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New Romanian PM holds talks to form new govt
Romania's newly appointed prime minister began talks Tuesday to form a new government after the previous one collapsed following protests over austerity measures and declining living standards.
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New Romanian PM holds talks to form new govt
Romania's newly appointed prime minister began talks Tuesday to form a new government after the previous one collapsed following protests over austerity measures and declining living standards.
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Romania's nominated new PM tries to form government
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's designated new prime minister, Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, will probably unveil his proposed new government on Tuesday after talks with the ruling coalition, which party members said were going smoothly. The 43-year-old head of the foreign intelligence service was nominated to replace Emil Boc, who resigned after protests against austerity measures taken under an ...
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Romania's spy chief in talks on forming government
BUCHAREST (AFP) - Romania's incoming prime minister, spy chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, began talks on Tuesday to form a new government a day after the dramatic resignation of his predecessor amid anger at austerity cuts. Related Stories Sex abuse must be reported to police, Vatican says Swedish PM wants Swedes to work until age 75 Europe sends in ice breakers to battle big chill Chinese workers ...
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Romania's government collapses after protests
Romania's government collapsed Monday following weeks of protests against austerity measures, the latest debt-stricken government in Europe to fall in the face of raising public anger over biting cuts.
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Romanian President asks Intelligence head to form new government
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's President Traian Basescu said on Monday he asked foreign intelligence service head Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu to form a new government and seek parliament's vote of confidence. The nomination comes after Prime Minister Emil Boc resigned earlier on Monday, seeking to soften the anger of thousands of Romanians who have protested against sharp austerity measures for ...
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Romania president names justice minister interim PM
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 ...
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Romania PM Boc resigns after protests
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 ...
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IMF, EU trim Romania's growth forecast
The head of the International Monetary Fund mission to Romania, Jeffrey Franks, gives a press conference in Bucharest. The IMF and the European Union on Sunday said they had trimmed Romania's 2012 growth ...
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Romania, IMF Agree on $664 Million Tranche as Balkan Nation?s Growth Slows
Romania and the International Monetary Fund reached a staff-level agreement to unlock about 505 million euros ($664 million) in funds from its standby loan, IMF Mission Chief Jeffrey Franks said.
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Romania must meet Spain
Having booked their progress to the UEFA Futsal EURO 2012 quarter-finals on Thursday, Romania discovered tonight that they must switch from Split to Zagreb to play holders Spain.
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Romania Loses 2.6 Million People in 10 Years
Bulgaria's northern neighbor Romania seems to be hit just as hard by a demographic crisis, having lost 2.6 million of its population in the past decade. Preliminary census results of the Romanian Statistical Institute released Thursday show that Romania's population declined from 21....
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Basescu Angered by Dutch 'Abuse' against Romania, Bulgaria
Romanian President Traian Basescu has criticized the Netherlands' "abuse" against Romania and Bulgaria, answering the Dutch stance against the two EU newcomers' Schengen bids. During a press conference in Brussels dedicated to his country's fifth anniversary as a EU member, Basescu revealed that he has tackled the Dutch stance on Bulgaria and Romania's Schengen entry bids at the recent European ...
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Romania speaks nicely about Moldova to the EU
The European perspective of the Republic of Moldova was among the topics discussed by the Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu during an official meeting organized yesterday, February 1, with the ambassadors of the EU member states accredited to Bucharest. Minister Diaconescu passed in review the results of his visit to Moldova on January 31 and had underlined Romania?s active support ...
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Romania Will Lower Interest Rate for Third Time, Survey Shows
Romania?s central bank will probably reduce its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point for a third consecutive meeting as policy makers see inflation slowing to a record.
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Romanian Central Bank Lowers Benchmark Interest Rate for a Third Time
Romania?s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point for the third time in as many meetings to boost economic growth amid Europe?s debt crisis while the inflation rate falls to post-communist lows.
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Ionescu planned to leave S'pore long before accidents
ROMANIA: Former Romanian diplomat Silviu Ionescu said he had planned to leave Singapore long before the accidents of December 2009.
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PSD calls on IMF to replace Jeffrey Franks as envoy to Bucharest
Moving on to another topic, Social-Democrat Party (PSD) vice-president Corina Cretu sent an open letter to the IMF director-general Christine Lagarde, requesting that Jeffrey Franks be relieved of his duties as chief-negotiator for Romania after the latter attended a party ?in a luxury resort? alongside Romanian civil servants, Mediafax reports.
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Greenpeace storms Romanian ministry over gold mine
BUCHAREST - Greenpeace activists stormed Romania's Environment Ministry on Tuesday, chaining themselves to radiators in the minister's office in an attempt to stop approval for Europe's biggest open-cast gold mine in a small Carpathian town.
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Greenpeace storms Romanian ministry over gold mine
BUCHAREST (REUTERS) - Greenpeace activists stormed Romania's Environment Ministry on Tuesday, chaining themselves to radiators in the minister's office in an attempt to stop approval for Europe's biggest open-cast gold mine in a small Carpathian town. Related Stories Toy company owners to be sentenced in drug scheme Italian authorities end search for cruise ship bodies US diplomat says N. Korea ...
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