Tariceanu: President implied that MAE and MAp failed to seriously treat Chad issue
February 16, 2008
Premier Calin Popescu-Tariceanu stated on Thursday, on TVR channel, that he acted in accordance with valid legislation as regards the Memorandum addressed to the Upper Defence Council (CSAT) in the question of sending troops in Chad, saying that President Traian Basescu suggested that the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence failed to treat seriously this issue.
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Tariceanu: Environment Ministry to bring modifications to car pollution tax
February 16, 2008
Romanian Ministry of Environment proposes a new type of car pollution tax to correlate the level of the tax with the pollution level of a car, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu told a TV broadcast on the TVR public channel on Thursday. Read more
Romania’s population dropped to 21.53 million in 2007
February 16, 2008
Romania’s population has dropped in 2007 to 21.53 million in December 31, 2007, against 21.57 million in 2006, according to data supplied by the National Statistics Institute. The birth rate also decreased in 2007, but mortality rate and child mortality went down as well. Read more
CCR: President can ask one more nomination
February 16, 2008
The Constitutional Court (CCR) published, on Friday, the motivation of its ruling in the legal conflict, constitutional in nature, which appeared last week between the Romanian Government and the Romanian President, about the nomination of Norica Nicolai as Justice minister. Read more
CSAT approves Security Concept for NATO summit meeting
February 16, 2008
The Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) on Friday adopted a Security Concept for the 2008 NATO summit meeting that establishes security measures and procedures to be followed during the summit to be held this April. Read more
