Iohannis

President Traian Basescu praises the acceleration of parliamentary procedures by president-elect Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister Victor Ponta, resulting in the rejection of the amnesty and pardon bill and in stripping the immunity of several MPs to allow criminal investigations.

President-elect Klaus Iohannis has stated on Wednesday, during the event launching his autobiographical novel "Step by step", that the people will have in him "a President who tries to reconnect books to man and man to books".

Romania's president-elect Klaus Iohannis received German Chancellor Angela Merkel's congratulations for the victory obtained in the presidential elections, in a telephone conversation on Tuesday.

About 1,000 people came at the Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest on Wednesday to celebrate the anniversary and name day of King Michael I.

King Michael turned 93 years old on October 25, and he celebrated his name day on Nov. 8.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated Klaus Iohannis for his win in the presidential elections of last week, according to a release published, on Tuesday, on the website of the German government.

In his first public appearance on Monday, Romania's incoming President, Klaus Iohannis, urged the government to set up a new system for Romanians abroad to vote.

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Mayor Klaus Iohannis, currently President-elect following his candidacy on behalf of the Christian Liberal Alliance for the top position in the country said, on Monday, that the "result of this electoral round has particular legitimacy".

Novinite has asked Dimitar Bechev* to comment on the results of November 16 presidential run-off vote in Romania won by Sibiu city mayor Klaus Iohannis, an ethnic German.

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President in office of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy has congratulated Klaus Iohannis on being elected Romania's President in a November 16 runoff election.

In a press release issued on Monday he said that on behalf of the European Union he congratulates Mr Klaus Iohannis on being elected to the office of Romania's President.

Romania's president-elect Klaus Iohannis, still the chair of the opposition National Liberal Party, vowed to continue Romania's partnership as the head of state, and prove the country is a serious, credible and long-term partner.