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Romanian PM Calls for Unity as Thousands Protest
Romanian PM calls for unity on national holiday as thousands protest against government
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Growth is not going to come from cutting costs alone ? it must come from private and public investment, the US ...
The US Ambassador to Romania, Mark Gitenstein, attending the Bucharest Stock Exchange conference dedicated to the One Year Anniversary of Fondul Proprietatea (Proprietatea Fund) Listing, yesterday blamed the lack of investors in the Romanian energy sector on ?the profits of publicly-owned enterprises being too often diverted back to state coffers or into the pockets of well-connected individuals ...
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Romanian court rejects contested election law
BUCHAREST, Romania ? Romania's Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that a law allowing simultaneous local and parliamentary elections is unconstitutional.
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Romanian president defends his gov't
After nearly two weeks of anti-government protests, Romania's leader acknowledged on Wednesday that some citizens have lost faith in his leadership but insisted that the austerity measures he has introduced have pulled the country out of a recession.
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Romanian president defends his government
BUCHAREST, Romania ? After nearly two weeks of anti-government protests, Romania's leader acknowledged on Wednesday that some citizens have lost faith in his leadership but insisted that the austerity measures he has introduced have pulled the country out of a recession.
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Romania PM sacks foreign minister over protests
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc sacked Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi on Monday for comments he made about anti-government protests, seeking to ease public anger and draw a line under more than a week of rallies.
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Romanian PM Calls for Unity as Thousands Protest
Romanian PM calls for unity on national holiday as thousands protest against government
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Romania Protests Romanian Continue Despite Prime Minister's Calls For Unity (PHOTOS)
BUCHAREST, Romania ? Romania's prime minister on Tuesday used a national holiday to call for unity as thousands of protesters angry at the government's failure to reverse falling living standards turned their ire toward state media.
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Unions rally, tell Romanian PM to quit
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Thousands of Romanians rallied in Bucharest on Tuesday to demand the government resigns over its tough austerity measures, the latest in a wave of protests that have led to some concessions but no change in policy. The hardship caused by austerity measures passed in 2010 to keep a 20-billion-euro International Monetary Fund-led bailout on track has until recently provoked ...
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Romanian PM calls for unity as thousands protest
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) ? Romania's prime minister on Tuesday used a national holiday to call for unity as thousands of protesters angry at the government's failure to reverse falling living standards turned their ire toward state media.
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Romanian PM calls for unity on national holiday as thousands protest against government
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's prime minister on Tuesday used a national holiday to call for unity as thousands of protesters angry at the government's failure to reverse falling living standards turned their ire toward state media.
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Diaconescu re-appointed as Romanian foreign minister
Bucharest (dpa) - Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Tuesday appointed Christian Diaconescu as foreign minister following the dismissal of Teodor Baconschi, whom he sacked over his abusive comments directed at demonstrators protesting against the government?s austerity measures.Dionasescu, 52, had already served as Romania?s chief diplomat under Boc between 2008 and 2009. He had previously ...
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Romanian PM calls for unity as thousands protest
Romania's prime minister on Tuesday used a national holiday to call for unity as thousands of protesters angry at the government's failure to reverse falling living standards turned their ire toward state media.
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Romanian foreign minister fired for comments on protesters
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc announced Monday that he dismissed the country's foreign minister because of remarks the minister made about anti-government protesters.
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Romania PM sacks foreign minister for protest remarks
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc sacked his foreign minister Monday for calling anti-government protesters "inept and violent slum-dwellers" following more than a week of sometimes violent demonstrations. Protesters in the capital Bucharest and some other cities have pelted police with bricks and Molotov cocktails during 11 days of rallies demanding Boc and President Traian ...
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Romanian prime minister fires foreign minister over protest insult
Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday fired the foreign minister over insulting remarks he made about anti-government protesters -- but the opposition said the move would not appease widespread public anger.
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Romanian Foreign Minister Axed for Insulting Protesters
Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi has been fired by the country's PM Emil Boc for his inappropriate remarks on protesters in Bucharest. "I have taken the decision to recall Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi and have forwarded a proposal to the Romanian president to remove him from his functions for the comments he made," Boc declared on Monday. Boc made the announcement about Baconschi ...
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Lucescu discharged from Romanian hospital
BUCHAREST, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Shakhtar Donetsk's Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu was released from a Bucharest hospital on Monday, more than two weeks after he was injured in a car accident there.
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Romania PM sacks foreign minister for remarks on protest
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc sacked Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi Monday for comments he made about anti-government protests, seeking to ease public anger and draw a line under more than a week of rallies. Baconschi said last week that protesters who threw bricks and Molotov cocktails at police were "inept and violent slum-dwellers" and compared them to miners who ...
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Romania PM sacks foreign minister over protests
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc sacked Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi on Monday for comments he made about anti-government protests, seeking to ease public anger and draw a line under more than a week of rallies. Baconschi said last week that protesters who threw bricks and Molotov cocktails at police were "inept and violent slum-dwellers" and compared them to miners ...
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