Traian Basescu News

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.

The Court has admitted the appeal filed by President Basescu concerning the amendment on the Statute of MPs referring to parliamentary immunity.

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.

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.

Senate approves termination of ICR leadership's mandate Andrei Marga's resignation from the helm of the Institute, as well as Horia Garbea's resignation from the office of ICR Vice President, officially registered at the Senate.

During the talks yesterday between the Romanian president and CIA Director, John O. Brennan said that SIE and SRI are remarkable.

Many key sectors of the Canadian economy have job openings, but no people to fill them.

The joint plenum of the two houses of the Parliament will discuss today the letter sent by president Traian Basescu about holding a new referendum on the unicameral Parliament with maximum 300 elects.

Sir Suma Chakrabarti, the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, is visiting Romania on 17-18 June for talks with senior officials, business partners and civil society, a press release informs.

The president holds that his cohabitation agreement with the premier should not get in the way of USL's operation, which has all chances to keep going.

According to official sources cited by Mediafax, Iulian Buga, a career diplomat, Romania's former ambassador to Ireland is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' proposal for ambassador to the United States of America tendered to President Traian Basescu.

The storms and flooding continue to ravage the country. Three people have been killed in Iasi in the last 48 hours, being carried away by the flush floods, realitatea.net informs.

Chamber of Deputies Speaker Valeriu Zgonea announced that the Parliament's opinion on the referendum demanded by President Traian Basescu will be formulated as soon as possible, as there is no reason for seeking "tricks."

The former premier claims that in 2004 he was very close to a cohabitation with Traian Basescu, but the head of state "changed the rules" by blackmailing UDMR and PUR.

Plevneliev and Basescu met during the18th annual summit of leaders from Central and Eastern Europe.

The head of state announced in a press statement at Cotroceni Tuesday night that he had started procedures for a new referendum on a unicameral Parliament and a maximum of 300 MPs, however noting that he would issue the formal decree according to how the Parliament would choose to address the people's will expressed back in 2009.

The president claims that the modifications brought by the Committee led by Senate speaker Crin Antonescu to the fundamental law represent a risk of 'blocking the state'.

It is not the first time when the head of state meets his Facebook fans, like he did on Friday in a Bucharest mall.

Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean was received yesterday by the President of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, on the occasion of the official visit he is making to Cairo, according to a press release posted on the Foreign Ministry website.

The law concerning measures necessary to develop the Nabucco Natural Gas Pipeline has been promulgated by the President of Romania, Traian Basescu, qualifying the Nabucco Project as being of national interest and public utility in Romania.