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Barroso in Bucharest, to meet Basescu and Ponta
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Nature takes revenge for ecological disaster
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Promises, promisesThere is but one and a half week left until the local elections June 10, and the electoral fight couldn’t get...by Teodor Cristian on May 30th, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Propagandistic cremationA Catholic was cremated solely for state propaganda reasons. Although they were about to be reburied, the six decades...by catalin.bogdan on May 29th, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Polls – between manipulation and uselessnessWe have become used to be ‘finely-spun’ political opinion polls. It is now a known fact that results obtained...by victor.lupu on May 28th, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Bosch Group, more determined to expand its business in Romania
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Regal Petroleum leaves RomaniaBritain’s Regal Petroleum is selling its Romanian subsidiary to Zeta Petrolum for USD 650,000, the unit’s sole...by nineoclock on May 31st, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Salary increase in the public sector, followed by three years of restrictive policiesThe salary increase operated in the public sector will be followed by three years of restrictive government policies,...by nineoclock on May 31st, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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New excise tax hikes for diesel oil and cigarettes in 2013PM Ponta: We’re not sitting idle but the state can’t say “we control fuel prices” either. Referring to...by monica.apostol on May 31st, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Barroso in Bucharest, to meet Basescu and Ponta
May 31st, 2012 at 9:00 PM-
PDL attacks pure uninominal vote law at Constitutional CourtPDL filed yesterday, at the Constitutional Court, its notification concerning the pure uninominal vote law drafted...by alina.grigoras on May 31st, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Ponta sacks ANRE Vice President Petru LificiuPrime Minister Victor Ponta continues the series of sackings he started three weeks ago after he became Head of...by nineoclock on May 31st, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Foreign Affairs Ministry recommends expulsion of Syrian AmbassadorThe proposal comes as a protest against the Houla massacre. FM Andrei Marga also proposes recalling the Romanian...by lavinia.serban on May 31st, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Health Minister announces hospital controls
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Catholic bishops make call to voteIn a common declaration on the local election that will take place on June 10, issued yesterday, the Roman Catholic...by nineoclock on May 31st, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Public institution vehicles used in election campaign?USL Cluj reported the use of vehicles belonging to the various state institutions in the election campaign and...by nineoclock on May 31st, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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PRM mayoral candidate in Dorohoi: I was the most awarded Securitate officerThe PRM candidate for mayor of Dorohoi, Ioan Muha, has admitted to having collaborated with the former political...by nineoclock on May 31st, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Syrian troops shell Houla again, activists say
May 31st, 2012 at 9:00 PM-
Foreign Affairs Ministry recommends expulsion of Syrian AmbassadorThe proposal comes as a protest against the Houla massacre. FM Andrei Marga also proposes recalling the Romanian...by lavinia.serban on May 31st, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Andrei Marga meets Israeli President Shimon PeresForeign Affairs Minister Andrei Marga met Israeli President Shimon Peres on the third day of his trip to Israel,...by nineoclock on May 30th, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Liberia ex-President Charles Taylor gets 50 years in prisonLiberia’s ex-President Charles Taylor has been sentenced to 50 years in jail by a UN-backed war crimes court....by nineoclock on May 30th, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Barroso in Bucharest, to meet Basescu and Ponta
The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso is on official visit in Bucharest today, where he will meet President Traian Basescu and Premier Victor Ponta, and will attend the conference ‘Challenges and opportunities for the future EU budget,’ organised at the Parliament Palace by the Government of Romania, and attended by the prime [...]
PDL attacks pure uninominal vote law at Constitutional Court
PDL filed yesterday, at the Constitutional Court, its notification concerning the pure uninominal vote law drafted by Victor Ponta and Crin Antonescu, the Democrat-Liberals claiming that the law violates the people’s sovereignty and the equality of rights principle. The announcement was made by PDL MP Sulfina Barbu during a press conference. Barbu stated that the [...]
Bosch Group, more determined to expand its business in Romania
The German company plans investments of EUR 120 M by 2013. 2011 was a successful year for Bosch in Romania. “Because of a 17 per cent growth in sales, which reached EUR 188 M, we managed to surpass the goal we had set for 2011 and thus we contributed to the positive global evolution of [...]
Symbolic rain in Sibiu
The first weekend of the Sibiu Theater Festival was a rainy one, as if a reminder of for Katrin Brack’s scenographic knack for Kleist’s ‘The Prince von Homburg’: soaking rain, sinuous streams of water on the slippery floor. The “rain-soaked” characters are on a permanent quest for inner balance, tormented by inclement weather, shadows and [...]
Towards a new cinema culture
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Ponta sacks ANRE Vice President Petru Lificiu
Prime Minister Victor Ponta continues the series of sackings he started three weeks ago after he became Head of Government. Ponta announced yesterday during a press conference in Iasi that he will sack National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) Vice President Petru Lificiu. The Premier expressed his disapproval of the statements that Lificiu made on Wednesday [...]
Syrian troops shell Houla again, activists say
Syrian rebels set Friday truce deadline. Syrian forces shelled Houla early Thursday, opposition activists said, days after shadowy men went door-to-door in the town, slaughtering families with knives and guns, CNN reports.The attacks started shortly after United Nations observers left the town, said a local resident whom CNN is not naming for safety reasons. Government [...]
Health Minister announces hospital controls
Vasile Cepoi stated yesterday that 52 emergency hospitals will be checked starting on Friday. The Health Ministry will audit emergency hospitals. Thus, starting on Friday, the Health Ministry will conduct an investigation within 52 emergency hospitals throughout the country in order to check their pharmaceutical drug needs and their financial situation. “The first stage [...]
Foreign Affairs Ministry recommends expulsion of Syrian Ambassador
The proposal comes as a protest against the Houla massacre. FM Andrei Marga also proposes recalling the Romanian ambassador from Damascus. Foreign Affairs Minister Andrei Marga stated that the Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE) has proposed to the government and the presidency the expulsion of the Syrian ambassador to Bucharest, as well as the recall of [...]
Probe in Mircea Diaconu case gets expanded
The prosecutors of the Supreme Court expanded the investigations in the case of Culture Minister Mircea Diaconu, suspect of being in a conflict of interests, and put him under criminal probe for helping his wife receive some contracts, in his position of manager of the Nottara Theatre, Mediafax reports. After questioning Diaconu, prosecutors say they [...]


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