Traian Băsescu

Prime Minister Victor Ponta believes the solution to the vote abroad, in the future, is represented by organizing the voting process as it is organized at home, by the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) and not by the Government.

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Romania's new President, Klaus Iohannis, has designated neighbouring Moldova as the site of his first official foreign visit on 22- 23 January.

The President is also due to visit Brussels, followed by trips to France and Germany, possibly in February, although the dates for these visits have not been decided.

President Klaus Iohannis announces he has invited Prime Minister Victor Ponta to a meeting at the Cotroceni Palace on Monday at 12,00, to discuss, among others, "the prospects of the institutional collaborations between the presidency and the government."

President Klaus Iohannis has taken over the term of head of state on Sunday, at the Cotroceni Palace.

Klaus Iohannis and his wife, Carmen, arrived on Sunday at the Cotroceni Palace. The Guard Regiment saluted the new President during a military ceremony.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Saturday said that the overview made by President Traian Basescu is subjective, stating that the head of state mostly highlighted the positive parts and hid the negative ones, "however, forgetting to bring to mind the terrible sufferings of 2010-2011."

President Traian Basescu has held a press conference, on Saturday, at the end of his ten year tenure, treating both current and previous matters within his press statement at the beginning of the press conference.

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President Traian Basescu on Saturday said that Romanians can be optimistic in what concerns the evolution of the Romanian economy, maintaining that the prospect is of economic growth.

President Traian Basescu on Saturday thanked Romanians for the honour of being head of state for ten years, showing that he would not forget this honour as long as he lived.

President-elect Klaus Iohannis on Sunday is set to take his presidential oath of office in front of the Parliament, following in the same day to undertake his duties as head of state from Traian Basescu, during a handover ceremony to take place at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace.

President Traian Basescu will hold his last press conference as head of state at the Cotroceni Palace on Saturday.

According to the Presidential Administration, the press conference is scheduled at 18,00. On this occasion, President Traian Basescu is expected to present the report of his activity with Romania's Presidency.