President Traian Basescu might name Sibiu Mayor Klaus Johannis prime minister if he wins the presidential election. Basescu said he will nominate a premier that would be accepted "at least by the PNL." The announcement was made after a meeting he had with the Sibiu mayor on Monday.

The Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry hails with satisfaction the entering into force of the Lisbon Treaty on Tuesday.

The debate organized by the Institute of Public Politics (IPP) between the candidates for presidency Traian Basescu and Mircea Geoana will take place on Thursday at 7 p.m.

Priorities of Klaus Iohannis, the proposal of the newly established political alliance for the position of premier, are getting out of the political and economic crisis, followed by the administrative reform. These are the main issues to be approached at the meeting on Monday after noon in Bucharest at Parliament Palace with leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Mircea Geoana and leader of the National Liberal party (PNL), Crin Antonescu.