29 mai 2011

Romania risks sanctions from the European Union, from a potential infringement procedure, and a great number of suits brought on by car owners, unless the government urgently changes the car tax and more

27 mai 2011

Restructuring the Romanian postal service will affect around 2,000 employees, or 6% of the total staff, some of whom will be laid off, company president Daniel Neagoe told MEDIAFAX. more

27 mai 2011

Romanian food processors are afraid of the major store chains, which might take their products off the shelf, and therefore accept the highest slotting fees in Europe, Friday said Valeriu Steriu, more

26 mai 2011

Romanian pensioners receiving at least 740 lei (EUR179) will have to pay social health insurance contributions next year as well, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday on Realitatea TV. more

26 mai 2011

The directors of the five local offices of Romanian revenue service ANAF with the lowest level of tax collections in June will be dismissed, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday on Realitatea TV. more

26 mai 2011

The wage cut implemented in Romania's public sector last year will be entirely recovered next year, likely in two installments, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday on Realitatea TV. more

26 mai 2011

A single Romanian private hospital has been classed in category 2, 50 others in categories 4 and 5, and nine others have not yet been classed, out of the 66 private units that want to receive public more

26 mai 2011

Consumption of generic drugs has risen in Romania, improving access to this kind of product, but too few drugs with expired patents are available through the national healthcare programs, said Lucian more

26 mai 2011

Bucharest's general council on Thursday rejected a draft decision introducing a 3% tax on hotel revenue from accommodation in 2012. more

26 mai 2011

The number of authorizations for lodging units issued by the Tourism Ministry in the first five months increased by 350% compared to the same period a year ago, ministry's data showed. more

26 mai 2011

Romanian housing bank clients received 9 million lei (EUR2.17 million) from the state this week, as the first tranche of bonuses provided by the authorities for last year's savings, according to more

26 mai 2011

Romania's hotel occupancy rate increased 13% in the first quarter of the year, according to official data, said Tourism Ministry official Paul Marasoiu on Thursday, contesting the industry's claim more

26 mai 2011

Romania's mobile telephone market grew 1% in the second half of 2010, after a 4% drop in the first part of the year, reaching 24.6 million users, while the landline phone market shrunk 4%, to 3.89 more

25 mai 2011

Romania's Senate on Wednesday rejected a government emergency ordinance which, among other provisions, suspended the requirement for companies to certify their tax statements, until January 2013. more

25 mai 2011

Romania's Transport Ministry will not terminate the contract with the constructor of the Moara Vlasiei-Ploiesti highway section, as the consortium has withdrawn its request for a 47% price increase, more

25 mai 2011

Romania's tourism sector has not recovered from the crisis and the number of tourists who stayed in local hotels was 20% lower in the first three months, compared to the same period last year, said more

25 mai 2011

Romanian acting Labor Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday that almost 250,000 new work contracts have been signed this month, bringing the total to more than the number of active contracts at the end of more

25 mai 2011

Romania's Government will double the total ceiling up to which local mayors may contract refundable financing next year, but will also reduce the maximum amount they can actually draw in 2012. more

24 mai 2011

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is expected to come to Bucharest next week for a meeting with Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc and an inter-government reunion, attended by ministers from the more

24 mai 2011

Romania's Finance Ministry wants to cut 2,140 jobs in the National Customs Authority and the Financial Guard, according to two draft government decisions. more

24 mai 2011

The bill on layoffs in the Romanian Interior Ministry received too few votes in the Chamber of Deputies and did not pass, to the satisfaction of the union members watching the meeting, who cheered and more

24 mai 2011

Romania's Government is considering reducing the VAT on construction materials, National Housing Agency (ANL) official Romeo Dragan said in a conference hosted by business daily Ziarul Financiar. more

23 mai 2011

Bucharest's general council on Monday voted in favor of a referendum for the law on the city's administrative organization, to be held on June 26 and consist of two questions. more

23 mai 2011

The opposition's simple motion on foreign policy, against Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi, was rejected Monday in the Romanian Senate. more

23 mai 2011

Romanian public sector employees won salary rights in the amount of 530 million lei (EUR128 million) through court decisions in the first four months of 2011, which will be paid by the government in more