 Iun. 2009
Romania beat Lithuania 1-0 Saturday evening in Marijampole in the World Cup Qualifying Group 7, a first victory for the country’s national team with coach Razvan Lucescu on the bench.

Romanian President Traian Basescu Visits Romanian Troops In Afghanistan

16:40, 06 Iun. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu visited on Saturday the military base in Qalat, Afghanistan, where he decorated the war flag of the 21st Battalion “Vanatori de Munte.”

Romanian Pilot Dies In Light Plane Crash

21:09, 05 Iun. 2009
Mihai Dobre Tone, a Romanian pilot and commander of the aerodrome in Clinceni, Ilfov County, near capital city Bucharest, crashed Friday evening while practicing for an upcoming air show.

Romanian Lenders Start Cutting Interest Rates – Bks Assoc Head

19:53, 05 Iun. 2009
Romania’s President and other statesmen will soon find out that banks do the proper thing and cut interest rates for deposits, a move that will be followed by loan interest cuts and the lending revival, the Romanian Banking Association ARB president Radu Ghetea said Friday.

Romanian Pres Says He Won’t Support Banks Until They Lower Interest Rates

16:18, 05 Iun. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday he will no longer support banks unless they resume lending and lower their "outrageously" high interest rates.

S Romania Judges Decide To Discontinue Arrest Warrants Of Four Football Corruption Suspects

15:48, 05 Iun. 2009
The Arges Court, southern Romania, on Friday decided to reject the proposal of anticorruption prosecutors to extend the preventive arrest warrants of four defendants in a football corruption case, but prosecutors immediately appealed the court’s decision.

Romania Could Start Producing AH1N1 Vaccine In Sept Or Oct If Strain Is Isolated

15:21, 05 Iun. 2009
Romania could start producing a vaccine against the AH1N1 flu September or October if the new strain is isolated by the end of June, as the World Health Organization estimates, Romanian health minister Ion Bazac said Friday.

Min Upbeat On Romania’s Tourism Promotion Campaign To Lure More Foreign Tourists In ‘09

15:06, 05 Iun. 2009
Romania’s tourism minister Elena Udrea said Friday in Paris, France, that she hopes Romania’s international promotion campaign will trigger an at least 10% increase in the number of foreign tourists coming to Romania in 2009.

Romania’s Promotion Video Launched In Paris

14:44, 05 Iun. 2009
The Romanian Tourism Ministry launched Friday in Paris, France, the country’s international promotion video in the presence of minister Elena Udrea, former tennis player Ilie Nastase and gymnast Nadia Comaneci and officials of the Paris city hall and the French Tennis Federation.

Romanian President Pushes For A Modern Irrigation System As Of 2010

14:37, 05 Iun. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday in the region of Insula Mare a Brailei, southeastern Romania, that the country’s current "obsolete irrigation system must be displayed at the Romanian Agriculture Museum," adding Romania should use a modern system as of 2010.

Romanian High Court Of Justice Sets RON750,000 Legal Expenses In FNI Trial

19:50, 04 Iun. 2009
The Romanian High Court of Justice decided Thursday that Ioana Maria Vlas, Gavril Batran, Stefan Boboc, Marian Petrescu and another six people convicted in the trial involving scam fund FNI, will pay 750,000 lei (EUR1 = RON4.2143) in legal expenses.

Romanian Fund Ex-Manager Ioana Vlas’ Sentence Upheld By High Court Of Justice

19:38, 04 Iun. 2009
The Romanian High Court of Justice decided Thursday to uphold the Bucharest Court of Appeals’ decision to sentence former fund manager Ioana Maria Vlas to ten years imprisonment in the case of the collapse of the National Investment Fund.

Romania’s Conflict With Sterling May Be Solved Amiably – MP

15:55, 04 Iun. 2009
The dispute between Romania’s Government and Sterling Resources on the hydrocarbons explorations in the Black Sea may be solved amiably by signing a partnership between the Canadian company and local gas producer Romgaz, Thursday said Iulian Iancu, a deputy with the Social Democratic Party.

Over 50% Of Romanian Govt Acts Are Emergency Ordinances, New High

14:51, 04 Iun. 2009
Over half of the acts approved by the Government in the first five months of the year were emergency ordinances, in numbers higher than those of similar ordinances issued between January and May, 2005 by the former Government.

Romanian Ex-Fund Manager Ioana Vlas Has $78,000 In Israeli Bank Account

14:48, 04 Iun. 2009
Israeli banking authorities have told Romanian judicial authorities about an Israeli bank account in former fund manager Ioana Maria Vlas’ name, holding USD78,000, judicial sources told MEDIAFAX on Thursday.

Romania’s Schengen Area, Eurozone Accession Conditioned By EC Justice Report

13:16, 04 Iun. 2009
Romania still risks sanctions from the European Commission over its justice system, which, according to procedure, can entail the suspension of the country’s voting rights in the Council, amid a growing tendency to condition Romania’s Schengen area and Eurozone accession by the EC justice report.

Bucharest Court Sentences Ex-Min’s Husband To Suspended Jail Term For Corruption

11:57, 04 Iun. 2009
The Bucharest Court of Appeals on Thursday sentenced the husband of former Minister of European Integration to two-and-a-half years suspended prison for embezzlement of some EUR150,000 EU funding.

Romanian Pres Not Happy With Banks’ Activity

11:28, 04 Iun. 2009
Romania’s president Traian Basescu said late Wednesday the banks’ reaction is not satisfactory and correct, adding he awaits “dynamism and courage” and also lower interest rates.

Romania’s April Net Salary Up 0.4% M-M To RON1,408

11:10, 04 Iun. 2009
Romania's net average salary in April was at 1,408 lei (EUR1=RON4.1928), up 0.4% compared with RON1,402 in the previous month, the National Institute for Statistics, or INS, said Thursday.

Romanian Troops End Mission In Iraq

10:05, 04 Iun. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu arrived Thursday in Talil, Iraq, to attend the ceremony marking the end of missions for Romanian troops in the country.

Romanian PM Deems „First House” Program Operational As Of Jun 20

19:38, 03 Iun. 2009
Romanian citizens that do not own a home and have never taken a mortgage loan will benefit, as of June 20, from the state guarantee for a loan to acquire their first dwelling, no matter the applicant’s age, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday.

Romanian Govt Extends Car Scrap Program

19:37, 03 Iun. 2009
Romanian government on Wednesday decided to expand the country’s car scrap program by including light commercial vehicles up to 3.5 tons and lifting number restrictions for car purchased by individuals, Prime Minister Emil Boc said.

Romania Govt To Assume Criminal, Civic Codes In Parliament – PM

19:05, 03 Iun. 2009
Romanian government is to assume responsibilities for the criminal and civil Codes following a new meeting of the governing coalition next week and a final meet with representatives of the civil society, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday.

Inquiry Com Calls For Dismissal Of Romania Integrity Agency Chief

18:41, 03 Iun. 2009
The inquiry commission of Romania’s Integrity Council (CNI), a representative body overseeing the activity of the National Integrity Agency (ANI), on Wednesday said will request the dismissal of ANI president Alexandru-Catalin Macovei, following evidence of conflict of interest.

Interest Rate In “First House” Should Be At Least 1 Pps Above Romanian Treasuries’ Yield

18:26, 03 Iun. 2009
The interest rate for the "First House" program should be as low as possible so that the clients qualify for the loans, but it should be at least one percentage point above the interest rate the Romanian state pays, Raiffeisen Bank Romania’s president Steven van Groningen said.