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Romania’s Rompetrol Cut Gas, Diesel Oil Pump Prices By RON0.05, RON0.07 Per Liter

10:54, 01 Oct. 2008
Romania’s second-largest oil company Rompetrol Group NV, owned by Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGaz, cut Wednesday its gasoline and diesel oil pump prices by 0.05 lei (EUR1=RON3.7336) per liter, and RON0.07 per liter, respectively, the company said in a statement.

Number Of Tourists In Romania Up 4.3% On Yr In Aug

10:30, 01 Oct. 2008
The number of tourists in Romania was 4.3% higher in August compared with the same month a year before, the National Statistical Institute, or INS, said Wednesday.

Romania To Launch Hepatitis Prevention Program In 2009 – Health Min

20:00, 30 Sept. 2008
Romania’s Health Ministry will allocate funds to set up a program on hepatitis prevention in 2009, after having decided to start vaccination on fourth-grade girls against uterine cancer as of mid-October, Minister Eugen Nicolaescu said Tuesday.

Bucharest IT Employees Earn Twice As Much As Peers In Other Cities – Survey

18:10, 30 Sept. 2008
IT Employees in Romania’s capital Bucharest are paid double compared to their peers in Constanta, Galati or Oradea, and private companies pay an average of 50-60% more than public institutions, according to a survey on the website ghidul-salariilor.ro.

Romanian Public Servants Urge 50% Wage Hike, Threaten Protests

17:31, 30 Sept. 2008
Romanian public servants affiliated to the Sed Lex union threatened to start protests and even go on strike unless the government increases their salaries by 50% starting January 1, 2009, union leader Vasile Marica said Tuesday.

Romania Elections Premiere: Candidates To Pay For TV, Radio Airtime

16:24, 30 Sept. 2008
Romanian candidates for the parliamentary polls due November 30 will take money from their own pockets to buy airtime on private TV stations and radios, and the tariffs paid will be made public, the country’s Audiovisual Council, or CNA, said Tuesday.

Romania’s Tarom To Buy 10 Airships In 2009 – Transp Min

15:56, 30 Sept. 2008
Romanian state-run airline Tarom will buy 10 airships next year, out of which four Airbus, four Boeing and two ATR airships, Transport Minister Ludovic Orban said Tuesday during the conference "Romania Construct & Real Estate Forum 2008", organized by Mediafax.

Romanian Senate Decides To Grant Indemnities To People Persecuted On Ethnic Grounds

15:29, 30 Sept. 2008
Romanian senators adopted Tuesday a legislative initiative granting indemnities to people persecuted on ethnic grounds between 1640 and 1945, regardless of whether they were living in Romania or Romanian territories temporarily occupied by other states at the time of expulsion or deportation.

Romanian Avioane Craiova Sale To Restart By Oct 20 – AVAS

15:02, 30 Sept. 2008
Plane maker Avioane Craiova’s privatization, broken off by Romanian Privatization Authority AVAS on Monday, will be restarted no later than October 20, through the announcement of a new sale offer for the 80.97% stake, AVAS announced Tuesday.

Romania To Have Another 180 Km Of Highway By End-2010 – CNADNR

14:42, 30 Sept. 2008
Romania will have by end-2010 another 180 kilometers of highway, namely the Bucharest-Moara Vlasiei-Ploiesti, Campia Turzii-Gilau, Suplacu de Barcau-Bors segments and Sibiu ring road respectively, Stefan Szobotka, a manager in Romania's roads and highways company CNADNR said Tuesday.

Romania’s Salary Hikes Should Be Postponed For Next Gov – Fin Min

14:38, 30 Sept. 2008
Social measures, including any salary hikes in the public sector should be postponed until the investiture of the next Government, for it to undertake all decisions, Economy and Finance Minister Varujan Vosganian said Tuesday.

Romanian Fixed Telephony Numbers Are Ten Digits Long As Of Tomorrow

13:50, 30 Sept. 2008
Romanian fixed telephony service users will only be reachable, starting with October 1, if the callers dial the full ten digit national number (prefix + local number), for all local or national calls, the National Communications Authority announced.

Romania’s Fin Min: Curr Acct Gap Dn To 13.5% Of GDP In ’08

12:26, 30 Sept. 2008
Romania’s current account deficit will narrow to 13.5% of gross domestic product, or GDP, and exports will grow at a higher pace than imports in 2009 when the current account deficit will slow to 12% of GDP, Economy and Finance Minister Varujan Vosganian said Tuesday.

Romanian Senators Want To Offer Free Milk To Pvt School Kids As Well

12:13, 30 Sept. 2008
Romanian senators enacted, Tuesday, an amendment to a Government Ordinance stating that the “milk and bagel” program, offering free dairy and bread products to school and preschool children, could be brought to private schools as well.

Porsche Romania To Officially Import, Trade Bentley Brand

11:46, 30 Sept. 2008
Porsche Romania will officially import and trade the luxury auto brand Bentley as of Thursday, the local unit’s brand manager Adrian Pascu said Tuesday.

Romanian Authorities Investigate U.S. Marine In Reckless Driving Case

11:41, 30 Sept. 2008
Romanian authorities will start investigating Tuesday a U.S. marine of the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase near the Black Sea port of Constanta, southeastern Romania, who was involved Monday in a car crash injuring three people.

World’s First Bionic Hand Makes It To Romanian Market

20:54, 29 Sept. 2008
A Romanian private clinic based in Targu Mures, northern country, will offer its patients, in national premiere, a hi-tech arm prosthesis, also known as the bionic hand.

FM: Romanian National Kidnapped In Egypt Is Safe And Sound

20:13, 29 Sept. 2008
The eleven European tourists and eight Egyptians taken hostage by gunmen in a remote border area of Egypt more than a week ago have landed safely in Cairo, Romanian Foreign Ministry said Monday, mentioning the Romanian national Oana Irina Kalis is in good health.

Romania’s Petrom Cuts Pump Prices By RON0.09/Liter

16:46, 29 Sept. 2008
Romania’s largest vertically integrated oil company Petrom (SNP.RO), owned by Austria’s OMV (OMV.VI), cut Monday its pump prices by 0.09 lei (EUR1= RON3.7028) per liter, the company said in a statement.

Romanian Football Legend Hagi Appointed UNICEF Ambassador

16:35, 29 Sept. 2008
Romania’s retired star footballer Gheorghe Hagi was appointed Monday ambassador for children’s rights organization UNICEF Romania.

Romanian Deputies Plan To Wrap Up Work By Mid-Oct To Focus On Electoral Campaign

16:14, 29 Sept. 2008
Romanian deputies plan to debate 233 draft laws, of which 32 emergency drafts, by mid-October to focus afterward on the electoral campaign for the general elections due on Nov 30.

Romanian Pensioners Will Still Get Heating Aid After Pension Hikes – Fin Min

16:11, 29 Sept. 2008
The Romanian government will increase ceilings for heating aid and pension increases planned as of October 1 will not prevent pensioners from receiving heating aid, finance minister Varujan Vosganian said Monday.

Romanian Govt To Eliminate Ceilings For Compensated Drugs As Of Oct 1 – Min

14:57, 29 Sept. 2008
The Romanian government will adopt on October 1 a decision to eliminate ceilings for compensated drugs, Health Minister Eugen Nicolaescu said Monday.

Czech Automotive Co AAA Auto Mulls Selling 49% Of Romanian Unit

13:06, 29 Sept. 2008
Czech automotive company AAA Auto aims to sell a 49% stake of its Romanian division to a local partner, to gain a better entry into the local market with easier access to good-quality and liquid used cars with secure origin, which was the company’s main challenge on the Romanian market so far.

Romania’s Econ Outlook Seen Positive During Sept-Nov – INS

10:02, 29 Sept. 2008
Romanian managers are positive about the four major sectors of the Romanian economy, namely the industrial, service, construction and retail sectors, between September and November, the National Institute for Statistics, or INS, said Monday.

Romanian Minimum Wage Hike Inflates Traffic Violation Fines

13:44, 28 Sept. 2008
The Romanian traffic violation fine point will reach RON54 starting with October 1, thus representing, in accordance with the law, 10% of the gross minimum wage in the country, which will be increased at the same date to RON540 per month, the Romanian Traffic Police announced.

Romanian Tourists Rescued After Seven Hour Ordeal On Mountain Ridge

13:34, 28 Sept. 2008
Four tourists were recovered by mountain rescue teams in Romanian mountain resort Busteni, Saturday night, after a seven hour ordeal in which they were stuck on a ridge at the Bucsoiului Valley exit, in the Bucegi mountains, at over 2,200 meters altitude, as a storm had broken out.

Blaze Triggers Evacuation In The International Departures Terminal Of Bucharest Airport Otopeni

18:24, 27 Sept. 2008
The fire that broke out Saturday afternoon on Bucharest airport "Henri Coanda" Otopeni was put out after an intervention that lasted some two hours. Air traffic was resumed and 12 flights were delayed.

Some 2,000 Bucharest Students Left Without Dorm Rooms

16:00, 27 Sept. 2008
Some 2,000 students of the Bucharest Polytechnic University were left without rooms in the University’s housing complex, as room were distributed, after social cases were solved, strictly based on academic performance.

Canadian Group SNC-Lavalin Takes Over Romania’s Romproiect

14:44, 27 Sept. 2008
Canadian group SNC-Lavalin took over Romanian engineering company Romproiect and will soon complete the purchase of another company on the same segment, SNC-Lavalin communications manager Dominique Morval told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Democrat Liberals To Widen Their Governing Agenda

14:33, 27 Sept. 2008
The democrat liberal nominee for the position of prime minister, Theodor Stolojan, said Saturday that the party would have to include in the governing agenda elements from the presentation made by president Traian Basescu.

Romanian President Sues Journalist, Media Trust For Libel

19:45, 26 Sept. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu has sued journalist Cristian Oprea and the media trust he works for over defamatory statements, requesting symbolic damages of 100 lei.

Vienna Airport Mulls Bidding For The NE Romanian Iasi Airport Upgrade

17:19, 26 Sept. 2008
The Vienna airport is interested in attending the auction for the upgrade of the northeastern Romanian Iasi Airport, said Austrian ambassador Martin Eichtinger within a meeting with Iasi local and county authorities.

Upgrade Of Romania’s Henri Coanda Airport To Be Delayed 4 Yrs On Unfinished PUZ

17:16, 26 Sept. 2008
The upgrading process of Bucharest's Henri Coanda Otopeni airport will be postponed for another four years, by 2019, because the Zonal Urban Planning, or PUZ, is not finished, according to the company’s strategic plan.

Romanian Foreign Affairs Visits New York, Discusses Egypt Kidnapping

14:24, 26 Sept. 2008
Romanian foreign affairs minister Lazar Comanescu met Italian and German counterparts in New York and discussed the issue of the tourists kidnapped in Egypt.

Romanian Labor Law Old, Rigid, Needs Amendment – Ctrl Bk Gov

13:50, 26 Sept. 2008
Romania’s central bank governor Mugur Isarescu says an amendment of the labor law is necessary, adding it is old and rigid and was created to cope with the periods when Romania had confronted a high unemployment rate.

Romania’s ’08 Budget Def To Be Kept Below 3% Of GDP – Ctrl Bker

13:32, 26 Sept. 2008
Romanian budget deficit in 2008 might be kept below 3% of the gross domestic product, or GDP, the Governor of Romanian National Bank, Mugur Isarescu said Friday, adding that he would like it to be even lower.

Romania’s Ctrl Bker: US Crisis Might Affect Euro Adoption In 2014

12:44, 26 Sept. 2008
Romanian Central Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu admits that Romania’s euro adoption in 2014 might be affected by the USA financial crisis, but says that, for the moment, it is too early to evaluate the effects of the crisis by that time.

Romania’s New Labor Minister Takes Oath

08:56, 26 Sept. 2008
Mariana Campeanu, the country’s new labor minister, took the oath within the investiture ceremony at the presidential palace.

Romania Will Not Be Hit Hard By The U.S. Financial Crisis – Romanian Pres

16:52, 25 Sept. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Thursday on national radio station RRA that Romania will withstand any drastic blows dealt by the financial crisis in the USA, because the local market does not include, with one exception, any American bank branches.