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PMP's Tomac: PMP's partnership with President Traian Basescu is solid
The existing partnership between the People's Movement Party (PMP) and Romania's former President Traian Basescu is solid, and the party is now compelled to prove that Basescu's trust is well placed in it by applying already set political principles, PMP national leader Eugen Tomac said Sunday in Pitesti, southern Romania.
Head of Romanian Chamber of Commerce Jailed
A Bucharest court on Thursday jailed Mihai Vlasov, president of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce, CRCI, for five years after he was caught red handed receiving a 200,000 euro bribe.
The money he received from a businessman was allegedly the first tranche of 1 million euro - payment for his intervention at the Court of Arbitrage, which works under the CRCI's umbrella.
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PM Ponta voices SocDems' vexation upon sentencing of former party executive chair Dragnea
Prime Minister Victor Ponta asserted on Monday that there was discontentment within his Social Democrat Party (PSD) about the suspended one-year prison sentence for Liviu Dragnea, the former executive chair of the party and administration minister.
Romania to Demand Answers for Russia Travel Bans
Romanian Foreign Ministry, MAE, on Saturday said it will ask for official explanations from Russia's entry ban against the five Romanians, including politicians, a businessman and a military leader.
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Romania Appoints First Muslim Woman Minister
President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday approved the nomination of Sevil Shhaileh for the post of Regional Development minister.
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Romanian Minister Resigns After Fraud Conviction
"I have submitted my resignation to protect my honour. Otherwise, I know I am not guilty of anything, and in the end this has to be proved," Dragnea said on Saturday.
He added he would also step down as the executive chairman of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD.
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PM Ponta expects further collaboration in good terms with President Iohannis
Prime Minister Victor Ponta expects the institutional collaboration with President Klaus Iohannis to continue in very good terms.
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Former minister Dragnea says resignation from executive chairmanship would hurt Social Democrat Party
Former minister Liviu Dragnea, sentenced to a one-year suspended prison term on Friday, says his resignation from the position of executive chair of the Social Democrat Party (PSD) would leave it exposed in a pre-election year, just when it needs to prepare for the local elections of 2016.
Romanian minister found guilty of vote-rigging in referendum
A senior Romanian minister was convicted on May 15 of electoral fraud over a 2012 attempt to impeach a president and political rival, a judgment that dealt a blow to Prime Minister Victor Ponta's efforts to demonstrate to the EU a hard line on graft.
Romania Releases Ex-Minister to House Arrest
Romania's High Court on Wednesday freed the former minister and presidential candidate Elena Udrea from detention and placed her under house arrest instead.
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