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President Iohannis to chair Superior Council of Magistracy's Tuesday meeting
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis will chair on Tuesday this year's first meeting of the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM), that will elect the institution's leadership, the Presidential Administration announced on Monday.
Photo credit: (c) Grigore POPESCU / AGERPRES ARCHIVE
Tariceanu: I want another Romania, one which looks to the future
The Senate's Speaker Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said on Sunday morning, when exiting the polling station where he cast the ballot, that he wants "another Romania", a Romania that "looks to the future".
"My today's vote aims to permanently close a sad page in Romania's history and avoid the risk for this to continue in one form or another.
Prosecutors ask Parliament to approve preventive detention and custody of liberal deputy Mircea Rosca
The National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) prosecutors ask the Chamber of Deputies' approval for a house search, preventive detention and custody of deputy Mircea Rosca for influence peddling.
Candidate Ponta: Social Liberal Union definitely to be restored
Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader, prime minister and presidential candidate Victor Ponta says there's a 'very clear' resolution to restore the Social Liberal Union of PSD with the Liberals.
This decision justifies the nomination of Calin Popescu-Tariceanu as the future prime minister, Ponta said in Suceava (northeastern Romania) on Friday.
Political Rating Agency exit poll: Victor Ponta 38.2 percent, Klaus Iohannis 32.1 percent
Incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the candidate of the Social Democrat Party-National Union for Romania's Progress-Conservative Party got 38.2 percent of the votes in the presidential election on Sunday; Christian Liberal Alliance's candidate Klaus Iohannis has 32.1 percent, according to an exit poll carried out by the and broadcasted by Realitatea TV.
Candidate Tariceanu: It's time to close bad chapter in Romania's political development, Basescu regime
Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, an independent candidate in the presidential elections, considers that thanks to the vote the Romanians will cast on Sunday, "a bad chapter in Romania's political development, the Basescu regime" comes to an end.
PLR's Tariceanu: Basescu's behaviour leads to a damaging of citizens' perception of institutions
Calin Popescu Tariceanu, independent candidate in the presidential elections backed by the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR), on Thursday evening said that President Traian Basescu's manner of behaviour led to a damaging of the citizens' perception of institutions.
Tariceanu: I am not interested in prime minister office, I am engaged in presidential race
Independent candidate for Romania's president supported by the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) Calin Popescu Tariceanu in Alba Iulia on Wednesday said that the prime minister office did not represent his life goal, having underscored that he was currently interested in Romania's presidency.
Basescu: I rule out possibility to have received Microsoft money for 2009 presidential campaign
President Traian Basescu said on Tuesday he is ruling out the possibility to have received money from Microsoft in the electoral campaign in 2009, when he won his second term.
'I rule out this possibility, that someone might have come and given me money from Microsoft for the campaign. It's childish', Basescu told Adevarul Live.
INSCOP: Ten per cent gap between Ponta and Iohannis in first round of presidential elections
With as many as 59 per cent of Romanians saying they will go to the ballot boxes in the first round of the presidential election this November, 40.6 per cent claimed they will vote for the Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader Victor Ponta and 30.1 per cent for Klaus Iohannis, the National Liberal Party (PNL) Chairman, reveals an INSCOP poll, conducted over October 2-8 and released