Romania’s Ambassador to the European Union, Mihnea Ioan Motoc, has been nominated to replace Teodor Melescanu as Minister of Foreign Affairs according to a notification of the Government. Prime Minister Victor Ponta has announced previously t...more »

Teodor Melescanu announced his stepping down as Minister of Foreign Affairs after only eight days from his appointment, determined by the scandal that has burst out in the Romanian diaspora after Sunday’s presidential election. ...more »

Historic moment for Romania: Klaus Iohannis won Romania’s presidential elections defeating the favorite Victor Ponta and becoming the first representative of an ethnic minority to take the helm of Romania’s presidency....more »

Traian Basescu has validated the proposal and signed the decree for investing Teodor Melescanu as Minister of Foreign Affairs, after Prime Minister Victor Ponta has nominated him to replace Titus Corlateanu. According to a release of the Romanian P...more »

Titus Corlatean has announced his resignation as Minister of Foreign Affairs during a press conference, stating that he has already informed the Romanian Prime Minister about his decision to leave his office, decision aimed at protecting the im...more »

The Romanian Constitutional Court today validated the results registered in the first round of 2014 presidential election, confirming the voter turnout of 53.17 and the scores of the 14 candidates as announced by the Central Electoral Office (BEC)....more »

Winner of the first round of the 2014 presidential election, Victor Ponta, the candidate sustained by PSD, UNPR and PC, says that subsequent to his resignation as Prime Minister to possibly take the Cotroceni office in December, a new government will be appointed, reads Agerpres....more »

Left-wing candidate, Victor Ponta, wins the first round of Romanian presidential election, scoring 40.33 percent with 98.3 percent of the vote counted. The Prime Minister will compete against Klaus Iohannis in the run-off which will be held on November 16, 2014, the ACL candidate ranking the second in this first round, with 30.44 percent of the vote, according to the preliminary results released by BEC (the Central Electoral Bureau)....more »

With only few days left until the first round of Romania’s presidential election scheduled on November 2, 2014, Victor Ponta and Klaus Johannis seem to have no competitors and will enter the run-off which will be held two weeks later....more »

MEPs today approved the new college of 27 commissioners, as presented by its President, Jean-Claude Juncker, by 423 votes to 209, with 67 abstentions.  Subsequently, the new Commission will be appointed by EU heads of state or government and will take up duty on November 1 for a five-year term....more »