23 iun 2011

Amnesty International calls on Romanian authorities to align to European legislation on the protection of forcibly evicted persons and include international safeguards against evictions in the new more

22 iun 2011

Romania's excise rate on cigarettes will remain unchanged at EUR76.6 per 1000 cigarettes until July 1, 2012, as per a Government decision on Wednesday. more

22 iun 2011

Romania's Government has decided to lease 1,000 km of public railroad and close another 1,000 km, in an effort to save 109 million lei (EUR25.6 million) from the railway company budgets, as per a more

22 iun 2011

The Romanian Transport Ministry's budget has been increased by the Government by 1.8 million lei (EUR423,000), to pay for land expropriation related to the Cluj Nord-Est bypass route. more

22 iun 2011

Romania's Government has decided to allot 124.2 million lei (EUR29.2 million) for the debts, current expenses and capital expenses of local authorities, as well as to finance ongoing investments. more

22 iun 2011

Romania's Government on Wednesday decided to put together a special committee to oversee the privatization or management until sale of state-owned farming companies. more

22 iun 2011

Romania's Senate on Wednesday adopted a law reducing the maximum sentence for bribery in an election campaign to three years from five. more

22 iun 2011

The Romanian Senate on Wednesday adopted a bill lifting the statute of limitations on murder. more

22 iun 2011

LinkedIn, the world's largest social network for professionals, with over 100 million users worldwide, on Wednesday launched its version in Romanian. more

22 iun 2011

Romanian President Traian Basescu announced Wednesday he signed into law the bill on single-round mayor elections, supported by every party, including the opposition. more

22 iun 2011

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday on public radio that he let the Parliament discuss and make changes to the draft revised Constitution. more

21 iun 2011

Romanian automobile sales in the first five months dropped 13.2% on the year, to 38,000 units, but climbed in May by 14.2% from the previous month, to 10,745 units, according to the Automobile more

21 iun 2011

Romania's Regional Development Ministry has launched open auctions for the design and construction of 91 day care centers and kindergartens, for an estimated total of 93.5 million lei (EUR22 million), more

21 iun 2011

Romania's Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday adopted a bill whereby members of parliament may not also be the leaders of labor union federations. more

21 iun 2011

Romania's Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday rejected the bill legalizing sexual services, put forward by democrat liberal deputy Silviu Prigoana. more

20 iun 2011

The European Commission has suspended financing for Romania through axis 2 of the regional operational program (Improving regional and local transport infrastructure) and asked Romanian authorities to more

20 iun 2011

The European Parliament's committee for legal matters on Monday unanimously decided to lift the immunity of Romanian MEP Adrian Severin. more

20 iun 2011

Romania's Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) has nominated Cristian Constantinescu, head of insurers' organization UNSAR and former general manager of Allianz-Tiriac Asigurari, for president of the more

20 iun 2011

Sales of premium automobiles on the Romanian market will grow by 10% to 15% this year compared to 2010, since the buyers are less affected by the lower purchasing power, said Valeriu Zaharia, sales more

19 iun 2011

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc announced Saturday that 469,830 new work contracts were signed between May 1 and June 16, 67% of them for indefinite periods. more

17 iun 2011

Romania's Interior Ministry wants to reduce the number of jobs in the State Reserves Administration and in the National Archives by 180 and 451, respectively, to meet its personnel expenses targets more

17 iun 2011

Romania's Constitutional Court on Friday ruled unconstitutional certain provisions of the draft revised Constitution put forward by President Traian Basescu. more

17 iun 2011

Romanian railway administrator CFR SA has granted access to the railway infrastructure to three of the four private rail transporters that had been barred over combined debts of 36.6 million lei more

17 iun 2011

Romania's Agency for Agriculture Payments and Intervention (APIA) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund (FEGA), to share experience on several topics. more

16 iun 2011

Romania's Government decided that the maintenance of the public railway infrastructure will receive financing from the state budget, in addition to funds collected from the infrastructure use fee. more