Results 1 - 17 from 17 for "welfare"
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Romania To Raise Welfare Starting July
05.15.2013
Romania will increase the minimum guaranteed income and the family support allowance starting July 1, according to a decision approved by the Government Wednesday. more
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Romania To Increase Welfare To Offset Higher Energy Bills
05.09.2013
Romania’s Government will increase welfare starting July 1, 2013 to counterbalance higher electricity and natural gas bills following price hikes, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Thursday. more
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Romania Raises Subsidies For Poultry, Pig Welfare By Redistributing Funds
05.30.2012
Romania's Government has increased the state aid for poultry and pig welfare to 253.6 million lei (EUR56.8 million) and RON204.9 million, respectively, to cover demand. more
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Romanians To Lose Social Benefits For Five Months Over Unpaid Local Taxes
12.28.2011
Romanians receiving social aid, such as children's allowance, child-rearing stipends, minimum guaranteed income and family support allowance, will lose these benefits for five months if they fail to more
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Basescu Passes Welfare Law
12.20.2011
Romania’s President Traian Basescu on Tuesday passed the welfare law, the Presidency said in a press release. more
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Labor Minister Sulfina Barbu Explains Squandering Of EUR4.4B In Welfare Money
12.19.2011
Sulfina Barbu, the fourth labor minister this year, admitted that institutions part of the ministry she runs, such as the National Employment Agency, the Labor Inspection Department, the National more
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Romanian Constitutional Court Clears Welfare Law
12.14.2011
Romania’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected the opposition’s claims against the country’s recently adopted welfare law and upheld it as constitutional. more
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Romanian Opposition To Challenge Welfare Bill At Constitutional Court
11.24.2011
Romania’s Social Liberal Union, in opposition, said Thursday it will notify the Constitutional Court on the recently adopted welfare bill, which significantly lowers the number of social programs more
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Romanian Parliament Adopts Welfare Bill
11.22.2011
Romania’s lower house on Tuesday adopted the social welfare bill 168 to five votes, while opposition lawmakers abstained from voting. more
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Government Boc Promises To Cut Welfare Budget By Just 1.2%
11.18.2011
The 2012 budget provides for a reduction of welfare spending by 1.21% against 2011, to 13.95 billion lei (EUR3.2 billion), according to data published on the website of the Finance Ministry (which more
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Romanian Lower House Committee Clears Welfare Bill
11.15.2011
Romania’s committee for labor in the Chamber of Deputies adopted a report late Monday endorsing a bill on social welfare that has been stalled for several weeks in Parliament. more
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Government To Cut Early Education Coupons, Limit Travel Discounts For Pensioners
11.12.2011
Romania's Government will not provide next year the new social coupons only just introduced through the new education law, destined for low-income households with pre-school children, will cut more
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Romanian MPs To Cast Final Vote On Welfare Bill Next Tuesday
11.08.2011
Leaders of political groups in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies have agreed a final vote on the welfare bill will be cast next Tuesday, November 15. more
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Romanian Parliament Committee To Draft Report On Welfare Bill By Nov 14
11.08.2011
MPs with the Romania Chamber of Deputies’ committee for labor have until November 14 to draw up a report on the social welfare bill, that will then be put to the vote in plenary, House secretary more
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Senators Postpone Debates On Welfare Bill On Lack Of Quorum
09.21.2011
Romania's Senate on Wednesday postponed debates on the welfare bill for the second time this month, as the meeting lacked quorum. more
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New Labor Minister: Welfare Bill A Priority, Must Be Adopted As Soon As Possible
09.17.2011
Romanian democrat liberal Sulfina Barbu, whose appointment as labor minister was endorsed by President Traian Basescu Friday evening, said one of her priorities is the welfare bill, which must be more
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Government Approves Welfare Bill, Reducing Number Of Beneficiaries
06.01.2011
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