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Romanian Doctors Should Earn At Least RON5,000 – Health Minister

17:33, 14 Aug. 2009
Romanian health minister Ion Bazac said Friday that the “decent minimum wage” of a doctor should amount to 5,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.2116).

UPDATE: Thirteen Dead, Three Badly Injured In Train-Hit Van, In NE Romania

17:25, 14 Aug. 2009
Other two people of those injured on Friday in the train-hit van in Iasi, north-eastern Romania, died on the way to the hospital, increasing the death toll to thirteen, including one infant, deputy secretary of state Raed Arafat said Friday.

Romania’s Draft Code Of Education Up For Public Debate For 3 Weeks

16:53, 14 Aug. 2009
Romania’s draft Code of Education was launched for public debate Friday, on the Education Ministry’s website and it will be analyzed by social partners and the representatives of parents, pupils and students, over the next three weeks.

Romanian Transport Min Keeps Bridge Toll, Introduces Tachograph Inspections

14:35, 14 Aug. 2009
The Romanian Ministry of Transport will maintain the tax on the Cernavoda bridge and will introduce inspections for road toll, tachographs, as well as a permanent scale for heavy trucks, said transport minister Radu Berceanu.

Romania PM: Public Sector Layoffs Depend On Performance Evaluations, Family Situation

14:04, 14 Aug. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Friday said layoffs in the public sector would be made based on performance evaluations, adding the family situation of certain employees will also be considered to avoid sacking the members of the same family.

Romania Needs At Most 150 Hospitals, Has Triple Number – Health Minister

14:01, 14 Aug. 2009
Romanian health minister Ion Bazac said Friday that Romania needs at most 150 hospitals and the number of hospitals in the country is currently triple and the healthcare sector needs restructuring.

Romanian Prime Minister To Analyze Solutions Regarding Education Laws

13:58, 14 Aug. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday he will analyze the solutions regarding the two packs of laws on education, one drawn up by a presidential commission and the other by the Education Ministry.

Romanian University “Spiru Haret” Allowed To Admit Students For ’09-’10 School Year

13:45, 14 Aug. 2009
The Bucharest Court of Appeals decided Friday to suspend two articles of Government Decision 749/2009 eliminating "Spiru Haret” University from the list of acknowledged universities and banning the organization of 2009-2010 admission contests for new students looking to study at the university.

Romania July Inflation Rate Highest In EU27

13:45, 14 Aug. 2009
Romania reported the highest annual inflation rate in the European Union in July, followed closely by neighbor Hungary, EU’s statistics agency Eurostat said Friday.

Romanian Anticorruption Prosecutors Hear Ex-Youth&Sports Min In Corruption Case

12:15, 14 Aug. 2009
Romania’s former youth and sports minister Monica Iacob Ridzi went Friday morning to the National Anticorruption Department (DNA) for hearings in connection with contracts concluded between the Youth Ministry and companies Artisan and Mark for organizing the festivities on the “Youth Day” on May 2.

Problems In Romanian Judiciary, Public Administration Can Only Be Fixed By Spending Cuts – President

11:59, 14 Aug. 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Friday that problems in the judicial system and public administration can only be solved by lowering expenses, adding the finance minister’s proposal to force people into ten days of unpaid leave is wrong.

Romanian President Says Privatization Auth Was Wrong To Shut Down Tractor Maker

11:40, 14 Aug. 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Friday the country’s privatization authority AVAS was hasty in deciding to shut down tractor maker Tractorul Brasov, adding a government program helping farmers buy tractors would have helped the country’s agriculture sector.

Romanian President Skeptical About Unpaid Leave In Public Sector, Suggests Staff Cuts Instead

11:25, 14 Aug. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday, in the southeastern county of Tulcea, that forcing public sector employees to take ten days off without pay is not the right solution and recommended staff cuts based on performance evaluations.

Romanian Tourism Ministry To Sue Liberal Ludovic Orban For Slander

10:11, 14 Aug. 2009
Romania's Tourism Ministry will sue liberal Ludovic Orban, president of the inquiry committee investigating the ministry's public spending, for slander and abuse of office after he said none of the advertisement expenses made by the Tourism Ministry were legal.

Romania To Get $1.4B At IMF’s Special Drawing Rights Allocation

09:46, 14 Aug. 2009
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said it will allocate Romania some $1.4 billion as part of a larger program to inject $250 billion into member states’ foreign exchange reserves to boost liquidity.

Romania’s Unitary Pay Law Won’t Bring Wage Cuts – State Secretary

17:25, 13 Aug. 2009
Restructuring Romania's public sector in 2010 will increase the wages of those that will remain in the system, adding that current wages will not be lowered after the unitary pay law is enforced, said Valentin Mocanu, state secretary with the Romania's Labor Ministry.

Romania Govt Agencies Restructuring Leaves Nearly 9,000 People Jobless

16:39, 13 Aug. 2009
Romanian authorities’ decision to cut the number of government agencies to 113 from a total 226 will leave 8,971 people jobless and cut budget spending by an annual EUR52 million.

Romanian Democrat Liberals Challenge Education Min Over Education Code

16:25, 13 Aug. 2009
The president of the Romanian democratic liberal women, Sulfina Barbu, said Thursday the education law proposed by education minister Ecaterina Andronescu is beyond the governing agenda, and responsibility will be assumed foe the presidential committee’s draft law, which can be amended.

Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service Has No Knowledge Of CIA Prisons In Romania

15:37, 13 Aug. 2009
Romania’s Foreign Intelligence Service said it does not have any data or information regarding the existence of a CIA detention center in Bucharest, as it the New York Times wrote in its online edition Thursday.

One Worker Dead, Another Injured In Work Accident In C Romania

13:37, 13 Aug. 2009
One Romanian worker died and another was injured in an accident on a construction site in Fagaras, central Romania, where they were building a block of flats.

Romanian Rail Co CFR Calatori Eyes Upgrading 150 Wagons For RON330M

12:23, 13 Aug. 2009
Romanian state-run passenger rail company CFR Calatori plans to upgrade 150 wagons over the next four years, for an estimated 330 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2239), VAT excluded.

Romanian Police Officers Resume Protests On Monday

12:01, 13 Aug. 2009
Romanian police officers and customs workers said Wednesday they will resume protests on August 17, following a fruitless meeting on Tuesday with interior minister Dan Nica.

Romania 2Q GDP -1.2% QQ, -8.8% On Yr

11:10, 13 Aug. 2009
Romania’s second quarter gross domestic product shrank by a seasonally adjusted 1.2% compared with the earlier quarter, a flash estimate of the National Statistics Institute, or INS, showed Thursday.

Romanian Govt To Include Salary Bonus Scrapping In New Law Pack On Restructuring – Sources

10:10, 13 Aug. 2009
The Romanian government will scrap salary bonuses for risk and mental distress, confidentiality and mobility, as well as bonuses for job complexity and performance, and the new regulations will be introduced in a draft law for which the Government plans to take responsibility, official sources said.

Romania To Operate Budget Revision By End-Aug – Fin Min

09:40, 13 Aug. 2009
Romania’s budget will be revised in maximum two weeks, to adjust the deficit by lowering expenses and each minister will have to comply, finance minister Gheorghe Pogea told MEDIAFAX on Wednesday.

Romanian Govt Enacts Ordinance On „Spiru Haret” University

20:52, 12 Aug. 2009
Romanian university "Spiru Haret" needs to disband long distance education, organize elections for the position of rector and to complete law studies at four years, according to an Ordinance enacted Wednesday by the Government, legalizing the university.

Romanian Labor Ministry To Cut 1,316 Jobs

20:47, 12 Aug. 2009
Romanian labor minister Marian Sarbu said Wednesday that after the reorganization of the agencies and institutions subordinated to the ministry 1,316 jobs will be cut which would save RON30 million in wage spending a year (EUR1=RON4.2239).

Romanian Govt To Leave Presidential Elections Law Unchanged

19:58, 12 Aug. 2009
The Romanian Government will not amend the number of signatures needed for a candidacy in presidential elections, will not impose monetary guarantees for each candidate and will not amend other conditions for presidential candidacy, said Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc.

Romanian Culture Min To Cut 200 Jobs, Save RON2M To The Budget

19:56, 12 Aug. 2009
The Romanian Ministry of Culture, Cults and National Patrimony (MCCPN) will cut over 200 jobs, which would save RON2 million (EUR1=RON4.2239) to the state budget, culture minister Theodor Paleologu said Wednesday.

Over 15,000 Romanian Cos Suspended Activity In Jul, Annual Toll Reaches 95,000

19:51, 12 Aug. 2009
Over 15,000 Romanian companies suspended their activity in July, bringing the number of companies that suspended their activity to 95,279 since the beginning of 2009, a number 11 times higher than the one registered in the similar interval of the previous year, according to the Trade Registry (ONRC)

Romanian Unitary Wage Law Quotients Reduced By 25% In New Draft

19:49, 12 Aug. 2009
The hierarchy quotients in the draft unitary wage law for the public sector were reduced by up to 25% following an analysis by the Romanian Ministry of Finance.

Romanian Fiscal Watchdog To Be Reorganized, 477 Job Scrapped

18:01, 12 Aug. 2009
Romanian National Authority for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) will be reorganized in order to improve fiscal control, decision taken after the discussions with the representatives of the International Monetary Fund, and 477 jobs will be cut, finance minister Gheorghe Pogea said Wednesday.

Romanian Health Ministry To Cut 627 Jobs- Minister

17:57, 12 Aug. 2009
Romania’s Health Ministry will scrap 627 jobs and most job cuts target the Public Health Departments and the National Medicines Agency (ANM), the country’s health minister Ion Bazac said Wednesday, adding the restructuring process does not target medical staff in the healthcare system.

Romania’s Interior Ministry To Scrap Over 1,225 Jobs And Save RON75M A Year

16:49, 12 Aug. 2009
Romanian interior minister Dan Nica said Wednesday, after the weekly government meeting, that the reorganization of the Interior Ministry implies cutting 1,225 jobs, which would save RON75 million in wage spending a year (EUR1=RON4.2239).

Romanian Tourism Min To Be Heard By Parliament Committee On Aug 20

16:48, 12 Aug. 2009
The Romanian Parliament investigation committee analyzing the expenses of the Ministry of Tourism decided Wednesday that tourism minister Elena Udrea is to be heard on August 20, according to the committee president, liberal Ludovic Orban.

IMF Official: VAT Increase Up To Romanian Govt

16:32, 12 Aug. 2009
A possible increase of the value added tax in Romania may only be decided by the government, but tax hikes should be unnecessary if the economy recovers sooner than expected, a top official with the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.

Romanian Nuclearelectrica Renews Another Insurance Contract For Nuclear Reactors

15:02, 12 Aug. 2009
Romanian state-owned nuclear energy company Nuclearelectrica, the operator of Cernavoda nuclear power plant, renewed with UK’s Nuclear Risk Insurers Limited the civil liability insurance contract for nuclear damage at reactors 1 and 2, for a premium of $672,000.

Some 2% Of Romanian Townspeople To Move To Villages In 2010 – Gfk Romania

14:52, 12 Aug. 2009
Nearly 2% of the people that have been living in urban areas moved in the past year to the countryside, according to a survey by research company GfK Romania, which also showed that the same percentage of people plan to move in a rural area next year.

Romania’s 1H Curr Acct Deficit Narrows 73.3% YY To EUR2.37B

13:08, 12 Aug. 2009
Romania's current account deficit narrowed 73.3% in the first six months to EUR2.37 billion, from EUR8.88 billion in the same period a year earlier, due largely to a lower trade deficit, the central bank said in a statement Wednesday.

Romania 1H FDI Down 42.9% YY To EUR2.89B

13:06, 12 Aug. 2009
Foreign direct investments, or FDI, in Romania fell 42.9% on the year to EUR2.894 billion in the first six months from EUR5.07 billion in the corresponding period a year earlier, the central bank said Wednesday.