Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday at the European Council meeting in Brussels that non-EU countries like Serbia and the Republic of Moldova should be connected to the EU’s single energy market, which is set to be established by 2014 the president’s office said in a press release Saturday. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Friday Romania will not ask to be considered for Schengen separately from Bulgaria, even though reports show Romania has met all technical criteria and Bulgaria hasn’t, the president’s office said in a press release Saturday. read more...

Romania’s opposition Liberal Party leader Crin Antonescu said Saturday polls ordered by the party show 62% to 68% of Romanians would vote for the Social-Liberal Union, the alliance of liberals, social democrats and conservatives. read more...

Romania’s three opposition parliamentary parties on Saturday signed a protocol forming the Social-Liberal Union, a political alliance of liberals, conservatives and social democrats. read more...

Romanian Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara told a news conference Saturday it is inadmissible Romania has come to import milk and dairy products that aren’t always of the highest quality. read more...

The general manager of the Bucharest stock Exchange, Valentin Ionescu, said Saturday he doesn’t want investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) listed on other stock markets because it’s an issuer than can help consolidate the local market. read more...

Five or six miners are trapped underground following a blast Saturday afternoon at the Uricani coal mine in southern Romania, mine officials said. read more...

The five miners missing in the Saturday afternoon explosion at the Uricani mine, southern Romania, have been killed in the blast, said local mayor Danut Buhaescu. read more...