Greater Romania Party

It seems like a historical paradox, but after the end of the communist system, the far right made a strong showing in the Balkans.

The former president of the Social Democratic Party, PSD, Liviu Dragnea, who was released on parole in June, said he will support a new party, the Alliance for the Fatherland, which preaches nationalist values and calls for Romania to leave the European Union.

Co-chair of USR PLUS (Save Romania Union - Freedom, Unity, Solidarity Party) Alliance Dan Barna on Monday ruled out the possibility of a collaboration with the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) political party, within a government coalition, as this party promotes "an extreme conservatism." "Let's see the final results first and then we will take the necessary decision.

Noted names of the Romanian politics are opening the lists of candidates for the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of the Bucharest electoral constituency. Some have done politics and are returning to this year's elections, others are members of the current Parliament and want a new term as a senator or deputy.

The draft regarding the autonomy of the Szeklerland was never voted in the Chamber of Deputies, stated, on Wednesday, the interim chair of the Social DemocraticParty (PSD), Marcel Ciolacu, deeming the statements made by President Klaus Iohannis on the topic as a "crass attack". "Let us not let a lie distract us from the real problems of Romania.

UDMR leader Kelemen Hunor said the statements made by the head of state, Klaus Iohannis, with respect to the Szekerland, send an "atypical and dangerous message like PRM [Greater Romania Party] used to send" and he must apologize.

Corneliu Vadim Tudor, a politician known for his strongly nationalist and xenophobic views, died of cardiovascular disease in Bucharest on Monday. He was 65.

Tudor began his public career as a writer and poet and penned verses flattering Romania's former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

The new National Liberal Party (PNL, in opposition) would get the vote of 44.2 percent of Romanians should parliamentary elections be held next Sunday (up from 41.7 percent in Dec.

Incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, running for president with the support of his Social Democrat Party, of the National Union for Romania's Progress and of the Conservative Party, will inaugurate a bridge across the Danube - Black Sea Canal on Thursday.

Statistics published on Thursday on the website of the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) show Christian Liberal Alliance candidate Klaus Iohannis got 46.17 percent (73,912 votes) and incumbent Social Democrat Prime Minister Victor Ponta 15.90 percent (25,466 votes) of votes cast abroad in the first round of the presidential ballot.