Romania News

Liviu Nogoita is Romania’s Prime Minister-designate but chances of actually getting the job appear slim. He is hoping for a government with broad political support. But the opposition-dominated parliament looks set to reject him, intensifying the country’s political deadlock.

A second tranche of European Union funding worth 1 billion euros ($1.5 billion) will be paid to Romania providing conditions are met, the European Commission said on Friday. 

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has delayed disbursing an aid tranche to Romania originally scheduled for next month and will resume talks on a standby loan agreement only when the country has a government. “The IMF will come to Bucharest again as soon as there will be a legitimate government …

In a surprise move, Romanian President Traian Basescu on Friday nominated the mayor of a Bucharest district, Liviu Negoita, for the office of prime minister, once again rejecting the candidate proposed by the opposition parties. Negoita, 47, is a politician and lawyer, member of center-right Democratic Liberal Party, PLD, and …

A bid by finance adviser Lucian Croitoru to lead the Romanian government failed Wednesday after three political parties voted against his team. Mr. Croitoru, the national bank adviser, was nominated in October by President Traian Basescu to be the country’s new prime minister. Lawmakers in Parliament voted 250-189 against Mr. …

Danube Bridge toll fees should be reduced, Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Rosen Plevneliev told PMs on Friday, 30 October, adding he had sent a letter of request to the mayor of Ruse. The transit fees between Bulgaria’s Ruse and Romania’s Giurgiu are one of the highest in …

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.