Traian Basescu declared that he had talks with KazMunaiGaz President regarding the state's recovery of the debts of Rompetrol, which KazMunaiGaz tookover recently worth over 500 million euro. read more...

Romanian prosecutors indicted businessman Catalin Chelu on charges of attempted bribery in a case involving former Interior Ministry state secretary Dan Valentin Fatuloiu, the National Anticorruption Department said in a press release Tuesday. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday he supports the education bill in the format adopted by the Government, and added he wants the act to be passed by the end of the year. read more...

"The Concert" by Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter Radu Mihaileanu is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in the 68th edition of the Golden Globe awards, the organizers of the event told a news conference Tuesday. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu denounced the legislative initiative to change a word Rroma to gypsy and declared in an interview for the Financial Times that he will not pass the law. read more...

The education law for which the Romanian Government sought a confidence vote in Parliament late October is considered adopted after opposition liberal lawmakers said in plenary they are pulling their signatures from the motion of no-confidence submitted over the bill, Chamber Speaker Roberta Anastase said Tuesday. read more...

The wife of the Stockholm bomber, Taymour Abdel Wahab, is a Romanian settled at Luton, sify.com informs. Mona Thwany claims that she had no idea about his plans. read more...

Romania's Foreign Affairs Ministry warns Romanians citizens wishing to travel in this period to Greece that public and private unions including air traffic controller's union announced that they will organize on December 15 a general 24 hour strike. read more...

Romanian opposition Social Democratic Party president Victor Ponta said, after a meeting with liberal and conservative leaders, that they agreed to submit a no-confidence motion over the IMF-required unitary wage bill and debate it at the beginning of next year. read more...

The Romanian opposition Social Democratic Party decided Monday to take part in a discussion with President Traian Basescu, after the latter met earlier with the parties in government. read more...

Employees of Romania's Parliament with special status will be allowed to work in the private sector, including in autonomous bodies and commercial companies, according to an amendment approved by the Government Monday. read more...

Mircea Geoana, former PSD leader, was suspended from the party for six months, but he still enjoys the support of the party to maintain his position as Speaker of the Senate, PSD spokesperson Radu Moldovan declared. read more...

The Romanian Parliament budget and finance committees will debate the draft 2011 state budget law and the draft social security budget for next year on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and the two acts will be up for plenary debates in Parliament staring next week. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu invited opposition party leaders again to attend consultations with parliamentary parties at the presidential palace on Monday afternoon. read more...

Romania’s Government has approved six out of 24 amendments submitted by lawmakers to the unitary wage bill for the public sector, for which the Government plans to seek a confidence vote in Parliament Tuesday. read more...

The Social Democratic Party submitted an official complaint at the Constitutional Court on the law of pensions, the party's Spokesperson Radu Moldovan declared. read more...

President Traian Basescu invited all parliamentary parties for consultations on Monday, at 3PM. The main subjects are the social and economic perspectives for the next two years, joining Schengen and the legislative priorities of the end of the year. read more...

Over 87% of the Romanians believe that the corruption level in Romania increased in the last three years and 83% of them believe that the government is inefficient in its fight against corruption, the Global Corruption Index shows, released on Thursday by Transparency International (TI). read more...

Romanian employers are forbidden to sack employees in the first six months after they return from parental leave, according to an emergency ordinance on new parental leave and child-rearing benefit measures to be implemented starting next year. read more...

The Romanian Government will grant extra 600 lei (EUR1=RON4.3005) in child-rearing benefits in the case of multiple pregnancy and for a second child born in the interval in which child-rearing aid is paid, the Labor Ministry said in a press release Thursday. read more...