Romania

Romania’s President Traian Basescu said Romania will be against reopening of the process of ratification of the Lisbon Treaty that may become necessary as a result of the “Czech Republic’s requirements” and that the solutions should be found in the frames of the current agreement.

13 polling stations for Romanian presidential elections to be opened in Moldova. Moldovans with Romanian citizenship and permanent residentship will be able to vote at the elections. Four polling stations will be opened in Chişinău. The organization of the elections in Moldova will cost Romania about USD 1.3 mln

International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, which is on a working visit to Bucharest on October 28 – November 9, is to meet Thursday with Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc. It is not expected for the IMF mission to sing any agreement on the memorandum during the meeting, Minister of Transport …

Romania will not negotiate the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) because it has kept the taken engagements as of October 1, said Prime Minister (PM) Emil Boc. Referring to the normative documents, which had to be voted Boc accused the MPs of not making efforts in this direction.

In an interview broadcast yesterday by Qatari TV channel Al Jazeera Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected the accusations that by signing agreements with Syria, Iraq and Russia he is actually seeking an alternative to the EU. 

Romania’s parliament will hold a confidence vote on the country’s shadow government on November 4. Prime minister designate Lucian Croitoru unveiled his proposed cabinet line-up last Friday. It features only 14 posts, compared to 19 posts in the outgoing government.

„Avem aceeaşi dorinţă ca ţările vecine României, inclusiv Moldova, să continue procesul de democratizare şi reformarea pieţei libere şi ne angajăm să sprijinim aceste eforturi” (Joseph Biden, vicepreşedintele SUA, 22.10.09) Faptul că vicepreşedintele american vorbeşte la Bucureşti despre RM, fără ca întrebarea să-i fi fost pusă explicit în interviul oferit …

South Korea and Romania have agreed to step up collaboration in developing energy and other natural resources as well as building energy infrastructure, South Korea’s foreign ministry said Saturday.

The presidential election campaign started Friday in Romania, a country struggling with a severe recession and reeling from political turmoil after its government collapsed last week. The first round of the presidential poll is set for November 22, and it will be the first election of a head of state …

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. wraps up his central European tour of Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic. His visits were designed to reassure NATO allies that the United States remains committed to European security and that the recent “reset” effort in US-Russian relations is not to the detriment …