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Romania's Prime minister resigns [Feb 06, 2012] BUCHAREST: Romania's centre-right Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned on Monday, saying he wanted to "defuse political and social tension" in the country. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania PM Boc resigns after protests [Feb 06, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned on Monday after weeks of nationwide protests against his tough austerity measures and before a parliamentary election due late this year. "It is the moment for important political decisions. From this point of view, I took the decision to give up the government's mandate," Boc said in a speech after a government meeting. (Reporting ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania PM sacks foreign minister over protests [Jan 25, 2012] 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. [via YahooNews] More >>

Diaconescu re-appointed as Romanian foreign minister [Jan 24, 2012] 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 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian foreign minister fired for comments on protesters [Jan 24, 2012] 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. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania PM sacks foreign minister for protest remarks [Jan 23, 2012] 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 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian prime minister fires foreign minister over protest insult [Jan 23, 2012] 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. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian Foreign Minister Axed for Insulting Protesters [Jan 23, 2012] 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 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania PM sacks foreign minister for remarks on protest [Jan 23, 2012] 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 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania PM sacks foreign minister over protests [Jan 23, 2012] 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 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's PM fires foreign minister [Jan 23, 2012] Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc has fired the foreign minister over insulting remarks he made about anti-government protesters. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania withdraws controversial healthcare bill [Jan 13, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's government pulled its controversial draft healthcare reform bill on Friday after street protests and criticism from experts who say it lacked detail on private sector involvement and risked further damaging the outdated medical system. This is the first time Prime Minister Emil Boc's centrist coalition government, which enforced painful austerity measures under an ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania?s government survives confidence vote in Parliament over election law changes [Dec 23, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania ? Romania?s government survived a no-confidence vote Thursday in Parliament over election law changes. The government wanted to hold local and parliamentary elections simultaneously. Prime Minister Emil Boc says that would save at least ?20 million ($26 million) and would generate more interest in the elections. Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania?s government survives confidence vote in Parliament over election law changes [Dec 22, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania ? Romania?s government survived a no-confidence vote Thursday in Parliament over election law changes. The government wanted to hold local and parliamentary elections simultaneously. Prime Minister Emil Boc says that would save at least ?20 million ($26 million) and would generate more interest in the elections. Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania opposition commits to IMF deal [Nov 24, 2011] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's opposition centre-left alliance, with a strong lead in opinion polls, would stick to the terms of an IMF bailout if it wins a 2012 general election, its leader said on Thursday. The current centrist government of Prime Minister Emil Boc slashed salaries and raised value added tax to conclude a 20 billion International Monetary Fund-led bailout earlier this year ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian PM Expects Schengen Decision at October 23 EU Summit [Oct 21, 2011] Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has vowed to closely monitor the European Council summit on Sunday 23 October, adding that he expects a vote to be held on Bulgaria and Romania's Schengen bids. On Thursday Boc acknowledged that both countries were facing certain political obstacles to their Schengen entry but said that he would rely on the support voiced by the European Parliament, Romanian news ... [via YahooNews] More >>

During the common meeting of the Governments from Bucharest and Sofia, the two premiers signed a joint declaration for ... [Oct 12, 2011] The Romanian and Bulgarian Executives convened in their first common meeting in Bucharest, yesterday, to discuss both common projects in the fields of energy, transport, agriculture, education, environment and culture, and European themes such as the two countries joining the Schengen Area. Both PM Emil Boc and his Bulgarian counterpart Boiko Borissov demanded concrete solutions so that Romania ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgaria, Romania Set Up High-Level Cooperation Council [Oct 12, 2011] The Cabinets of Bulgaria and Romania have set up a High-Level Cooperation Council at their first ever joint sitting held Wednesday in Bucharest. The governments of the two neighboring EU countries met in the Romanian capital led by the two Prime Ministers, Boyko Borisov and Emil Boc, and signed a political declaration for establishing a cooperation council. The joint sitting of the two Cabinets ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Bulgarian, Romanian PMs Find Causality between Budget Deficit and Football [Oct 12, 2011] Bulgaria and Romania's national football teams would probably be doing better if the two countries had the budget deficits of Spain, Italy, Portugal, or England, according to PMs Boyko Borisov and Emil Boc. This perplexing causal relation was declared by Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov after meeting his Romanian counterpart in Bucharest, where the two countries' Cabinet held Wednesday ... [via YahooNews] More >>

FM Baconschi: ?Romania demands respect for what it offers.? [Aug 31, 2011] Yesterday, PM Emil Boc asked ambassadors present for the yearly diplomacy convention to ?differentiate between truth and noise? and speak ?in all honesty and with professionalism? when introducing Romania to foreign investors. [via YahooNews] More >>