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Freezing Temperatures In Eastern Romania Touch 2-Yr Record

16:30, 05 Ian. 2008
The temperatures in eastern Romania recorded the lowest values in the past two years, between minus 15 degrees Celsius and minus 24 degrees Celsius.

Traffic Still Closed On Romania’s A2 Highway, Four National Roads

21:13, 04 Ian. 2008
Traffic on Lehliu-Fetesti road section on the A2 Sun Highway, linking Bucharest to southeastern county of Constanta, as well as on four national roads, is still closed following snowstorms, the Infotrafic Center with the Romanian Police Department informed.

Snowstorms Seriously Affect Constanta County, SE Romania

20:52, 04 Ian. 2008
Sixteen locations in Romania’s southeastern county of Constanta are still faced with power outages, while twelve villages are faced with drinking water shortage.

E-Manuals For Romanian Pupils In ’08

19:35, 04 Ian. 2008
Romanian pupils will have, in 2008, manuals in electronic format as well, since Romanian president Traian Basescu signed, late 2007, the promulgation of the Law amending article 174 of the Teaching Law.

Romanian Farmers To Get Direct Payments For Certified Areas –Official

19:34, 04 Ian. 2008
Romanian farmers will most likely be assigned direct payments from EU funds gradually, as of February 2008, only for those farming areas that have already been checked and certified by independent auditors, Romania’s European Commissioner for Multilingualism Leonard Orban said Friday.

Romania Files Legal Action Against EC Decision

18:59, 04 Ian. 2008
Romania asked the European Court of Justice to cancel the European Commission decision reducing Romania’s pollutant emission ceiling, claiming that the Commission overstepped its boundaries and discriminates. This is Romania’s first legal action against a Commission decision.

Romanian Producers Can Import Tax-Free Cereals From Outside EU States

16:12, 04 Ian. 2008
Romanian producers can import tax-free cereals from countries outside the EU, as of next week, following a decision of the European Union Council to suspend import duties for cereals, except for oat, millet and buckwheat taxes.

Romania’s A2 Highway, Most National Roads To Reopen Friday – Minister

15:45, 04 Ian. 2008
The A2 highway, linking Bucharest to southeastern Constanta, and most national roads will be reopened Friday and air traffic will also go back to normal, transports minister Ludovic Orban said Friday.

Consumer Authority Checks Airlines Over Cancellations, Delays

15:37, 04 Ian. 2008
Romania’s consumer protection authority ANPC started checking airlines after media reports of hundreds of people stuck in airports after their flights had been cancelled or delayed indefinitely.

Last Remaining Passengers On Bucharest Intl Airport To Board For London

15:13, 04 Ian. 2008
The passengers that have been waiting to fly to London since Thursday morning on Bucharest’s international Otopeni airport and had not rescheduled the flight for Friday, have been summoned for pre-boarding procedures on Friday afternoon

Romania To Attend 10th Edition Of Rendez-Vous With French Cinema

12:26, 04 Ian. 2008
Romania will attend for the first time the annual Rendez-vous with French Cinema film festival, organized by Unifrance on Jan. 10 - 13 in Paris.

Some 200 Passengers Stuck On Bucharest Intl Airport Since Thursday Morning

11:51, 04 Ian. 2008
Some two hundred passengers who were supposed to take flights to London and Vienna have been stuck on Bucharest’s ‘Henri Coanda’ international airport for several hours on Friday.

Bulgaria Struggling To Deal With Massive Snowfall

09:47, 04 Ian. 2008
Despite weather clearing, the situation in parts of Bulgaria after the massive snowfalls over the past two days remains critical, Novinite.com reported.

Bad Weather Deters 16 Romanian National Airline Flights

21:31, 03 Ian. 2008
Romanian state-run airline Tarom director Gheorghe Barla, announced in a press conference that 16 flights were cancelled because the kerosene trucks cannot reach the planes to fuel them.

Romanian Trains Greatly Delayed Or Cancelled

20:50, 03 Ian. 2008
The Romanian Ministry of Transport announced that the speed trains between Brasov and Bucharest, Bucharest-Galati and back, Bucharest-Bacau and back, as well as the intercity train between Bucharest and Timisoara were cancelled, while low speed trains registered hundreds of minutes of delay.

National Szeckler Council In Romania Pushes For Autonomy

19:44, 03 Ian. 2008
The National Szeckler Council in Romania (CNS) intends to complete, before February, the internal referendum on the autonomy of the Szeckler County, while some 200,000 people already said they are in favor of autonomy.

Foreign Min Advises Romanians To Stay Out Of Kenya

19:19, 03 Ian. 2008
Romania’s foreign ministry on Thursday issued an advisory recommending Romanians not to travel to Kenya, following violent tribal clashed over a disputed election in the African country.

Snow Keeps Some 600 Romanians Stuck In Bulgaria

17:59, 03 Ian. 2008
Some 600 Romanian citizens are still stuck in Bulgaria, because of the snow, Romanian consul in Sofia Silviu Catana told MEDIAFAX, adding that many buses and cars stuck in the Ruse area managed to cross the border into Romania.

Donadoni: Romania Gives Me A Hard Time Sleeping-Paper

17:51, 03 Ian. 2008
Italy is in the cards to win the 2008 European Football Championship, coach Roberto Donadoni said Thursday, mentioning however that he has “trouble sleeping” because of rival romania, Italian daily Gazzetta dello Sport reported.

‘The Satanic Verses’ To See 10,000 More Copies In A Week – Publisher

15:25, 03 Ian. 2008
An additional ten thousand copies of the Romanian translation of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” will be printed in about a week after the book sold out within hours after launch in some stores, Silviu Lupescu, general manager of Polirom publishing house, told MEDIAFAX.

Heavy Snowstorms Paralyze Bucharest Intl Airports

13:18, 03 Ian. 2008
Bucharest’s "Henri Coanda" Otopeni and "Aurel Vlaicu" Baneasa international airports were closed Thursday at 10:30 local time for four hours for snow-removal operations, the airports’ representatives told MEDIAFAX Thursday.

Bucharest Traffic Frozen After Heavy Snow Storm

09:55, 03 Ian. 2008
Romania’s capital city Bucharest was frozen Thursday morning following heavy snow storms on Wednesday night. While traffic was very difficult on main roads, it was utterly impossible on secondary roads.

Snow Caused Ambulance Delays Cause Fatalities In Romania

15:39, 02 Ian. 2008
Two persons with heart conditions died, Tuesday night, in southwestern Romanian county Mehedinti, because snow delayed the ambulances.

Moldovan Authorities Boot Two Romanian Priests

15:24, 02 Ian. 2008
Authorities in the Moldovan capital Chisinau expelled two Romanian priests after learning that they did not have adequate documents to work there, the measure being taken within a control targeting all priests in this structure, said the spokesperson of the Romanian Patriarchy, Constantin Stoica.

Romanian Health Minister Talks ’08 Outlook

14:07, 02 Ian. 2008
Romanian health minister Eugen Nicolaescu announced that 2008 will be the first year of quality reform, after two years of quantity changes, when 28 hospitals will be built, the number of medicine will be doubled on the 90% compensation list and performance salaries will be implemented.

President Basescu Wished Romanians Everywhere A Happy New Year

00:26, 01 Ian. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu counted down the seconds into the new year together with people gathered in the square near the parliament and wished Romanians everywhere a happy new year.

Over 21,000 Romanian Police Officers, Gendarmes On The Watch On New Year’s Eve

17:11, 30 Dec. 2007
Over 21,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed tomorrow both in Romania’s capital city Bucharest and in all counties countrywide to ensure public order and safety on New Year’s Eve, mainly in locations where open parties are organized.

Hungarian Minority in Romania Wants Autonomy, Not Independence- Official

16:38, 30 Dec. 2007
Romanian MEP Laszlo Tokes pleads for the autonomy of the regions in Romania’s central area of Transylvania mainly inhabited by the Hungarian minority, stressing he does not plead for independence even if the situation in Kosovo might create a precedent in this respect, Italian daily La Voce reports on its website.

Tarom Aircraft Involved In Serious Incident On Bucharest’s Otopeni Intl Airport

14:42, 30 Dec. 2007
Valentin Iordache, spokesperson of Bucharest’s "Henri Coandă" Otopeni international airport, said Sunday in a press conference that a Boeing 737 hit a vehicle in charge with the airport’s beacon system while operating its takeoff maneuver.

Romania’s Economy Ministry Ups Minimum Excise For Cigarettes By 4.5%

17:28, 29 Dec. 2007
The minimum excise for cigarettes will reach EUR39.5 /1,000 cigarettes during January 1 – June 30, 2008, up 4.55% compared with the second half of 2007, according to an order issued by Romania’s Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Romania’s 2008 State Budget Law Sparks Clash Between Liberals, President

16:45, 29 Dec. 2007
Deputy Alba Nicolae Popa, executive secretary of Romania’s National Liberal Party, or PNL, on Saturday said that liberal MPs plan to call for an extraordinary session in Parliament unless President Traian Basescu promulgates the 2008 state budget law and to require that the law be reexamined.

Traffic Jam On Romania’s National Road DN 1

16:08, 29 Dec. 2007
Road traffic on national road DN 1, namely on Bucharest-Brasov route, was jammed Saturday at noon as thousands of cars lined up on a distance of more than 10 kilometers between Comarnic and Busteni locations in Romania’s central-southern county of Prahova.

Free European Health Cards For Romanians Come Jan 1 ’08

17:35, 28 Dec. 2007
Romanian citizens will receive, free of charge, the European health card, starting with January 1, 2008, its value being paid from the budget of the National Health Insurance House (CNAS), according EU advice, CNAS president Vasile Ciurchea told MEDIAFAX.

Romania’s President OKed ’08 Social Insurances Budget, Not State Budget

17:30, 28 Dec. 2007
Romania’s president Traian Basescu promulgated on Friday the 2008 state social insurance budget Law but not the state budget Law.

Italian Govt Enacts New Expulsion Decree

14:58, 28 Dec. 2007
The Italian government approved in its Friday meeting the new decree that allows the expulsion of European citizens both out of safety reasons as well as for preventing acts of terrorism, La Repubblica newspaper informs.

Union Leaders Met With President Basescu On State Budget Law Issue

13:43, 28 Dec. 2007
Leaders of Romania’s four large union confederations met with President Traian Basescu on Friday, and asked him not to promulgate the 2008 state budget law the parliament approved last week

Romania To Hike Pwr, Diesel Oil, Gas Prices In ’08 On Higher Excise

12:59, 28 Dec. 2007
Prices of electric power, diesel oil, fuel oil and natural gas used as heating fuel will hike in 2008 due to higher excises.

Romanian Govt To Issue Ordinances During Parliament Vacation

20:11, 27 Dec. 2007
Romanian president Traian Basescu promulgated, Thursday, the Law enabling the Government to issue ordinances during the Parliament vacation, the presidential administration announced.

Transport Ministry Secretary Gen Suspended For Two Yrs On Request

15:01, 27 Dec. 2007
Secretary general of the Transportation Ministry, democrat Radian Tufa, was suspended, on his request, from the position in the ministry for two years, by decision of Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu.

Two Injured In Car Crash, N Romania

10:32, 27 Dec. 2007
Two people were injured Thursday morning in a car crash on national road DN13 near Nades, in Romania’s central-northern county of Mures, after a driver lost control of the vehicle in a dangerous curve and crashed into a truck.