sworn in

"Gheorghe Asachi" University dean Nicolae Hurduc was sworn in as Romania’s new research minister at the Bucharest’s Presidential Palace on Monday, following a two-month interim served by Deputy Prime Minister Viorel Stefan.

Romania’s President Traian Basescu will be sworn in for a second term in office on December 21 during a plenary meeting of the two chambers of the Parliament, Senate representative Ioan Chelaru said Tuesday.