CCR: Election of ALDE Senator Teodor Melescanu for the upper house of Parliament was unconstitutional. PNL to nominate Alina Gorghiu for Senate head

NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 22, 2020

by NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 22, 20200142

The National Liberal Party (PNL) will nominate Alina Gorghiu for the leadership of the Senate, after the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR, ed. n.) ruled...

POLITICS

PNL Executive Bureau called for Feb. 2 to discuss local election preparations

NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 20, 2020

by NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 20, 20200103

At its Monday meeting, the National Liberal Party’s (PNL) Executive Bureau decided to call the party’s National Council on February 2 to debate the strategy...

POLITICS

President Iohannis sends request to Parliament to convoke extraordinary session on election of mayors in two rounds

NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 20, 2020

by NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 20, 2020095

President Klaus Iohannis on Monday announced in a press statement he made at the Cotroceni Palace that he already sent to Parliament his request to...

POLITICS

Dan Barna meets PM Orban to analyse the compliance of the commitments made by PNL to USR on the occasion of the Gov’t investment vote

NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 19, 2020January 19, 2020

by NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 19, 2020January 19, 2020093

USR (Save Romania Union) President Dan Barna said that the list of objectives agreed with the PNL (National Liberal party) Government when the latter was...

POLITICS

Ciolacu: PSD will challenge election of mayors in two rounds with CCR, if motion fails

NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 19, 2020

by NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 19, 20200119

PSD’s (Social Democratic Party) acting president Marcel Ciolacu said on Saturday that his party will challenge the law on the election of mayors in two...

POLITICS

What are the chances of a censure motion tabled by PSD against Orban Gov’t? President Iohannis is skeptical

NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 17, 2020

by NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 17, 2020093

President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday that he is quite skeptical about the Social Democratic Party (PSD) tabling of a censure motion against the Orban...

POLITICS

Gov’t will assume responsibility for the two-round mayoral elections. . Iohannis: It is a very appropriate choice, I totally support the Gov’t in this demarche

NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 17, 2020January 17, 2020

by NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 17, 2020January 17, 2020095

The Government approved the draft on the election of mayors in two rounds, will assume responsibility for this legislative initiative, and will send Parliament a...

DEFENCE POLITICS

DefMin Ciuca, at the joint meeting of the Senate Foreign Affairs and Defence Committees on Middle East: Right now, we have no reason to panic in Romania

NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 15, 2020

by NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 15, 20200108

Minister of National Defence Nicolae Ciuca on Wednesday stated, in the context of the current situation in the Middle East and referring to the possible...

HEALTH POLITICS Social SOCIAL & HEALTH

President Iohannis: Law on doubling child allowances might not be applied immediately, but in a couple of months

NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 15, 2020January 15, 2020

by NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 15, 2020January 15, 2020052

President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday stated that the Law on doubling the child allowances “probably cannot be applied immediately,” but the Government will find the...

DIPLOMACY POLITICS

ForMin Aurescu, heard in the joint sitting of Senate Foreign Affairs and Defence committees: So far, interests of Romania, Romanian citizens not affected by situation in Iraq, ME region

NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 15, 2020January 15, 2020

by NINE O'CLOCKJanuary 15, 2020January 15, 2020087

Until now, the interest of Romania and of the Romanian citizens were not affected by the current situation in Iraq and the Middle East region,...