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Romanian social democrats (PSD) won the elections for the European Parliament with 31.07% of votes and secured 11 seats in the EU legislative body, while coalition partners democrat liberals (PDL) got 29.71% of votes and ten MEP seats, according t ...

The Romanian Justice Ministry said Wednesday the government has decided to assume responsibility in parliament for the criminal and civil Codes, which together with the draft criminal and civil procedure Codes aim to create a coherent and modern l ...

Romanian Liberal Party, in opposition, on Wednesday criticized the governments decision to assume responsibility for the criminal and civil codes in parliament and threatened with a no‑confidence motion.  Assuming the codes in the abse ...

Outdoor shows or film broadcasts may take place in open theatres or tents on the beach in Romanian resorts between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m., provided maximum noise limits are respected, according to a Government decision. Tourism minister Elena Udrea sa ...

The alliance made up of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Conservative Party(PC) won the largest number of seats in the future European Parliament, 11, followed closely by the Democratic Liberal Party (PD‑L) with 10 seats, the Libera ...

The number of violent acts that can be watched on TV varies, on the average, between 9, on the TVR public television channel, and 23.4, on the PRO TV commercial station, according to the findings of a recent study released on Wednesday by UNICEF R ...

The Government will assume responsibility on the two Codes, Criminal and Civil one. The decision was made on Wednesday, in the weekly session, after the two presidents of the two sub‑committees of the Parliament informed the members of the ...

Premier Emil Boc stated on Wednesday that the Government decided to assume responsibility on law drafts of the Criminal and Civil codes, and in the upcoming period the Standing Bureaus of the two Parliament Houses will establish the procedural dat ...

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday he welcomes Senate Chairman Mircea Geoanas intention to leave the Supreme Defense Council, but considers it at odds with Geoanas previous wish for the coalition protocol to stipulate his membership in ...

A Bucharest court on Tuesday ruled businessman and politician Gigi Becali is not allowed to leave Romania, pending a trial in which Becali faces charges of kidnapping. The decision, however, is not final and it can be appealed. According to prov ...

All nine Romanian patients infected with the new H1N1 flu virus are in good health and were released from hospital on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said in a statement. The ministry said there have been no new infections over the past days. Last ...

Finnish authorities warned the population in capital city Helsinki of ethnic Roma pickpockets from Romania and Poland, stressing they mainly operate in April, May, and throughout the summer season, Helsingin Sanomat informed Tuesday. Police offic ...

US‑based Franklin Templeton Investments won the auction to select the manager of Romanian investment fund Fondul Proprietatea, created to compensate Romanians whose properties were confiscated during the communist era. Enache Jiru, the head ...

The Romanian government will set maximum interest rates and fees for banks to take part in the First House program, and the client who buys a dwelling that costs more than EUR60,000 will have to pay the difference out of its own funds. For proper ...

The right moment for the take over of the prerogatives of the Romanian troops in Iraq was set by the troops, not by the politicians, said, on Tuesday, president Traian Basescu. According to him, his presence in Iraq was important, last week, beca ...

Chinese Commissioner general for Expo 2010 Shanghai Ambassador Hua Junduo paid a working visit to Romania over June 5‑9 2009, at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Cristian Diaconescu, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) inf ...

The head of the Department for European Affairs (DAE), Minister Vasile Puscas, asks the involved institutions to take an active part in establishing Romania's stand in the process of public consultation about the tender for the certificates of ...

The European Commission on Monday authorized Romania to give aid to companies with financing difficulties as a result of the credit squeeze in the current economic crisis. The scheme allows authorities to grant aid in the form of subsidized guara ...

The Court of Romania's capital Bucharest, district 1, will rule Tuesday on a new request for permission to leave the country submitted by businessman George Becali on June 3. Last week, Becali requested a suspension of the measures imposed by ...

Romania's ministries took 774.8 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2132) foreign loans in the first quarter, a similar amount being estimated by end‑June, out of the total RON4.12 billion external credits budgeted for investment projects in 2009. I ...