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Romanian Govt Signed EUR900M Financing Contracts For EU-funded Projects

20:11, 19 Mai 2009
The Romanian government signed financing contracts worth EUR900 million, since it was installed in December 2008, which target projects also financed from European Union funds and it will assign this year over EUR770 million for rural development projects, Romanian Premier Emil Boc said Tuesday.

Romanian Govt To Take Responsibility For Criminal, Civil Codes Early June

11:22, 18 Mai 2009
The Romanian government will take responsibility in Parliament for the Criminal and Civil Codes at the beginning of June, democrat liberal vice-president Gheorghe Flutur said Monday after a governing coalition meeting.

Romanian PM Upbeat On Govt’s Ability To Revive Ailing Economy

16:38, 16 Mai 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday in northwestern city of Cluj-Napoca, at the launch of democrat liberal candidates for EP elections, that the government managed to curb the effects of the economic crisis, adding "Romania’s economy is likely to revive in the second and third quarters."

Romania Won’t Exempt Reinvested Pft From Taxation In ’09

17:15, 14 Mai 2009
Romania’s Government will not exempt this year the tax on reinvested profit, and the fiscal incentive will be introduced in 2010 only for "certain activities," according to the revised version of the Convergence Program, obtained by MEDIAFAX.

Romania’s Govt Plans New Budget Revision This Summer

16:21, 14 Mai 2009
Romania’s Government plans to revise again in the summer the state budget and the state social insurance budget for 2009, during the parliamentary vacation, according to a normative act drafted by the government.

Contesting Public Procurement Auctions, Romania’s New National Sport – Transport Min

12:26, 12 Mai 2009
Contesting public procurement contract awarding has become a national sport in Romania, where contenders challenge auctions just to stop the auction winner from starting works and block the use of national and EU funds, Romanian transport minister Radu Berceanu said Tuesday.

Mins At Odds With Govt Acts Should Resign – Democrat Liberal VP

13:32, 11 Mai 2009
Romanian Democratic Liberal Party vice-president Theodor Stolojan said Monday after the party’s National Standing Office meeting that the members of the government coalition need to show solidarity in the decisions made, and those who feel otherwise can resign.

Romanian Govt To Analyze Decentralization In Education, Agriculture, Culture

16:32, 10 Mai 2009
The Romanian Government will analyze, within ten days, the draft laws regarding decentralization in Education, Agriculture, Culture and Labor, after laws were approved on Sunday transferring the duties in Health, Police and Sports to local authorities, Prime Minister Emil Boc said.

Romanian Hospitals To Be Managed By Local Authorities As Of 2010

14:50, 10 Mai 2009
Romanian hospitals and public health offices will be converted to Medical Assistance Offices and transferred to the management of local authorities as of January 1, 2010, through a law package which will enter force on September 1, Health Minister Ion Bazac said.

Romanian Opposition’s No-Confidence Motion To Be Debated Monday

16:12, 05 Mai 2009
The no-confidence motion "The great PDL-PSD hoax" will be presented Monday in a plenary Parliament meeting and it will be debated and voted Wednesday, according to a decision rendered by the leaders of the two chambers of Parliament.

EC Experts Say Romanian Govt Should Direct Investments To Workforce

13:36, 05 Mai 2009
European Commission experts present in Bucharest to carry out an evaluation and prepare July’s country report took part in the ministers’ meeting on the topic of Communitarian funds and suggested the Romanian Government should direct investments to the development of human resources.

Romania To Pay EUR100M For Microsoft Licenses

15:44, 01 Mai 2009
Romanian government has empowered the Communications Ministry to pay some EUR100 million to use Microsoft licenses in administration between 2009 and 2012, the executive said in a decision.

Romania Deems Flu Pandemic Probable; Scarce Resources Revealed

14:36, 01 Mai 2009
Romanian authorities are taking stock of existing antiviral medicine as the swine flu pandemic seems increasingly probable, but the country’s response may be too weak compared to France’s, for example, which has enough doses for everybody.

Romania To Draft New Pension Law Principles Until May 15

13:16, 29 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government recently decided to set up an inter-ministry workgroup, which will draft until May 15, following talks with social partners, the principles of the country’s future pension law, which will also target the special retirement laws.

Romania Freezes Public Sector Wages Until Yearend

09:25, 29 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government approved the draft emergency act freezing public sector wages between May 1 and December 31, which actually extends a recent government decision to postpone wage hikes, which expires end April.

Romanian Govt Mulls Selling 12,843 ANL Houses To Tenants

19:43, 28 Apr. 2009
Romanian government will ask the local councils to change the legal status of 12,843 houses rented to youngsters by the National Housing Agency in order to sell them to the tenants, Housing Minister Vasile Blaga said Tuesday.

Romania Considers Freezing Salaries Until Dec 31 – Sources

18:42, 28 Apr. 2009
Romanian government will discuss Tuesday a draft emergency act that freezes salaries in the public sector, including in the education, government sources said.

Romanian Govt To Let Local Authorities Manage Ports, Airports, Hospitals, Auto Registry Departments

13:54, 26 Apr. 2009
Romania’s decentralization process will allow local authorities to manage local departments and units of central government structures, such as farming departments, local auto registry departments, hospitals, ports, airports and will imply amending the country’s main administrative laws.

Romanian Govt Accounts For Recent Public Service Decentralization Measures

15:18, 24 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government said failure to adopt urgent measures aiming to eliminate managing positions of decentralized services would seriously affect public administration and management proceedings, and stressed its recent act on the matter is based on EC recommendations aiming to cut spending.

Romanian Government Might Take Responsibility For Unitary Wage Law – PM

18:50, 22 Apr. 2009
The Romanian Government considers taking responsibility before Parliament for the unitary wage law in the public sector, Prime Minister Emil Boc stated Wednesday.

Romanian Govt To Check Public Procurement Proceedings Quarterly

16:11, 20 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government will request public institutions to draft reports on the assignment of public procurement contracts on a quarterly basis, in an attempt to closely monitor public procurement proceedings.

The Liberal Govt Spent All The Money, Left Us Penniless – Romanian PM

19:03, 16 Apr. 2009
The liberals have spent EUR4 billion in the last quarter of governing, money that could have covered the budget deficit in 2009 without loans from the European Commission, and have depleted the funds obtained from the sale of BCR, but they are still the ones to comment, said prime minister Emil Boc.

Romania Govt Calls For Annulment Of ‘Spiteful’ MPs Pension Law

14:45, 16 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government wants to have the Law allowing MPs to collect special pensions annulled, considering the act spiteful toward the population in times of crisis, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday.

Romania Simplifies Citizenship Proceedings

20:05, 15 Apr. 2009
Romanian government decided to simplify proceedings for acquiring and reacquiring Romanian citizenship, due to the high number of ongoing applications, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday.

Romanian Govt Decides To Recall Five Consuls

11:41, 14 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government approved a decision recalling Romania’s consul in Turin, Italy, Iulia Buje, who said in February that Italian interior minister Roberto Maroni called the consular offices several times in 1998-2000 to intervene in favor of Romanians working illegally.

Romanian Govt Mulls Granting EUR1.5B State Guarantees

18:49, 13 Apr. 2009
Romania’s Government will grant state guarantees totaling more than EUR1.5 billion, mainly to companies in auto industry, energy sector, and petrochemical industry or to dwelling builders, government sources told MEDIAFAX Monday.

Romania Sees Public Spending Dn By RON148M On Limited Wage Bonuses – Sources

16:42, 11 Apr. 2009
Romanian government expects a RON148 million (EUR1-RON4.1189) cut in public spending following limited wage bonuses, ministry sources said Saturday.

Romanian Govt Approves Minimum Yr Tax Based On Co Turnover

16:22, 11 Apr. 2009
Romanian government on Saturday approved an emergency act under which companies are to pay a minimum yearly tax of 2,200 lei (some EUR500), computed based on turnover.

Moldovan Police Squads Attacked Pro TV Chisinau Staff

12:41, 10 Apr. 2009
Constantin Rogodantev, camera operator for Moldovan TV station Pro TV, was assaulted Thursday night by police squads protecting the headquarters of Moldovan government, Pro TV Chisinau reported.

Romania Gets IMF Agreement In Principle On EUR13B Loan – PM

19:55, 09 Apr. 2009
Romanian Government received from the International Monetary Fund the agreement in principle for the EUR12.95 billion stand-by loan, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday.

Romanian Govt Coalition Maintains Salaries In Education – Sources

17:57, 09 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government coalition decided Thursday that salaries in education will not drop, the minimum pension will be maintained and the pension point will grow to 43.3%, investments will be maintained and leasing companies will be exempt from the lump sum tax, social democrat sources told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Govt Plans To Reduce Staff Or Freeze Salaries In Education Sector- Union Leader

16:51, 06 Apr. 2009
Romanian education unionists rejected the government’s decision to cut back on education staff by 20,000 people or freeze salaries in the sector, Aurel Cornea, head of the Federation of Free Unions in Education (FSLI), said Monday.

Romanian Govt To Ask EU OK For VAT Deduction Ban

14:29, 05 Apr. 2009
The Romanian Government sent to the European Commission a request for derogation from EU norms and consulting the European VAT Committee, to remove the right to VAT deduction on the purchase of vehicles by companies, and to limit to 30% the VAT deduction for vehicle maintenance.

Ban On Granting Vacation Vouchers To Affect Romanian Tourism – Union Leader

12:52, 03 Apr. 2009
The ban on granting gift and vacation vouchers to public sector employees would seriously affect the country’s tourism sector, Bogdan Hossu, head of the country’s "Cartel Alfa" union confederation, said Friday in response to the government’s intention to ban these vouchers.

Romanian Govt Plans To Ban Gift, Vacation Vouchers In Public Sector Until Yearend – Sources

11:50, 03 Apr. 2009
The Romanian government plans to ban the granting of gift and vacation vouchers to public sector employees until the end of 2009, ministry sources told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Government To Suspend Filling Of Vacancies In Public Institutions

11:09, 03 Apr. 2009
The Romanian Government will suspend the filling of vacancies in public institutions or authorities through contest and will prohibit the purchase of new cars, furniture and office equipment, in an effort to cut budget spending, ministry sources told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Govt To Up Only Very Low Wages This Year, Freeze The Rest

09:59, 01 Apr. 2009
Romanian public sector employees will get wage raises this year only if their salaries are very low, while wages that are above the average wage per economy will be frozen, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said late Tuesday.

Romania Ups Pension Point 3% To RON718.4 As Of April 1

09:48, 01 Apr. 2009
Romanian pensions increase as of April 1 and the pension point will be worth 718.4 lei (EUR1=RON4.2), 3% higher than the previous RON697.5, and will further increase an additional 2%, to RON732.8, as of October 1.

Romanian Education Union Sues Govt Over Decree Regulating Public Sector Wages

13:30, 27 Mart. 2009
The Romanian Federation of National Education sued the government and required the annulment of an emergency decree regulating salaries in the public sector, which the government refused to repeal.

Romanian Social Democrats Loyal To Govt As Long As They Get Equal Say – Party Leader

11:57, 18 Mart. 2009
Romanian Social Democrat (PSD) leader Mircea Geoana stated Wednesday in the party’s National Executive Committee meeting that PSD is loyal to the Government it is part of, as long as it serves the interests of its own voters and both parties in the coalition have equal say.