12.09.2014

European Commission selected a consortium including software company Siveco Romania to provide IT services worth approximately EUR100 million for a four-year period, the company said Tuesday. more

11.26.2014

The European Commission on Wednesday opened infringement proceedings against Romania over security of gas supply, as it failed to notify to the Commission the adoption of a preventive action plan and more

11.20.2014

European Commission will grant EUR260 million extra funds for highway construction in Romania via the Cohesion Fund, reaching a total EUR439 million. more

11.10.2014

The Romanian Government will have to notify the European Commission of the state aid for the construction of a 1,000-megawatt hydropower plant in Tarnita-Lapustesti, worth over EUR1 billion, more

10.13.2014

Romania needs further electricity interconnection to exploit the high generation capacity, the European Commission said Monday in “Progress towards completing the Internal Energy Market” report. more

04.23.2014

The European Commission approved an investment of EUR74.3 million from the European Regional Development Fund to clean up several oil contaminated sites in several counties throughout Romania, with more

10.17.2013

The European Commission (EC) on Thursday said it opened infringement proceedings against Romania and the Czech Republic for failing to convey information regarding the implementation of Directive more

09.26.2013

The European Commission on Thursday sent Romania four reasoned opinions for incompliance with the European legislation on VAT refunding, accounting rules, tax rules on non-residents' employment income more

08.19.2013

Romanian EU Funds Minister Eugen Teodorovici said the European Commission reimbursed Romania for EUR1.47 billion since the beginning of the year and the country’s EU fund absorption rate is more

06.03.2013

A quarter of Romanians are unaware of the existence of online public services and only 11% of them are concerned about the protection and security of personal data, according to a survey conducted by more

04.12.2013

The European Commission said Friday it has approved an investment of EUR54 million for a project meant to prevent floods in Romania and for the development of a system meant to reduce the impacts of more

03.26.2013

The European Commission wants to reduce state aid starting next year, a proposition rejected by several EU member states, including Romania, and allow non-reimbursable financing only from structural more

02.22.2013

The European Commission expects Romania’s unemployment rate to reach 6.9% in 2013 and 6.8% in 2014, according to the Commission's winter forecast report unveiled Friday. more

02.19.2013

The European Commission transferred Tuesday EUR141.5 million to Romania’s Operational Program for Human Resource Development (POSDRU), as part of the first tranche of payments after de-blocking the more

01.30.2013

Romanian High Court of Cassation and Justice accounted for significant progress in high level corruption files, while the Public Ministry, Directorate-General for Anti-Corruption and the Court more

01.30.2013

Romania seems to have made limited progress in preventing and punishing corruption related to public procurement, the European Commission noted in its latest report on Romania’ progress in the more

01.30.2013

The Romanian Parliament appointed a new Ombudsman in January 2013 with the full support of the ruling coalition, but without that of the opposition, and will have to prove in his actions that “he more

01.30.2013

The European Commission said in its justice report on Romania released Wednesday that while the country has made progress, further steps are needed to ensure and protect the rule of law. more

01.30.2013

The European Commission’s report on Romania, due to be published Wednesday, January 30, seems to turn the page of an extremely difficult 2012 year for the European Union- Romania relations, more

01.29.2013

Romania will contribute 15% to the co-financing of European Union-funded public projects, as of the end of March, when the co-financing agreement with the European Commission expires, according to more

10.25.2012

The European Commission on Thursday informed Romanian authorities about its decision to pre-suspend payment for three Romanian EU-funded programs, for transport, regional development and economic more

10.24.2012

The European Commission has requested Romania to amend its legislation concerning the authorization of excise warehouses, arguing that, under the current Romanian law, excise products coming from more

10.23.2012

The European Commission will notify the Romanian Government on Thursday about starting the pre-suspension of the operational programs for Transports and Economic Competitiveness, European sources more

10.15.2012

Romania will need a new and more advanced agreement with the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission next year and, by accelerating the reforms agreed upon with its external partners, more

10.05.2012

The European Commission may resume payments to Romania for refund requests through the HR development Operations Program (POSDRU) in December, Zoltan Kazatsay, Deputy Director-General for Employment, more