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Romanian Pres Suspends Labor Minister

01:25, 23 Sept. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu signed, Monday, the decree suspending labor minister Paul Pacuraru, liberal sources told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Court Suspends PM’s Decision To Sack IT&C Regulator Head – Sources

11:54, 18 Sept. 2008
The Bucharest Court of Appeals decided to suspend the prime minister’s decisions to dismiss Dan Georgescu from they position of president of the Romanian IT&C regulator and the appointment of Liviu Nistoran in his place, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Thursday.

Romanian President to Address Policy Issues Before Parliament

16:04, 08 Sept. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu contacted the leaders of the two Chambers of Parliament saying he wants to address lawmakers to present a report on Romania’s local and foreign policy. The exact date of the meeting will be set later in a meeting of the reunited Standing Offices.

Romanian Transport Min Says Pres Is Misinformed

18:36, 02 Sept. 2008
Romanian transport minister Ludovic Orban told MEDIAFAX that president Traian Basescu is misinformed regarding the construction of motorways and he should “check his own backyard,” because his “crewmen” are incompetent.

Romanian Political Parties, Pres Talk Price Hikes

18:10, 01 Iul. 2008
The representatives of Romanian parliament parties who attended consultations with president Traian Basescu on the price hikes for foods and fuel, presented media with the conclusions of the reunion.

Romanian Audiovisual Watchdog To Ask President Not To Promulgate Amendment Regulating News Bulletins

13:36, 26 Iun. 2008
The head of Romania’s National Audiovisual Council, or CNA, Rasvan Popescu, said Thursday the council will ask President Traian Basescu not to promulgate the amendment to the audiovisual law adopted by the Senate Wednesday.

Romanian Pres Recalls Ambassador To Warsaw

20:18, 26 Mai 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu signed the decree recalling the Romanian Ambassador to Warsaw, Gabriel Constantin Bartas, after saying, in May, that Bartas did not inform him on the Crulic case, which is why he would demand his recall.

Romanian Pres OKs New Foreign Affairs Min

19:16, 14 Apr. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu signed the decree appointing Lazar Comanescu as foreign affairs minister, according to the Presidential Administration.

Romanian Pres Says The EC Approved Car Tax Is Illegal

00:26, 10 Apr. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu said on television station B1Tv, when the host told him there is a tax that "was changed seven times," that he does not want to discuss that tax, because it is illegal.

Romanian Pres Discusses Bucharest City Hall Candidates, Chooses Favorite

00:04, 10 Apr. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu said on television station B1 Tv that Vasile Blaga, the democrat liberal candidate for Bucharest city hall, will "pulverize" Miron Mitrea, whose name is mentioned as social democrat candidate for the same position.

Romanian Pres, PM Leave Quarrels Home

17:03, 14 Mart. 2008
Fiscal means are the most efficient way of imposing pollution reduction measures, said Romanian prime minister Calin Tariceanu, refraining however, in solidarity with president Traian Basescu, from commenting on the car tax, in order to avoid displaying divergence in Brussels on a local debate topic

Romanian Pres Asks PM To Cancel The Car Tax

12:30, 11 Mart. 2008
Romanian president Traian Bsescu sent a letter to prime minister Calin Tariceanu, asking him to cancel, through emergency ordinance, the car tax, accusing Tariceanu that, through such measures, he is belittling Romanians.

Romanian Pres, PM To Meet With Foreign Counterparts In NATO Summit

16:38, 10 Mart. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu, as hosts, will hold numerous bilateral meetings with the heads of states and governments attending the NATO summit, including George W. Bush, Angela Merkel and Hamid Karzai.

Romanian Ex PM Makes Comeback On Political Scene

18:52, 22 Feb. 2008
Former Romanian prime minister Adrian Nastase was elected president of the National Council of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), with 418 votes, against Dan Mircea Popescu, for whom 202 delegates voted, while 28 votes were annulled.

Serbia Eyes Romanian Harbor Capacities

18:48, 21 Feb. 2008
Serb president Boris Tadic, stated Thursday, after meeting his Romanian counterpart, that his country is interested in renting, on long term basis, some of the capacities in Constanta Harbor.

Romanian Pres Says Magyars Were Fair In Talks On Kosovo

20:26, 18 Feb. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu stated that the Magyar minority party (UDMR) was fair in the talks held Monday at his office, but he added that he scolded the party, saying that in regions Harghita and Covasna "there are aspects that might be interpreted as ethnic purification” against Romanians.

Romanian Rebuffed Justice Min Nominee To Sue Pres

19:22, 15 Feb. 2008
Romanian National Liberal Party vice president Norica Nicolai told MEDIAFAX that she would take legal action against president Traian Basescu, who violated her fundamental constitutional right to accede to a public position through the reasons for rejecting her as justice minister candidate.

Romanian Constitutional Court Motivates Justice Ministry Nomination Decision

16:27, 15 Feb. 2008
The Romanian Constitutional Court published Friday the motivation for the decision in the Norica Nicolai case, showing that the president is allowed to reject the minister nominee one time, since the prime minister remains sole nominator of ministry candidates.

Romanian President Meets EU Military Committee Head Before Kosovo Mission

13:58, 15 Feb. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu met Friday with General Henri Bentégeat, chairman of the European union Military Committee.

Romanian Foreign Affairs Min Salutes Serb Pres Reelection

17:16, 04 Feb. 2008
The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs salutes the reelection of Boris Tadić as president of Serbia, for a new five-year mandate, pointing out that Romania has always been in favor of the pro-European forces in Belgrade.

Romanian Pres Heckled In Iasi

12:27, 24 Ian. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu was booed and heckled in northeastern Romanian city Iasi, at the beginning of the speech he was about to hold. He immediately retorted saying that the event is not political, but the public offered the same response at the end of the speech.

Romanian President Criticizes Gov On Energy-Related Question

12:32, 22 Ian. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu criticized the government Tuesday as he did not get an answer yet to a question related to the energy sector during a meeting of the country’s defense council last year.

Romanian Pres Says Interim Justice Min Is No Good Either

10:58, 21 Ian. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu warned interim justice minister Teodor Melescanu that, through his attitude in the matter of the eight former and current ministers targeted by criminal investigations, he is nearing abuse of office.

Romanian Pres Sends Dignitary Probe Request To Justice Min

11:11, 17 Ian. 2008
The prosecutors’ office within the Romanian High Court of Justice received, Wednesday evening, the request and literature through which president Traian Basescu demands the initiation of criminal investigations against eight current and former members of the government.

New President At The Romanian High Council Of Magistrates

14:48, 10 Ian. 2008
Lidia Barbulescu was elected president of the Romanian High Council of the Magistrates (CSM) with 15 pros and one con. She will present the management plan implied by the position.

Romanian Pres Says Chamber Speaker Blocked CC Decision Publishing

20:04, 06 Dec. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu accuses Chamber Speaker Bogdan Olteanu of stopping the publishing, in the Official Gazette, of the Constitutional Court decision on the special Commission, keeping the head of state from making a decision regarding the ministers targeted by prosecutors.

Romanian PM Did Not Honor Pres Request

19:21, 06 Dec. 2007
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu did not honor the request of president Traian Basescu regarding the dismissal of ministers Chiuariu and Pacuraru, feeling that the head of state has constitutional procedures for such cases, sources within Tariceanu’s office told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Pres Asked PM To Dismiss Two Mins

18:53, 06 Dec. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu asked Prime Minister Calin Popescu tariceanu, in a letter dated November 29, to immediately dismiss justice minister Tudor Chiuariu and labor minister Paul Pacuraru, for whom there was a request for criminal investigation.

Romanian Pres Says Foreign Affairs Min Is Uneducated

16:27, 02 Dec. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu said, in an interview aired Sunday on BBC, that Romanian foreign affairs minister Adrian Cioroianu has a huge education deficit, scolding him for talking too much in the presence of the head of state.

Romanian Pres Takes Shot At PM On National Day

15:22, 01 Dec. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Saturday, on the National Radio Station, that he hopes he will be able to say, among other things, on the December 1 Romanian National Day in 2008, that Romania has a competent Prime Minister, with whom he can collaborate.

Romanian Conservative Party Pres To Remain In Office Until January 20, ‘08

19:42, 29 Nov. 2007
Romanian Conservative Party president Dan Voiculescu, announced in a press conference Thursday that he would call the party congress for January 20, 2008. New party leadership would be elected in the congress, while Voiculescu said he does not plan to run for the position of party president.

Romanian Liberals Will Not Attend Presidential Consultations

20:19, 26 Nov. 2007
The members of the Romanian National liberal Party decided, Monday evening, by vote, not to attend the consultations announced by the Romanian head of state on the topic of the uninominal voting system and the pact on education.

Romanian President Apologizes To Victims Of ‘87 Repressed Anti-Communist Riot

14:44, 15 Nov. 2007
Romania’s president Traian Basescu apologized Thursday in Brasov, central Romania, to the victims of the 1987 repressed anti-communist riot.

Romanian Pres Says Oligarchs Block Information

17:01, 11 Nov. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu complained, Sunday, in the northeastern city of Iasi, where he took part in a Liberal Democratic electoral gathering, that the oligarchs do not let him explain to Romanians why they should opt for the voting system he proposed in the November 25 referendum.

Romanian Chamber Speaker Sends Fourth Letter To Pres

15:43, 10 Nov. 2007
Romanian Chamber Speaker, liberal Bogdan Olteanu, sent a new letter to president Traian Basescu, asking him to cease delaying the promulgation of the law on the uninominal voting system, for which the Government assumed responsibility in Parliament.

Romania To Have New Center-Left Alliance After EP Elections-Liberal Democrat

17:33, 09 Nov. 2007
Romania’s social democrats, liberals and conservatives will join forces into a new coalition, the Center-Left Pole as of November 25, the date of the EP elections, executive president of the National Liberal Party, or PLD, Gheorghe Flutur said Friday.

Court Rejects President’s Challenge On Discrimination Ruling

16:59, 08 Nov. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu lost, Thursday, the trial against the National Council for the Fight Against Discrimination, or CNCD, since the Bucharest Court of Appeal rejected as unfounded the presidnet’s challenge to the warning rendered by CNCD when Basescu offended a tv reporter.

Romanian Pres Sticks To Referendum/EP Elections Combo

15:07, 06 Nov. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu sent to Parliament, for reexamination, the Referendum Law enacted with the amendment of social democrat MP Eugen Nicolicea, which mentioned the postponement of elections if a national referendum is called on the same day.

Romanian Pres Demands Fairness In Italian Policy On Immigrants

10:04, 05 Nov. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu said that the Italian and Romanian Governments have great responsibilities in the situation created regarding Romanians in Italy and he asked the Bucharest Executive to guarantee good cooperation with its Italian counterpart.

Romanian Pres Declares Stance On Romanian Immigrant Issue

19:06, 04 Nov. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu publicly condemned law violations and violent acts by Romanian citizens abroad, as well as acts of violence directed towards them.