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Romanian NGO: 56 County Council Candidates Not Morally Qualified

15:36, 18 Mai 2008
Romania’s non-governmental organization the “Coalition for a clean ruling” on Sunday said it identified 56 candidates for county councils who do not meet the integrity requirements.

ArcelorMittal Galati To Lay Off 1,000 Employees In 2008 – Exec

14:09, 18 Mai 2008
Steel pipe producer ArcelorMittal Galati Romania, local unit of UK-based giant ArcelorMittal, on Sunday said it plans to lay off some 1,000 employees in 2008 following the company’s reorganization strategy.

Romanian PM Wants IAR Ghimbav’s Lands Removed From Assets List

18:51, 17 Mai 2008
Romanian Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu on Saturday said the lands of helicopter producer IAR Ghimbav artificially increase the company’s sale price and they should be removed from the assets list.

Romania, Italy Intensify Police Cooperation – Int Min

18:23, 17 Mai 2008
The Romanian authorities will send additional police officers to collaborate with the Italian law enforcement forces in bringing down crime levels, Interior Minister Cristian David said Saturday.

Romanian Authorities About To Retrieve 10th Gold Dacian Bracelet

16:42, 17 Mai 2008
The Romanian authorities located another ancient gold Dacian bracelet from the 15 bracelets that have been illegally taken out of the country back in 2002 and are close to retrieve it from an undisclosed location in the U.S., Culture Minister Adrian Iorgulescu said Saturday.

Romania Health Min To Open Two New SMURD Emergency Services By Fall

13:30, 17 Mai 2008
Romania’s Ministry of Health will open two new emergency rescue service (SMURD) units in the country by fall, in the counties Brasov and Constanta, central and southeast Romania, respectively, minister Eugen Nicolaescu said Saturday.

Romanian Businessman Csibi Istvan Stays In Custody

20:37, 16 Mai 2008
Romanian businessman Csibi Istvan stays in custody after the Bucharest Court of Appeals Friday rejected his appeal against a court’s decision to extend his temporary arrest warrant in the file in which he is charged with economic crimes involving the state budget.

Bucharest Citizens To Watch UEFA Euro 2008 Matches On Giant Screens

19:40, 16 Mai 2008
Bucharest mayoralty, the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) and the Committee Organizing the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship will mount giant screens in Bucharest’s Constitutiei and George Enescu Squares for football fans to enjoy the UEFA Euro 2008 matches.

Romanian Labor Costs Will Soon Climb – Romanian PM

16:07, 16 Mai 2008
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said he is convinced the labor force in Romania will not continue to remain cheap, but several sectors of activity need to be developed, even the research sectors, areas in which Romania needs to become competitive.

Romanian Emergency Call Service Affected By Power Outage

15:21, 16 Mai 2008
A 16-minute power outage affected the single emergency call service 112 on Friday, however the service continued to function due to its backup system.

Romanian Court Of Accounts Finds Breaches At Bucharest City Hall

15:14, 16 Mai 2008
The Romanian Court of Accounts notified the Bucharest Court regarding violations noticed in Bucharest City Hall regarding a contract for the purchase of land in the Mihailesti commune, unjustified payments for works on roads, losses in the social security budget and delays in budget payments.

Romania Is The Biggest Carmaker In SE Europe – PM

14:21, 16 Mai 2008
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Friday Romania’s automotive and IT sectors are the best developed, and the country is the most important carmaker in southeast Europe.

Romania’s Romgaz To Ink Lease Deals For Gas Deposits In Poland, Slovakia

14:05, 16 Mai 2008
Romgaz Medias, one of Romania’s largest gas producers, will sign in a few weeks lease deals for gas deposits exploitation in Poland and Slovakia, the company’s deputy general manager Lucian Stancu said Friday.

France’s Orange To Sell iPhone In Romania

12:47, 16 Mai 2008
France’s mobile telephony operator Orange signed a deal with U.S. Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in several European countries, including Romania, the French company said in a statement Friday.

Romania’s Car Mker Dacia 4-Mos Sales Up 31.1% To 83,917 Units

12:39, 16 Mai 2008
Automobile Dacia, the Romanian unit of French carmaker Renault, reported a 31.1% hike in its sales during the first four months of 2008, to 83,917 units, Renault said in a statement Friday.

Romanian Craiova Auto Plant 1Q Net Pft Dn 41% YY To RON261,164

12:03, 16 Mai 2008
Romanian state-owned auto assembly plant Automobile Craiova (AUCS.RO) Friday said its first quarter net profit was down 41% to 261,164 million lei (EUR1=RON 3.6645) from the same period a year before, the plant said in a statement sent to Rasdaq market.

Romanian Forest Fund Up 0.9% To 6.48M Ha In ‘07

10:50, 16 Mai 2008
Romanian forest fund totaled 6.48 million hectares in 2007, up 0.9% from a year before, mostly due to the transfer of some wooded grazing lands into the forest fund, the National Statistical Institute, or INS, said Friday.

Romania Needs Better Law On Settling Work Conflicts-Labor Min

19:51, 15 Mai 2008
Romania’s legislation to settle work conflicts must be improved, as its unclear provisions create difficulties for employers, unions and courts alike, Labor Minister Paul Pacuraru said in a press conference Thursday.

Romanian Supreme Court Admits President’s Appeal In Offended Journalist Case

16:53, 15 Mai 2008
The Supreme Court admitted Thursday president Traian Basescu’s appeal in the “stinking gypsy” case, but still considered the words, which Basescu addressed a TV reporter one year ago, are discriminatory.

Romanian Social Democrats Vie For Higher Maternity Allowance

16:42, 15 Mai 2008
Romania’s leftist opposition Social-Democratic Party (PSD) will submit Monday to the Chamber of Deputies a proposal stipulating the maternity allowance at 85% of gross income, Ana Birchall, head of the education department within PSD, said Thursday.

Romania’s Fondul Proprietatea Deems Entitled To Further EUR160M From BCR Sale

13:58, 15 Mai 2008
Romanian investment fund Fondul Proprietatea must receive further EUR160 million from the sale of the country’s largest lender by assets Banca Comerciala Romana, or BCR, to the EUR88 million already received, the fund’s director general Dana Lulache said Thursday.

Romanian Proprietatea Fund To List At Beginning Of ’09

13:34, 15 Mai 2008
Romania's investment fund Fondul Proprietatea, which was set up in December 2005 to compensate Romanians for the non-return of confiscated property, will be listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange at the beginning of 2009, the fund’s general manager Dana Lulache said Thursday.

Romanian Steel Pipe Mkr ArcelorMittal Unionists Protest Against Labor Min

12:55, 15 Mai 2008
Some dozens of representatives of the Romanian Solidaritatea Union within steel pipe maker processor ArcelorMittal Galati gathered Thursday morning in front of the Ministry of Labor, where they organized a protest expected to be joined by some 400 unionists.

Italy Should Clearly Motivate Immigrant Expulsions – EU Commissioner

12:50, 15 Mai 2008
Italy needs to prove the urgency and seriousness of threats posed by immigrants to motivate individual expulsions, European Commissioner for Multilingualism Leonard Orban said, cited by Italian daily Corriere della Sera.

Romania’s 1Q Curr Acct Def Widens 11% On Yr To EUR3.519B

12:13, 15 Mai 2008
Romania’s current account deficit widened 10.9% on the year in January-March to EUR3.519 billion, from EUR3.173 billion in the year-earlier period, on higher trade deficit.

Romanian PM Says EU Eco-Measures Must Keep The Industry In Mind

11:54, 15 Mai 2008
European environment protection legislation needs to impose strict rules, but also to allow the industry to survive, without forcing companies to transfer their activities in areas where there are no eco-regulations, said Romanian prime minister Calin Tariceanu.

Tranquilized Bear Stuck On Rooftop Central Romania

11:15, 15 Mai 2008
A female bear was stuck for about two hours on a rooftop Thursday morning in Brasov, central Romania, after it was sedated by an intervention team.

Drought To Hit Romania In ’08

20:35, 14 Mai 2008
The year 2008 will be a year stricken with drought, according to meteorological and hydrological forecasts, therefore important agricultural surfaces need to be irrigated, said the president of the Romanian National Administration for Land Improvement (ANIF), Nicolae Maracine.

Romanian Software Indus Lost $151M To Piracy In ’07

19:26, 14 Mai 2008
Piracy caused losses registered by the Romanian software industry grew, in 2007, to $151 million, from $49 million five years ago, even if piracy levels dropped from 73% to 68%, according to a study published Wednesday by Business Software Alliance (BSA).

Romania’s Banking Risk Ctrl Office Registered 882,500 Debtors In 1Q, Up 68% On Yr

15:36, 14 Mai 2008
Romania’s Banking Risk Central Office within the central bank registered 882,582 debtors end-March, up 68.19% compared to March 2007, with total debts reaching 186.2 billion lei (EUR1=RON3.6678), up 63.69% on the year.

Italy’s Anti-Migration Measures Target Non-EU Nationals – Romanian PM

15:11, 14 Mai 2008
Italy’s new anti-migration measures address the nationals from countries outside the European Union and the authorities have no intention to set up norms that would affect communitarian citizens, Romanian Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu said Wednesday.

Romanian Social Democrats Mull Collaboration With Liberals After Local Polls

14:49, 14 Mai 2008
The honorary president lf Romania’s leftist opposition Social Democratic Party said Wednesday he does not exclude a collaboration with ruling liberals after local elections, but firmly ruled out any such relations with democrat liberals.

Two Million Romanians Deemed Bad Loan Payers Over 4-Yrs – Credit Bureau

14:03, 14 Mai 2008
Two million Romanians of a total of 4.8 million within the Credit Bureau account deemed to be bad loan payers in the last four years, the bureau’s director general Serban Epure said Wednesday.

Romanian Writer Pop Simion Dies At 77

13:10, 14 Mai 2008
Romanian writer, journalist and former ambassador to Hungary during 1990-1992, Pop Simion, 77, died Monday in Hungarian city of Pecs after a long battle against an unbearable disease.

Romania Banking Assoc Determined To Back Credit Bureau Activity

12:44, 14 Mai 2008
The Romanian Banking Association, or ARB, might ask authorities to allow service providers, especially mobile telephony operators, to provide client data to the Bucharest Credit Bureau, ARB president Radu Gratian Ghetea said Wednesday.

Romanian Transporters Cancel Wednesday Protests

10:39, 14 Mai 2008
Romanian road transporters, who organized protest marches on Bucharest’s beltway Monday and Tuesday, decided to cancel their protests Wednesday after Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said he would meet with them next week.

Romanian Actor Colea Rautu Passed Away

21:06, 13 Mai 2008
Romanian theater and film actor Colea Rautu passed away Tuesday, at the University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, as he suffered from cirrhosis.

Romanian Interior Min Warns Transporters To Stop Protests

20:22, 13 Mai 2008
Romanian interior minister Cristian David said that if the road transporters who “intentionally” blocked traffic continue their action, he will instruct law enforcers to take the most drastic of measures, adding that law violations will not be tolerated.

Romanian Labor Min Said Labor Force Is Poorly Trained

19:52, 13 Mai 2008
One of the real problems faced by Romanian employers is the poor training of the labor force, this being caused by the lack of motivation for education and training manifested by youth, said Romanian labor minister Paul Pacuraru.

Romanian Ex-Environ Min Calls PM Liar Over Car Tax Issue

19:00, 13 Mai 2008
Romanian Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu told an “outrageous lie” when he claimed the authorities will refund the money collected for the tax on car registration, former environment minister Sulfina Barbu said Tuesday.