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President Basescu: Romania And Moldova – Two States, One People, Common Future

21:12, 28 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday in Iasi, northeastern Romania, at a meeting with Moldova’s acting President Mihai Ghimpu, that Romania and Moldova "are two states and one people and have a common future".

Romania To Consider Lowering Visa Money Requirement For Moldovan Citizens

17:16, 27 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday that the government will consider lowering the amount of money citizens of the Republic of Moldova are required to have before receiving a visa for Romania.

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).

Geoană, către Ponta şi Dragnea: Ieşiţi din logica lui Băsescu

15:32, 26 Apr. 2010
Preşedintele Senatului, Mircea Geoană, le-a solicitat, luni, în BPN, liderului PSD, Victor Ponta, şi secretarului general, Liviu Dragnea, să "iasă din logica" lui Traian Băsescu şi să nu mai răspundă "temelor artificiale" create de şeful statului privind ANI sau revizuirea Constituţiei.

Romanian Liberals Support Integrity Agency Law But Won’t Attend Talks With President

13:06, 26 Apr. 2010
Romanian opposition liberals will not participate in talks with President Traian Basescu until he assumes a mediator’s attitude, and will only attend emergency-related talks with him until then, Liberal Party leader Crin Antonescu said Monday.

Romania Calls For Speedier Gap Reduction Btw Old EU Member States And Newcomers

13:16, 23 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Friday said efforts should be stepped up to reduce gaps between the European Union’s old member states and newcomers, arguing that competitiveness in the EU can never grow "if major imbalances are kept between Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Europe.”

Romania President: Govt Will Issue Emergency Decree To Keep Integrity Agency Running

21:00, 22 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday in Brussels that the government will issue an emergency decree allowing the country’s integrity agency to operate again, as soon as it takes note of the motivation of the Constitution Court ruling that stripped the anticorruption body of its main role.

Romanian President: Country’s Adoption Law Will Not Change During My Term

19:21, 22 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday in Brussels that the country’s law on adoptions will not change, “at least” not during his term, regardless of the lobby in favor of change made “in Brussels and elsewhere.”

President Basescu Says EC Head Shares His Standpoint On Core Issues For Romania

19:03, 22 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said that European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso made Thursday in Brussels the same remarks he did in the meeting with Government members on Wednesday, and underscored the dire need to keep tight grip on public spending.

Romania Assures EU The Country Will Have A Fully Operational Integrity Agency

17:12, 22 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Thursday assured European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso that Romania will fulfill its undertaken commitments to have a fully operational integrity agency that will meet its objective to screen public officials’ wealth and interest statements.

Romanian Govt: President Impeachment Ceases On Favorable Court Ruling

15:05, 21 Apr. 2010
Romania’s Government decided in its weekly meeting Wednesday that the parliamentary procedure used to impeach the head of state ceases if the country’s Constitutional Court rules the head of state did not breach the Constitution.

Romanian President’s Trial Against Paper, Businessman Over Campaign Video Postponed For June

11:26, 21 Apr. 2010
A Romanian court adjourned for June 16 a trail in which Romanian President Traian Basescu sued businessman Dinu Patriciu and newspaper Gardianul for libel after they released a video in which Basescu appears to be striking a child during the presidential election campaign in 2004.

Romanian President Warns 2010 Budget Deficit May Exceed Target – Sources

20:50, 20 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu Tuesday warned the government that the economic data for the first months of 2010 suggest the budget deficit could exceed 7% of the gross domestic product, above the 5.9% of GDP target agreed with the International Monetary Fund.

Romanian President: Govt Took Rough, Yet Necessary Measures To Cut Public Spending

16:31, 20 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Tuesday said the measures taken by the government so far are rough, audacious, yet highly necessary, adding they are meant to cut down public spending and set a reasonable balance between various social categories.

President Says Stripping Integrity Agency Of Its Role Hurts Romania

15:02, 20 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday the Constitutional Court’s decision to strip the country’s integrity agency of its main role may please some public officials but it does the country a great disfavor.

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.

Romanian Social Democrats Support 10% Election Threshold Proposition Made By President Basescu

13:57, 13 Apr. 2010
Romania's opposition endorses President Traian Basescu’s proposition to implement a 10% threshold for Parliament representation, party spokesman Radu Moldovan told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.

Romanian President May Use Executive Power To Revise Constitution

10:48, 13 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday evening, on B1TV, that he has asked parliamentary parties to implement the result of the 2009 referendum, but that he intends to start the Constitution revision process through the executive branch.

Romanian President, Government To Discuss Public Sector Layoffs Next Week

10:08, 13 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday evening, on B1TV, that he will summon the Government to the Presidency headquarters next week to discuss public sector layoffs and funding for infrastructure projects.

Romanian President Calls On Public Institutions To Use Electronic Auction Systems

13:51, 12 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu Monday called on public institutions to use the electronic auction system, adding he will closely monitor the increase in the number of electronic auctions, as there are many institutions which avoid using the system.

Băsescu: Poporul român şi eu însumi ne alăturăm doliului poporului polonez

16:18, 10 Apr. 2010
Preşedintele Traian Băsescu se alătură "doliului poporului polonez" după moartea preşedintelui Lech Kaczynski şi a primit cu "profundă tristeţe" vestea tragediei aviatice în care acesta şi-a pierdut viaţa, se spune în mesajul de condoleanţe transmis, sâmbătă, de şeful statului român.

NATO Member States’ Mission In Afghanistan Not Over Yet – Romania President

20:57, 08 Apr. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said he will call for a stronger relation between the EU and the U.S.A. at the meeting with U.S. President Obama and other high officials Thursday, and stressed “it is inacceptable that several NATO member states should think their mission in Afghanistan is over."

Năstase: Băsescu vrea să scape de Boc

11:25, 08 Apr. 2010
Preşedintele Consiliului Naţional al PSD, Adrian Năstase, susţine, într-o postare pe blog, că anunţul preşedintelui Camerei Deputaţilor, Roberta Anastase, privind urgentarea adoptării Legii lustraţiei arată că Traian Băsescu "vrea să scape" de Emil Boc.

Romanian President Basescu To Visit Dacia Factory, Receive New Duster Model

18:39, 07 Apr. 2010
Romania’s President Traian Basescu will visit the Dacia factory in Mioveni on Thursday and become the first owner of the carmaker’s new SUV, the Duster, Dacia announced.

U.S. President Obama To Meet Romanian President During Official Visit To Prague

13:46, 03 Apr. 2010
U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with several Central and Eastern European leaders, including Romanian President Traian Basescu, during an official visit to Prague planned for April 8, the White House said Friday.

Mazăre: Scandalul Voicu, ultima cântare în lupta pe care Băsescu o duce cu serviciile secrete

17:00, 30 Mart. 2010
Primarul municipiului Constanţa, Radu Mazăre, susţine că scandalul Cătălin Voicu este "ultima cântare în cadrul luptei pe care preşedintele Traian Băsescu o duce cu serviciile secrete".

Past Romanian Education Reforms Only ‘Stitched’ System – President

13:13, 29 Mart. 2010
Romania’s President Traian Basescu said Monday that, so far, the education system has only been “stitched,” as no significant changes have been made.

Romanian President Calls For Depoliticized Debate On Education Law

12:26, 29 Mart. 2010
Romania’s President Traian Basescu said Monday that the only way to have a good law on education is to take a depoliticized approach to the system’s priorities.

Romania’s Unemployment Rate 2% Below European Average, No Use To Lament – President

20:58, 26 Mart. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday the country’s unemployment rate is about 2% below the average registered in the European Union, adding Romania should “stop lamenting and concentrate on other matters that need to be solved.”

Romania To Continue Assistance Agreement With IMF, WB After The Crisis – President

21:05, 24 Mart. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday at the local American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) that Romania aims to continue collaboration with the IMF and the World Bank after the crisis as well, but in terms of assistance.

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).

Antonescu: Un preşedinte de partid nu are obligaţia de a sta la dispoziţia lui Băsescu

19:53, 16 Mart. 2010
Preşedintele PNL, Crin Antonescu, a declarat, marţi, la Realitatea Tv, că a considerat că nu este esenţială prezenţa sa la consultările de la Cotroceni, menţionând că partidul este prezent la discuţii şi adăugând că niciun preşedinte de partid nu are obligaţia de a sta la dispoziţia lui Băsescu.

Băsescu, către PNL şi PSD+PC: Voi vorbi, ca preşedinte, cu toţi parlamentarii, nu fac excepţii

18:26, 16 Mart. 2010
Preşedintele Traian Băsescu le-a spus reprezentanţilor PSD+PC şi PNL prezenţi, marţi, la Cotroceni, că va discuta, ca preşedinte, cu toţi parlamentarii, fără deosebire, el spunându-i lui Victor Ponta că îl susţine în interzicerea migraţiei politice, dar nu înţelege de ce stă lângă Liviu Dragnea.

Romanian Pres Pleads For Administrative-Territorial Reorganization

20:19, 15 Mart. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday, after consultations on the revision of the Constitution, that he would agree with an administrative reorganization of Romania, which would favor the financing of regional projects.

Ponta: Cei îndrăgostiţi de Traian Băsescu nu au ce căuta în PSD

15:38, 15 Mart. 2010
Preşedintele PSD, Victor Ponta, a afirmat, luni, că membrii de partid care "îl plac" pe Traian Băsescu nu au ce căuta în PSD, el neafirmând însă explicit că cei în cauză vor fi excluşi din partid.

Romanian President Tells Ethnic Hungarians They Should Be Proud Of Romanian Citizenship

13:37, 15 Mart. 2010
President Traian Basescu on Monday sent a message for ethnic Hungarians in Romania who celebrate on March 15, alongside all Hungarians, the National Day of Hungarians Everywhere, saying they should also be proud to be Romanian citizens as well.

Romanian President Declines Honorary Scientists Academy Title

12:49, 12 Mart. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu Friday declined the honorary title offered by the Academy of Scientists in Romania (AOSR) saying it is his job to promulgate laws and he shouldn’t be rewarded with academic titles for it.

Romanian President Designated Scientists Academy Honorary Member

15:46, 11 Mart. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu Thursday was designated honorary member of the Academy of Scientists in Romania (AOSR) by the institution’s General Assembly.

Romanian President Tells Japan’s Business Community Of Romania’s 2010 Reform Goals

15:21, 10 Mart. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu said in the Romanian-Japanese business forum held in Tokyo that the need for reform was emphasized by the economic crisis in Romania, and the Government is determined to push reform despite strong opposition from the unions.

Romanian President Invites Parties To Talks On Constitution Revision – Sources

18:44, 08 Mart. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu has invited parties and parliamentary groups to the presidential palace next week for talks on the revision of the country's Constitution, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Monday.