The departure of Mr Blaga, one of the heavyweights in the ruling Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), deals another blow to Romania's already shaky coalition, which has a wafer-thin majority in parliament.

Nonetheless, Boc is sustained by the President and his allies in the party. Even though Boc received the support of the party’s Bucharest branch leader Elena Udrea, Boc can only count on votes from ...

Basescu managed to impose a team with a reformist tendency but could not convince Blaga to stand behind his team even though the party offered him the position of Senate’s Speaker. Blaga, it seems, is ...

Emil Boc, the prime minister, has replaced Blaga with Traian Igas, a senator from the ruling Liberal Democrat Party, in a nomination approved by Traian Basescu, the president.

Mr Blaga said striking police had broken their oath of office Romanian Interior Minister Vasile Blaga has announced his resignation after last week's strike by thousands of police officers. Mr ...

Blaga said that the party needs a new beginning like it was always the case, every 10 years. He said that there are 20 branches that endorse him but each man will vote in secret and it all depends on ...