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A Weak Leu Helps Mend The Romanian Curr Acc Deficit – Erste

15:42, 22 Iun. 2008
The weak national currency supports the economy and the adjustment of the strong current account deficit, which might enter a stagnation phase this year, according to an Erste Bank analysis.

Romanian Health Min Says New Abortion Law Might Be Necessary

18:50, 21 Iun. 2008
Romanian health minister Eugen Nicolaescu said there should be a public debate regarding abortion, adding that "maybe there should be" legal amendments performed in this respect.

Romanian List Of Compensated Medicine Might Be Launched On Jul 15

17:16, 21 Iun. 2008
Romanian health minister Eugen Nicolaescusaid that the new list of compensated medicine might not become official on July 1, as initially announced, but on July 15, for technical reasons.

Romanian Ex PM House Details Published On Chamber Of Deputies Website

13:11, 21 Iun. 2008
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies published on its official website the note written by anticorruption prosecutors in the Zambaccian case. The memo describes the details of the house built by former prime minister Adrian Nastase, including a two-room bunker and a glass piramid dome.

Wizz Air Cancels Two Romanian Flights Due To Italian Air Traffic Control Strike

19:41, 20 Iun. 2008
London-based low-fare airliner Wizz Air on Friday said will cancel several flights, including the ones from Romanian cities of Cluj and Bucharest to Italy’s airports Milan Bergamo and Venice Treviso, respectively, due to a planned general strike of the Italian Air Traffic Control.

Romanian President Tells Journalist To Ask ‘Intelligent’ Questions

17:55, 20 Iun. 2008
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Friday declined to answer a question addressed by a RFI (Radio France International) correspondent in Brussels, telling the journalist that her questions have to show “minimum intelligence.”

Romanian Citizen Arrested In Greece For Ovule Trafficking

17:52, 20 Iun. 2008
A 41-year old Romanian citizen was arrested, Wednesday night, on the island of Crete, under charges of trafficking and selling human ovules, which he obtained from two Romanian women whom he kidnapped together with another Romanian woman, ANA-MPA informed.

SMS Accuses Romanian Immigrants Of Organ Trafficking In France

15:57, 20 Iun. 2008
An SMS message saying that Romanian immigrants kidnap kids to sell their organs created a genuine psychosis in France, according to La Provence, which adds that police have not yet identified any case of this type so far.

Romanian Doctors Decide 11 Y-O To Carry Pregnancy To Term

14:34, 20 Iun. 2008
Doctors of the maternity hospital in Iasi, eastern Romania, decided an 11 year-old pregnant girl should carry the pregnancy to full term.

Organizers Cancel 2008 CokeLive Festival In Bucharest

14:05, 20 Iun. 2008
Organizers Coca-Cola and Emag!c Entertainment decide to cancel this year’s edition of the CokeLive festival, which was scheduled for Sept 12 and 13 in Bucharest, as they failed to bring in the acts they targeted.

Three Children Found Responsible For Evangelical Church Fire, N Romania

13:16, 20 Iun. 2008
Police in Romania’s northern county of Bistrita-Nasaud found that three children are responsible for the fire that ruined the 75-meter high steeple of the Evangelical Church in Bistrita city ten days ago.

Romanian Man Stabs His Mother 196 Times

21:24, 19 Iun. 2008
A 27-year old man from central Romanian town Miercurea Ciuc was arrested Wednesday evening, after stabbing his mother 196 times and ripping her tongue out.

Romanian Has An Image Problem Among EU States – European Commissioner

21:05, 19 Iun. 2008
European Commissioner for multilingualism Leonard Orban told MEDIAFAX that Romania has an image problem "not as much on a community level as among the member states," and this problem might reflect on some of the political decisions in these countries.

Romanian Cigarette Prices To Climb Come July 1

20:18, 19 Iun. 2008
The retail price for one pack of cigarettes will increase by an average RON0.4, starting with July 1, when the total excise will be increased to EUR50 /1,000 cigarettes, compared to the current excise of EUR41.5, sources within the Ministry of Economy and Finance told MEDIAFAX.

Romania Seeks Math Olympic Winner’s Release From Italian Prison-Paper

18:50, 19 Iun. 2008
The Romanian authorities seek the release from an Italian prison of a young national, winner of math Olympic, who was convicted for electronic fraud, Italian paper Il Giornale reported Thursday.

Foreign Invest Support Econ Growth Despite Pft Repatriation- Econ Min

18:01, 19 Iun. 2008
Foreign investments supported Romania’s economic growth even if certain companies repatriated their profit, Romanian Minister of Economy and Finance, Varujan Vosganian, said Thursday during a seminar on economic issues.

Romania To Pay Bulk Of Legal Expenses In Invest Fund Trial

16:19, 19 Iun. 2008
The Bucharest Court of Appeal decided that that most of the legal expenses brought by the trial of the appeal in the case involving the crash of the National Investment Fund (FNI), worth RON548,970, would be paid by the state.

Romania’s 5-Mos Budget Deficit At 0.2%-0.3% Of GDP – Fin Min

14:45, 19 Iun. 2008
Romania’s general consolidated budget posted a deficit of 0.2%-0.3% of gross domestic product in the first five months of the year, the Economy and Finance Minister Varujan Vosganian said at a seminar Thursday.

Three Injured In Intl Service Helicopter Emergency Landing

12:39, 19 Iun. 2008
An Alouette helicopter belonging to the Romanian Intelligence Service, or SRI, made for an emergency landing Thursday mourning in southern Romania, injuring the two crew members and the fighter on board.

Romania’s Leftist Social Democrats Secure Most Mayor Positions Countrywide

11:18, 19 Iun. 2008
Romania’s leftist opposition Social Democratic Party secured 1,138 most mayor positions countrywide in local elections Jun 1 and Jun 15, while democrat liberals gained 908 positions and liberals gained 706, according to final results released Thursday by the Central Electoral Office.

Bucharest Interim Prefect Takes Oath

10:31, 19 Iun. 2008
The interim prefect of Romania’s capital city Bucharest, Ion Tincu, took the oath Thursday after the government dismissed the former prefect, Catalin Deaconescu, the day before.

Romanian Military Staff Compelled To Attend Missions On Foreign Theaters Of Operations

19:47, 18 Iun. 2008
Romanian active military personnel will be compelled to attend missions outside the country at the request of Ministry of Defense, according to a draft act seeking to amend the statute of military staff.

Romania, Hungary GDP Seen Higher Unlike Emergent Mkts -World Bk

19:29, 18 Iun. 2008
The economic growth of Romania and Hungary is seen higher in 2008 unlike the trend of countries on the emergent markets, which would see a stable or even lower gross domestic product, or GDP, World Bank said in a report Wednesday.

Romania Pvt Pension Regulator Fines Insurer, Pension Fund For Law Violation

17:34, 18 Iun. 2008
Romania’s private pension system regulator CSSPP fined insurer ING Asigurari de Viata and pension fund ING Fond de Pensii RON225,210 (EUR1-RON3.6629) and RON1.16 million, respectively, for having breached the provisions of the legislation in the field of mandatory and voluntary private pensions.

Czech AAA Auto Not Leaving Romanian Mkt But Considers The Option – Spokesman

17:30, 18 Iun. 2008
Czech used car dealer AAA Auto is not preparing a withdrawal from Romania and Poland, but will consider this option if losses on these markets continue to rise, the company’s spokesman Jaroslav Smutny told MEDIAFAX Czech Republic Wednesday.

Romania’s Rompres Receives Green Light To Go Back To Former Name

16:41, 18 Iun. 2008
The Culture Committee with Romania’s Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday gave green light to state-owned news agency Rompres to return to its old name – Agerpres, provided someone else did not register the brand at the office for trademarks.

Romanian Govt Thumbs Up Investment Law

16:30, 18 Iun. 2008
The Romanian Government approved Wednesday the law stimulating investments, which targets the grant of facilities and state aid in several sectors, among which, processing industry, electricity and natural gas production and supply, and telecommunications, the Economy and Finance Ministry said.

Romanian Govt OKed Dismissal Of Bucharest Prefect – Sources

14:09, 18 Iun. 2008
The Romanian government approved Wednesday the dismissal of Catalin Deaconescu from the position of prefect of capital city Bucharest, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian PM, Bucharest’s New General Mayor Discussed City’s Major Projects

13:08, 18 Iun. 2008
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu told ministers Wednesday at the beginning of the cabinet meeting that he had an informal talk with Bucharest’s newly elected general mayor Sorin Oprescu on the capital city’s major projects

Romania’s Petrom Hikes Gasoline, Diesel Oil Pump Prices

12:09, 18 Iun. 2008
Romania’s largest oil company Petrom SA (SNP.RO) hiked Wednesday gasoline and diesel oil pump prices by 0.07 lei (EUR1=RON3.6612) per liter and RON0.06 per liter respectively, the company said in a statement.

Netherlands Sent Romania Home From Euro 2008

06:47, 18 Iun. 2008
Romania failed to qualify in the quarter-final of the European Football Championship after it lost 0-2 (0-0) to the Netherlands, which topped Group C with maximum points.

Romania Opposes To Further EU Suspension Of Grain Import Duties

16:43, 17 Iun. 2008
Romania opposed an EU proposal to maintain suspension of import duties for cereals from third countries, due to the negative impact it would have on the Romanian market by putting additional pressure on prices.

Romanian National Trade Registry Takes Applications Online

16:31, 17 Iun. 2008
Authorized individual and family ventures have the possibility, starting with June 12, to submit the registration requests for the National Trade Registry online, said the institution, which also wishes to set up an electronic payment system.

Romanian Performers’ Monthly Salary Could Reach Up To RON4,200

14:59, 17 Iun. 2008
Romanian performers will see increased salaries this year, of up to 4,200 lei (EUR1=RON3.6612) compared to the current maximum of RON1,500, state secretary in the Ministry of Culture Demeter Andras told a news conference Tuesday.

IKEA Romania Recalls Lamp On Fire Hazard Potential

14:30, 17 Iun. 2008
IKEA Romania, the local unit of Swedish furniture and home decorating giant, decide to recall a type of lamp which the Swedish National Electricity Safety Board found to be a fire hazard.

Romanian Govt To Pay RON7.1M Compensations For Lands In N Bucharest

13:47, 17 Iun. 2008
The Romanian government will pay compensations of 7.1 million lei (EUR1=RON3.6612) to six companies, among which retailer Selgros Cash&Carry and lender Banca Transilvania, and several individuals, for ten plots of land in northern Bucharest needed for the construction of a passageway.

Negligent Driver Injures Two People, Damages 7 Cars In Bucharest

12:57, 17 Iun. 2008
A young man, whose driving license had been suspended, caused a car accident Monday evening in Bucharest, injuring two people and damaging seven cars in an attempt to escape the pursuit of a traffic police officer.

Final Results: Independent Sorin Oprescu Is New Bucharest Mayor

12:27, 17 Iun. 2008
The Bucharest Electoral Office (BEM) announced Tuesday that independent Sorin Oprescu won the race for Bucharest mayoralty with 56.55% of the votes against 43.45% gained by democrat–liberal rival Vasile Blaga.

Romanian Democrat Liberals, New Generation Party To Form Majority In Bucharest General Council

10:59, 17 Iun. 2008
Romanian democrat liberal vice president Adriean Videanu and New Generation Party leader, football mogul Gigi Becali, met Monday evening and decided the two parties would form a majority in the general council of capital city Bucharest, Videanu told MEDIAFAX.

Independent Sorin Oprescu Leads Elections For Bucharest Mayoralty

20:04, 16 Iun. 2008
Bucharest elections officials on Monday said independent Sorin Oprescu leads the race for the city mayoralty with 56.55% of the votes against 43.45% of the votes gained by democrat liberal Vasile Blaga.