Romania

UK Independence Party says it will campaign hard against lifting restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians working in Britain in 2014.The leader of Britain’s rightwing UK Independence Party, which has seen a recent surge in support in the polls, says it would be “irresponsible” to open British borders to Bulgarians and …

An IMF audit mission, which is coming to eveluate to Romania’s economic performance, is seen as posing a major credibility test for Prime Minister Victor Ponta.A team of auditors from the European Union and International Monetary Fund, IMF, is to come to Bucharest on January 15 to discuss the country’s …

Victor Ponta’s government aims to better relations with the IMF and improving economic climate.Romania’s new government, led by 40-years-old Victor Ponta, has won a landslide approval in the parliament and is aiming now to push through the 2013 budget and start negotiations with the IMF for the new international precautionary …

Victor Ponta’s new government faces a challenge in reconciling Romania’s tough commitments to the IMF while carrying out its election pledge to ease the burden of austerity on the population.Romania’s Prime Minister-designate on Wednesday presented his new cabinet, which is expected to gain the backing of parliament on December 21. …

The leader of the center-left ruling coalition in Romania has been nominated to lead the country’s future government.The Romanian president, Traian Basescu, on Monday re-appointed Victor Ponta as the prime minister, in a move aimed to end the current political stalemate. Rather unusually, Basescu announced the nomination in a written …

President Traian Basescu is making no comment about whether he will reappoint Victor Ponta as Romania’s next prime minister, even though Ponta’s coalition won the recent general election with a large majority.President Traian Basescu on Wednesday asked politicians and the media not to make any inappropriate comments about his alleged …

After winning almost two-thirds of the number of votes, the centre-left coalition led by Victor Ponta is in a strong position to govern unaided.Romania’s victorious centre-left Social-Democrat Union, USL, is waiting the official results of Sunday’s parliamentary elections to see whether it will have enough seats to create a government …

The print media in Romania are facing major drops in circulation as hard-pressed people cut out luxuries and news-hungry readers turn to the net.The circulation of most of Romania’s daily newspapers and weeklies has suffered dramatic falls in recent months, as the country struggles with an economic downturn, official data …

Victor Ponta has recruited a 25-year-old geek to revolutionise the business of public sector job advertising.Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Monday announced that he had hired Cristian Botan, a 25-year-old PhD candidate, to bring more transparency into the work of government job adverts. Ponta said he had taken on the …

Nelu Iordache, a businessman, has been detained for 29 days in a case involving an alleged EU fund embezzlement.Nelu Iordache, the owner of a low cost airline and of a construction company, has detained under suspicion of embezzling some 5.5 million euros from the EU funds supposed to be used …