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Romania Pledges to Ease Voting Abroad
Romania's government on Monday pledged to take steps to make sure that citizens living or working abroad will have no trouble voting in the presidential runoff on November 16.
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PM Ponta: 2015, 2016 budgets aim at keeping 16 pct flat tax
Prime Minister Victor Ponta says the 2015-2016 state budget aims at keeping the 16 percent flat tax and cutting the special constructions tax on energy infrastructure from 1.5 percent to 1 percent.
Candidate Ponta: I might offer Tariceanu PM position
Incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the candidate of the Social Democrat Party (PSD) - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party, now in the runoff of the presidential race, says he might propose on Tuesday to Calin Popescu-Tariceanu to be the next PM and invite his Reforming Liberal Party to join the governmental coalition.
Ponta proposes four TV debates next week
The presidential candidate of the Alliance of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), National Union for Romania's Progress (UNPR) and the Conservative Party Victor Ponta on Monday proposed his challenger in the presidential runoff Klaus Iohannis of the Christian-Liberal Alliance (ACL) to take part in four televised electoral debates in the coming week.
MAE not recognising 'so-called elections' in the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk
Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) is not recognising 'the so-called elections' of November 2 organised by representatives of the separatist forces of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, which it sees as integrant and inseparable parts of a sovereign Ukraine, MAE reports in a press release issued on Monday.
Public TV invites presidential candidates Ponta, Iohannis to debates before second round
The Romanian Television (TVR, public station) has proposed at least one campaign debate between the presidential candidates Victor Ponta and Klaus Iohannis before the second round of the election. TVR invited both candidates to its offices for a first meeting on this proposal on Monday at 2pm.
Twenty-Four Dead as Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Turkey
A boat reportedly carrying migrants has sunken while crossing the Bosphorus leaving 24 people dead and an unknown number missing, authorities say.
The incident happened off Istanbul's northern coast where the strait meets the Black Sea early on November 3, according to Turkish media outlets.
Students League Abroad: Violating voting right is extremely serious act
The League of the Romanian Students from Abroad and CAESAR Foundation (the Center for Access to the Expertise of the Romanian Students and Graduates) voiced on Monday 'deep indignation and concern' over the manner in which the first round of the presidential elections was conducted on Sunday and asked that those responsible 'be held to account'.
Romania's Ponta, Iohannis to Face Election Run-Off
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta is leading on Sibiu Mayor Klaus Iohannis in the first round of the country's presidential elections on Sunday.
The two candidates with the biggest result in the Romanian will face a run-off on November 16 after becoming the only two candidates with more than six percent of the vote.
Ponta: Tuesday I meet with coalition representatives; announcing together who may lead Government
Candidate of the Alliance of the Social Democrats, the National Union for the Progress of Romania and the Conservatives (PSD-UNPR-PC), Prime Minister Victor Ponta, has announced that on Tuesday he will meet with the representatives of the governing coalition to decide together who may lead the Government on the basis of the Social Liberal Union (USL) program voted in 2012.
Ponta: If I get over 37.5 pct I'm glad, but second round starts from nil-nil
Candidate of the Alliance of the Social Democrats, the National Union for the Progress of Romania and the Conservatives (PSD-UNPR-PC), Prime Minister Victor Ponta, states that even though he would be glad to get, in the first round, a score over the proposed target of 37.5 percent, the second round will start from nil-nil.
Candidate Hunor Kelemen: We got a good score, showing our message reached voters
Hunor Kelemen, the presidential candidate of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) said after the polls closed on Sunday that exit polls show a satisfactory result for him, proving his campaign message has reached the voters.
Candidate Monica Macovei: Our success today starts revolution of honest people
Monica Macovei, running for president as an independent candidate, says the success of her team will launch 'the revolution of honest people.' Speaking at her campaign headquarters after the polls closing on Sunday, she promised 'a new construction' to represent those who believe in 'justice, dignity and integrity.'
Tariceanu: We must make a decision regarding how to vote in second round
Independent candidate in the presidential elections Calin Popescu Tariceanu, running with the support of the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR), has stated that after consultations at the level of the leadership of the party a decision will be made regarding how to vote in the second round.
President Basescu requests resignation of Ministers Corlatean, Stanoevici for grave organizational impairments of elections abroad
President Traian Basescu claims there were grave organizational impairments regarding the electoral process in the polling stations abroad and that the resignation of Minister of Foreign Affairs Titus Corlatean and of Minister-Delegate for Romanians Everywhere Bogdan Stanoevici is in order.