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Clients Of Romanian Telecom Op Romtelecom To Use Google Platform

12:26, 01 Sept. 2008
Clients of Romanian telecom operator Romtelecom will use the Google platform as of September of their ClickNet e-mail accounts, following a partnership between the US giant and the Romanian operator.

Over 160 Passengers On Romanian Airport Await Plane To Take Off For Turkey

11:38, 01 Sept. 2008
Over 160 people bound to fly for Izmir, Turkey, on Monday morning, are currently waiting in the Romanian airport Henri Coanda for the plane which has not landed yet, airport spokesperson Valentin Iordache said.

Romania 1H Net Investments Up 31.8% On Yr – INS

10:08, 01 Sept. 2008
Romanian local net investments in the first half of 2008 rose 31.8% to 32.45 billion lei (EUR1=RON3.5330) compared with the same period a year ago, according to the interim data published Monday by the country’s Statistics Institute, or INS.

Romania’s 1H GDP Up 8.8% On Yr

10:02, 01 Sept. 2008
Romania’s gross domestic product stood at 195.764 billion lei (EUR1=RON3.5330) in the first half of the year, up 8.8% in real terms compared with the same period a year earlier, the National Statistics Institute, or INS, said Monday.

Over 60% Of Romanian Employees State Minimum Wage

13:11, 31 Aug. 2008
Some 4 million Romanians, representing over 60% of employees, submitted fiscal statements for 2007, declaring minimum wage income, while at least 2.4 million employees, one third of the total, said they lived on the minimal gain of RON390 per month.

Romanian Environment Min Talks About Illegal Lumberjacking

17:42, 30 Aug. 2008
Romanian environment minister Attila Korodi said the situation with illegal lumberjacking is serious, and the ministry will initiate inspections, together with all institutions concerned.

US Soldier Shot With Rubber Bullets In SE Romania

14:51, 30 Aug. 2008
One off-duty US soldier was shot with rubber bullets, Saturday morning, in a fight broken out between another three of his buddies had with a group of bikers in Romanian seaside resort Mamaia.

Lukoil Romania Merges Through Absorption With Lukoil Black Sea

18:02, 29 Aug. 2008
Lukoil Romania, a unit of Russian oil company Lukoil Holdings, merged through absorption with Lukoil Black Sea, the company’s share capital being unchanged as the absorbed company reported more debts than assets.

Romania Has 540 Additional Taxes – SMEs

15:03, 29 Aug. 2008
The number of additional taxes collected in Romania reaches 540, some five times more than the number indicated by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, but one third of these taxes can be eliminated because they are not justified, said the representatives of the Council for private SMEs.

Romania’s Local Mobile Operators Cut Roaming Tariffs To Comply With EU Rules

13:53, 29 Aug. 2008
Mobile telephony operators Orange and Cosmote will lower roaming charges as of Saturday, to comply with European Union regulations, while Vodafone already cut prices on August 18.

Three Romanian Productions Shortlisted For Prix Europa 2008

10:22, 29 Aug. 2008
Three Romanian productions were shortlisted among the 213 projects for television, radio and emerging media competing for a Prix Europa 2008 award on October 18 - 25, in Berlin.

Steaua Bucharest In Champions League’s Group F, CFR Cluj – Group A

20:26, 28 Aug. 2008
FC Steaua Bucharest face a tough Group F in Champions League, after they were drawn with German champions Bayern, French Lyon and Italy’s Fiorentina on Thursday.

Romanian Companies Could Supply Russia With Furniture For 2014 Winter Olympics

15:54, 28 Aug. 2008
Romanian furniture and interior decoration companies could supply products for the hotels and tourist and sports bases built around the Sochi resort in Russia, on the Black Sea coast, where the 2014 Winter Olympic Games will be held.

Rompetrol Rafinare Receives 2-Yr Authorization For Power Supply

15:24, 28 Aug. 2008
Romania’s second-largest oil company Rompetrol Rafinare Constanta (RRC.RO) received on Thursday the authorization from the National Energy Authority, or ANRE, to supply electricity for two years, sources from the company told Mediafax.

Romanian Fourth Graders To Get Uterine Cancer Vaccine As Of Oct 1

15:19, 28 Aug. 2008
Romania will implement as of October 1 a vaccination program against uterine cancer for fourth grade girls, said health minister Eugen Nicolaescu Thursday.

Romania Ranks 5th In Emerging Europe By Vulnerability To Fin Pressures – Fitch

15:19, 28 Aug. 2008
Romania ranks fifth, as well as Estonia, in a classification of the most vulnerable states in Emerging Europe to external financing pressures, Fitch Ratings said on Thursday.

Romanian Petrom, Road Transporters Strike Fuel Supply Deal

13:45, 28 Aug. 2008
Romania’s largest vertically integrated oil company Petrom (SNP.RO) made an agreement Thursday with the Federation of Romanian Transport Operators, FORT, to supply over two million liters of fuel per month and offering discounts to all FORT members.

Georgia’s Integrity, Independence Essential To Romania – PM

13:20, 28 Aug. 2008
Georgia’s integrity and independence are essential to Romania and to the security of the Black Sea area, and creating regional stability is a priority, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Thursday after a meeting with U.S. senator Richard Lugar.

Romanian Leasing Mkt Up 35.57% On Yr In 1H, To EUR2.94B

11:29, 28 Aug. 2008
Romania’s leasing market increased 35.57% on the year by the value of assets financed in the first half of 2008, to EUR2.942 billion, the country’s two major leasing associations said in a press release Thursday.

Private Romanian Co Exported Ammunition To Georgia – Def Min

19:17, 27 Aug. 2008
Romanian defense minister Teodor Melescanu said Wednesday a Romanian private company did send ammunition to Georgia, but declined to name the firm.

Romanian Insurers To Repay RCA Premiums For Cars Registered Abroad

17:14, 27 Aug. 2008
Romanian insurers who signed RCA policies for cars registered in European countries are to pay back the insurance premiums to customers, as insurance companies are only authorized to sign RCA policies in Romania, the country’s insurance regulator CSA said Wednesday.

Romania To Hold Legislative Polls Nov 30

16:42, 27 Aug. 2008
The Romanian government decided in the cabinet meeting Wednesday to set the date for legislative elections for November 30, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Construction Prices Up 30% in 2008, On Higher Labor, Materials Costs – Employers

16:30, 27 Aug. 2008
Construction prices in Romania increased some 30% this year, driven by cement prices which rose 30%, reinforced concrete prices which rose 140%-180% and double manual labor costs, the general manager of the Construction Companies Employers Association, Adriana Iftime, said Wednesday.

Cosmote Romania To Cut Roaming Tariffs To EC Levels

13:21, 27 Aug. 2008
Mobile operator Cosmote Romania will lower Saturday, August 30, its roaming tariffs to the level imposed by the European Commission. Thus the tariffs for EU outgoing calls will reach EUR0.46/minute, while calls received from EU states will cost EUR0.22/minute, VAT excluded, Cosmote announced.

Czech Pwr Group CEZ To Develop 600MW Wind Pwr Proj E Romania

12:56, 27 Aug. 2008
Czech power group CEZ bought from renewable power developer Continental Wind Partners, two wind farm projects in Constanta county, eastern Romania, with a total capacity of 600 megawatts, whose development costs will reach EUR1.1 billion, CEZ said in a press statement.

Romania’s Econ Growth Seen Slowing Over Next Sixth Months – Report

11:37, 27 Aug. 2008
Romania’s economic growth will slow down significantly over the next six months, and inflation is seen lowering in the third quarter of the year, according to analysts polled by the CESifo Institute of the University in Munich.

National Road Co Sends Highway Gas Station Contracts To OMV, Rompetrol, Petrom

17:46, 26 Aug. 2008
Romanian Road Company CNADNR sent the contracts on building gas stations on Bucharest-Cernavoda highway to oil companies OMV, Rompetrol and Petrom, and mobile gas stations will be operational in maximum 30 days, the company’s officials said Tuesday.

Romanian Artists Ask Culture Ministry To Rethink Law

16:45, 26 Aug. 2008
Romanian actors ask the Ministry of Culture to rethink the law on entertainment institutions and its enforcement norms, as the current stipulations would lead to shutting down theaters and selling their buildings to serve real estate vested interests.

Romania July Pvt Resident Deposits Up 35.2% YY To RON140.36B

13:50, 26 Aug. 2008
Private resident deposits rose 35.2% on the year in July to 140.36 billion lei (EUR1-RON3.5455), Romania’s central bank said Tuesday.

Romania July Pvt Lending RON178.7B +42.9% On Yr

12:16, 26 Aug. 2008
Romanian private lending rose by 42.9% on the year in July in real terms to 178.7 billion lei ($74.8 billion) on higher loans in both local and foreign currency, the central bank said Tuesday in a statement.

Romanian Senate To Meet Tuesday With Dignitary Graft Files On Agenda

15:34, 25 Aug. 2008
The plenary meeting of the Romanian Senate, for the cases of dignitaries Codrut Seres and Paul Pacuraru will unfold Tuesday, starting with 09:30 local time, Senate chairman Nicolae Vacaroiu announced.

Romania’s Petrom To Cut Diesel Oil Pump Prices By RON0.05/Liter

15:19, 25 Aug. 2008
Romania’s largest vertically integrated oil company Petrom (SNP.RO) will cut Monday its diesel oil pump prices by 0.05 lei (EUR1=RON3.5224) per liter, and will keep unchanged its gas prices, the company said in a statement.

Blast Hazard In SW Romanian Danube Port Drobeta Turnu Severin

17:47, 23 Aug. 2008
Traffic was resumed Saturday afternoon in the southwestern Romanian Danube port in Drobeta Turnu Severin after firefighters managed to safely remove the bomb found at the anchor of a barge.

Romanian Authorities To Preserve Bucharest-Danube Canal Works

16:06, 22 Aug. 2008
Romanian authorities and engineering experts agreed Friday on the need to preserve works executed before 1989 on the Bucharest-Danube canal, which the Transport Ministry plans to complete.

Official Gazette Of Romania Might Launch Charge-Free Online Version

15:23, 22 Aug. 2008
The Official Gazette of Romania might launch a charge-free version, available on the Internet, in a move to keep people updated on the sector of public contracts, according to a draft ordinance launched for public debate by the government’s Secretariat General.

Heatwave To Affect 11 Romanian Counties, Bucharest

14:01, 22 Aug. 2008
Romanian authorities issued a yellow code warning for heat for the weekend, valid for the capital city and for 11 counties, where they expect temperatures of 37 degrees Celsius.

Romanian ARIS Revises Up Its ‘08 FDI Forecasts At EUR8B

11:24, 22 Aug. 2008
Romanian Agency for Foreign Investment ARIS revised up its estimations on the country’s foreign direct investments, or FDI in 2008, from EUR7 billion to EUR8 billion, still lower compared with Thursday’s estimations of economy minister Varujan Vosganian, of EUR10 billion.

Romanian Transport Min Might Sue Petrom Over Road Toll Stickers Issue

17:30, 21 Aug. 2008
Romanian transport ministry might sue oil company Petrom for refusing to sell road toll stickers to force the ministry accept a higher commission for their sale, the minister in charge Ludovic Orban said Thursday.

Romanian Oil Co Petrom Rejects Transport Min Accusations

16:18, 21 Aug. 2008
Romanian oil company Petrom rejected the accusations formulated by transport minister Ludovic Orban and said it did not ask the ministry to increase the commission for the sale of road tolls.

Romanian 7-Mos Budget Def At 0.64% Of GDP

16:04, 21 Aug. 2008
Romania's budget deficit was 0.64% of gross domestic product in the first seven months of 2008, minister of economy and finance Varujan Vosganian said Thursday.