Romania News

Romania said Thursday that 100,000 jobs in the public sector will be slashed as the government makes budget cuts to meet foreign loan targets and keep the economy afloat. Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu made the announcement as lawmakers debate this year’s budget, which is crucial for unlocking an International Monetary …

Moldova’s acting president, at the risk of touching off a damaging row, is pressing for the national language to be renamed Romanian rather than Moldovan. The ex-Soviet republic, independent since 1991, speaks a language virtually identical to that in Romania and much of its territory belonged to its larger neighbour …

Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc says he expects parliament to adopt the budget for 2010 by 15 January. The budget is key to the continuation of an International Monetary Fund, IMF, led aid package, crucial for stabilising the country’s economy. Parliament began debating the budget, that has already been negotiated …

The law on the ratification of the Convention on Small Scale Border Traffic between Moldova and Romania was adopted unanimously by the Chamber of Deputies of Romania at its Monday’s meeting. The Senate is to take a final decision.

Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitries Droutsas and visiting Bulgarian Deputy Foreign Minister Marin Raikov signed yesterday an agreement for the operation of the Thermes-Zlatograd border crossing at the Greek-Bulgarian frontier to boost bilateral cooperation between the two countries. The border crossing, which is expected to boost economic and tourism ties …

Romanian citizens who want to travel to Turkey for a period of 90 days will not need visas, which were abolished on January 7, the Romanian Foreign Ministry announced. 

Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi said on Saturday (January 9th) that Romania should overcome its “timidity” in relations with the EU. “We should have a new behaviour. I am in no way suggesting that we should raise our voice, but we should have our own

In 2010, Azerbaijan will produce over 28 billion cubic meters of gas, the republic will have free volume of fuel for export. Along with the traditional markets of gas sale such as Georgia and Turkey, this year Azerbaijan starts supplying gas to new markets – Russia and Iran. Next week …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel might pay a visit to the Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca in the spring. There she will be conferred a degree honoris causa by the international university Babes-Bolyai in the city. The university expects Ms. Angela Merkel since the moment when its management decided to present her …

The economic crisis has put Romanian political leadership under pressure, but this should not distract the government from complying with its international obligations, Romanian ambassador to Berlin Lazăr Comănescu said. Commenting on the loss of a confidence vote which sanctioned the end of the grand coalition government of Emil Boc, …