Romanian President Traian Basescu invited parliamentary parties for talks on Monday afternoon about the country’s economic and social outlook for the next two years, Schengen accession and this year’s legislative priorities. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu said on public television late Wednesday he admires people in the ruling coalition for their patience and determination to keep their alliance strong, adding the coalition took the right anti-crisis measures and will likely stay in power until the 2012 elections. read more...

Romanian weather authorities Thursday morning issued a yellow code advisory expecting snowfall, gusty wind and frost throughout the country Thursday evening through Friday at noon. read more...

Romania's Chamber of Deputies passed the law on pensions on Tuesday, which rules the retirement age of 63 for women and 65 for men with 172 votes for. read more...

The Romanian Parliament on Tuesday adopted the IMF-required pension law that the head of state had sent back for reexamination, requesting that the retirement age be set at 63 for women and 65 for men. read more...

Child-rearing aid in Romania will be provided for one year as of 2011, reduced from the present two years, but in the same amount, a change that will not apply to current beneficiaries, Prime Minister Emil Boc announced Monday evening. read more...

The Romanian Government agrees with a parliamentary initiative to change the official naming of people belonging to the Roma ethnic group from "Rom" to "Tigan" ("Gypsy"). read more...

A US state department cable, released by Wikileaks shows that a German company planned to supply Iran in 2007 with illegal equipments for the defense industry. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu told coalition leaders in a meeting Monday the country’s budget resources don’t allow the keeping of child rearing benefits for the current period of two years and suggested parental leave should be shortened to one year, people at the meeting told Mediafax. read more...

Romania’s Government will decide whether to lower or keep child rearing benefits unchanged after consultations with lawmakers of the ruling coalition parties Monday, people close to the matter told Mediafax. read more...

Romania’s President Traian Basescu went to the Government’s headquarters Monday morning where ruling coalition members met to discuss the 2011 state budget and what to do about propositions to halve parental leave, people close to the matter told Mediafax. read more...

Liberal Mariana Campeanu, a former labor minister, won the by-election held Sunday in a constituency in Hunedoara county, western Romania, for a lawmaker seat in the Chamber of deputies, the local electoral office said Monday. read more...

Authorities in Hunedoara county, western Romania, are using a fraud-detection software application in Sunday’s by-election for a vacant lawmaker seat in the Chamber of Deputies. read more...

Romania’s Government will seek a confidence vote in Parliament on December 14 to pass into legislation an IMF-required unitary wage bill for the public sector and the 2011 state budget law will be sent to Parliament for approval next week, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday. read more...

Romanian Prime Minister asked the Parliament Saturday to set a date for the vote on a no-confidence motion and thus carry on with procedures for the adoption of the education law. read more...

Meteorologists remitted on Friday a yellow code warning alert for heavy snow starting with December 4 2 PM to December 5, 8 AM. read more...

Romanian businessman and media mogul Sorin Ovidiu Vantu is still not allowed to leave the country, after the Bucharest Appellate Court maintained the decision of the lower court, Romanian news agency Mediafax informs. read more...

Placing outdoor advertising supports could be banned in Romanian parks, on trees, in natural reserves, on the headquarters of public institutions, on roadways and in other spots deemed improper by the local administration. read more...

Meteorologists on Friday issued a code yellow snow storm advisory for 14 counties in eastern and southeastern Romania, valid Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning. read more...

NASA announced on Thursday in a press conference that it discovered in a lake in California a bacteria that does not share the same DNA with the rest of species on Earth. read more...