17 iun 2011

Romania will amend its car pollution tax through a draft law that is set to take effect on July 1, 2011, whereby the tax will be lowered 30% for every type of engine except Euro 5. more

17 iun 2011

France’s Renault will launch the Duster model, under its own brand, in Brazil and Argentina in the last quarter of the year and in Colombia in 2012, the carmaker said in a press release Friday. more

17 iun 2011

New car registration of Romanian carmaker Dacia in the European Union declined 3.1% on the year in January-May, to 105,073 cars, as the overall car market declined 0.8%, according to data released more

17 iun 2011

Romania will send Japan 50,000 lei (EUR12,000) worth of bottled water as emergency humanitarian aid, but will pay about seven times as much, 383,000 lei (EUR92,000), to transport the water from more

17 iun 2011

Romania’s administrative reorganization concerns Romania alone, Prime Minister Emil Boc said late Thursday in response to comments by a Hungarian high official who said Romania’s plans would more

17 iun 2011

A Romanian soldier serving in Afghanistan has been injured Thursday afternoon in the explosion of an improvised explosive device, the Romanian Defense Ministry said. more

16 iun 2011

The recently proposed administrative reorganization of Romania would represent an unacceptable change of the country’s ethnic map, said Hungarian deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen, cited by more

16 iun 2011

Mobile telecom operator Vodafone Romania will lower its standard roaming tariffs by up to 26.7% starting June 17, to comply with European Union regulations, the company said Thursday. 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

15 iun 2011

Mobile telecom operator Orange Romania will lower its standard roaming tariffs by up to 26.7% starting July 1, the company said Wednesday. more

15 iun 2011

Romania’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a claim by opposition lawmakers that the Government emergency decree regulating maternity leave and child rearing benefits was unconstitutional. more

15 iun 2011

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) will return to Romania for joint maneuvers in August, a year after six Israeli servicemen were killed in a helicopter crash in the Carpathian Mountains, the Jerusalem Post more

14 iun 2011

Romanian President Traian Basescu is expected to address Parliament on June 27, at 3 p.m., the two chambers of Parliament’s standing offices decided Tuesday. 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

14 iun 2011

The Romanian Government will allot extra 980,260 lei (about EUR235,000) to the Defense Ministry to build a school in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, according to a draft act available on the ministry’s more

14 iun 2011

Romania’s state owned postal company Poata Romana will send its employees on two days unpaid leave each month starting June 1, until the end of the year, hoping to cut its monthly expenses by 7 more

14 iun 2011

Romanian Communications Minister Valerian Vreme presented Thursday in Brussels a plan on developing broadband Internet infrastructure in disadvantaged areas, which will be financed with more

14 iun 2011

Romanian Interior Minister Traian Igas said Tuesday in the Bulgarian capital Sofia he is optimistic the two countries will join the Schengen area in October this year. more

8 iun 2011

The European Parliament on Wednesday adopted a report by MEP Carlos Coelho recommending the accession of Romanian and Bulgaria to the border-free Schengen area. more

8 iun 2011

Romanian President Traian Basescu will lead Wednesday’s Government meeting, at the invitation of Prime Minister Emil Boc, the Government said. more

7 iun 2011

Romania's Transport Ministry on Tuesday awarded three contracts, worth a total EUR427.5 million, for sections of the Orastie-Sibiu highway segment, whose auctions had been contested. more

7 iun 2011

The EU’s Justice and Home Affairs Council meets in Luxemburg Thursday and Friday to adopt the conclusions of evaluation reports on Romania and Bulgaria’s bid to join the border-free Schengen area. more

7 iun 2011

Romanian Interior Minister Traian Igas said Tuesday Romania is ready to join the border-free Schengen area and its entry is 99% sure to occur this year. more

7 iun 2011

Romania and the United States initialed Monday in Washington the agreement regarding the country's participation in the U.S. antimissile defense system, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a press more

7 iun 2011

Romanian President Traian Basescu told the Financial Times in an interview published Tuesday that Romania’s sticking with its 2015 target entry date for the euro is important in order to maintain more