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14 dec. •

The Stockholm attacker's wife is a Romanian settled at Luton / I had no idea about his plans, Mona Thwany claims

The wife of the Stockholm bomber, Taymour Abdel Wahab, is a Romanian settled at Luton, sify.com informs. Mona Thwany claims that she had no idea about his plans. Taymour Abdel Wahab was identified as the…

13 dec. •

President Basescu at consultations with PSD: I believe that one of the big debates in Romania should be related to the social statute and how it can be saved

13 dec. •

Romania's Foreign Affairs Ministry: general strike in Greece, on December 15

13 dec. •

President Basescu asked for a calendar for positive answers to anti graft prosecutors' requests for PDL deputies Ridzi and Pasat

13 dec. •

How Geoana was suspended from the party: Ion Iliescu opposed, saying it is a personal conflict / Ponta threatened with his resignation

13 dec. •

Mircea Geoana about the decision of the party to suspend him: the decision has no statutory grounds / The right to talk freely in the party does not need to be censured

13 dec. •

Ex- PSD leader Mircea Geoana suspended for 6 months from the party / PSD leader Ponta: he can prove his commitment to the party

13 dec. •

The Telegraph: a Romanian businessman worked with the British Parliamentary, involved in an espionage scandal

13 dec. •

Terrorist attack in Sweden

UPDATE An Islamic website released the identity and photo of the person who committed the terrorist attack in Sweden

10 dec. •

PSD contests the law on pensions at the Constitutional Court

10 dec. •

PSD leader Victor Ponta: PSD will not attend consultations with the President

10 dec. •

After 17 years Marko Bela, UDMR leader plans to withdraw

10 dec. •

Mugur Isarescu: changes are always painful

10 dec. •

British company hit oil at Barchiz, Neamt county in Romania

9 dec. •

UPDATE President Basescu invites political parties for consultations / PDL and UDMR attend, PNL refuses, PSD decides Monday

9 dec. •

Transparency International: one of three Romanians admit offering bribe

9 dec. •

Fugitive Nicolae Popa: I should not be held by Indonesian authorities / I can fight for my innocence in Roania

8 dec. •

Mother lead aid, final decision: for current mothers in maternal leave, nothing changes. Starting 2011: either 1 year with a maximum ceiling of 3,400 lei or 2 years with a maximum ceiling fo 1,200 lei

Nicolae Popa, Foto: Reuters

8 dec. •

Indonesian court approved Nicolae Popa's expatriation, the decision to be communicated in a week

8 dec. •

Google starts off with 2 employees at the Romanian office and estimates that the market entry will increase by 30-50% local businesses

7 dec. •

Andrei Placinta, PDL Senator Sorina Placinta's son, temporary arrested for 24 hours by prosecutors / Lawyer: a lovers' quarrel

7 dec. •

UPDATE Judicial Committee rejects in a secret meeting the anti graft prosecutors' request to investigate former Youth minister Monica Iacob Ridzi

7 dec. •

Son of ex-minister Sorina Placinta, investigated after a scandal involving gun fire downtown Bucharest

7 dec. •

Romanian Chamber of Deputies passed the law on pensions: retirement for women at 63 and for men at 65

6 dec. •

President Basescu urges the Parliament to adopt important laws urgently

6 dec. •

Sources: President Basescu declared that the budget cannot afford to maintain a 2 year maternal leave aid

6 dec. •

Bucharest Tribunal postponed for December 17 Sorin Ovidiu Vantu's trial / SOV left the hearing after he felt sick and demanded he would be urgently taken to the hospital

6 dec. •

Government plans to send on Tuesday the 2011 budget law

6 dec. •

Romania government agrees with proposal to change official naming of Roma people to Tigan / Gypsy

6 dec. •

Cablegate: Romania, possible middleman in an illegal transport of equipments for Iran

6 dec. •

Starcom study: Hotnews plays the same role as quality newspapers, but for the modern public

6 dec. •

The last Schengen evaluation visit starts on Monday

3 dec. •

Government decision draf: 300 million lei allocated in 2011 to cofinance European projects

3 dec. •

Yellow code warning for heavy snow in 14 counties across Romania

3 dec. •

Bucharest Appellate Court maintains Sorin Ovidiu Vantu's interdiction to leave the country

3 dec. •

Cablegate - Wikileaks, day 4

Romania, a collateral subject in talks among Western diplomats: transit country for CIA flights, prostitutes supplier and victim of Russia's energy policy

3 dec. •

NASA discovered a new organism: life in space could be radically different to anything we could imagine

3 dec. •

Mihai Tanasescu, IMF about maternal leaves: IMF did not impose any quantum / The decision pertains to authorities

2 dec. •

Ioana Muntean: the government to adopt next week the law on the 2011 budget

1 dec. •

CO2 certificates worth 15 million euro, stollen from Holcim Romania

1 dec. •

European Commission: Romania continues to be affected by debts to private sector

30 nov. •

Yellow code warning for heavy snow in North Romania

30 nov. •

Yellow code warning for floods in West Romania

30 nov. •

Gheorghe Gherghina: there is no need for lay offs in the budgetary system

30 nov. •

President Basescu visits Romanian troops in Afghanistan

29 nov. •

US Embassy to Bucharest about the recent information leaks by Wikileaks: cables are preliminary and often incomplete. It is not an expression of policy, nor does it always shape final policy decisions

29 nov. •

UPDATE Sorin Ovidiu Vantu's trial, postponed by another week after his lawyers sustained again that they did not have time to study the file

29 nov. •

Over 70 dolphins found dead this year on the Romanian seaside at the Black Sea

29 nov. •

The law on education splits opposition. PSD plans to vote for the motion, PNL withdraws its signature considering the procedure anticonstitutional

29 nov. •

2010 Elections in Republic of Moldova

UPDATE Communists are the winners of the elections in Republic of Moldova after counting 92.4% of the votes / Publika TV exit poll was invalidated

26 nov. •

Jeffrey Franks: Romania's perspectives are better than other euro zone states / Economy starts to recover, risks decreased

26 nov. •

European Commissioner for Education: Romania needs a new law on education: do not ask me to get involve in your internal problems

26 nov. •

UPDATE Sorin Ovidiu Vantu's trial postponed for Monday morning. SOV to journalists: I will not make any comments during this trial

26 nov. •

Former diplomat Silviu Ionescu accused of murdering a young man in Singapore, was released

Nicolae Popa in poza de urmarit general, postata pe site-ul Politiei, Foto: Mediafax

25 nov. •

Nicolae Popa will be repatriated in December

25 nov. •

President Basescu: courts create laws instead of applying them / This is the biggest decredibilization pillar of Romania

25 nov. •

Transports minister Anca Boagiu: we will collaborate with Great Britain and Netherlands to transform Constanta in the biggest port in Europe, after Rotterdam

25 nov. •

Foreign Affairs minister Teodor Baconschi sanctioned b the National Anti Discriminatory Council

25 nov. •

Government approved the co-payment system for medical services

25 nov. •

The Government adopted the law on the 2011 salary scheme and the law on unitary salaries / An increase of 15% compared to the October 2010 salary

24 nov. •

Constitutional Court: the government can continue the procedure to take responsibility on the law on education

24 nov. •

Romania can face the European Court of Justice if it fails to modify legislation of the Communications Ministry

24 nov. •

US Embassy to be closed on Thursday, for Thanksgiving

24 nov. •

Mugur Isarescu: I doubt there is somebody doubting Romania's capacity to reimburse public debt

24 nov. •

2011 salary draft law: budgetaries to receive 15% back from the 25% cut / Last year no awards, bonuses, meal tickets or holiday tickets

24 nov. •

A Romanian military was injured in Afghanistan

23 nov. •

Interior minister Traian Igas: Fatuoiu and Toba were laid off / Soric submitted his resignation

Liviu Popa, Foto: Agerpres

23 nov. •

Liviu Popa, the new Chief of Police

23 nov. •

Three dead and several injured in an explosion at a shooting ground nearby Brasov

23 nov. •

OTV fined by 20,000 lei for the owner's declarations against anti graft prosecutors

22 nov. •

Government plans to spend in the next 10 years 4 billion euro to modernize villages and county roads

22 nov. •

Pambuccian: talks with the IMF agreed on minimum wage of 670 lei and 690 lei for those working in the public sector

22 nov. •

Government approved the second budgetary modification for 2010: money for social rights, health and infrastructure

22 nov. •

Romanian documentary Lumea vazuta de Ion B. might receive an Emmy Award

22 nov. •

Sarkozy: I did not refuse to talk to the Romanian President, I appreciate him

22 nov. •

UPDATE The government postponed for Wednesday the adoption of the final version of the unique salary scheme law

19 nov. •

Businessman Catalin Chelu investigated for attempt of bribery of Valentin Fatuloiu police quaestor with 1 million euro – sources

19 nov. •

Labour minister Ioan Botis: the unique salary law scheme implemented after the 25% cut will be recovered

19 nov. •

Anca Lazarescu Olteanu, the news department head at TVR

19 nov. •

President Basescu: NATO will not withdraw from Afghanistan until Afghan forces will control their national territory

19 nov. •

Socialists leader in the European Parliament Martin Schulz: Romania and Bulgaria will not be able to join Schengen in 2011

18 nov. •

Hungarian Democrats comment the scandal that broke in Hungary

18 nov. •

Romanian beer Ursus factory in Cluj Napoca, central Romania will be shut down / 150 employees will be laid off

18 nov. •

World Bank: Romania and Latvia, the only EU10 countries with decreasing economies in 2010

18 nov. •

Romania's Foreign Affairs reaction: the organization of the National Day at the Budapest Theatre, cancelled due to pressures of protests announced by Jobbik party

18 nov. •

First AH1N1 case registered this season in Calarasi, South Romania

17 nov. •

Minimum wage increases to 670 lei and budgetaries to receive a 15% increase in salaries for 2011

17 nov. •

Supplementary letter agreed with the IMF: lay offs in the budgetary system will continue starting 2011, compensatory measures if the fiscal strategy is blocked judicially

17 nov. •

Volksbank sued the government / the Appelate Curt rejected on Tuesday the action of the bank

17 nov. •

Constitutional Court ruled the constitutionality of the new modifications brought to the internal regulations of the House of Chambers

17 nov. •

Protocol: Rroma returned from France to receive aid to integrate on the labour market

17 nov. •

George Friedman, Stratfor founder: Romania needs to be more dangerous in order to exist, to be a risk for the Russians, Germans and why not, for the Americans

16 nov. •

A tourism application developed at Cluj, Romania was designated best in the world by iPhone fans

16 nov. •

Draft law to interdict human cloning and several practices to develop embryos, adopted by Senate

16 nov. •

French Ambassador Henri Paul: France will not oppose Romania's joining Schengen, but an EC positive report is necessary

16 nov. •

Modifications to the Chambers of Deputies internal regulations were adopted

15 nov. •

NASA: Astronomers found evidence of the youngest black hole in our cosmic neighbourhood

15 nov. •

Volksbank sued by 1,000 clients / Bank officials claim did not receive any notification

15 nov. •

NASA holds a press conference about he discovery of an exceptional object in space

15 nov. •

Kelemen Hunor: the coalition decided to resume procedures to take responsibility for the law on education

15 nov. •

The government to call for clarifications regarding the procedure to take responsibility

INFOGRAFIC: Reteaua offshore Kiss-Taylor, Foto: OCCRP

15 nov. •

Organized Crime, Inc.: The Business of Building Offshore Networks

12 nov. •

Central Bank governor Mugur Isarescu: I find it harder and harder to explain to foreign partners the hardships in this country

12 nov. •

The government is left without solutions after the Constitutional Court's decision

12 nov. •

PM Emil Boc: the decision of the Constitutional Court allows the government to continue procedures to take responsibility for the law on education

12 nov. •

Hungarian Democrat Kelemen Hunor: the government must take responsibility on the law on education, the Court cannot set the urgency of a draft law

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