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Romanian Rock Star Out Of ICU, Hopes To Be Back On Stage In Summer

13:42, 03 Apr. 2009
Cristi Minculescu, the frontman of Romanian rock band Iris, and his wife Rodica, have left the intensive care unit of the University Hospital in Regensburg, Germany, after the lead singer’s successful liver transplant, their son, Florin Minculescu, told MEDIAFAX Friday.

Romanian Officer Killed In Afghanistan

13:07, 03 Apr. 2009
A Romanian officer was gunned down in Afghanistan while fighting insurgents, the Romanian Defense Ministry said Friday morning.

Ban On Granting Vacation Vouchers To Affect Romanian Tourism – Union Leader

12:52, 03 Apr. 2009
The ban on granting gift and vacation vouchers to public sector employees would seriously affect the country’s tourism sector, Bogdan Hossu, head of the country’s "Cartel Alfa" union confederation, said Friday in response to the government’s intention to ban these vouchers.

Romanian Tourism, Real Estate Firms To Be Taxed 0.5% Of Income Annually

12:06, 03 Apr. 2009
Romanian hotels, restaurants and real estate firms will pay 0.5% of their income annually to the state, as tax per profit, but will not pay less than 6,500 lei (EUR1=RON4.2198), ministry sources told MEDIAFAX Friday.

Romanian Govt Plans To Ban Gift, Vacation Vouchers In Public Sector Until Yearend – Sources

11:50, 03 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government plans to ban the granting of gift and vacation vouchers to public sector employees until the end of 2009, ministry sources told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Govt To Set Up Social Fund Sponsored By Local Gas Cos

11:36, 03 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government will set up a social fund voluntarily sponsored by local natural gas producers and distributors, with the sums obtained by the gas price hike in 2009, ministerial sources told Mediafax Friday.

Romanian President’s Daughter Collected Over 200,000 For EP Candidacy

11:33, 03 Apr. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu’s youngest daughter, Elena Basescu, said Friday she collected over 200,000 signatures, which allow her o run independently for a seat in the European Parliament at the June 7 election.

Romanian Micro-Plants To Pay Min RON1,625 Tax Quarterly As Of April

11:24, 03 Apr. 2009
Romanian micro-plants will have to pay a quarterly tax of minimum 1,625 lei (EUR1= RON4.2198) to the state as of April, if the tax that should be paid to the state is lower than this value, according to an emergency ordinance draft quoted by ministry sources Friday.

Romanian Government To Suspend Filling Of Vacancies In Public Institutions

11:09, 03 Apr. 2009
The Romanian Government will suspend the filling of vacancies in public institutions or authorities through contest and will prohibit the purchase of new cars, furniture and office equipment, in an effort to cut budget spending, ministry sources told MEDIAFAX.

Victor Piturca Steps Down As Romania Football Team Coach- Sources

10:50, 03 Apr. 2009
Romania’s football team coach Victor Piturca reached an agreement with the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) officials to have his contract terminated, sources told sports daily ProSport.

Number Of Tourists In Romania Dn 23% On Yr In Feb

10:03, 03 Apr. 2009
The number of tourists accommodated in Romania was down 23% in February compared with the same month a year before, the National Statistical Institute, or INS, said Friday.

Romanian Football Mogul Gigi Becali Arrested For Deprivation Of Freedom

09:27, 03 Apr. 2009
Romanian football club Steaua owner Gigi Becali was placed under 29-day preventive arrest Friday morning in the case regarding the alleged kidnapping of three people who stole Becali’s car in January this year.

Dan Ionescu Named Romania’s EnergoNuclear GM

20:29, 02 Apr. 2009
Dan Ionescu, a director within Romania’s Energy Watchdog ANRE, was named general manager of EnergoNuclear, the joint venture that will build nuclear reactors 3 and 4 at Romania’s nuclear power station Cernavoda, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Thursday.

Romanian PM Pushes Back C Romania Road Proj Completion By One Day

19:39, 02 Apr. 2009
Romanian prime minister Emil Boc extended by one day the deadline for the completion of works on the ring road around central Romanian city Ploiesti and wrote, with his pen, on the panel with the economic indicators of the project, that the new deadline is December 1, 2009.

Romanian MP Silviu Prigoana Denies Intent To Disband Anticorruption Dept

19:33, 02 Apr. 2009
Romanian democrat liberal MP Silviu Prigoana denied Thursday that he is working on a draft law to disband the National Anticorruption Department, adding such an action must start from the Ministry of Justice or from the legal committee.

Romania Allows Pension-Wage Cumulus For Pensioners With Income Lower Than RON1,693

18:01, 02 Apr. 2009
Public institutions in Romania willing to hire pensioners with income higher than 1,693 lei (EUR1=RON4.2198), namely, the threshold recently set by the government for the cumulation of pensions and wages in the public sector, will be fined RON2,500 to RON5,000.

Romanian Govt To Postpone Teachers’ Pay Hike Until Yearend – Sources

16:31, 02 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government will postpone applying the law raising teachers’ wages until the end of 2009, to draw up a law regulating all public sector wages, which will repeal the law raising teachers’ wages, official sources told MEDIAFAX Thursday.

Romanian Football Mogul Becali Detained For Deprivation Of Freedom

15:10, 02 Apr. 2009
Romanian football club Steaua owner Gigi Becali was detained Thursday in the case regarding the deprivation of freedom of three people who stole Becali’s car and prosecutors requested his and other defendants’ preventive arrest.

S Romania Police Dept Received No Complaint For Football Mogul’s Car Theft -Sources

15:03, 02 Apr. 2009
The local police department in Ilfov county, near capital city Bucharest, said Thursday it received no complaint with respect to the theft of a Mercedes S500 4matic owned by FC Steaua owner Gigi Becali, police sources said.

Romanian President Traian Basescu Interfered With Justice – Ex PM Nastase

14:59, 02 Apr. 2009
Romanian former prime minister Adrian Nastase said Thursday that president Traian Basescu issued instructions, in a meeting with justice and Parliament representatives, that the case files of dignitaries, found in Parliament, should be completed and voted “adequately”.

Romanian Cable Operators To Pay 6% For Copyright

14:02, 02 Apr. 2009
Romanian cable operators need to pay, starting with April, 6% of their gross monthly income, VAT excluded, for copyright, which could lead to an increase in the prices for cable subscriptions by some 4%, Radu Petric, president of the Cable Communications Association, told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Football Mogul Investigated For Deprivation Of Freedom In Missing Car Case

11:57, 02 Apr. 2009
Romanian police officers launched an inquiry into FC Steaua Bucuresti owner Gigi Becali, accusing him of deprivation of freedom after his car had been stolen in January this year.

Thievery Corporation Cancels Bucharest Show

11:57, 02 Apr. 2009
American band Thievery Corporation, which was to play at B’estfest in Bucharest on July 1, has canceled all of its European concerts for July.

Romania’s First Budget Revision This Year To Lower Funds For Environment, Tourism, Education

11:22, 02 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government will lower the budgets of several ministries in this year’s first budget revision, but mostly from the Ministries of Environment, Tourism, Educational and Defense, official sources told MEDIAFAX.

Romania Loses 1-2 Against Austria In World Cup 2010 Qualifier

08:10, 02 Apr. 2009
Romania’s national football team lost 1 to 2 against Austria, Wednesday, in a World Cup qualifying match.

Leaked Austrian Diplomacy Briefing Flashes Unofficial Stance

23:11, 01 Apr. 2009
Austria will not be able to support Romania’s candidacy for a seat in the Human Rights Council nor in the race for the seat of temporary member in the UN Security Council, but this stance should not be transmitted to Romania at the moment, according to a briefing document obtained by MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Govt Sets Nearly RON1,700 Threshold For Public Sector Pension-Wage Cumulus

21:14, 01 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government decided in its meeting Wednesday to allow the cumulation of pensions with salaries in the public sector only for people whose pensions amount to nearly 1,700 lei (EUR1=RON4.2329), official sources told Mediafax.

Romanian Govt Pushes Back To Dec 31 Teacher Pay Hikes

20:45, 01 Apr. 2009
The Romanian Government pushed back to December 31 the date for the first round of teaching staff salary increases, worth one third of the 28% hike decided by the former Cabinet.

Romania Civil Code Sub-Committee Regulates Correspondence Rights Of Kids Aged Up To 14

20:26, 01 Apr. 2009
Romania’s legislative sub-committee analyzing the Civil Code decided Wednesday that parents are allowed to interfere with the correspondence and social interactions of children aged up to 14 “only if they present solid reasons” in this respect.

Civil Code Sub-Committee Bans Homosexual Couples From Adopting Kids

19:47, 01 Apr. 2009
The Romanian MPs in the Civil Code sub-committee decided Wednesday that two people of the same sex cannot adopt a child, and adoption can only be performed by a couple formed of a man and a woman.

Romanian Actress Marga Barbu Dies At 80

18:42, 01 Apr. 2009
Romanian actress Marga Barbu, 80, died Tuesday at the Bucharest Emergency Hospital Floreasca after a long battle with a cardiovascular disease.

Romanian Woman Shot In N Italy Dies

15:42, 01 Apr. 2009
The Romanian woman shot in Verona by her employer, because of an alleged conflict between the two of them, died in the hospital, Corriere della Sera informed online.

100 Employees Of Romanian Doljchim Volunteered To Leave

15:21, 01 Apr. 2009
One hundred employees with Doljchim Craiova chemical plant, owned by Romania's largest oil company Petrom (SNP.RO), will be subject to voluntary layoffs from April 1 until July 1, the plant’s manager Dumitru Ungureanu said Wednesday.

Romanian Senate OKs Decree Regulating Thermal Rehabilitation Program

15:04, 01 Apr. 2009
Works to insulate old apartment buildings will be 50% paid from the state budget, the Romanian senate decided Wednesday, approving a government decree that targets energy efficiency by insulating old buildings.

Sinéad O’Connor To Sing In Bucharest On Jun 11

14:51, 01 Apr. 2009
Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor, one of the most controversial stars of the '90s, will come to Bucharest to hold a concert at Arenele Romane, on June 11, concert organizer Events announced.

Romania Drugstore Prices To See Average 10% Decrease As Of April 1

14:49, 01 Apr. 2009
Romanian drugstore prices for imported medicine will see an average 10% decrease as of April 1, of which, infertility treatment medicine saw the most significant price decrease of nearly 700 lei (EUR1=RON4.2329), while prices for medicine made in Romania will see an average RON1 hike per product.

Romanian Carmaker Dacia Sales In France Up Nearly 20% In March

14:01, 01 Apr. 2009
Registrations of Dacia cars in France increased 19.4% in March compared to March 2009, to 4,316 units, while total car registrations were down he entire 2.9% to 238,292 cars, according to the Committee of French Carmakers (CCFA).

Romanian Ctrl Bk To Cut By 5% Fees Of ReGIS Payments

12:48, 01 Apr. 2009
The National Bank of Romania BNR will cut by 5% the fees collected from banks for urgent or high value payments in the real-time settlement system ReGIS, as of April 1, the central bank said Wednesday.

Romania Not Affected By Gas Pipeline Explosion In Transdniester

11:22, 01 Apr. 2009
Romania is not currently affected by the halt of gas deliveries from Russia to the Balkans after a gas pipeline explosion in Transdniester, according to the Economy Ministry.

Romanian Social Democrat Leader Is Party’s Best Presidential Candidate

10:46, 01 Apr. 2009
Romanian social democrat Adrian Nastase said Tuesday that party president Mircea Geoana would make the party’s best candidate for the presidential elections, reckoning that if he is to win, he must leave no impression of a “deal” with Traian Basescu.