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Romanian Education Unionists Picket Govt HQ, Union Leaders Summoned For Talks

12:27, 25 Mart. 2010
Over 1,500 Romanian education unionists are picketing the headquarters of the Government where they brought a mascot picturing Education Minister Daniel Funeriu dressed as a samurai, while union leaders were invited at the Government for talks.

Romanian Govt To Reconsider Taxation Of Handicapped Individuals

09:11, 25 Mart. 2010
The Romanian Government will reconsider the decision to tax people with severe or incapacitating handicaps and will establish that the income from wages obtained by this category does not count as salary and is not taxable, as they were under the system applied before the end of 2009.

Romanian Govt Works On List Of Lump Sum Taxable Services

19:19, 24 Mart. 2010
Taxi transportation, car washes and artistic interpretation are some of the activities introduced by the Romanian Government on a list of 28 services for which the lump sum tax will be paid, according to a working document of the Government.

Romanian Govt To Hike Over Six Times Vessel Taxes By Amending Fiscal Code

19:08, 24 Mart. 2010
The Romanian Government will amend the Fiscal Code to increase over six times annual taxes collected by local authorities on sports and voyage vessels.

Romania Govt Hikes Education Staff Wages With Funds From Budget For Q2, Q3, Q4

20:18, 22 Mart. 2010
Romania’s government will transfer funds from the budget initially earmarked for the second, third and fourth quarters in order to hike the salary fund for the first quarter for teachers who haven’t received 17% higher wages so far, Finance Ministry state secretary Gheorghe Gherghina said Monday.

Romanian Parents Associations Call Govt, Education Unions To Dialogue

13:39, 22 Mart. 2010
The Romanian National Federation of Parent Associations in High School Education (FNAP-IP) called on the teachers, Government and the Ministry of Education to find a way towards constructive dialogue, in view of solving all issues.

Romanian Govt Proposes Unitary Application For Wage Law, With The ’09 Salary Mass

15:25, 20 Mart. 2010
The Romanian Government approached unions with a draft emergency ordinance through which the salary system in the public sector would be applied in a unitary fashion for all staff categories, within a salary mass maintained at the 2009 level, said Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc.

Romanian Govt Allots Extra RON195M For 2010 Clunkers Program

19:58, 17 Mart. 2010
The Romanian Government assigned an additional 195 million lei (EUR1=RON4.0821) for the 2010 clunkers program, to issue 50,000 new vouchers used to scrap old cars, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday.

Romanian Govt Might Adopt Law To Keep Public Sector Wages At 2009 Level

14:52, 17 Mart. 2010
Romania’s Government might adopt a normative act to amend Ordinance 1/2010 that forbids renewing collective labor contracts and eliminates negotiated wage bonuses, which led to wage reductions in the public sector.

Romanian Unionists Complain Poor Get Poorer, Rich Get Richer

14:28, 12 Mart. 2010
Romanian union leaders told Prime Minister Emil Boc that the unitary wage law has been applied incorrectly, as teachers earning 800-900 lei (EUR1=RON4.0929) have had their salaries reduced, while judges and prosecutors “at the top of the pyramid,” enjoy pay rises.

Romanian Pensioners To Picket Govt On March 26 Over Pension Law

14:21, 11 Mart. 2010
Romanian pensioners said Thursday they will picket the Government and the country’s prefects' offices on March 26, displeased with the pension reform, the co-payment system for healthcare and the reduction in the number of treatment vouchers.

Romania To Declassify Remaining Documents On 1989 Revolution

16:41, 09 Mart. 2010
Romania’s Government on Tuesday decided the last documents and information on the December 1989 anticommunist Revolution would be declassified, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday.

Romania Plans To Continue Housing Program In 2011 – Sources

18:47, 08 Mart. 2010
Romania’s government plans to continue the housing credit guarantee program in 2011, and the total guarantee ceiling will be established according to the engagements contracted during this year, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Monday.

Romania, U.S. Builder Bechtel To Sign Agreement For Another 20 Km Of Transylvania Hwy

18:20, 08 Mart. 2010
Romania’s government and U.S. constructor Bechtel will sign an agreement in April whereby the company will continue works on Romania's Transylvania Highway and build another sector of nearly 20 kilometers.

Romania To Spend Extra RON2B On Pensions Each Year, Unless Fraudulent Retirees Removed

15:28, 07 Mart. 2010
Romania will have to increase its pension budget by two billion lei (EUR1=RON4.0923) each year on the medium-term, unless it can save up by removing people who retired by falsely citing illness or injury from the category of pensioners, according to the government’s draft convergence program.

Romania, IMF Set 2010 Budget Gap Target At RON32B

20:59, 23 Feb. 2010
Romania and the International Monetary Fund agreed on a deficit target at the general consolidated budget of 31.9 billion lei (EUR1=RON4.1224) in 2010, according to the supplementary letter to Romania’s standby arrangement with the IMF.

Romania Pledges To Approve Unitary Wage Law Norms By September 2010

20:46, 23 Feb. 2010
Romania’s Government pledged to approve the norms to implement the unitary wage law by the end of September, cut staff expenses, other than wage costs, by 30%, as well as reduce bonuses for civil staff, according to the country’s additional letter of intent to the standby agreement with the IMF.

Romanian Govt Approves Building Rural Homes For Specialists, Selling Rented State-Built Homes

15:00, 23 Feb. 2010
Romania’s Government Tuesday approved three acts proposed by the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism, on renting state-built homes, housing specialists in rural areas and improving buildings threatened by earthquakes.

Romania Govt Formally Accepts EUR2.45B Disbursement From IMF

13:06, 23 Feb. 2010
Romania’s government on Tuesday adopted an emergency ordinance allowing the transfer of EUR2.45 billion under a standby agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

Romania Ups Housing Program’s Guarantee Cap To EUR75,000

15:50, 17 Feb. 2010
Romania's government on Wednesday raised the upper guarantee cap for the first-time homebuyer credit to EUR75,000 per loan, from a previous EUR60,000, Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu said.

Romanian State-Made Homes May Be Bought Through “First Home” Program

14:21, 17 Feb. 2010
Homes built through the Romanian National Housing Agency (ANL) may be bought through the “First Home” program, Prime Minister Emil Boc announced Wednesday after the Cabinet meeting.

Romania’s Opposition Social Democrats Dismiss Pension Law As Unconstitutional

18:31, 12 Feb. 2010
Romania’s Social Democratic Party said in a press release Friday the draft law reforming the country’s public pension system, approved by the Government Wednesday, is unconstitutional.

Romanian Govt OKs Pension Reform

12:57, 10 Feb. 2010
Romania’s Government Wednesday approved the draft law reforming the country’s public pension system and the act will be sent to Parliament for urgent debates and approval, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX.

Romania Bans Sale, Distribution Of Hallucinogenic Plants

10:01, 10 Feb. 2010
The Romanian Government on Wednesday adopted an emergency decree banning the distribution and sale of 36 plants and hallucinogenic substances.

Romanian Govt Postpones Talk On Mandatory Energy Certification For Buildings

13:22, 05 Feb. 2010
The Romanian Government has postponed talks on making energy certification for buildings mandatory as of March, saying procedures to apply the new system are not clear enough and the country lacks a sufficient number of energy auditors, people close to the matter told MEDIASFAX Friday.

Romania To Pay 13th Salary For 2009 Until April, Scrap It As Of 2011 – PM

09:12, 03 Feb. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday evening on B1 TV the extra 13th monthly salary per year for 2009 will be granted to public sector employees until April 2010, depending on budget loans approved by the Finance Ministry, but stressed this salary will no longer be paid in 2011 for 2010.

Romania Earmarks RON439M For Furlough Measures In 2010

12:12, 02 Feb. 2010
Romania’s government will assign 439 million lei (EUR1=RON4.0805) to extend furlough measures in 2010 and expects 200,000 employees will benefit, Prime Minister Emil Boc told lawmakers Tuesday.

Romanian PM To Address Parliament On Govt’s Legislative Priorities

15:00, 01 Feb. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc will present the Government’s legislative priorities in Senate Monday, at 5 p.m. and in the Chamber of Deputies Tuesday at 10 a.m., the standing offices of the two chambers of Parliament decided Monday.

Romanian Govt OKs National Power Holdings Setup

17:46, 29 Ian. 2010
The Romanian government approved the reorganization of the energy sector by creating two national power holdings which include almost all the state-owned assets in the field, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Friday.

Romania Govt To Approve Draft Pension Law Next Week, Send It To Parliament For Adoption

15:13, 29 Ian. 2010
Romania’s government on Friday analyzed the final form of the draft law on the unitary public pensions and decided to approve it in its meeting next Wednesday in order to send it to the Parliament for adoption immediately, people present at the talks told MEDIAFAX Friday.

Romania’s Govt Approves Decree To Set Up Citizenship Special Agency

14:56, 29 Ian. 2010
Romania’s Government approved Friday the decree setting up the National Agency for Citizenship to grant Romanian citizenship to those who lost it.

Romanian Govt Plans To Strengthen Social Protection Measures For Low-Income Families

11:26, 29 Ian. 2010
Romania's government plans to introduce a package of laws to reform the social protection system and laws will target to ban social benefits, such as trousseaus for newborns, for people holding "Mercedes cars and villas" and grant it to low-income families, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday.

Romanian Govt To Issue Law Allowing Furlough Come Feb 1

20:04, 27 Ian. 2010
The Romanian Government will approve early February a draft law regulating furlough measures to protect employees, starting with February 1, 2010, in a fashion similar to the system applied last year, said Prime Minister Emil Boc, after talks with unions and employers.

EU Ambassadors Urge Romania To Tackle Abusive Public Auction Proceedings -Sources

11:08, 26 Ian. 2010
Ambassadors to Bucharest of European Union members states told Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc that foreign companies operating in Romania keep complaining about trials pending in court way too long and about abusive auction proceedings, by cancelling auctions based on no solid grounds.

Romanian Govt OKs Pwr Producers To Use Coal, Fuel Oil From State Reserve

09:49, 26 Ian. 2010
The Romanian Government authorized 21 power producers to borrow 1.9 billion tons of coal and 172.9 million tons of fuel oil from the state reserve until October 21.

Romanian Prime Minister Boc Announced Draft Education Law To Be Approved By End Of March

15:14, 25 Ian. 2010
Romania's draft law on national education will be approved by the Government by the end of March and sent to Parliament for adoption, Prime Minister Emil Boc announced Monday, after a discussion with ambassadors of EU states.

Romania’s Govt Urges Industrial Consumers To Reduce Natural Gas Consumption

18:34, 24 Ian. 2010
Romania’s Government urged the country’s big industrial consumers to reduce their natural gas consumption at this time of the year, and asked thermal power plants to use crude oil to avoid gas imports.

Romania’s Pension Law To Be Approved By Govt In February – PM

14:50, 24 Ian. 2010
Romania’s Government will approve the draft pension law at the beginning of February, so that it can be sent to Parliament for debates, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Sunday.

Ford To Use EIB Loan To Produce Eco-Friendly Car At Romanian Plant

11:10, 21 Ian. 2010
Ford Romania will use a EUR400 million loan from the European Investment Bank to finance current operations at its Craiova plant and manufacture an environmentally friendly small car, Ford Europe’s vice-president for legal affairs Wolfgang Schneider said Thursday.

Romanian Unions, Employers Call On Govt To Allow Extended Furlough

16:04, 20 Ian. 2010
Romania’s union confederation Cartel Alfa and employers’ association UGIR-1903 will send a letter to Prime Minister Emil Boc Thursday calling for a government emergency decree extending the allowed period for furlough from the current three months.