1 iun 2011

Acts on fiscal or budget policy may not be challenged before an administrative court, says the draft revised Romanian Constitution, published Wednesday by the Presidential Administration. more

1 iun 2011

Romania's Government on Wednesday approved the welfare bill, which aims to provide social aid only to people who really need it, as well as encourage beneficiaries to work, said Prime Minister Emil more

1 iun 2011

Romania's Government will send the Parliament an "extremely tough" bill banning products made from hallucinogenic plants, which allows authorities to seize merchandise and makes obtaining more

1 iun 2011

Romania's Government has postponed a decision on the car tax again, for next week, in order to analyze the legal implications of future amendments, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX on more

1 iun 2011

Romania's Parliament must issue a position on the President's initiative to hold a referendum within 30 days – this requirement is satisfied if the Parliament takes longer, says the draft revised more

1 iun 2011

The draft revised Romanian Constitution eliminates the stipulation that a person's wealth is presumed to have been acquired through legal means. more

1 iun 2011

Romania's High Council of Magistrates (CSM) will have six members representing civil society, three appointed by the Parliament and three by the head of state, says the draft revised Constitution, more

1 iun 2011

Romania's President may dissolve the Parliament if it has not confirmed the Government with a vote of confidence in 45 days and has rejected at least two Cabinets, according to the draft of the more

1 iun 2011

Romania's budget gap may not be wider than 3% of the gross domestic product, while the public debt may not exceed 60% of the GDP, says the draft revised Constitution, published Wednesday by the more

1 iun 2011

Romania's proposed single-chamber legislature will debate and vote on bills in two successive readings, at least 30 days apart, says the draft revised Constitution, published Wednesday by the more

1 iun 2011

Romanian lawmakers may be searched, detained or arrested without the Parliament's authorization, says the draft revised Constitution, published Wednesday by the Presidential Administration. more

1 iun 2011

The budgets of Romania's public hospitals will be increased by 500 million lei (EUR121 million) in this summer's budget revision, said Health Minister Attila Cseke on Wednesday. more

31 mai 2011

International Automotive Components Group will invest EUR58 million in a car part factory in Bals, southern Romania, which will be entirely operational in early 2012, although its first products will more

31 mai 2011

The area of ecologically farmed land has grown in Romania around 15 times in the last ten years, to 260,000 hectares – making up almost 2% of the total farm production, according to the Agriculture more

31 mai 2011

Romania's car tax, in its future form, will be paid by the buyer upon the first sale of any car for which the tax has not already been paid, said an Environment Ministry press release on Tuesday, more

30 mai 2011

Romania's tourism strategy will be managed and monitored by a committee made up only of ministers and led by the Minister of Regional Development and Tourism, according to a decision by Prime Minister more

30 mai 2011

Romania hopes that Italy will remove the last work restrictions for Romanians soon, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Monday, after a meeting with his Italian counterpart, Silvio Berlusconi. more

30 mai 2011

Romania's Senate on Monday rejected the bill allowing the Government to issue ordinances during the parliamentary break. more

30 mai 2011

Romanian independent senator Ion Toma on Monday joined the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR), part of the ruling coalition, says a statement issued after senator Serban Radulescu more

30 mai 2011

The Italian government has asked Romanian authorities to support its initiatives in the European Union to solve the issue of North African refugees, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX on Monday. more

30 mai 2011

The leaders of Romania's Senate will ask the Finance Ministry to increase the house's 2011 budget by 11 million lei (EUR2.67 million), warning that its current finances are not enough to pay for fuel, more

30 mai 2011

The 68 cinemas open in Romania earned around 111.6 million lei (EUR27 million) in 2010, over RON24.7 million more than in 2009, as the number of movie-goers increased by more than 1.22 million on the more

29 mai 2011

Romanian family doctors will not sign the new frame-contract with the National Health Insurance House unless it is adopted in the form agreed with the Health Ministry. more

29 mai 2011

More than one thousand doctors left Romania in the first months of 2011, 30% of them family doctors, Viorel Radulescu, general secretary of the Romanian Doctors' College (CMR), said Saturday. more

29 mai 2011

Romania's Government, under pressure from the European Commission (EC), has pledged to remove barriers to the opening of retail chains, by no longer requiring the competition's approval and an impact more