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Romania Swine Flu Suspicion Doesn’t Confirm – Health Ministry

16:14, 30 Apr. 2009
Romanian Health Ministry state secretary Aurel Nechita said Thursday the woman and child in the western county of Arad don’t have the swine flu virus, adding there are no suspicions of the virus in Romania.

Romania Delays Again Comarnic-Brasov Motorway Builder Selection

16:12, 30 Apr. 2009
Romania has put on hold for the second time choosing the builder of a highway segment to link central cities Comarnic and Brasov, pending additional data from bidders, Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said Thursday.

Germany Eyes Investing In Romania Black Sea Shipping – Transp Min

16:12, 30 Apr. 2009
Romania’s transport minister Radu Berceanu said Thursday that Germany eyes investing in containers or cargo shipping in the Black Sea area, via railway, river or road transport routes.

Romanian President Advances Three New Draft Laws In Education

15:58, 30 Apr. 2009
The Romanian commission in charge with drawing up the country’s strategy in education has completed three draft laws in the field, President Traian Basescu told unionists in a meeting Thursday.

Five Suspects To Be Tried At Large In Romania High Profile Kidnapping Case

15:54, 30 Apr. 2009
The Bucharest court on Thursday ruled to try at large the five bodyguards of Steaua Bucharest owner Gigi Becali, who were arrested in the case regarding the kidnapping of three men who allegedly stole Becali’s car in January this year.

Romanian Swine Flu Suspects Are Woman, Baby, Not Young Man

14:55, 30 Apr. 2009
A woman and her 18 month-old baby from Sambateni, Arad county, western Romania, are thought to have contracted the swine flu virus after a trip to Portugal, but the woman refused to be committed to hospital and the patients are under strict supervision at home.

Romania Transp Min Skeptical About 23.7% Wage Hike For Metrorex Employees In ‘09

14:53, 30 Apr. 2009
Romania’s transport minister Radu Berceanu said Thursday it would be very hard to carry through with the 23.7% salary hike forecasted this year for the employees of state-owned subway company Metrorex, stressing the company’s revenues will decrease.

Romanian Swine Flu Suspicion Is False Alarm – Health Min Official

14:38, 30 Apr. 2009
The situation in Arad, where a young man is suspected to have the swine flu will not be analyzed by the "Cantacuzino" Institute in Bucharest, because the person involved does not come from an area with confirmed cases of the illness, said Ministry of Health official Adrian Streinu Cercel.

Romanian CC Called To Solve Conflict Between Magistrates And Govt

14:11, 30 Apr. 2009
Romanian High Council of Magistrates (CSM) president Virgil Andreies said on Thursday he will notify the Constitutional Court regarding the legal conflict between the judicial power and the Government on the subject of the state budget revision.

Romania Suspects First Swine Flu Case

13:22, 30 Apr. 2009
A Romanian man is being treated in the western Romanian county of Arad on suspicion that he may have the swine flu, after he traveled to Portugal and Spain, said Thursday Mihai Tarcus, head of the local public health department.

Razvan Lucescu Gets EUR600,000 Contract As Romania Coach

12:57, 30 Apr. 2009
Razvan Lucescu’s contract as new coach of Romania's national football team amounts to EUR600,000, the general manager of the Romanian Football Federation (FRF), Ioan Angelo Lupescu, told a press conference Thursday.

Romanian Teachers On Strike Tuesday, Boycotting National Language Test

12:22, 30 Apr. 2009
Romanian unionists in the education sector decided Thursday to go on strike next Tuesday, when seventh and eighth graders are supposed to take the Romanian language and literature national exam.

Some 80% Of Romanian Unionist Teachers Want National Exam Boycott – Union Leader

11:30, 30 Apr. 2009
The leader of the Romanian Federation of Free Unions in Education (FSLI), Aurel Cornea, said Thursday that some 80% of teachers affiliated to this federation want to boycott the national exams, and this would lead to a change in the evaluation format established by the Ministry of Education.

Romania’s ’09 Real Salary Seen Dn 1.9%, Reviving In 2011 – Prognosis Comm

11:28, 30 Apr. 2009
Romania’s National Prognosis Commission CNP sees the country’s real salary down 1.9% in 2009, envisaging its revival only in 2011, according to CNP spring estimations.

Romania’s GDP Revised Sharply Dn ’09, ’10 -Prognosis Commission

11:13, 30 Apr. 2009
Romania's gross domestic product is seen contracting by 4% in 2009 and growing a slight 0.1% in 2010, according to the National Prognosis Commission CNP spring estimations.

Nine Hospitals In Romania Receive Antiviral Meds For Swine Flu Prevention

10:51, 30 Apr. 2009
Nine infectious diseases hospitals in Romania's capital city Bucharest and towns countrywide received antiviral medicines for swine flu prevention.

Romania To Get 1st Tranche Of EC Loan End-June

19:49, 29 Apr. 2009
Romania will receive the first tranche worth of EUR1.5 billion from the EUR5 billion loan granted by the European Commission by the end of June or early-July, Finance Ministry secretary of state Gheorghe Gherghina said Wednesday.

Romanian Bks Want Insolvency Rules Amending

19:46, 29 Apr. 2009
Romanian banks want the amending of the insolvency legislation in order to limit the cases in which a creditor could ask for the insolvency of a company for debt non-payment, as the lenders are forced to book provisions or even start the debtor's foreclosure.

Romanian Response To Moldova ‘Inadequate’, Increased Tension – PACE

17:25, 29 Apr. 2009
A report which will be under debate Wednesday evening in a special session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe criticizes the Romanian authorities’ response in the context of tensions with the Republic of Moldova, assessing it as “inadequate and leading to even more tension.”

Romanian Subway Co Metrorex ’09 Salary Fund Up 23.7% On Yr

16:11, 29 Apr. 2009
Romanian state-owned subway company Metrorex will have a 23.7% higher salary fund in 2009, of 199.51 million lei (EUR1=RON 4.1974), from RON161.29 million in 2008, according to a draft Government decision approving the company's budget.

Runaway Terrorist Omar Hayssam In Syrian Prison, Letter Claims

16:06, 29 Apr. 2009
The Bucharest Court of Appeals sent, on Wednesday, a series of notices to the Justice Ministry and the Interpol to find out if businessman Omar Hayssam is imprisoned in Syria, as a letter submitted by Hayssam’s lawyer claims.

Romania’s 1Q Budget Deficit At 1.5% Of GDP – Fin Min

16:03, 29 Apr. 2009
Romania’s consolidated budget deficit was at 7.925 billion lei (EUR1=RON4.1974), or 1.5% of the GDP, after the first quarter, lower than the maximum ceiling of RON8.3 billion agreed with the International Monetary Fund, the finance minister Gheorghe Pogea said Wednesday.

Romanian Railway Employees To Resume Talks With Transport Minister Next Week

16:02, 29 Apr. 2009
Romanian unionists with the state-owned railway company CFR will resume talks with transport minister Radu Berceanu in about a week and new protests may take place depending on the result of talks.

Romania Continues To Support Moldova’s European Outlook – President

15:46, 29 Apr. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday in the Croatian capital of Zagreb that Romania continues to support the European aspirations of neighboring Moldova but added that “blood doesn’t turn to water” although the two are separate, independent states.

Romania’s PRO TV 1Q Rev Dn 38% YY To $35.69M

15:05, 29 Apr. 2009
Romanian TV channel operator PRO TV SA on Wednesday reported 38% drop to $35.69 million in its quarterly net revenues, on lower advertising revenues driven by the economic downturn.

Romania Has Not Convinced EU It Is Corruption-Free – President

14:47, 29 Apr. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday in Zagreb, Croatia, that Romania still has work to do to convince the European Union that it has eliminated high-level corruption, and that the state has not broken the rules of the use of EU funds.

Some 6,000 Romanian Railway Workers Protested In Bucharest Over Restructuring Plan

14:45, 29 Apr. 2009
The protests initiated by Romanian railroad workers ended Wednesday at 14:00 local time in accordance with the schedule, and unionists concluded their march at the Gara de Nord train station, from where each of them will head home.

Razvan Lucescu Named Romania Coach

14:29, 29 Apr. 2009
Romania’s Football Federation (FRF) on Wednesday appointed Razvan Lucescu at the helm of the national team, following the dismissal of Victor Piturca.

Romania To Draft New Pension Law Principles Until May 15

13:16, 29 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government recently decided to set up an inter-ministry workgroup, which will draft until May 15, following talks with social partners, the principles of the country’s future pension law, which will also target the special retirement laws.

Romanian Court Puts Alleged Car Thieves Into Custody

11:28, 29 Apr. 2009
The Bucharest district 1 court ruled Wednesday morning to place Tinel Niculae and Paul Mihalache into custody for 29 days on charges of theft and accessory to theft and to probe Ilie Alexandru, nicknamed Sandu Geamanu, at large, for alleged blackmail and concealment to car thefts.

Romania’s Petrom Sees 09 Net Pft Up 8.6% At RON1.11B

10:16, 29 Apr. 2009
Romania's largest oil company Petrom (SNP.RO) estimates its net profit will rise to 1.11 billion lei (EUR1-RON4.2290) in 2009, up 8.6% compared with RON1.02 billion in the year earlier.

Romania Railway Employees Protest In Bucharest Over Potential Job Cuts

10:10, 29 Apr. 2009
Several hundreds railway employees arrived Wednesday morning in Bucharest to attend protests against the Transport Ministry’s planned restructuring program targeting the entire railway system.

Romania Freezes Public Sector Wages Until Yearend

09:25, 29 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government approved the draft emergency act freezing public sector wages between May 1 and December 31, which actually extends a recent government decision to postpone wage hikes, which expires end April.

Romanian Govt Mulls Selling 12,843 ANL Houses To Tenants

19:43, 28 Apr. 2009
Romanian government will ask the local councils to change the legal status of 12,843 houses rented to youngsters by the National Housing Agency in order to sell them to the tenants, Housing Minister Vasile Blaga said Tuesday.

Sterling Deems All Charges Against It Are False, Romanian State Is Sole Culpable

19:16, 28 Apr. 2009
The vice-president of Canada’s Sterling Resources, Stephen Birrell, said Tuesday that all the accusations against Sterling are false, and the Romanian state is the only culpable by self-annulling the right to benefit from a share of the oil production in the Black Sea.

Romanian National Defense Council Postpones Army Outfitting Plan Approval

19:10, 28 Apr. 2009
The Romanian High Council for National Defense postponed Tuesday, until a later meeting, the approval of the plan for the outfitting of the Army, since this plan will be discussed in Government, the Presidency announced, adding the Army outfitting Strategy, however, has been approved.

Romania Considers Freezing Salaries Until Dec 31 – Sources

18:42, 28 Apr. 2009
Romanian government will discuss Tuesday a draft emergency act that freezes salaries in the public sector, including in the education, government sources said.

Romanian Transport Ministry Official Denies Plans To Scrap 12,000 Jobs In Railway Sys

16:32, 28 Apr. 2009
Romanian Transport Ministry officials are “surprised” that railway employees will rally on Wednesday and said the ministry sent the railway company CFR variants to render its activity more efficient, not a plan to scrap 12,000 jobs.

Romania Ftbl Federation To Vote On Coach Lucescu’s Nomination Wed

16:06, 28 Apr. 2009
Romania’s Football Federation (FRF) will discuss on April 29 appointing coach Razvan Lucescu at the helm of the national team, FRF general manager Ioan Angelo Lupescu said Tuesday.

Romanian Econ Min Changes Transgaz Board, Names New Pres

16:01, 28 Apr. 2009
The Romanian Economy Ministry, the majority shareholder of state-owned gas pipeline operator Transgaz (TGN.RO), appointed Tuesday five members of the company’s Board of Directors, and a new board president, namely Victor Alexandru Schmidt, a director in the ministry.