Poll

Public Issue polling company carried out research for pro-government newspaper “Avgi”. The polling research took place between 12 and 17 of February.

The positive opinions for the government reaches 81% while the opinions for the previous government party, New Democracy, reaches 16%. Negative opinions for the government stand at 11%, with 74% for the previous ruling party.

Christian Liberal Alliance's candidate Klaus Iohannis got 54.50 percent of the vote in the second round of the presidential elections on Sunday, while Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party - National Union for Romania's Progress - Conservative Party alliance polled 45.49 percent, according to the data released by the Central Electoral Bureau (BE

MEP Monica Macovei this Sunday asked again for the extension of voting hours in the polling stations abroad, a release informs.

Corlatean resigned on Monday amid anger over long queues and chaotic scenes when Romanians living abroad tried to cast ballots at the presidential polls on November 2.

His move came after tens of thousands of people protested in cities across the country at the weekend in support of Romanians living abroad who were not able to vote.

The Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) chairman Calin Popescu-Tariceanu says the vote by correspondence will make it easier for the Romanians living abroad to exercise this constitutional right and such a voting system will be probably used in the future.