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Romanian Public Servants Union FNSA Halts Strike

12:15, 02 Iun. 2010
Romanian public servants union FNSA has decided to suspend its national strike, as of Wednesday 11 a.m., because of pressure from politicians and local authorities, who threaten to lay off striking unionists.

Romanian President Urges Parliament To Adopt Civil, Criminal Procedural Codes By Summer Recess

12:08, 02 Iun. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu urged the Parliament in a letter Tuesday to adopt the country’s criminal and civil procedure codes before it takes its summer recess, the president’s office said in a press release Wednesday.

Romanian 1Q ‘10 Finalized Dwellings Dn By 2,610 To 7,985

10:12, 02 Iun. 2010
The number of residential constructions finalized in the first quarter of 2010 dropped by 2,610 units compared to the same interval of 2009, at 7,985, the National Statistics Institute, or INS, said Wednesday.

Romania 1Q Net Investment -29% YY To RON9.4B

10:02, 02 Iun. 2010
Romanian net investments fell 29.1% to 9.37 billion lei (EUR1=RON4.191) in the first quarter compared with the year-earlier period, due to slow activity in all sectors, the country’s statistics institute INS said Wednesday.

Romanian Intelligence Services, Police, Army Employees Also Targeted By 25% Wage Cut

18:29, 01 Iun. 2010
Romania’s Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu on Tuesday said the wages of the employees with the Romanian Intelligence Service, the Foreign Intelligence Service, the Protection and Surveillance Service, the Special Telecommunications Service, the Police and the Army will also be reduced by 25%.

Romanian Carmaker Dacia Sees Biggest Car Registration Increase On French Mkt In May

17:42, 01 Iun. 2010
Registrations of Romanian new Dacia cars in France increased over three times in May, to 10,258 units, compared to the same month last year, and saw the biggest increase on the local market, which fell 11.5%, to about 186.340 cars.

Hydrologists Issue Flood Warning For Rivers In W, SW Romania

15:56, 01 Iun. 2010
Romanian hydrologists on Tuesday issued a code yellow warning for increased flows on several rivers in the country’s western and southwestern regions, valid from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday afternoon.

Romania Govt Might Approve Draft Law On County Road Upgrades Wednesday

15:55, 01 Iun. 2010
The Romanian Government might approve in its weekly meeting Wednesday the draft law targeting to upgrade 10,000 kilometers of county roads, the country's Development and Tourism Minister Elena Udrea said Tuesday.

Romanian Fmr Politician Nati Meir, His Son Indicted For Influence Peddling

15:19, 01 Iun. 2010
Romanian former politician Nati Meir and his son, Or Meir, were indicted by anticorruption prosecutors on charges of influence peddling and accessory to influence buying, respectively.

Romania To Recalculate All Special Pensions – Labor Ministry

15:03, 01 Iun. 2010
Romania’s law on pension recalculations, for which the Government will seek a confidence vote in Parliament, targets all special pensions, including those of former staff with the Defense and Interior Ministries, intelligence services and penitentiaries, the Labor Ministry announced Tuesday.

Romania Lower Chamber Rejects Liberals’ Simple Motion On Austerity Measures

14:32, 01 Iun. 2010
Romania’s Chamber of Deputies Tuesday rejected 143 to 130 votes and six abstentions the simple motion submitted by opposition liberals on the country’s recently announced austerity measures for which the Government will seek a confidence vote in Parliament.

Romanian May Forex Reserves Fall To EUR32B

13:57, 01 Iun. 2010
Romanian foreign exchange reserves fell EUR397 million in May to a EUR31.989 billion, central bank data showed Tuesday.

Economic Crisis Increased Child Poverty, School Abandon In Romania – NGO

13:45, 01 Iun. 2010
The economic crisis has increased the number of impoverished Romanian children to more than 350,000 and has tripled the rate of school abandon, as around 40,000 children, mostly from rural areas, drop out of school each year, says World Vision Romania.

Romania Might Increase Funds For 2010 Clunkers Program Again

13:44, 01 Iun. 2010
Romania’s Government might again increase the budget assigned to the country’s clunkers program by issuing an additional 30,000 car scrap vouchers, as all vouchers already issued are to be distributed by the end of the week, Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely said Tuesday.

Bucharest City Hall Unionists Call Off Strike

11:30, 01 Iun. 2010
Bucharest city hall employees decided to call off their strike Tuesday morning, and will join the rally outside Romanian Parliament headquarters, set to take place on the day of the no-confidence motion debate, union leader Dumitru Gherdan told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.

Bucharest’s Subway Unionists Threaten To Strike In Mid-June

11:29, 01 Iun. 2010
Bucharest’s subway unionists are threatening to stage a full-blown strike in about two weeks’ time if the Government adopts the law enforcing public sector wage cuts, union federation leader Ion Radoi said Tuesday.

Romanian Education Unionists To File Criminal Complaint Against Education Min

11:27, 01 Iun. 2010
Romanian education union federation FSLI will file a criminal petition against Education Minister Daniel Funeriu Tuesday, claiming that he illegally replaced certain high-school graduation exam assessors, federation secretary general Liviu Pop told MEDIAFAX Tuesday.

Romanian Railway Employees Threaten To Cease Work If Affected By Wage Cuts

20:09, 31 Mai 2010
Employees of Romania’s railway company CFR will not go on solidarity strike, union leader Voicu Sala told MEDIAFAX Monday, adding that, should the Government draw up a normative act aimed at cutting their salaries by 25%, the company will immediately cease all activities.

Romania To Cut By 15% Benefits For People Assisting First-Degree Disability Pensioners

19:53, 31 Mai 2010
Romania’s Government decided to reduce by 15%, as of June, 2010, the benefits granted to people having in care pensioners with first-degree disability, and also discarded the financial aid granted to teachers for the purchase of books.

Romanians Fraudulently Receiving Invalidity Pensions Could Face Prison

18:28, 31 Mai 2010
Romanians who were fraudulently declared disabled in order to receive invalidity pensions and the doctors who carried out the respective medical examinations and issued unjustified invalidity certificates will be deemed offenders and might face imprisonment.

EXCLUSIVE: Romanian Man Acquitted Of Double Murder To Receive EUR490,000 In Damages

17:10, 31 Mai 2010
Romania must pay EUR490,000 in damages to Alexandru Diaconescu, arrested in December 2004 for the murder of two drug store clerks in Brasov, central Romania, as the man has been acquitted by three courts of law, including the Supreme Court in 2008, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Monday.

Romania Won’t Cut Wages In State-Owned Cos By 25% – Fin Min

16:10, 31 Mai 2010
Wages of employees in Romania’s state-owned companies won’t be cut 25% as in the rest of the public sector, Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu said Monday.

Romania To Introduce Pension, Healthcare Contributions For Copyright Income – Labor Min

15:44, 31 Mai 2010
Romania’s Labor Minister Mihai Seitan said Monday that the Ministry will draw up a draft law through which earners of copyright income will contribute to the pension, healthcare and unemployment benefit systems like all regular wage earners.

Romanian Govt To Seek Conf Vote In Parliament For Austerity Plan Next Week – House Speaker

14:47, 31 Mai 2010
Romania’s Government plans to seek a confidence vote in Parliament to pass its austerity plan as early as next Monday, Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberta Anastase said Monday on Realitatea TV.

Romanian Subway Unionists To Shorten Tuesday’s Strike By Four Hours

14:16, 31 Mai 2010
Bucharest subway unionists’ strike, due to take place Tuesday between 4 a.m. and 4 p.m., was shortened so that subway will not operate between 4 a.m. and noon, the subway union said in a press release Monday.

Romanian Public Administration Unionists To Strike Until After No-Confidence Motion Debate

14:07, 31 Mai 2010
Romania’s full-blown public administration strike, started Monday by the National Public Administration Union Federation, or FNSA, will last at least until after the no-confidence motion is debated, federation leaders said Monday.

Romania Economic Sentiment Slides 7 Points To 76.4 In May

13:49, 31 Mai 2010
Romania’s economic sentiment index moved back 7.2 points to 76.4 points in May, the first monthly decline this year, a widely watched European Commission monthly survey showed Monday.

Romanian CFR Marfa Loses RON22.5M Contract Over Budget Debt

13:48, 31 Mai 2010
Romanian railway freight transporter CFR Marfa lost a contract worth 22.5 million lei (EUR1=RON4.1623), VAT excluded, for coal transport with local coal company CNH, because it had debts to the state budget.

Romanian Public Salaries Could Drop 30-50% In 2011 Without Austerity Plan – Labor Min

12:47, 31 Mai 2010
Romanian Labor Minister Mihai Seitan said Monday that public sector salaries could be reduced by 30-50% or more in 2011, should the Government's austerity measures not be applied.

Romanian Govt Adopts Ordinance Against Tax Evasion

11:34, 31 Mai 2010
Romania’s Government will introduce new measures aiming to fight tax evasion, through an emergency ordinance adopted Sunday, Prime Minister Emil Boc announced.

Romanian Govt Submits Austerity Plan To Parliament

11:11, 31 Mai 2010
Romania’s Parliament received Monday morning the draft laws for which the Government will seek a confidence vote, Chamber of Deputies Speaker Roberta Anastase told MEDIAFAX Monday.

Romanian State Employees On Full-Blown Strike Countrywide Monday

10:44, 31 Mai 2010
Hundreds of thousands of Romanian state employees, including teachers, doctors, police and public servants across the country are on full-blown strike Monday, in protest to the Government’s spending cut plan which lowers their wages by one fourth.

Bucharest’s Public Transport To Follow Regular Workday Schedule Monday

20:23, 30 Mai 2010
Bucharest’s public transport network will function according to a regular work day schedule on Monday and it will provide the regular number of trolleybuses, trams and buses, Bucharest public transport authority RATB spokesperson Mihai Vladarau told MEDIAFAX Sunday.

Romania’s Govt To Guarantee Loans Of Pvt Cos For Co-Financing EU-Funded Projects – PM

20:20, 30 Mai 2010
Romania’s Government will guarantee loans contracted by private companies for the co-financing of several projects backed from European Union funds, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Sunday.

Romanian PM Urges Teachers To Give Up Strike

20:18, 30 Mai 2010
Romanian teachers should not go on strike Monday, as they will not receive their wages for the duration of the strike, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Sunday.

Romanian PM Calls On Prefects To Appeal Against Mayors’ Decisions To Grant Bonuses

20:16, 30 Mai 2010
Romanian county prefects should appeal in court against the decisions of certain local councils, which grant their employees 25% wage bonuses and thus fail to enforce the Government’s austerity measures, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Sunday.

Romanian Constitution Article 53 Justifies Austerity Measures – PM

20:14, 30 Mai 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Sunday that article 53 of the Constitution was also used to justify the unpaid vacation measure adopted in 2009, whose constitutionality was confirmed by the Constitutional Court.

Romanian Teachers’ Strike Won’t Affect High-School Graduation Exam – Education Min

16:11, 30 Mai 2010
Romania’s Education Minister Daniel Funeriu said Sunday that the written foreign language examination for high-school graduates, scheduled for the May 31-June 4 interval, will take place according to plan in all the 1,419 exam centers across the country.

Romania Maintained Current VAT Level To Avoid Inflation Rate Increase – Ctrl Bker

14:42, 30 Mai 2010
Romanian Adrian Vasilescu, an adviser to the central bank governor, said Sunday that a value added tax increase from 19% to 24% would have lead to a two-figure inflation rate, making it impossible for Romania to access foreign market loans, although the country depends on foreign capital.

Romanian Care Workers’ Layoffs Increased Child Slave Traffic Into UK – Paper

14:38, 30 Mai 2010
Romanian child-slaves are trafficked into the United Kingdom because almost 1,500 social care workers with traffic prevention training have been replaced with untrained amateurs in Romanian crisis centers, says the online edition of the Sunday Express.