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Romanian Govt To Use Budget Gap To Reduce Imbalances With EU

15:14, 29 Ian. 2008
The Romanian government will make the best of its budget deficit ceiling of 3% of gross domestic product and will continue to fund projects in infrastructure, environment and agriculture to reduce imbalances between Romania and other EU states, Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Tuesday.

Romania’s Govt Might Lower Expenses In ’08 Budget By March – Fin Min -2-

15:09, 29 Ian. 2008
Romania’s government might approve by March a budget revision that would lower the expenses in the general consolidated budget, Economy and Finance Minister Varujan Vosganian said Tuesday.

Romania Social Security Contributions Among Highest In Europe

14:55, 29 Ian. 2008
Overall contributions to the social security system in Romania places the EU newcomer third among European countries in a classification made by Ernst&Young, which said the measures to cut social security contributions were nearly rendered void by an increased taxation base.

Airplane Crash In N Romania Leaves One Dead

13:48, 29 Ian. 2008
French citizen Eric Rossman, 38, manager of Romanian pulp and paper plant AMBRO SA Suceava, died Tuesday afternoon after his small private jet crashed into the woods in the area of Siminicea, in Romania’s northern county of Suceava.

Yoko Ono Submits Work At Bucharest Biennale For Contemporary Art

13:13, 29 Ian. 2008
Yoko Ono is among the 39 Romanian and foreign artists submitting works for the third edition of the Bucharest Biennale for Contemporary Art, to take place May 23 - June 21, organizers said Tuesday.

Chamber Speaker Asks That Probe Requests For MPs Be Sent To Parliament

12:01, 29 Ian. 2008
Chamber of Deputies speaker Bogdan Olteanu asked prosecutor general Codruta Kovesi to forward to Parliament the notices on the start of criminal investigations on acting and former ministers who are also MPs.

Romania’s Social Democrats Say No To Govt Education Laws

19:08, 28 Ian. 2008
Mircea Geoana, head of Romania’s leftist opposition Social Democratic Party, or PSD, said on Monday that his party would vote against the education laws brought forth by the Ministry of Education.

Google Sets Up Branch In Romania

17:39, 28 Ian. 2008
Google, the world’s largest search engine opened a branch in Romania, called Google Bucharest, after in March 2007 it had appointed its consultant for Romania.

Romanian Parliament’s Legal Committees To Complete Report On Uninominal Voting Sys

16:14, 28 Ian. 2008
The leaders of the Romanian Parliament decided Monday that the committees for legal matters must debate the law introducing the uninominal voting system, for which the government assumed responsibility, so that the law will be in agreement with the decision of the Constitutional Court.

Romanian Social Democrats To Oppose New Car Tax In Parliament

15:57, 28 Ian. 2008
Romania’s leftist opposition Social Democratic Party, or PSD, will vote against the government emergency ordinance instating the new pollution tax for cars, party president Mircea Geoana said Monday.

Romania Fiscal Auth To Expand Online Application Sys To 22 Counties Nationwide

15:12, 28 Ian. 2008
Romania’s fiscal regulator ANAF on Monday proposed expanding the online fiscal statement application system to 22 counties nationwide and recommended the list of online contributors should include additional categories of taxpayers.

Romanian Democrat Liberals Mull Motion Against Car Tax

14:57, 28 Ian. 2008
Romanian democrat liberals (PLD) said Monday they would submit a simple motion in the Chamber of Deputies asking the annulment of the country’s car tax and the restitution of citizens’ money, party president Emil Boc said.

Czech Profireal Launches Ops In Romania Feb 5

14:00, 28 Ian. 2008
Profi Credit IFN SA, a member of the Czech financial group Profireal Group, on Monday set the official date to launch its operations on the Romanian market for February 5.

Romania’s Rompetrol Hikes Diesel Oil, Keeps Gas Prices

11:45, 28 Ian. 2008
Romania’s second-largest oil company, Rompetrol Group NV hikes this week the diesel oil pump prices by 0.02 lei/liter (EUR1-RON 3.7694), and maintains the gas prices, the company said in a statement Monday.

Romanian Striker Mutu, World’s Sixth Most Popular Footballer

11:26, 28 Ian. 2008
Fiorentina’s striker, Romanian Adrian Mutu, came in sixth in a 2007 ranking of the world’s most popular football players, according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).

George Enescu’s Violin To Be Given To A Romanian Musician

11:14, 28 Ian. 2008
The Guarnieri violin, which was used by Romanian composer George Enescu, will be given to a Romanian musician following a contest to be organized in February-March, culture minister Adrian Iorgulescu said.

Romania’s Govt Says Car Owners May Recover Part Of The Car Tax

16:58, 27 Ian. 2008
The Romanian government will not try to forbid car owners from recovering part of the sums they paid to register their cars before the introduction of the new stipulations of the car registration tax, said Adrian Ciocanea, head of the Department for European Affairs.

Some 150 Pupils From Romania Forced To Steal, Beg In Britain

15:03, 27 Ian. 2008
More than 150 children have vanished from a school in Tandarei town, south-eastern Romania, after they were kidnapped and forced to travel to Britain to steal and beg on the streets, their headmistress said, quoted by Daily Mail.

Romania’s Environment Min Says Car Tax Supported By Political Class

14:25, 27 Ian. 2008
Romania’s minister of the environment, Attila Korodi, Sunday said that the first registration tax for cars, introduced in 2006 by democrat MP Sulfina Barbu, was supported by the entire political class.

Romanian Conservatives Choose New Party Head

13:12, 27 Ian. 2008
The congress of the Conservative Party started on Sunday, as party members need to choose another president to replace current head Dan Voiculescu who announced he would not be running for a new mandate.

Germany Points Finger At Nokia In Subsidies Matter -Press

18:23, 26 Ian. 2008
German daily Focus informed that Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia, that decided to close its factory in Germany and move it to Romania, is said to have cashed more subsidies than legally entailed to, by hiring fewer people than it had initially announced.

Liberal Official Says President Is Party’s Worst Enemy

15:47, 26 Ian. 2008
Eugen Nicolaescu, vice-president of the National Liberal Party, or PNL, on Saturday accused president Basescu of trying to destroy and discredit the party.

British Citizen Appeals Court Ruling In Nemescu Case

14:31, 26 Ian. 2008
The Bucharest courthouse will rule, at the beginning of February, on the appeal made by British citizen Ali Imran, sentenced to seven years in prison for the murder of film director Cristian Nemescu and other two people.

42 Romanian Counties Get Code Yellow Warning For Strong Winds

13:53, 26 Ian. 2008
Romania’s Ministry for the Environment on Saturday sent out yellow code warning for 42 counties throughout the country, that are to be confronted in upcoming days with strong winds.

Romanian Privatization Auth Restructuring To Leave 100 Jobless

21:44, 25 Ian. 2008
Romanian privatization authority AVAS will fire 100 employees in 2008, through collective layoffs, thus reducing the maximum number of positions in the structure of the institution to 510 employees, from the 610 positions set late 2006.

Theodor Stolojan Would Refuse Romanian Ctrl Bk Headship

17:49, 25 Ian. 2008
Theodor Stolojan, vice-president of the Democratic Liberal Party, Friday said he is not interested in becoming governor with Romania’s central bank BNR stating that the person to occupy this position needs to have “thorough knowledge in the field.”

Romanian Govt Finds Breaches At Financial Guard

17:45, 25 Ian. 2008
Romanian county control services, as well as commissariats of the Environment Guard, the Financial Guard and the inspectorates in constructions, are violating over 20 work rules, storing confiscated goods in gyms and making mistakes in literature, which allow fined companies to win in court.

EC To Present Convergence Recommendations To Romania

15:47, 25 Ian. 2008
The European Commission will present to the Ecofin Council, next week, a recommendation regarding the program for Romania’s convergence, said European commissioner for Multilingualism Leonard Orban.

Romanian Officials’ Transactions To Be Monitored EU-Wide-Draft Law

15:44, 25 Ian. 2008
The transactions made by Romanian officials could be monitored all over the European Union territory as of 2009 at the latest, according to a draft law drawn up to comply with a compulsory European directive.

Romanian Director Mungiu Nominated For César Awards

14:01, 25 Ian. 2008
Cristian Mungiu’s "4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days" was nominated for the 2008 edition of the César awards, at the “best foreign film category,” ecranlarge.com informs.

Romania’s Labor Min Called To Appear Before Anticorruption Dept

13:26, 25 Ian. 2008
Labor minister, liberal Paul Pacuraru, Friday said he was summoned to present himself next week to the National Anticorruption Department, or DNA, but did not state the exact date of the hearing.

BRD Officials Ask Investors To Remain Calm

20:11, 24 Ian. 2008
The management of Romania’s second largest bank Banca Romana pentru Dezvoltare – Groupe Societe Generale (BRD.RO) expressed hope that investors react reasonably to the news of French bank Societe Generale being defrauded.

Animal Diagnosis Inst: Bucharest Zoo Runaway Jaguar Died Of Stress

19:43, 24 Ian. 2008
Experts with Romania’s Institute for Animal Diagnosis and Health on Thursday established that the jaguar that escaped from the Bucharest Zoo late November died of stress.

International Charter Flights 10% More Expensive Starting Summer

19:19, 24 Ian. 2008
Romanian tour operators announced that ticket prices for charter flights going from Romania to international destinations are to increase 10% this summer.

Romanian Govt Notifies Court On President’s Refusal To Appoint Nicolai Jus Min

17:25, 24 Ian. 2008
The Romanian executive on Thursday notified the Constitutional Court on President Traian Basescu’s refusal to appoint Norica Nicolai minister of justice.

Romanian Telecom Users Can Change Op, Keep Number

16:49, 24 Ian. 2008
Romanian telecom users can opt as of October 21, 2008 to change their telecom operator for another one while maintaining in the same time their telephone number.

Romania’s Agric Min To Maintain Current Subsidies For Farmers

14:59, 24 Ian. 2008
Romania’s agriculture ministry will maintain the current subsidies granted to producers in the agriculture field, said on Thursday minister Dacian Ciolos.

Romania’s Sanitas Federation Postponed Going On Strike

14:37, 24 Ian. 2008
The Sanitas Federation on Thursday postponed going on general strike after unionists signed an agreement with the health ministry.

Preventive Arrest For Romanian Cop Cristian Cioaca On E-Mail Violation Charges

13:03, 24 Ian. 2008
The Romanian High Court of Justice decided the preventive arrest, for 29 days, of Cristian Cioaca in the case where he is charged with violating the e-mail address of his wife, lawyer Elodia Ghinescu.

New Romanian Car Tax To Come Into Force On July 1, ’08

12:32, 24 Ian. 2008
The changes in the Romanian car registration tax will come into force on July 1. The sums collected will go from the state budget to the Environment Fund. The values in the new grid published by the Ministry of Economy and Finance are highly similar to the ones presented Wednesday by MEDIAFAX.