Romanian government survives no-confidence vote

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc survived a fifth no-confidence vote in less than a year as expected on Wednesday, showing his fragile coalition can push ahead with IMF-backed reforms to aid the recession-hit economy.

"The motion has failed," Cornel Stirbet, an MP for Boc's Democrat-Liberal party, told Reuters.

Senate head Mircea Geoana confirmed the government had survived the vote.

(Reporting by Radu Marinas and Luiza Ilie; Editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)