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The people of the system

June 19th, 2013 at 9:00 PM
They are everywhere. Want it or not, we see them almost each day: on TV and in newspapers, where they make the headlines with political scandals, fraud and corruption. Despite...

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Lufkin Industries celebrated official opening of Romania facility

Lufkin Industries celebrated official opening of Romania facility

June 19th, 2013 at 9:00 PM
Romania has proved itself to be a good partner to the companies having invested in this country, including Ford, IBM, Oracle and Lufkin, President Traian Basescu said. Lufkin...

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Romania buys 12 used F16 from Portugal

Romania buys 12 used F16 from Portugal

June 19th, 2013 at 9:00 PM
According to a memorandum discussed by the Government, the level of commitment and budget credit for the procurement of multirole aircraft was calculated at EUR 628 M in the...

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Constitution revision draft adopted  by revision commission

Constitution revision draft adopted by revision commission

June 19th, 2013 at 9:00 PM
Commission president Crin Antonescu says a first debate with the representatives of the Venice Commission will take place on July 4-5. The draft will be translated into English. The...

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Obama calls for U.S., Russia to cut nuclear warhead supply by one-third

Obama calls for U.S., Russia to cut nuclear warhead supply by one-third

June 19th, 2013 at 9:00 PM
The U.S leader announced the goal during a speech in Berlin President Barack Obama asked Russia to join the United States in slashing its supply of strategic nuclear warheads...

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Lufkin Industries celebrated official opening of Romania facility

Romania has proved itself to be a good partner to the companies having invested in this country, including Ford, IBM, Oracle and Lufkin, President Traian Basescu said. Lufkin Industries, Inc. announced yesterday the official opening of its new manufacturing facility near Ploiesti, Romania, north of the capital, Bucharest. The new facility includes a state of [...]

Romania buys 12 used F16 from Portugal

According to a memorandum discussed by the Government, the level of commitment and budget credit for the procurement of multirole aircraft was calculated at EUR 628 M in the 2013-2017 period. The draft law on the acquisition of a total of 12 used F16 multirole jet fighter aircraft for EUR 628 M was adopted by [...]

CFR Marfa privatisation goes on just with Grup Feroviar Roman

Romanian-Austrian association Transferoviar Grup – Donau Finanz yesterday dropped out of the privatisation and challenges the procedure with relevant authorities. The privatisation of CFR Marfa continues only with Grup Feroviar Roman (GFR), company owned by the businessman Gruia Stoica, after the Romanian-Austrian association Transferoviar Grup – Donau Finanz and American company OmniTRAX have withdrawn, Mediafax [...]

Constitution revision draft adopted by revision commission

Commission president Crin Antonescu says a first debate with the representatives of the Venice Commission will take place on July 4-5. The draft will be translated into English. The Constitution revision commission yesterday took the final vote on the draft law for the revision of the Fundamental Law which was adopted with 17 votes in [...]

Basescu urges women to assume natality ‘mission’

The president said that Romania’s big problem is not economic migration, but birth-rate. President Traian Basescu said on Tuesday that, at the current pace of demographic decline, by 2030, Romania would have a population of 15 M inhabitants and the structure would also change as the Roma minority is extremely prolific. The president also said [...]

Statute of MPs unconstitutional

The Court has admitted the appeal filed by President Basescu concerning the amendment on the Statute of MPs referring to parliamentary immunity. The law had previously been attacked twice at the CC by PDL too. The Constitutional Court (CC), which has three new members – Mona Pivniceru, Daniel Morar and Valer Dorneanu, has decided that [...]

Obama calls for U.S., Russia to cut nuclear warhead supply by one-third

The U.S leader announced the goal during a speech in Berlin President Barack Obama asked Russia to join the United States in slashing its supply of strategic nuclear warheads by about one-third, a senior administration official said, CNN reports Obama announced the goal during a speech Wednesday in Berlin – a city rife with Cold [...]

DNA: Distraint levied upon Sandu’s and Dragomir’s assets

The National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) prosecutors have ordered a distraint to be levied upon the real-estate assets of Romanian Football Federation (FRF) President Mircea Sandu, Professional Football League (LPF) President Dumitru Dragomir and the LPF, up to the equivalent of EUR 53 M, in order to recover the damages caused by their decision to disaffiliate [...]

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Bucharest Court dismisses George Becali’s request for prison term interruption

The sentence cumulating request will be heard on June 27. Bucharest Court magistrates rejected yesterday the request filed by businessman George Becali to be granted a three-month interruption of the prison term he was handed down in the case where he was charged with illegally swapping land with the Ministry of National Defence. “In our [...]