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Romanian PM Must Consult With President Before Cabinet Reshuffling

19:58, 21 Apr. 2010
Romania’s Government Wednesday approved a draft law to revise the country’s Constitution whereby the prime minister will be allowed to propose changes in the structure of the Government, by dismissing and appointing new ministers, only after consultations with the president.

Romanian PM Accuses Liberals Of Having Wasted Public Money

12:23, 20 Apr. 2010
Romanian democrat liberal leader and Prime Minister Emil Boc Tuesday accused the National Liberal Party of dissipating the money got by the state after selling its 36.8% stake in the county’s largest lender Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) back in 2006.

Romanian PM Advocates New Pension Law To Make System Sustainable

11:02, 20 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday morning during debates in the Senate that the country’s pension system must be reformed, otherwise the state won’t be able to pay pensions.

Romanian PM To Attend Senate’s Debates On Pension Bill

09:28, 20 Apr. 2010
Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc Tuesday morning will attend debates in the Senate on the country’s pension bill, after senators decided Monday the bill will be the first item on Tuesday’s work agenda.

Romanian PM Threatens To Sack State Secretaries Who Lack Expertise, Urges Mins To Read Govt Program

15:35, 15 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc threatened to dismiss all secretaries of state who prove to lack expertise and do not counter opposition during debates in Parliament by properly upholding the projects included into the Government program.

Romanian Govt To Urge Parliament To Debate On Draft Education Law With Urgency

09:23, 12 Apr. 2010
The Romanian Government will urge the Parliament to debate the draft education law with urgency and adopt it by the end of its current session, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Monday, at the beginning of a Government meeting.

Romanian PM Confident Parliament Will Adopt Pension Law By June

13:42, 09 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday he is confident the draft pension law will be adopted during the current parliament session, adding opposition parties are against the reformation of the pension system.

Romania’s Major Political Objective Is To Join Schengen Area – PM

16:41, 03 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday Romania’s major political objective after it acceded to the European Union and NATO is to join the Schengen area in March 2011, adding Romanian authorities will do their utmost to accomplish this goal.

Romanian Health Ministry To Hold Negotiations On Healthcare Frame Contract With Family Doctors – PM

14:23, 03 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday the Health Ministry will hold negotiations with family doctors to solve the issues regarding the country’s new frame contract on the provision of medical assistance in 2010.

Romanian PM Warns “Heads Will Roll” If Local Public Workers Delay Wage Payments

16:07, 27 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said “heads will roll” in local labor and fiscal administration departments if wages are stalled because managers are too incompetent or lenient to open credit lines and prefer to tell people the government has no money because of thee crisis.

Romanian PM Says Teachers To Get Raises Of Just 17%

15:27, 27 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said the Government maintains its decision to only raise teachers’ wages by 17% this year, under current legislation, because the country cannot afford to sacrifice its economic stability.

Romanian PM Calls On Parliament To Urgently Enact Govt’s Proposed Bills

15:14, 27 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc called on the Parliament to speed up the enactment of the main draft laws the Government has sent, including the fiscal responsibility law, the pension law, and the civil and criminal procedure codes.

Romanian Decentralized Institution Heads, Dismissed If Rude To The Public – PM

17:53, 26 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday, during a visit to Focsani, eastern Romania, the heads of decentralized institutions will be dismissed if they prove “arrogant and disdainful in relations with the public”.

Over 10,000 Romanian Unionists To Stage Protests On May 1

14:26, 19 Mart. 2010
Over 10,000 unionists affiliated to CNSLR-Fratia will stage protests in Bucharest on May 1, when Romania celebrates Labor Day, and will picket the Government and prefects’ offices countrywide between May 1 and May 9, union leader Marius Petcu told MEDIAXAF Friday.

Romanian PM Reiterates Measures To Uphold Business Environment, No New Elements

19:56, 16 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc Tuesday presented once again, during a meeting held in Parliament, the measures to uphold the business environment in 2010, that were already announced at the end of 2009 in the government program.

Romanian Unionists Boo PM, Call For His Resignation Over Pension, Wage Laws

13:52, 12 Mart. 2010
Romanian unionists protesting outside the government headquarters Friday booed and threw snowballs at Prime Minister Emil Boc, whom they asked to resign from the headship of the Government, dissatisfied with the Executive's planned pension reform and unitary wage law.

Romanian PM Invites Disgruntled Unionists To Talks On Wages, Pensions

11:48, 12 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc came to talk to unionists protesting outside the government headquarters Friday and called on them to accept the pension reform, saying low pensions would not be reduced.

Romanian PM Confirms Ministries Are Temporarily Banned From Concluding Advertising Contracts

09:35, 10 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc Tuesday evening confirmed the Government decided to ban ministries from concluding advertising contracts for the next six months, due to budget constraints, adding that such contracts will not be forbidden as far as European programs are concerned.

Romania To Assign Extra Vouchers For 2010 Clunkers Program – PM

09:33, 10 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday evening the Government will allot starting next week between 40,000 and 50,000 new vouchers for the 2010 clunkers program, as vouchers originally assigned for this year's program have been exhausted in less than one month.

Romania Eyes Amending Legislation On Residential Thermal Refurbishment – PM

14:45, 05 Mart. 2010
Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc on Friday said the government plans to amend the legislation regulating the thermal refurbishment of apartment buildings, so that local authorities can take out bank loans to co-fund thermal upgrade works.

Romanian PM Threatens To Sack Any Minister Announcing Measures Not Discussed In Govt

11:18, 23 Feb. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said during the government meeting on Tuesday that he will not hesitate to replace any minister who pledges measures that are not included in the governing program, sources close to the talks said Tuesday.

Romanian PM Wants Changes In The Vote Redistribution System

19:00, 01 Feb. 2010
The current Romanian electoral system is inefficient when it comes to citizen representation, because it has allowed access to positions for politicians who ranked second and third in elections, disadvantaging the winners, said Monday democrat liberal leader and Prime Minister Emil Boc.

Romanian PM To Address Parliament On Govt’s Legislative Priorities

15:00, 01 Feb. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc will present the Government’s legislative priorities in Senate Monday, at 5 p.m. and in the Chamber of Deputies Tuesday at 10 a.m., the standing offices of the two chambers of Parliament decided Monday.

Romanian New Govt’s Priority Is To Ensure Country’s Stability, Continue Reforms – PM

13:20, 17 Dec. 2009
Romanian acting Prime Minister Emil Boc designated by President Traian Basescu for a new term said the new government’s priority is to adopt next year’s state budget, the fiscal liability law and the unitary pension law, continue reforms and ensure the country’s stability.

Romanian Social Democrat Leader Sees PM-Designate As President’s Worst Choice

11:52, 17 Dec. 2009
Romanian social democrat leader Mircea Geoana said Thursday the decision made by President Traian Basescu to designate acting Prime Minister Emil Boc for a new term is unfit and shows Basescu’s second term as president might be even worse than the first.

Romania’s President Asks Boc To Counsel With Him On Ministers Part Of High Defense Council

10:48, 17 Dec. 2009
Romania’s President Traian Basescu said Thursday, after designating acting Prime Minister Emil Boc for a new term, he asked the latter to take counsel with him on the ministers that are also members in the State Defense High Council (CSAT).

Romanian President Designates Acting PM Emil Boc To Lead New Govt

10:13, 17 Dec. 2009
Romania’s newly reelected President Traian Basescu Thursday designated democrat liberal leader and acting Prime Minister Emil Boc to head the country’s new government.

Romania’s President Asks Social Democrats To Consider Forming National Union Govt

09:38, 17 Dec. 2009
Romania’s President Traian Basescu asked social democrats Wednesday, during consultations on the country’s future government, to analyze the proposition to form a national union government, adding he would like social democrat Marian Sarbu to be appointed labor minister in the new Cabinet.

Romania’s President Invites Liberals To Form Right-Wing Govt

17:41, 16 Dec. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu Wednesday told liberals participating in consultations on the country’s new government that the National Liberal Party is invited to form a right-wing Government alongside democrat liberals and the Hungarian minority party.

Romanian Liberals Fail To Reach Agreement With Democrat Liberals On New Govt

14:42, 16 Dec. 2009
Romanian liberal leader Crin Antonescu said Wednesday, after a meeting with democrat liberals, his party failed to reach an agreement with democrat liberals as they discard the principle according to which the government should be upheld by a parliament majority.

Romanian Social Democrats Back Liberal Head Antonescu For PM

20:24, 15 Dec. 2009
The Romanian social democrats (PSD) approached the liberals (PNL) with a proposition for a government led by liberal head Crin Antonescu, backed by PNL and PSD, but also included the possibility for such a government to be supported by Hungarian minority party UDMR and the democrat liberals (PDL).

Romania’s President Disclaims Talks With Central Bank Governor On Future PM Position

15:53, 11 Dec. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday he did not have talks with central bank Governor Mugur Isarescu to convince him to accept the prime minister position.

Romanian Liberal Leader Disclaims Resignation Rumor, Rejects Alliance With Democrats

14:59, 09 Dec. 2009
Romanian liberal leader Crin Antonescu said Wednesday, before the meeting of the party’s Central Standing Office, he will not resign from the headership of the party and liberals will not govern along democrat liberals, adding the prime minister position should not be offered, but gained.

Romanian Liberal Leader Reconsiders, Conditions Alliance With Democrats

12:28, 08 Dec. 2009
Romanian liberal leader Crin Antonescu said Tuesday on Radio Guerrilla that the only scenario that might reopen dialogue with democrat liberals regarding a Government coalition is that with a liberal prime minister.

Sibiu Mayor To Meet Social Democrat Geoana, Liberal Antonescu Monday

22:18, 06 Dec. 2009
Sibiu mayor Klaus Johannis said Sunday evening after exit polls showed social democrat Mircea Geoana winner of the presidential election race he will meet with Geoana and liberal Crin Antonescu Monday to decide the next “steps” to be made.

Parties To Negotiate Distribution, Number Of Ministries – Romanian Sibiu Mayor

20:55, 30 Nov. 2009
Romanian Sibiu mayor Klaus Johannis said Monday, after a meeting with the social democrat and liberal leaders who back him for prime minister, that in his future Government ministries will be taken up by parties that will hold majority.

Romania Sibiu Mayor Wants Four-Six Months As Mayor, PM Choice Interval

11:11, 30 Nov. 2009
Romanian Sibiu mayor Klaus Johannis said he wants four – six months to choose between the position of prime minister and that of mayor, adding this is one of his conditions in the decision to accept or decline his nomination as prime minister.

Romania To Keep Flat Tax, VAT Unchanged In 2010 – Caretaker PM

18:05, 13 Nov. 2009
Romania will keep in 2010 its flat rate tax and value added tax unchanged at their current levels of 16% and 19%, respectively, caretaker Premier Emil Boc said Friday.

Romanian Social Democrats Not To Endorse New PM-Designate

13:57, 06 Nov. 2009
Romanian Social Democratic Party vice-president Dan Nica told a news conference Friday his party will not give a confidence vote to the Government to be proposed by new Prime Minister-designate Liviu Negoita, adding the latter should not come before Parliament.

Romanian President Designates Bucharest District 3 Mayor Liviu Negoita For PM

12:23, 06 Nov. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu Friday designated Bucharest district 3 mayor Liviu Negoita for prime minister, after the Cabinet proposed by economist Lucian Croitoru met with a no-confidence vote in Parliament.