16 iun 2011

The Cluj county council, northwestern Romania, on Thursday announced that an association of three companies will build the Cluj-Napoca International Airport's new runway, for 137 million lei (EUR32.55 more

16 iun 2011

The Court of Bucharest on Thursday decided that Romanian businessman Sorin Ovidiu Vintu will be tried at large for blackmailing Realitatea Media manager Sebastian Ghita. more

16 iun 2011

Romania's Government has changed the way train and subway ticket prices are computed, to allow the transport operators to raise prices by more than the rate of inflation, as per the country's more

16 iun 2011

Romania's Government has decided to keep charging higher taxes from owners of multiple houses and cars with engines larger than 2,000 cc, after the Parliament decided that the higher taxes would only more

16 iun 2011

Romania's Communications Ministry wants the national postal company Posta Romana to set up a bank and an insurance broker, operations which would enable it to better utilize its network and earn more

15 iun 2011

The Romanian Senate's committee for legal matters on Wednesday endorsed a bill lifting the statute of limitations on murder. more

15 iun 2011

Romanians, Poles and Bulgarians are the EU citizens most dissatisfied with the rail services in their country, especially unhappy with the length of a journey and lack of cleanliness and punctuality, more

15 iun 2011

The Romanian Chamber of Deputies committee for legal matters on Wednesday adopted a bill by the Democratic Liberal Party, amending the referendum law, so that the President of Romania could be more

15 iun 2011

Romania's Senate on Wednesday adopted a law allowing self-employed people to hire up to nine employees, on individual work contracts. more

14 iun 2011

Romania's Senate on Tuesday adopted a law allowing a Romanian citizen residing abroad to adopt Romanian children. more

14 iun 2011

Romania's Senate on Tuesday adopted the law banning psychoactive substances and laying down tough requirements for sale authorization, while allowing authorities to seize merchandise and temporarily more

14 iun 2011

Train transit times between Southeastern Europe and Turkey could be reduced significantly if much-needed reforms are made in the railway sector, says a World Bank report. more

14 iun 2011

Romania's Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday decided to send President Traian Basescu's requests for the reexamination of a bill exempting certain pensions from taxation and one reducing the VAT on basic more

14 iun 2011

The number of cars on Romanian roads will double over the next 10-15 years and one million cars will be electric, says an estimate by Schneider Electric Romania, which is interested in taking part in more

14 iun 2011

Ford Romania will begin making a new B-class model, aside from the B-Max, as soon as it stops production of the Transit Connect van, managing director Henrik Nenzen said Tuesday. more

10 iun 2011

The plan for Bucharest's administrative reorganization has been cancelled, after city councilors voted 34 to 1 to repeal the decision to hold a referendum on June 26. more

10 iun 2011

Sales of beer in Romania dropped by 2% in the first quarter compared to the same period of last year, and by 25% compared to the first quarter of 2008, which was the best year for the industry, said more

10 iun 2011

Romanian President Traian Basescu has invited the political parties to a discussion on the revised Constitution and the country's administrative reorganization, in the latter part of June. more

10 iun 2011

Romania's Government will seek a confidence vote in Parliament to adopt the act on the country's administrative reorganization, Democratic Liberal Party general secretary Ioan Oltean announced in a more

9 iun 2011

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Thursday sent the Constitutional Court the draft revised Constitution, together with the Legislative Council's endorsement. more

9 iun 2011

The Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union on Thursday adopted the conclusions on the full application of the Schengen acquis by Romania and Bulgaria, noting that the issue will be more

9 iun 2011

The value of Romania's media market dropped 9% last year compared to 2009, to below 2006 figures, according to the Media Fact Book published Thursday by Initiative, which estimates the market could more

9 iun 2011

Romania's private health insurance market could grow to EUR4-5 billion in a few years, from under EUR10 million at the moment, if authorities adopted the Dutch model, whereby almost the entire more

9 iun 2011

Romanian authorities could encourage doctors to stay in the country by reducing taxes, like they do for IT specialists, private healthcare provider Regina Maria suggests. more

9 iun 2011

Romania has one of the lowest penetration rates of Internet banking services in Central and Eastern Europe, just 4%, compared to 42% in the Czech Republic, 34% in Austria or 13% in Croatia, according more