30 iun 2011

The number of farms in Romania stood at 3.9 million last year, down 14% compared to the level revealed by the 2002 farming census, the National Statistics Institute (INS) said Thursday citing data more

30 iun 2011

Prices of vacation homes in Romania have dropped by as much as 52% since the beginning of 2008, at a similar rate as the entire property market, according to a survey of Romanian property website more

29 iun 2011

Romania's Communications Ministry has attracted around 10% of its European fund allocation for 2007-2013, amounting to EUR383 million, but its absorption rate will exceed 50% once payments start being more

29 iun 2011

Romanian roads authority CNADNR received ten bids from both Romanian and foreign companies to upgrade two sections of the road linking Filiasi to Ciochiuta in the southwestern county of Mehedinti. more

29 iun 2011

Romanian union confederation BNS on Wednesday presented their plan for the energy sector to President Traian Basescu, stressing the need for investments and the improvement of the heating distribution more

29 iun 2011

European Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos will be on a visit to Romania between June 30 and July 6, where he is to meet with local authorities, farmers, the Romanian minister of agriculture, more

29 iun 2011

German group Rochling will invest over EUR9 million in a plastic car part production unit in Pitesti, southern Romania, Rochling director of communications Ina Breitsprecher told MEDIAFAX Wednesday. more

29 iun 2011

Civil status documents issued in Romania will be recognized in the European Union without any other certification requirements, once Romania joins the Convention of the International Commission on more

28 iun 2011

The Romanian Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday adopted with 153 to 123 votes and one abstention the government emergency ordinance making snow tires mandatory during the winter. more

28 iun 2011

Prime Minister Emil Boc on Tuesday said 527,277 new work contracts have been signed since May 1, 66% of them for unlimited periods and 34% for limited periods. more

28 iun 2011

Romanian mandatory private pension fund (Pillar II) administrators registered losses of 45.97 million lei (about EUR11 million) in 2010, up 55.3% compared to the previous year, according to data more

28 iun 2011

The share of mandatory private pension accounts with no pension contributions transferred since May 2008 decreased by 1.59 percentage points last year to 5.49%, according to data included in the more

28 iun 2011

Nano Space Labs, set up with the help of retired Romanian astronaut Dumitru Prunariu, and American company NanoRacks signed Tuesday a partnership enabling Romanian private research entities to carry more

28 iun 2011

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday, after a talk with Greek President Karolos Papoulias, that the seven Greek banks on the Romanian market are operating "properly," for which he more

28 iun 2011

The European Commission reimbursed Romania around EUR650 million by June 24, 2011, for projects financed with EU funds, meaning about 3% of the total EUR19.7 billion allotted for 2007-2013. more

28 iun 2011

Romania’s private pension regulator CSSPP posted a net loss of 5.81 million lei (EUR1.38 million) for 2010, 19.1% wider than losses posted in 2009, according to the institution’s annual report, more

28 iun 2011

A yellow code advisory for heavy rain, gusty wind and hail instated Monday for 13 Romanian counties has been extended until Wednesday, instead of Tuesday, the country’s National Meteorology more

28 iun 2011

Farmers growing cucumbers and tomatoes have claimed EUR1.46 million from the European Commission to cover the losses they suffered because of E.coli infection cases reported throughout Europe, more

28 iun 2011

The Regional Development Ministry has launched an open auction for the design and construction of 101 day care centers and kindergartens in seven counties, for an estimated total of 101.3 million lei more

28 iun 2011

The arable land area has shrunk by 1.2 million hectares from about 8.2 million hectares in 2003, according to the 2010-2011 farming census presented Tuesday by Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara. more

28 iun 2011

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Tuesday welcomed Greek President Karolos Papoulias to the Presidential Palace in capital Bucharest. more

28 iun 2011

The Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday tacitly adopted a bill put forward by ruling democrat liberal MPs Catalin Croitoru and Petru Filip which eliminates tuition-fee seats in state universities. more

28 iun 2011

Romania’s Chamber of Deputies has postponed until the fall a decision on a bill that amends the referendum law and allows for the President of Romania to be impeached only with the votes of the more

28 iun 2011

Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday withdrew the Ba3 rating of telecom operator RCS&RDS “for its own business reasons,” which have nothing to do with the accuracy of the more

27 iun 2011

Meteorologists have issued a new yellow code warning expecting heavy rain, gusty wind and hail from Monday afternoon until Tuesday evening in 13 counties in the eastern half of the country. more