World news about “Romania politics” published by euronews.
EU and Romania impeachment referendum Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta has pledged not to continue his efforts to oust president Traian Basescu, after he survived an impeachment referendum… 30/07/2012
Swimsuit vote in Romania – nocomment In the Romanian seaside city of Constanta, Mayor Radu Mazare and dozens of women showed up at the local polling station in their swimwear to vote. As… 30/07/2012
Interview with Mircea Toma Interview with Mircea Toma, president of the Bucharest based Media Monitoring Agency ActiveWatch. 27/07/2012
Romania: President and PM’s power struggle Days before the impeachment referendum against Traian Basescu, the power-struggle between the centre-left government of Prime Minister Viktor Ponta and the… 27/07/2012
Victor Ponta: ‘Romania is a democracy’ EVictor Ponta spoke to euronews in the midst of a political crisis: the centre-left government wants to oust the country’s Conservative president, Traian… 24/07/2012
Europe Weekly: Microsoft in EU’s firing line again In this week’s Europe Weekly, Microsoft has irked Brussels regulators once again amid allegations the software giant has breached a previous anti-trust… 20/07/2012
Victor Ponta re-appointed prime minister of RomaniaRomania’s president has appointed as prime minister the man who tried to have him impeached in July – Victor Ponta. The Social Liberal Union leader won a two… 17/12/2012
Romania president finally reappoints rival Ponta as PMRomania’s president Traian Basescu has appointed as prime minister the man who tried to have him impeached in July – Victor Ponta. Leader of the left-wing… 17/12/2012
Ponta’s centre-left heading for Romania election winPreliminary results in Romania’s general election suggest the centre-left coalition has won a clear victory – opening a new chapter in the bitter rivalry… 10/12/2012
Exit polls tip Romania’s governing alliance for election victoryRomania’s leftist governing Social Liberal Union appears set for victory in the country’s parliamentary election. Exit polls suggest it has won 54-57… 09/12/2012
Romania’s choice might not be picked as PMIt looks like Romanian voters might re-ignite an unsettling struggle at the pinnacle of the country’s power structure. Polls suggest the left-wing prime… 09/12/2012
Ponta’s centre-left coalition set for Romania parliamentary election winRomanians vote in parliamentary elections today that are widely expected to see Prime Minister Victor Ponta’s centre-left alliance hold its majority by a… 09/12/2012
Romania opens new power plantA new power plant in Romania has been inaugurated by Prime Minister Victor Ponta. Ponta attended the ceremony with EU Energy Commissioner Gunther… 17/10/2012
Romania reinstates presidentThe Romanian parliament has upheld a court decision to reinstate the country’s President Traian Basescu. Basescu was suspended after a political row and… 27/08/2012
Basescu poised for comeback after Romania referendum rulingRomania’s suspended President Traian Basescu is set to return to office within days after judges ruled an impeachment vote against him was invalid. The… 22/08/2012
Romania’s political battles set to rage on after Basescu rulingThe European Commission has called on Romania to respect the legal procedure to reinstate Traian Basescu as president. The US says Tuesday’s… 21/08/2012
Basescu reinstated as Romanian presidentRomania’s reinstated president Traian Basescu has appealed for unity after the constitutional court overturned the results of last month’s impeachment… 21/08/2012
Romanian president likely to be reinstatedA ruling over the validity of a referendum to impeach Romania’s president is due today. The constitutional court is expected to reject the vote on the… 21/08/2012
Ponta reshuffles Romanian cabinetRomania’s Prime Minister has reshuffled his cabinet after his interior minister resigned. Victor Ponta also replaced his justice and foreign ministers along… 06/08/2012
Romania brings forward impeachment hearingRomania’s constitutional court is to decide if a referendum to impeach the president is valid on August 31st – two weeks earlier than originally stated… 03/08/2012
Court delays decision over Romania referendum resultRomania’s referendum row is set to rumble on for another month. The country’s Constitutional Court has delayed making a decision on the validity of a recent… 02/08/2012
Fresh attempts made to oust Romanian presidentMembers of Romania’s ruling coalition are challenging official results, which confirm that the country’s president, Traian Basescu, has survived a referendum… 01/08/2012
Romania referendum: Basescu row far from overRomania’s president may have survived a referendum on his impeachment, but there is a prediction of further political turbulence ahead. Traian Basescu… 30/07/2012
Romanian president survives impeachment voteRomanian President Traian Basescu has vowed to unify his country after surviving his second impeachment referendum in five years. Figures from the… 30/07/2012
Calls for Romanian president to go despite voteThroughout the night demonstrators in Bucharest voiced their opposition to Romanian president Traian Basescu. He appears to have survived a referendum on… 30/07/2012
Ponta calls on Basescu to step downDespite initial estimates suggesting Romania’s President Triane Basescu had escaped impeachment in the country’s referendum his political foe, Prime Minister… 30/07/2012
Romanian president ‘survives’ crucial voteIn Romania, suspended President Traian Basescu has declared victory following a referendum to oust him from office. Speaking to jubilant supporters, the… 30/07/2012
Romania’s Basescu vote set to go down to the wireRomania’s suspended centre-right President Triane Basescu’s political future was finely balanced on Sunday as the country held a referendum over whether to… 29/07/2012
Bitter feud that has shaken Romania and the EUA turbulent spring and summer in Romanian politics left Traian Basescu badly in need of friends. On July 6 his lack of support in parliament cost him… 29/07/2012
Basescu fate in balance as Romania votesThe fate of Romania’s suspended President Traian Basescu hangs in the balance as people vote in a referendum on whether to remove him from office. The… 29/07/2012
Voters should not back ‘coup’, Romania’s Basescu tells euronewsWith Romanians due to vote on Sunday on whether to impeach their president, the man in question has urged them to boycott the ballot. Traian Basescu, who… 28/07/2012
Romania to vote on presidential impeachmentIn the run-up to Romania’s referendum on whether or not to impeach the president, both Prime Minister Victor Ponta and President Traian Basescu are… 27/07/2012
Romania opposition calls for Basescu vote boycottSuspended Romania president Traian Basescu’s hopes of keeping his job have been given a boost by the opposition, after the Democratic Liberal Party urged its… 25/07/2012
Romania voters to decide president’s futureRomania is planning a crucial referendum to decide its President Traian Bascescu’s future after parliament approved impeachment proceedings. The decision… 07/07/2012
Suspended Romania leader denies wrongdoingThe Romanian parliament has voted to suspend President Traian Basescu from office after the ruling coalition accused him of violating the constitution and… 06/07/2012
Romania parliament votes to suspend President BasescuThe Romanian parliament has voted to suspend President Basescu from office after the ruling coalition accused him of violating the constitution and exceeding… 06/07/2012
Romania’s president accuses government of power grabRomania’s ceremonial president has hit back at the government over attempts to impeach him. Traian Basescu is accused by the ruling leftist Social-Liberal… 05/07/2012
Ex-Romania prime minister out of danger after suicide bidRomania’s former Prime Minister is in a serious but stable condition after attempting suicide in an apparant bid to avoid jail. Adrian Nastase was due to… 21/06/2012
Former Romanian PM shoots himselfFormer Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase has shot himself after a court upheld a two-year prison sentence for corruption. Nastase is Romania’s first… 21/06/2012
Romania’s new PM wins parliamentary voteRomania’s new government has won a vote of confidence giving it a mandate to keep an International Monetary Fund-led deal on track until elections in… 08/05/2012
Romania government falls on no-confidence voteRomania’s centre-right government has collapsed following the loss of a vote of confidence just two months after taking office. The EU’s second-poorest… 27/04/2012
Romanian PM steps down over protestsRomania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc has quit in the face of widespread protests over IMF-backed austerity measures. Announcing his resignation, he said he… 06/02/2012
Romanian minister sackedRomanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconshi has lost his job after calling anti-government protesters ‘inept and violent slum-dwellers’. There have been over… 23/01/2012
Violent protests continue in RomaniaProtests in Romania have spread from the capital Bucharest to other cities as angry crowds clashed with police in a fourth day of demonstrations. The riots… 16/01/2012
