Romania
Romania: Presidential elections at a time of crisis
By Diana Toma and Markus Salzmann, November 19, 2009
The ongoing political crisis in Romania has reached a new high point just days before the presidential elections scheduled for November 22. What is taking place is a bitter struggle between rival cliq...
Romania: Boc government resigns after no-confidence vote
By Marcus Salzmann, October 27, 2009
Five weeks prior to scheduled presidential elections, the Romanian government led by the Democratic Liberal Party prime minister, Emil Boc, has collapsed following a vote of no-confidence in parliamen...
Romania: General strike intensifies political crisis
By Markus Salzman, October 12, 2009
The Romanian government has collapsed as strikes and protests expand.
Balkan governments introduce harsh austerity measures
By Markus Salzmann, August 19, 2009
Irrespective of the political composition of the various Balkan state governments, they are uniformly reacting to the economic crisis by shifting the entire burden onto the backs of the broad masses o...
Romanian government agrees to drastic austerity package
By Markus Salzmann, February 14, 2009
Romania’s grand coalition government is determined to shift the burden of the economic crisis onto the backs of the country’s working people through harsh austerity measures.
