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Romanian Parliament To Hold Extraordinary Session on Jan 23 And 24

18:17, 18 Ian. 2012
The Romanian Parliament’s standing bureaus on Wednesday approved the organization of an extraordinary session on January 23 and January 24.

President Basescu Informed EC That Romania Will Join Fiscal Union Pact

18:45, 11 Dec. 2011
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Sunday he informed the European Commission that Romania will join the fiscal union pact recently agreed on by European Union leaders.

Romanian Parliament’s Budget Committees Approve Interior Min’s 2012 Budget

16:33, 07 Dec. 2011
The Romanian Parliament’s committees for budget and finance on Wednesday approved with 23 to 13 votes the budget of the Ministry of Interior.

Romanian Parliament Defense Committees OK Interior Ministry’s Draft 2012 Budget

19:19, 05 Dec. 2011
The Romanian Parliament’s defense committees on Monday approved during a joint meeting the draft 2012 budget of the Interior Ministry, of 7.29 billion lei (EUR1.67 billion).

Romanian Social Democrats To Challenge At Constitutional Court Blaga’s Election As Senate Chairman

19:11, 28 Nov. 2011
The Romanian opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) will challenge at the Constitutional Court the election of democrat liberal Vasile Blaga as Senate chairman, social democrat senator Titus Corlatean said Monday.

Romania’s Ruling Coalition Agrees To Merge Local, Parliamentary Elections, Cut MP Numbers

11:59, 14 Nov. 2011
Romania’s ruling coalition decided in a meeting Monday parliamentary and local elections will be merged in November 2012 and the number of lawmakers will be lowered to 388, Hunor Kelemen, leader of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Parliament Committee To Draft Report On Welfare Bill By Nov 14

11:10, 08 Nov. 2011
MPs with the Romania Chamber of Deputies’ committee for labor have until November 14 to draw up a report on the social welfare bill, that will then be put to the vote in plenary, House secretary Niculae Mircovici said Tuesday.

Romanian MPs Tacitly Adopt Bill Allowing Secret Service To Conduct Criminal Investigations

11:20, 03 Nov. 2011
Romania’s Chamber of Deputies on Thursday failed to secure the necessary quorum to debate and vote on a bill that allows secret services to conduct criminal investigations and the bill was adopted tacitly.

Romanian President Urges Lawmakers Again To Adopt Social Welfare, Magistrates Statute

13:36, 31 Oct. 2011
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Monday has asked the Parliament again to speed up the adoption of the social welfare law, the bill amending the statute of Romanian magistrates, as well as the draft law applying the Criminal Code.

Romanian President Urges Adoption Of Social Welfare, Magistrates Statute

12:38, 20 Oct. 2011
Romanian President Traian Basescu urges the Parliament to speed up the adoption of the social welfare law and a bill amending the statute of Romanian magistrates.

Romania’s 2012 Budget Needs New GDP Growth, Deficit Estimates – PM

17:28, 17 Oct. 2011
Romania's Government has completed the draft of next year's state budget, but it will be sent to Parliament after the European Commission (EC) announces the economic growth forecast and after the budget deficit target is agreed upon with the IMF and EC, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Monday.

Romanian Court-Won Wage Rights To Be Paid In Tranches Until End-2016 – Draft

18:00, 21 Sept. 2011
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies committee for the budget decided Wednesday to extend the payment period for wage rights won in court by public sector employees until December 31, 2016, from December 31, 2012, and also to change the value of their yearly tranches.

Romanian Parliament Adopts Declaration On Country’s Schengen Accession

13:22, 21 Sept. 2011
Romania’s two chambers of Parliament on Wednesday adopted a declaration on the country’s accession to the border-free Schengen area, which is still being denied by several EU states.

Romania’s Parliament Committee Stalls Ratification Of Treaties Signed With Syria In 2010

14:58, 31 Aug. 2011
The two treaties Romania signed with Syria in November 2010, one regarding extradition and another concerning the mutual transfer of people sentenced to prison, are blocked in Parliament, which considers that their ratification, given the current situation in Syria, would affect Romania’s image.

Romanian Opposition To Boycott President’s Speech In Parliament

12:22, 27 Iun. 2011
Romanian opposition Social Liberal Union representatives will not attend the Parliament meeting Monday when President Traian Basescu will address lawmakers, said union co-president Victor Ponta.

Romanian President Sends Constitution Revision Draft To Parliament

11:08, 23 Iun. 2011
Romanian President Traian Basescu has sent the draft revised Constitution to the Parliament for debates, he said Thursday morning before embarking on a plane to Brussels, to attend a European Council meeting.

Romanian Audiovisual Council Member Pulls Toy Gun During Parliament Meeting

14:49, 22 Iun. 2011
A member of the Romanian National Audiovisual Council pulled a pistol and set it on the table Wednesday, during a meeting of the Parliament’s committees for culture, and said later on it was a toy gun.

Romanian President Can Be Impeached Only By Majority Of Registered Voters – Draft

18:56, 15 Iun. 2011
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies committee for legal matters on Wednesday adopted a bill by the Democratic Liberal Party, amending the referendum law, so that the President of Romania could be impeached only with the votes of the majority of registered voters.

Romanian President To Address Parliament On June 27

14:15, 14 Iun. 2011
Romanian President Traian Basescu is expected to address Parliament on June 27, at 3 p.m., the two chambers of Parliament’s standing offices decided Tuesday.

Romania’s Draft Constitution: Govt May Seek Confidence Vote Once In Parliamentary Session

17:48, 01 Iun. 2011
The Romanian Government may seek lawmakers’ confidence vote only once in a parliamentary session, except when the state budget and the social security budget laws are concerned, says the draft revised Constitution, published Wednesday by the Presidential Administration.

Romania’s Draft Constitution Provides Single-Chamber Parliament With 300 MPs

17:16, 01 Iun. 2011
Romania will have a single-chamber Parliament with 300 lawmakers, says the draft revised Constitution, published Wednesday by the Presidential Administration.

Romanian Military Pensions May Not Be Lower After Recalculation – Lower House Committee

20:09, 05 Apr. 2011
The committee for defense in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday adopted an amendment to the ordinance extending the period in which military pensions will be recalculated, which says that if a pension is lower after recalculation, the pension shall retain its original value.

Romanian President Informs Parliament On Defense Council Decisions On Libya, Afghanistan

12:33, 30 Mart. 2011
Romania’s President Traian Basescu sent two letters to Parliament informing the legislative on the recent decisions adopted by the country’s defense council to send troops to Afghanistan and help enforce an embargo on arms in Libya.

Romanian Opp Liberal Party To File Five Motions On Healthcare

13:36, 26 Mart. 2011
Romania's opposition Liberal Party will file five simple motions on healthcare, in the following weeks, former Health Minister Eugen Nicolaescu said Friday in a press conference.

Romanian Govt Survives No-Confidence Motion, New Labor Code Adopted

06:51, 17 Mart. 2011
Romania's Government on Wednesday survived a motion of no-confidence filed by the opposition, which failed to acquire the necessary votes, meaning the amended Labor Code is closer to becoming law.

Romanian Govt Faces No-Confidence Vote

16:02, 16 Mart. 2011
The Romanian Parliament on Wednesday started debates on the no-confidence motion submitted by the opposition over the country’s new Labor Code for which the Government sought lawmakers’ vote on confidence last week.

Romanian Opp Read Out No-Confidence Motion In Parliament

11:35, 09 Mart. 2011
Romania's opposition is reading out a no-confidence motion in Parliament Wednesday, arguing the Government, which sought lawmakers’ vote of confidence to pass the country’s new Labor Code, needs to be overthrown.

Romanian Opposition’s No-Confidence Motion To Be Read Out Wednesday

12:35, 08 Mart. 2011
Romanian Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberta Anastase said Tuesday the opposition’s no-confidence motion will be read out in plenary session Wednesday.

Romanian PM Seeks Parliament’s Confidence Vote To Pass New Labor Code

11:22, 08 Mart. 2011
Romania’s Parliament assembled in plenary meeting Tuesday as the prime minister seeks a confidence vote to pass the new Labor Code.

Romanian TV Stations Violating Personality Rights Fined RON60,000-200,000 – Bill

19:34, 14 Feb. 2011
Romanian TV and radio stations breaching legislation on "personality rights," "protection of dignity" or "presumption of innocence" may get fined between 60,000 and 200,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.2490), according to a bill amending the Law on audiovisual broadcasting.

Romanian Cable TV Providers Not Required To Carry Private Stations – Bill

19:32, 14 Feb. 2011
Romanian cable TV providers will no longer be obliged to carry private TV stations, according to a bill amending the Law on audiovisual broadcasting, put forward by a number of democrat liberal MPs.

EC To Release Report On Romanian Justice Sector Friday – President

15:19, 10 Feb. 2011
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday on public radio that the European Commission's report on Romania's justice sector will be released Friday at the latest.

Romanian PM Says Investments, Revised Constitution, New Labor Laws Are Govt’s Priorities

09:53, 01 Feb. 2011
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Monday evening investments, revising the Constitution and improved labor legislation are the Government’s priorities this year, adding austerity measures are expected to yield results in 2011.

Romanian Parliamentary Groups To Meet Monday Before Start Of Parliament Session

19:51, 30 Ian. 2011
Romanian parliamentary groups will convene Monday, a day before the start of the Parliament’s 2011 first ordinary session, for talks on legislative issues and political strategies.

Man Injured During Romanian Parliament Meeting Works For Public Television

11:57, 23 Dec. 2010
The man who jumped from the balcony of the Romanian Parliament’s plenary meeting room Thursday is Adrian Sobaru, 40, electrician with the public television TVR, people from the public television told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Parliament Meeting Halted As Man Jumps From Room Balcony, Injures Himself

11:30, 23 Dec. 2010
The Romanian Parliament's plenary meeting for a no-confidence motion was halted Thursday after a man jumped from the Parliament balcony and injured himself badly.

Romanian Parliament Adopts 2011 Social Security Budget

19:24, 22 Dec. 2010
Romania's Parliament adopted Wednesday the social security budget for 2011, with 207 votes for, 143 votes against and no abstentions.

Romanian Lower Chamber Adopts Family Allowance Bill

16:09, 20 Dec. 2010
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies on Monday approved with 171 votes in favor, 49 votes against and five abstentions the draft law on family allowance, whose articles were adopted last week.

Romanian Govt Survives Opposition’s No-Confidence Motion Over 2011 Wage Law

13:45, 20 Dec. 2010
The Romanian opposition’s no-confidence motion over the wage law for 2011, which was debated in Parliament Monday, was rejected as the motion got only 190 votes in favor and one vote against and needed 236 votes to pass.

Romanian Lawmakers Start Debates On No-Confidence Motion Over 2011 Wage Law

11:31, 20 Dec. 2010
Romanian lawmakers on Monday started debates on the no-confidence motion over the wage law for 2011, submitted in parliament by opposition liberals and social democrats last week, after Prime Minister Emil Boc sought a confidence vote to pass the bill into legislation.