Thu, Mar 29 2012
Romania's prime minister designate Lucian Croitoru addresses the media as Romania's president Traian Basescu looks on at Cotroceni presidential palace in Bucharest on October 15 2009.
Romanian president Traian Basescu faces a split country and parliament after winning re-election
As presidential elections in Romania draw nearer, president Traian Basescu is happy to see the political deadlock continue
With his re-election campaign teetering on the edge, Traian Basescu steers attention back to himself even as Romania faces months of political uncertainty
Romania's parliament voted the cabinet of prime minister Emil Boc out of office on October 13, passing a motion of no confidence by 254 votes to 176.
The cabinet of Romanian prime minister Emil Boc faces a motion of no confidence on October 13, with the Social Democrats, who withdrew from government on October 1, set to vote against the cabinet.
In the short-term, the only certainty about Romania's latest political crisis is that there is more uncertainty ahead.
Kosovo's president Atifete Jahjaga said Kosovo and its people are a part of the European civilization and that all of its political and ethnic groups support a path toward membership in the EU and Nato.
US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner told a congressional committee that Europe has 'made very significant progress' in resolving the continent's two-year governmental debt crisis that centered on Greece's massive financial problems.
It also takes place during a historic time for Thessaloniki which in 2012 celebrates the 100th anniversary of its liberation.
Venizelos officially replaced former Greek prime minister George Papandreou as head of the PASOK party on Monday.
The demonstrators were protesting against clashes between ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Albanians over the past two weeks.