Announced as difficult and confirmed as such throughout the process, the negotiations between the Romanian authorities and the international lenders resulted in an agreement on next years budget deficit.
The Social Democrat Prime Minister Victor Ponta will have the new government structure ready by the end of the week and will submit it to Parliament for approval on Monday, December 15.
Leftist Victor Ponta, with 40.44% of the votes in the first round of elections and rightist Klaus Iohannis, with 30.37%, are left competing in the race for the presidential seat. Voters will have their say next Sunday.
Fourteen candidates competed for the presidency of Romania, and two of them qualified into the November the 16th runoff: the Social Democratic PM Victor Ponta and the representative of the right-wing opposition, Klaus Iohannis.
The region of Banat, in southwestern Romania, is known as a model of multiculturalism and inter-ethnic communion
The government finally takes measures to reduce consular fees for Romanian citizens living and working abroad.
