Romania gets new PM after turmoil

Romania's president yesterday named social-democrat Sorin Grindeanu as the nation's new prime minister, bringing to a close weeks of uncertainty since the left won a parliamentary vote on December 11. The nomination sought to put an end to a political crisis sparked when Iohannis rejected a previous candidate who would have been the country's first female and first Muslim prime minister. Grindeanu now faces a confidence vote in parliament on his programme and cabinet nominees.