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Former Romanian President Proposes Romania unification with Moldova so that Russia won't Annex it
Finally! Someone is saying what we have been proposing for a few days now! Maybe the right kind of people are reading our website and circulating our ideas around until the reach the right ears.
Former President Traian Basescu said on Thursday, the day Russia bombed Ukraine, that the Republic of Moldova should unite with Romania to be under NATO’s shield because “we see what a Putin means...
Romania elects 2014 president of German descent
Newly elected president of Romania 2014, Klaus Werner Iohannis of German descent.
Romania has finally come to its senses and elected Klaus Werner Iohannis as its next president, the current mayor of former cultural capital of Europe, Sibiu, which is of German descent.
Romania is one of the most poorest and corrupted nations in Europe alongside with the likes of Bulgaria, Albania and Moldova, competing...
US seeks to boost troops at Romanian Black Sea base
Romania says the United States wants to boost its military presence in the eastern European country amid tensions in neighboring Ukraine.
Romanian President Traian Basescu said on Tuesday that Washington has asked to increase the number of its troops and aircraft at a Black Sea airbase in eastern Romania.
“The US Embassy in Bucharest has asked for support from Romanian authorities to expand...
Romanian president impeached
Romanian President Traian Basescu delivers a speech to parliament on July 6, 2012.
Romanian MPs have voted to impeach President Traian Basescu, initiating a process that could oust the unpopular leader in a national referendum.
Some 256 of the bicameral parliament’s 372 deputies voted to impeach Basescu, 114 voted against the motion, and two votes were canceled, the final count showed.
Senate...
Romania's Prime Minster Resigns Following Anti-Austerity Protest
Gendarme forces move toward protesters in Piata Universitatii square, Bucharest January 19, 2012.
Romania’s Prime Minster Emil Boc has resigned following weeks of public protest against IMF-backed austerity measures amid the debt crisis sweeping the European Union.
Announcing his resignation on Television on Monday, Boc said that he wanted to “defuse political and social tension” and...
Romanian Anti-Government Rallies in Day 10
Protesters waving Romanian flags shout anti-president slogans atop a monument in the central University Square in Bucharest on January 22, 2012.
Romanian protesters have taken to the streets of the capital Bucharest for a tenth consecutive day to demand the resignation of the government over its austerity measures.
Scores of protesters again gathered in the capital’s central University Square...
Romania Police Fire Teargas at Rally
Anti-government protesters shout slogans in the Romania capital Bucharest on January 19, 2012.
Romanian police have fired teargas canisters at demonstrators protesting against the government’s austerity measures in the Romanian capital Bucharest.
On Thursday, the police arrested about 50 people, who allegedly threw bricks and bottles and other materials at them.
Earlier on the day, thousands...
Romania Anti-Austerity Protest Turns Violent
Protesters waved Romanian flags with holes in them, symbolising the 1989 anti-communist revolution.
Police officer seriously injured after resignation of Palestinian-born doctor over health reforms sparks mass protests.
Romanian police have fired tear gas and clashed with protesters during an anti-government rally in the third consecutive day of demonstrations against austerity cuts and worsening...
Hundreds of Romanians call on President to Quit
Romanians have protested in cities around the country for a third day against the government, whom they blame for austerity cuts and falling living standards.
One policeman was injured in the Romanian capital Saturday after clashes with demonstrators protesting the government’s austerity programme, AFP reported.
Hundreds of Romanians rallied in Bucharest to protest against austerity measures...
Diplomatic scandal sparks between Russia and Romania over WW2
A major diplomatic scandal broke out between Russia and Romania. The reason for the scandal is the statements of Romanian President Traian Basescu, who virtually justified his country’s participation in the war against the Soviet Union on the side of Hitler.
Basescu voiced the scandalous statements back on June 22. They were dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic...
NATO summit coldness: Traian Basescu, arrogantly snubbed by Nicolas Sarkozy
French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrogantly snubbed Romanian president over Roma deportation issues
The French-Romanian friendship on head of state level is not what it used to be. President Nicolas Sarkozy seems to have treated his Romanian counterpart Traian Basescu coldly, even impolitely, at the group photo with all NATO state leaders at the Lisbon summit. Basescu tried to stop his French counterpart...