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USL – when opposites don't attract anymore

USL is at the moment on the edge of its dissolving after a quite long series of conflicts among PNL and PSD members. There is an obvious lack of communication within the Alliance and since each party supports its own ideas and vision, the disputes that seems to be on a daily basis lately became natural.

Romania's new arrangement with the IMF approved by the fund's Executive Board

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a new 2-year Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Romania based on the cover letter sent by the Romanian authorities. According to them, the arrangement of approximately EUR2 billion will be treated as precautionary, therefore there's no plan to draw under it, unless there is an extraordinary situation. Romania has also requested a precautionary support from the European Union of EUR2 billion as per an IFM press release.

Victor Ponta: 'absolute and unconditional support' for Turkey's EU integration

Victor Ponta paid an official visit in Ankara yesterday in order to ensure a sustained high-level bilateral dialogue as per the Strategic Partnership Romania and Turkey signed in December 2011.

The Romanian Prime Minister was received by his Turkish Counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan whom he assured of Romania's absolute support in the EU integration process.

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Romania treats with prudence the Syrian conflict

Romania maintains its position towards the issue, considering prudence to be the best approach since there are many Romanian citizens living in Syria. Although there have been registered several consular requests for repatriation, most of Romanians in Syria refuse to leave the country despite the warnings the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent.

'Why prudence? Because there have been about 20 consular operations requests today (September 2^nd) at our Embassy in Damascus. There were 18 consular assistance requests on Sunday. Right now a repatriation for 19 Romanian citizens is being prepared. We have a problem related to the Romanian citizens' presence there in Syria.' explains President Traian Basescu.

Victor Ponta: Romania's new IMF arrangement to be supported by Parliament

Romanian Prime Minister, Victor Ponta asked for the Parliament's agreement in order for the Government to conclude another arrangement with IMF (International Monetary Fund) and European Commission for EUR4 billion.

Ponta expects this arrangement to be the last one: 'I wish that this arrangement would be the last one to be concluded by Romania. I believe that after the 2009 crisis, Romania is in a fiscal recovery period and I wish that in about 2 years we can really say that Romania has no need of any arrangement with international financial institutions.'