In a press conference on Friday evening, president Traian Basescu once again called Romanians to participate in the referendum this weekend, organized in order to change the electoral system from voting parties' lists to two-ballots uninominal voting. The referendum is organized during the same day
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President Traian Basescu announced on Thursday night, while participating in a talk-show at Realitatea TV, that he decided not to participate in the final debate round organized by the Public TV station, TVR, on Friday. "The Social Democrats, the Liberals and the Hungarian Democrats put up the
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According to a recent poll by the Social Research Office (BCS), 52% of the Romanian respondents will participate in the referendum called by president Basescu on November 25. The referendum was organized in order to change the current electoral system (politically-decided party lists) with the unin
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Romanian prime-minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu launched a fierce attack on Thursday against what he called “the kings of asphalt - businessmen who he says are winning tenders for infrastructure works because of their close links to the Presidency, despite their not having the capacity to comp
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Romanian President Traian Basescu announced on Tuesday that he sent a request to the Parliament to re-examine a law approving a governmental ordinance bringing a series of changes to the Romanian criminal procedure code, saying that the resulting legislation would protect ministers and other officia
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Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu writes on his blog that the uninominal voting system is practiced in countries run by authoritarian regimes or with two-party systems (like the US or England). As Romania discusses the reform of the voting system, with two major plans to introduce uninominal vo
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Ion Iliescu on Geoana's footstepsPhoto: Rompres Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu is the latest of Romanian politicians to have a blog, which can be accessed at ioniliescu.wordpress.com. The honorary president of the Social Democratic Party, the main opposition party in Romani
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The Social Democratic Party (PSD), the main opposition party in Romania, would urge the current Liberal Foreign minister Adrian Cioroianu to resign on Monday over his recent statements that Romanian criminals abroad should be sent for re-education in a desert camp, PSD sources told HotNews.ro prior
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The traffic police is perceived as the most corrupt department of the Romanian Interior, closely followed by the Customs Police, shows an INSOMAR survey quoted by Romanian news agency NewsIn. 80% of Romanians consider that the corruption level grew or stagnated after Romania joined the European Uni
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Andrei Alexandru, spokesman of the Senate speaker Nicolae Vacaroiu, received a Securitate collaborator verdict. According to the National Council for the Investigation of Communist Political Police (Securitate) Archives - CNSAS, Andrei Alexandru has a "networking file". CNSAS' decision wi
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