Maria Voican

National Liberal Party (PNL) leader Ludovic Orban stated on Wednesday evening that the work force deficit in the private sector could be reduced with people from the administration included, affirming that there shouldn't be one million employees in the public sector.

Romania and Bulgaria, which are not just neighbours but also friends, share a past that "has contributed to an enhanced degree of empathy" between the two countries, a present characterised by "an in-depth deepened partnership" and "a common European future", Romania's Ambassador to Romania Ion Galea told an interview granted to AGERPRES.

The founding chairman of Romania Together Movement, Dacian Ciolos, stated on Tuesday, in northeastern Iasi, that he is not afraid to enter the race for Romania's presidency, mentioning he will only run should he considers that he is thus helping the opposition.

Voter turnout in the referendum to redefine marriage in the Constitution of Romania was 21.08 percent, shows data released by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) as of 12:00 hrs on Monday.

A total of 3,849,905 people turned out to the polls.

Romania's mergers and acquisitions market, including deals without a publicly revealed value, ranged between 1.4 and 1.6 billion euro in Q3, by 15 percent higher than in the similar period of the previous year, according to an analysis carried out by consultancy company Deloitte.

The image advisor of the Metropolitan of Ardeal -The Orthodox Archbishopric, priest Constantin Necula believes this referendum does not mean the victory or the defeat of someone, but the fact that "we are a boycotted nation" and that now it is a very good time for Romania to redefine its future "even if it is a painful one."

Suceava is the only county in Romania that went beyond the validation threshold of the referendum for the redefinition of the family, with a 30.67pct turnout, considering that the overall national level was 20.41pct.

By 16:00hrs, as many as 15.21pct of the Romanian electors have cast their ballots at the referendum for the redefinition of the family, according to the data released by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC).

The Coalition for Family (CpF) accuses the "trivial and unprofessional" way the referendum for the revision of the Constitution was organised and asserts that "the PSD boycott at the level of the entire country" proves the falseness of the statements that the boycott belonged to this party (Social Democratic Party, ed. n.) and to Liviu Dragnea (PSD national leader, ed. n.).

Literary historian and critic Paul Cornea passed away on Sunday at 94 years old, the National Museum of the Romanian Literature (MNLR) announces in a release sent to AGERPRES.