Romania

Traian Basescu has been officially declared the winner in Romania’s presidential election. Earlier exit polls had put his social democrat rival in the lead. But the final results show the centre-right leader has been re-elected to power with 50.37% of the vote in Sunday’s run-off.

The European Commission authorised on Friday an aid program proposed by Romania to support with up to 500,000 euro for companies hit by the economic crisis. The main aim of this temporary scheme is to offer support to companies facing financial difficulties due to harsher lending conditions triggered by the …

EU foreign ministers will meet on Monday in Brussels and are expected to make a decision unfreezing the interim trade agreement with Serbia. The EU ministers will make a decision after holding a meeting with Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, who recently reported to the UN Security Council positively on …

Preliminary official results indicate a narrow victory for incumbent Traian Basescu in Sunday’s presidential run-off. With 95.7 per cent of the vote counted, election authorities said Basescu polled 50.43 per cent, while challenger Mircea Geoana received 49.57 per cent.

Romanian President Traian Basescu, running for re-election Sunday against social democrat Mircea Geoana, said Friday at a campaign rally the country needs a strong right-winged alliance of his democrats and liberals, who back Geoana in the race.

„Ucraina şi România sunt practic sortite să fie concurente în următorii cinci ani” (Vitali Kulik, directorul Centrului de studii pentru problemele societăţii civile din Kiev, 02.12.09) Totul a început cu vizita din 3-4 noiembrie la Chişinău a secretarului Consiliului de securitate şi apărare al Ucrainei, Larisa Bogatîriova. Cu această ocazie …

The Communist MPs demanded again that the dismissal of the Head of Parliament Mihai Ghimpu be discussed at the sitting after he declared that Romanians live in Moldova on December 1, on Romania’s National Day. The Communists asked support from the Democratic Party (PDM). The Democratic MPs did not back …

The Moldovan Regional Power Station has resumed its energy supply to Romania, which was stopped at the end of October. Vice-Premier, Minister of Economy Valeriu Lazar said. He remarked that the suspension in the energy exports was caused by the decrease of energy consumption at the Romanian market in the …

73% of Romanians who would turn out in the second round of the presidential elections in Romania on December 6 would support the candidate they prefer, while only 27% of Romanians would vote to prevent one of the nominees from winning, an INSOMAR opinion poll reveals.

“The National Assembly of all Romanians in Transylvania, Banat and the Hungarian Country, gathered by its rightful representatives at Alba Iulia on December 1, 1918, decrees the unification of those Romanians and of all the territories inhabited by them with Romania. The National Assembly proclaims above all the inalienable right …