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Romania's new government seals parliament backing [May 07, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's new government sealed parliamentary backing on Monday with a comfortable majority, giving it a mandate to keep an International Monetary Fund-led deal on track until an election in November. Romania's left-leaning opposition ousted Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu's cabinet last month after a wave of public anger against spending cuts and tax rises, the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania parliament set to back new leftist government [May 07, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's new prime minister said he was confident his leftist government would win parliamentary approval on Monday and finalize a deal with international lenders to restore public wages to their previous levels. Romania's left-leaning opposition ousted Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu's cabinet last month after a wave of public anger against plans for spending cuts ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania parliament set to back new leftist government [May 07, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's new prime minister said he was condident his leftist government would win parliamentary approval on Monday and finalise a deal with international lenders to restore public wages to their previous levels. Romania's left-leaning opposition ousted Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu's cabinet last month after a wave of public anger against plans for spending cuts ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Canada firm promises Romania $30 bn in gold mine benefits [May 03, 2012] Canada's Gabriel Resources said Thursday Romania would get $30 billion in economic benefits if it approves a gold mine project at Rosia Montana that has drawn opposition from environmentalists. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's PM censured, government falls [Apr 30, 2012] Romania's government collapsed Friday and a new prime minister was appointed after a censure motion filed by the opposition won approval in Parliament. It is the second time this year a Romanian government has crashed. This time it fell less than three months after Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu took office. The censure motion passed with 235 votes, four more than the minimum required by ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian government toppled, Czechs face test too [Apr 28, 2012] BUCHAREST/PRAGUE (Reuters) - Romania's opposition torpedoed the centre-right cabinet in a confidence vote on Friday, raising the prospect of months of political turmoil and questions over a belt-tightening campaign that has caused a wave of protests against IMF-backed reforms. Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu's two-month-old government is the latest in a string of austerity-minded ruling ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's government falls after Parliament vote [Apr 28, 2012] Romania's government collapsed Friday after a censure motion filed by the opposition won approval in Parliament. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian government toppled, Czechs face test too [Apr 27, 2012] BUCHAREST/PRAGUE (Reuters) - Romania's opposition torpedoed the centre-right cabinet in a confidence vote on Friday, raising the prospect of months of political turmoil and questions over a belt-tightening campaign that has caused a wave of protests against IMF-backed reforms. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's government falls after Parliament vote [Apr 27, 2012] Romania's government collapsed Friday after a censure motion filed by the opposition won approval in Parliament. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian government toppled, Czechs face test too [Apr 27, 2012] BUCHAREST/PRAGUE (Reuters) - Romania's opposition torpedoed the centre-right cabinet in a confidence vote on Friday, raising the prospect of months of political turmoil and questions over a belt-tightening campaign that has caused a wave of protests against IMF-backed reforms. Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu's two-month-old government is the latest in a string of austerity-minded ruling ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania's government faces no-confidence vote [Apr 27, 2012] (BUCHAREST ) - Romania's centre-right government faced Friday a no-confidence vote tabled by the left-leaning opposition protesting key reforms including the privatisation of major national assets. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian government faces no-confidence vote [Apr 18, 2012] Bucharest (dpa) - Romania?s opposition on Wednesday filed a no-confidence motion against the government of Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu in a bid to oust the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) from power ahead of elections scheduled for later this year.The Social Liberal Union accuses the government of mismanaging and embezzling funds raised from a series of privatizations ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian opposition "related to Schengen veto" [Feb 29, 2012] BRUSSELS -- Behind Romania's opposition to Serbia bid to become EU candidate is its inability to join the EU Schengen zone passport-free area, a Romanian official suggests. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania president names justice minister interim PM [Feb 06, 2012] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's President Traian Basescu nominated Catalin Predoiu as interim prime minister, replacing Emil Boc who stepped down earlier on Monday. The 43-year-old lawyer was Boc's justice minister. Predoiu was previously a member of the opposition Liberal Party, from which he resigned to sit as an independent lawmaker after he took the justice post in 2008. (Reporting by Sam ... [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 >>

Romania convicts opposition deputy for corruption [Dec 17, 2011] BUCHAREST (Reuters) - A Romanian opposition deputy was convicted on corruption-related charges and sentenced to five years in prison on Friday, a rare move in a graft-prone country that has prosecuted few senior officials. [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 >>

Romania: Senate speaker is expelled from party [Nov 22, 2011] BUCHAREST, Romania ? Romania's Senate speaker has been expelled from his political party, meaning he may lose his top job in Parliament. The opposition Social Democracy Party's leadership council voted 42-5, with 3 abstentions, on Tuesday to throw Mircea Geoana out of the party. [via YahooNews] More >>

Finland agrees to two-track Schengen for Bulgaria, Romania [Nov 15, 2011] (HELSINKI ) - Finland has dropped its opposition to membership of Bulgaria and Romania in Europe's passport-free Schengen area, allowing them to join in two stages, Finnish EU Affairs Minister Alexander Stubb said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Germany Vows Schengen Support for Bulgaria, Romania [Oct 05, 2011] German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, stated Wednesday he was hoping Bulgaria and Romania will advance in their effort to join the Schengen zone, despite opposition of several EU Member States. Westerwell has spoken after a meeting in Bucharest with his Romanian counterpart, Teodor Bakonski , saying for the media that Romania can count on German support for the annulment of the veto on ... [via YahooNews] More >>