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Hungarian Minority Party MP Amends Austerity Law Pack, Proposes Pension Freeze Until End-2011

13:17, 04 Iun. 2010
Hungarian minority party lawmaker Gyorgy Frunda has presented several amendments to the draft laws for which the ruling coalition, which includes the Hungarian minority party, plans to seek a confidence vote in Parliament Monday and proposed, among others, to freeze pensions until December 31, 2011.

Romanian Ruling Party VP Says Govt To Be Reshuffled Soon

12:47, 04 Iun. 2010
Romanian Democratic Liberal Party vice-president Ioan Oltean told a news conference Friday the cabinet would be reshuffled by the end of June or early July, but didn’t say which ministers would be replaced.

Romanian Soldier Once Deployed In Iraq, Afghanistan Arrested For Drug Dealing

11:15, 04 Iun. 2010
Romanian organized crime prosecutors in Ploiesti, southern Romania, arrested for 24 hours three drug dealing suspects, one of whom is a soldier who has participated in several military missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Romanian Union Federations To Protest Outside Parl HQ June 8-15

17:46, 03 Iun. 2010
Romanian union federations will stage a 3,000-person rally outside Parliament headquarters Monday and will go on a one-day full-blown strike the day the Government seeks a confidence vote for its austerity plan, union leaders said Thursday.

Romanian Orthodox Church To Borrow EUR200M To Build New Cathedral

17:11, 03 Iun. 2010
The Romanian Orthodox Church will borrow around EUR200 million from a bank to build the People’s Cathedral in Bucharest, with work to begin on August 15, after the winner of the contract has been chosen, Patriarchal vicar bishop Ciprian Campineanul said Thursday.

Thousands Protest Pension, Wage Cuts Across Romania

15:32, 03 Iun. 2010
Thousands of people staged rallies Thursday in several cities across Romania in protest to the planned wage and pension cuts the Government wants to pass into legislation next week by seeking a confidence vote in Parliament.

EC Takes Action Against Romania Over Payment Services

15:27, 03 Iun. 2010
The European Commission has taken action against Romania and four other member states, which will receive letters requesting them to fully implement the Payment Services Directive, the foundation for the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA).

Romanian Teachers To Continue Protests

21:22, 02 Iun. 2010
Romania’s four education union federations said Wednesday that unionists will not quit the strike, adding that, starting Monday, teachers will not register marks, calculate school year averages and participate in national exams.

Romanian Firms Owned By Relatives Of Public Institution Heads Forbidden To Participate In Auctions

21:19, 02 Iun. 2010
Romanian firms owned by people who are relatives up to the fourth-degree of employees who fill decision-making positions within public institutions will not be allowed to participate in auctions organized by these authorities.

Romanian Labor Committee Deputies Adopt Report On Draft Pension Law

21:19, 02 Iun. 2010
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies’ labor committee adopted Wednesday a favorable report on the draft pension law drawn up by the Government.

Romanian Opp Social Democrats To Submit Two No-Confidence Motions Against Govt

20:30, 02 Iun. 2010
Romania’s opposition social democrats will file two no-confidence motions against the Government, since the Cabinet will seek the Parliament’s confidence vote twice, both for pension cuts and for public sector wage cuts, party spokesperson Radu Moldovan told MEDIAFAX Wednesday.

Romania’s Decision To Reduce Pensions Meant To Avoid Short-Term Collapse, Problems Not Solved

18:05, 02 Iun. 2010
Romanian presidential adviser Sebastian Lazaroiu said Wednesday, during debates on the country’s pension system, that the authorities’ decision to reduce pensions by 15% is meant to maintain balance and avoid a short-term collapse, adding the measure does not solve pension system problems.

Crew Of Hijacked Ship Regain Control From Somali Pirates, Romanian Sailor Injured

17:14, 02 Iun. 2010
Romanian Virgil Teofil Cretu, crew member of the Libyan-owned merchant vessel RIM, hijacked in February by Somali pirates, was severely injured Wednesday, as the ship’s crew regained control of the vessel, former chair of Romania’s agency for rescuing human lives at sea Dorel Onaca said Wednesday.

Some 1,600 Romanian Companies Entered Insolvency In April

16:38, 02 Iun. 2010
A total number of 1,597 Romanian companies entered insolvency in April this year, 26% less than in the previous month, according to data from local trade registry ONRC.

Romanian Govt To Reduce No Of Hospital Beds, Hospital Manager Jobs

16:14, 02 Iun. 2010
Romania’s Government decided Wednesday, by an emergency decree, to eliminate 9,200 hospital beds and reduce by 577 the number of hospital manager jobs starting July 1, when 373 hospitals will also be transferred to local authorities, Health Minister Cseke Attila said Wednesday.

Romanian Govt Seeks Parliament Conf Vote On Austerity Plan Monday

16:06, 02 Iun. 2010
Romania’s Government will seek a confidence vote in Parliament Monday afternoon for two draft laws that make up its austerity plan, which entails cuts in public sector wages, pensions and social welfare benefits, Senate Chairman Mircea Geoana said Wednesday.

Romanian President Calls For Reexamination Of Anticorruption Body Law

15:08, 02 Iun. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu asked the Parliament Wednesday to reexamine a recently adopted law regulating the country’s National Integrity Agency, whose powers have been weakened.

Romania Govt: Salaries To Be Cut In State-Run Cos, Not In Cos Already Restructured

14:59, 02 Iun. 2010
The budgets of Romanian state-owned companies will be reevaluated, as a first step towards reducing salaries, but the budgets of companies that have already been restructured will not be reevaluated, Romania’s Government spokeswoman Ioana Muntean said Wednesday.

Romania Ranks Second Among 37 States Regarding School Violence – WHO Survey

13:56, 02 Iun. 2010
Romania is ranked second regarding school violence, according to a research surveying the situation in 37 states, which was conducted in 2007 by the World Health Organization, the World Psychiatric Association and the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Romanian Public Education Unions FEN, Alma Mater To Halt Strike

13:40, 02 Iun. 2010
Romanian public education unions FEN and Alma Mater decided Wednesday to suspend their general strike and join the protest actions organized by the country’s five union confederations, said Bogdan Hossu, leader of the Cartel Alfa confederation.

Romanian Ex General Chitac Not To Pay Compensations To Victims Of 1989 Revolution

13:25, 02 Iun. 2010
The Bucharest Court of Appeals admitted the request of former high-ranking general Mihai Chitac and annulled two rulings issued in 2005 which compelled him to pay compensations of 2 million lei (EUR1=RON4.1835) to the victims of the anti-communist Revolution of December 1989.

One Third Of Romanian Cos Breached Financial Report Deadline

13:04, 02 Iun. 2010
Over 280,000 Romanian companies have failed to submit their 2009 financial results at the trade registry by the law-imposed deadline of May 31, according to data provided by the trade registry.

Romanian Senator Quits Ruling Democratic Liberal Party, Joins Opposition

12:26, 02 Iun. 2010
Romanian senator Iulian Badescu said Wednesday, in the Senate’s plenary meeting, that he decided to quit the ruling Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), arguing he opposes the austerity measures recently taken by the country’s Government run by democrat liberal Prime Minister Emil Boc.

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.