Traian Basescu News

Telman Aliyev, Chief Executive Officer of the Caspian European Integration Business Club took part in the 6th Astana Economic forum held during May 22-24, 2013, CEIBC said today.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has welcomed a promise by Romania to increase spending on defence and has thanked the country for its role in alliance-led missions.

Calin Nistor, nominated by the Justice Minister as deputy chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate has received yesterday a positive notice from the Superior Magistracy Council .

A photo dated July 22, 2012, shows then-suspended Romanian President Traian Basescu gesturing during a media briefing in Bucharest, Romania.

Victor Ponta participated at the Extraordinary Summit of the European Council in Brussels yesterday, under a mandate assigned by President Traian Basescu.

The PNL leader said Tuesday evening on Realitatea TV that, if he becomes president of Romania, he will appoint Traian Basescu as premier, if he is nominated by the party or alliance that will win the elections.

The Governor of the National Bank of Romania, Mugur Isarescu and Prime Minister Victor Ponta are the personalities with the highest confidence among Romanians, being also seen as best choices for president of Romania, according to a poll done by INSCOP Research in 20-28 April, quoted by rtv.net. According to the opinion poll, the first place in ... (more)

Lakshmi Mittal, the president and CEO of ArcelorMittal, one of the largest steelmakers in the world, met on Friday with Romanian PM Victor Ponta to discuss the sustainability of the steel industry in Europe and in Romania particularly.Later that day, Mittal discussed with Romanian... The first thing you need to do is choose a news reader, if you ... (more)

Giovanni Kessler, the head of the European Anti-Fraud Office , was in Romania for two days, having high-level meetings with Romanian authorities.

President Traian Basescu attended another fatuous mass, this time in the Transylvanian lands of Nasaud.

President Traian Basescu talked to the residents of Pestera, Constanta, on the day of the commune on Saturday, Mediafax reports.

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim concluded a two-day visit to Romania, on May 9-10th, praising the country for its inclusive growth over the past two decades.

The President of the 'People's Movement' Foundation, Marian Preda, said, on Saturday, that, after setting up several county branches, his organisation would initiate public debates on subjects on which the public is not sufficiently consulted, to which President Traian Basescu will also be invited.

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Last night, the Prosecutors' Department of the Superior Council of Magistracy voted the six candidates for chief prosecutors nominated by Premier Victor Ponta after more than nine hours of interviews and debates.

The president offered an interview to the 'Calea Europeana' online publication, speaking on domestic and foreign politics, adoption of the euro, austerity and other current matters.

It's been 23 years since the historic moment when over one million Romanians crossed without a visa or passport the border of the Republic of Moldova, a country which at the time was still part of the Soviet Union.

The OSCE's freedom of the press representative expressed her concern on Tuesday following a recent Constitutional Court decision that could make insult and libel illegal again and asked the authorities to finalize procedures on decriminalizing them."The decision of the Constitutional Court runs against earlier efforts to decriminalize libel in ... (more)

PNL President Crin Antonescu has been surpassed in the presidential race by none other than his alliance partner PSD President Victor Ponta, a GeoPol poll conducted for Realitatea TV shows.

The working visit to Bucharest Romania of European Council President Herman van Rompuy, held in a totally different context from the previous one, offered a new opportunity to discuss issues related to the reform of the judiciary and the economic situation.