13 mai 2011

Romania has failed to adequately implement rules against torture and ill-treatment, and to prohibit the use of evidence obtained through torture in the criminal code, according to Amnesty more

13 mai 2011

The Romanian Development and Tourism Ministry has launched an open auction for the last seven road restoration projects included in the National Infrastructure Development Program, estimated at 3.8 more

12 mai 2011

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday that the Nabucco pipeline project is viable, as long as Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan are among its partners, and defended Turkmenistan's need for more

12 mai 2011

Romania is not faced with a food crisis but with problems regarding purchasing power, Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara said Thursday. more

12 mai 2011

The Romanian Government approved Wednesday a bill which forbids the installation of equipment used by public utility infrastructure above ground on public property. more

12 mai 2011

Gross general insurance premiums underwritten by Germany’s Allianz in Romania decreased by 11% in the first quarter of the year, to EUR55 million, due to the difficult economic situation and the more

12 mai 2011

Romania’s insurance market declined 6.6% in the first quarter of the year, to 2.14 billion lei (EUR530 million), driven by a 8.8% drop in general insurance, to RON1.71 billion, according to data more

12 mai 2011

The Romanian Development and Tourism Ministry has launched an auction to award contracts estimated at 557 million lei (about EUR137 million), VAT excluded, to restore 533 kilometers of county and more

12 mai 2011

Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors said Thursday they have indicted major Aifer Enan of the Romanian Intelligence Service SRI, who is accused of bribe taking and influence peddling to help someone more

12 mai 2011

Romania will modernize 16 train stations within a program worth a total EUR283 million, the Government decided Wednesday. more

11 mai 2011

Hewlett-Packard (HP) will hire 600 people this year for its Global eBusiness Operation Centre (GeBOC) in Bucharest, which currently has a staff of 3,100, Alexander Weigl, the center's general manager, more

11 mai 2011

Over 6,500 people are expected to compete in the fourth annual edition of the Bucharest International Marathon on October 9, which would be a 30% increase from the previous edition, competition more

11 mai 2011

The Romanian Senate on Wednesday adopted a bill whereby foreigners who study in Romania may file requests to prolong their stay to work after finishing their studies, without a long-stay visa being more

11 mai 2011

Romania's population decreased by 7,775 people in March from the earlier month, according to data released Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute (INS). more

11 mai 2011

Romania’s Government plans to fire about one third of the country’s customs workers, according to a draft Government decision that amends the law regulating the country’s National Customs more

10 mai 2011

Over 200 employees of Romania’s Arpechim refinery protested outside the local prefect’s office Tuesday accusing the Government of stalling moves to save the plant from shutting down. more

10 mai 2011

King Michael of Romania announced Tuesday he is renouncing his historic and dynastic ties to the House of Hohenzollern, as well as the titles "Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen." more

10 mai 2011

Romania's Agency for Agriculture Payments and Intervention (APIA) has paid farmers about EUR3.24 billion since the beginning of the EU fund absorption process, APIA general manager Florin Marius Faur more

10 mai 2011

Most Romanians choose the stores where they spend the largest amount of money considering the stores’ location, whether they are close to or far from their home or workplace, as well as prices, more

10 mai 2011

A Romanian soldier was killed Tuesday morning during a mission in Zabul province, in Afghanistan, the Romanian Defense ministry said in a statement. more

9 mai 2011

Romanian authorities might be able to sell public housing for a price determined by an expert evaluator, closer to the home's regular market price, as per a Government-sponsored bill changing the way more

6 mai 2011

Revenues of mobile operator Cosmote on the Romanian market declined 6.5% in the first quarter, to EUR107.3 million, mainly due to the adverse economic conditions combined with very aggressive offers more

6 mai 2011

Romanian telecom operator Romtelecom’ revenues dropped 10.9% in the first quarter of the year compared to the same interval in 2010, to EUR166.3 million, and its earnings before interest, tax, more

5 mai 2011

Romanian insurer ING Asigurari de Viata's underwritten premiums decreased by 1.7% in the first three months of the year, to 133.5 million lei (EUR32.5 million) and its gross profit dropped 28.7%, to more

5 mai 2011

Ten European Union member states will retain some labor restrictions for Romanian and Bulgarian workers, four years after Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU. more