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Romanian Parties Have Not Promised Wage Hikes For Teachers If They Win Elections– Fin Min

14:38, 23 Oct. 2008
No political party has taken the responsibility to hike teachers’ wages if it wins elections and left everything to the Liberal Party, economy and finance minister Varujan Vosganian told a press conference Tursday.

Romanian Transport Ministry To Dismiss Civil Aeronautic Auth Head

14:21, 23 Oct. 2008
Romanian Civil Aeronautic Authority head Florea Geica will be dismissed, secretary of state within the Ministry of Transport Antonel Tanase told MEDIAFAX.

Romania Grants Subsidies For Renewable Energy Via Green House Progr

14:13, 23 Oct. 2008
Romania’s Environment Ministry on Thursday launched a national program called “Green House”, aimed to stimulate the development of renewable energy equipment, Minister Attila Korodi said.

Romania’s Distrigaz Sud To Ask For Higher Gas Prices As Of Jan 1

13:54, 23 Oct. 2008
Romanian gas distributor Distrigaz Sud will ask the country’s Energy Watchdog ANRE for higher household gas prices as of January 1, due to higher import costs, the company’s general manager Bernard Arnaud said Thursday.

Romania’s Sep Pvt Lending +40.2% YY To RON194.17B

13:46, 23 Oct. 2008
Romanian private lending rose 40.2% on the year in September in real terms to 194.17 billion lei (EUR1=RON3.6140), an acceleration compared with the annual rise of 39.2% in August, the central bank said in a statement Thursday.

First Romanian Reaching Mount Everest Wants To Conquer Highest Mexican Peak

13:25, 23 Oct. 2008
Teodor Tulpan, the first Romanian citizen who reached the top of Mount Everest in 2003, will leave on a new expedition, whose purpose is to climb to the highest Mexican mountaintop, the Orizaba Peak.

Only An Independent, Non-Politicized Judiciary Can Break Corruption – U.S. Ambassador

13:09, 23 Oct. 2008
U.S. ambassador to Bucharest Nicholas Taubman said Thursday in his farewell speech that corruption that goes unpunished corrodes belief and credibility in a democracy and only an independent, non-politicized judiciary in a rule of law society can break the back of corruption.

Romania Ready To Support Nabucco, South Stream Projs – Fin Min

13:04, 23 Oct. 2008
Romania is ready to support the construction of both Nabucco and South Stream pipeline projects, Economy and Finance Minister Varujan Vosganian said Thursday.

Romanian Ctrl Bk Invites NBFIs For Talks On Access To Risk DBs

13:01, 23 Oct. 2008
Romanian non-banking financial institutions (NBFI) are invited to the central bank sometime next month for talks on the regulation of access to information supplied by the Bank Risk Central, said Thursday the head of the financial activity and NBFI service within the central bank, Angela Dimonu.

A Govt Responsive To People’s Needs Will Have The Courage To Reform Healthcare Sys – U.S. Ambassador

12:58, 23 Oct. 2008
U.S. ambassador to Bucharest Nicholas Taubman said Thursday in his farewell speech that “a government for the people will have the political courage to reform the healthcare system”.

U.S. Ambassador Criticizes Romanian Road Infrastructure, Says Bechtel Does Good Job

12:44, 23 Oct. 2008
U.S. ambassador to Bucharest Nicholas Taubman criticized Romanian road infrastructure in his end-term speech Thursday, but said U.S. construction giant Bechtel is doing a good job and observes contract clauses on the country’s Transylvania Highway.

Romania Prosecutor General Urges Justice Min To Dismiss Deputy Military Prosecutor

12:07, 23 Oct. 2008
Romania’s prosecutor general Codruta Kovesi Thursday urged justice minister Catalin Predoiu to dismiss Dan Voinea from the position of deputy prosecutor with the Department of Military Prosecutors’ Offices, citing major deficiencies in the activity of the department and flaws in the management of human resources.

If Moldova Is Coupled With Ukraine, EU Accession Becomes Distant – Romanian President

11:38, 23 Oct. 2008
The Republic of Moldova’s EU accession perspectives are distant if the country is “dropped together with Ukraine”, Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thursday, when he received the visit of Moldovan Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii.

Four Cars Damaged In Newly Opened Underground Passageway, S Romania

10:55, 23 Oct. 2008
Four cars were damaged Wednesday night by a dislocated sewer lid in the underground passageway opened earlier in the day in Bascov, in Romania’s southern county of Arges.

Romanian Football Champ CFR Cluj Lost 0-1 To Girondins Bordeaux

10:52, 23 Oct. 2008
Romania football champion CFR Cluj suffered its first defeat in the Champions League, after losing 0-1 the away game against France’s Girondins Bordeaux, in a game counting for round three of group A.

Romanian Intelligence Services Are Politically Involved – Social Democrat Official

20:45, 22 Oct. 2008
The leader of the social democrat group within the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, Viorel Hrebenciuc, said on television station Antena 3 that he calls on the intelligence professionals "to observe the law and not intervene in politics."

Bucharest Equestrian Statue Unveiling Postponed On Bronze Theft

19:34, 22 Oct. 2008
The unveiling of a bronze equestrian statue of Carol I might be postponed to a later date as thieves stole a 300-kilogram bronze plate from the Bucharest-based art casting workshop, sculptor Florin Codre said Wednesday.

Romanian Pres Calls For Unitary Approach In Nabucco Proj

19:31, 22 Oct. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Wednesday that Romania supports the development of renewable energy sources and the diversification of electric power transport routes, and also stressed upon the speeding up of Nabucco pipeline project.

Romania Keeps Income Tax Exemption For IT Programmers

19:30, 22 Oct. 2008
Romanian IT programmers will be exempt from income tax in 2009 as well, as the authorities decided to further encourage the development of the IT&C sector, Economy and Finance minister Varujan Vosganian said Wednesday.

Romania Public Agencies Chiefs, Undersecretaries Of State Paid The Same

18:49, 22 Oct. 2008
The Romanian authorities Wednesday decided the heads of state-run companies are to obtain monthly basic wages equal to the ones earned by undersecretaries of state, Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu said.

Romanian Ex Education Min Under Anticorruption Investigation – Sources

18:48, 22 Oct. 2008
Romanian former education minister Cristian Adomnitei is under investigation by anticorruption prosecutors, along with liberal MP Relu Fenechiu, for the manner in which the transformers were purchased from several companies in Iasi city, legal sources informed.

Romanian Prosecutors Indict 80 People In Internet Fraud Case

17:30, 22 Oct. 2008
Romanian prosecutors with the Department for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism indicted 80 people on charges of fraud and money laundering in the case targeting Internet auction fraud.

Romanian PM Sends Salary Hike Effects Briefing To Pres

17:23, 22 Oct. 2008
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu sent to president Traian Basescu a letter with the additional data requested by the head of state regarding the economic impact of the salary hikes in education, the pension hikes for labor groups I and II and aid for mothers.

Romanian Politician Proposes Lower VAT On Condoms

16:36, 22 Oct. 2008
Victor Negrescu, running for a seat in the Romanian Parliament along the social democrat and conservative alliance, proposed a cut in value added tax on condoms, citing people’s ever more active lives and the medical aspects entailed.

UPDATE: Romanian Govt Postpones Approval Of ’09 Budget For Next Wk – Sources

16:24, 22 Oct. 2008
The Romanian Government has postponed for next week the approval of next year’s budget draft, but approved the social security budget, sources told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Witnesses Say Mailat Could Be Innocent In Character Testimony

15:14, 22 Oct. 2008
The two witnesses heard Wednesday in a videoconference at the Romanian Alba Iulia Court of Appeal, in the trial in which Romulus Mailat is charged in Rome with murdering, robbing and sexually assaulting Italian Giovanna Reggiani, believe Mailat is innocent.

Romania Falls 7 Places To 42nd In ‘08 World Press Freedom Ranking

14:44, 22 Oct. 2008
Romania fell seven places to 49th from 42nd in the 2008 world press freedom ranking published by Paris-based Reporters Without Borders Wednesday.

Romanian Pvt Auth Head Invites Hidropower Unionists For Talks

14:35, 22 Oct. 2008
Teodor Atanasiu, head of Romanian privatization agency AVAS, invited Wednesday for talks the leaders of union federation Hidrosind, representing the employees in state-owned hydropower generator Hidroelectrica, who protest in front of AVAS headquarters against the setup of the national power holding

High Money Mkt Rates Push Romanian Leu Up Vs Euro

14:18, 22 Oct. 2008
Interest rates on the Romanian monetary market increased on Tuesday to almost 57% on a consequent liquidity shortage, driving the Romanian leu to 3.5909 against the euro.

Romanian Transporters Say Hungarian Control Bodies Fine Them Excessively

14:10, 22 Oct. 2008
Hungarian road control bodies fined Romanian transporters and drivers over EUR20 million since the beginning of the year, money Hungary used to upgrade its road infrastructure, the Romanian Federation of Transport Operators, or FORT, said Wednesday.

Frozen Conflicts Are Black Sea Area’s Soft Spot – Romanian President

13:58, 22 Oct. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday in Constanta, on the Black Sea coast, where he attended a conference on security in the Black Sea area, that the region’s soft spot is in frozen conflicts that can be reignited at any time.

Ctrl Bker: Foreign Curr Transfers From Romanians Abroad To Shrink

13:32, 22 Oct. 2008
Foreign currency transfers from Romanians working abroad will significantly shrink in the next period, due to the decline in Western economies, but the foreign investments will keep on growing despite the real estate market’s slowdown, central bank deputy governor Eugen Dijmarescu said Wednesday.

Romanian Ctrl Bker: Key Rate Adjustment Is Not Necessary

12:50, 22 Oct. 2008
The monetary policy key rate should be left unchanged at the next meeting of the National Bank of Romania’s Board, which would consider other measures, to suit the current market status and with short term effects, central bank deputy governor Eugen Dijmarescu said Wednesday.

Transport Min Attends Underground Passageway Opening S Romania

12:30, 22 Oct. 2008
Romania’s transport minister Ludovic Orban attended Wednesday the opening of the 730-meter underground passageway in Bascov, in Romania’s southern county of Arges.

Romanian Family Doctors To Have Drug Prescription Threshold In ‘09 – Draft Law

12:15, 22 Oct. 2008
Romanian family doctors will dispose of a certain sum for compensated medication prescriptions, with or without patient contributions to ambulatory treatment, other than those included in national healthcare programs, according to a draft normative act up for public debate.

Prosecutors Hear Nearly 25 Romanian Youngsters On Alleged Internet Fraud

11:50, 22 Oct. 2008
Nearly 25 young people appeared Wednesday before the prosecutors of the Valcea Department for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism and the police officers with the Brigade Fighting Organized Crime to answer questions targeting suspicion of Internet auction fraud, judiciary sources said.

Winter Break Tourist Packs 10-20% More Expensive Than In 2007 – Romanian Tourism Agencies

11:44, 22 Oct. 2008
Prices for winter holiday tourist packs increased 10-20% compared to 2007 for both domestic and foreign destinations, driven by higher fuel and utility bills, Romanian tourism agencies official said Wednesday.

Italy’s Marcegaglia To Set Up Car Parts Plant NW Romania

20:56, 21 Oct. 2008
Italian cold steel re-roller and tube maker Marcegaglia will invest some tens of million of euros in a car parts and damping device plant in Tetarom III industrial park, in Jucu, Cluj County, northwestern Romania, which will create up to 500 jobs.

Transgaz Denies Talks With Gazprom On Involving Romania In South Stream Proj

19:40, 21 Oct. 2008
Officials in Romania's state-owned gas pipeline operator Transgaz (TGN.RO) claim they did not discuss last week in Moscow with the representatives of Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom about the possibility to include Romania in the South Stream gas pipe project, as the media said.

Romania, Hungary To Mutually Recognize Diplomas

17:13, 21 Oct. 2008
The Romanian and Hungarian governments agreed Tuesday in a joint meeting in Szeged, Hungary, that diplomas granted by the education institutions accredited in both countries will be mutually recognized.