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Romania’s New Car Tax Effective As Of Thursday

10:12, 20 Feb. 2009
Romania’s new car tax, one third lower than the value tripled at the end of last year and double compared to the level set initially in July 2008, became effective Thursday, Fen 19, when the government decree lowering the tax was published in Romania’s Official Journal.

Romanian Govt To Back Bucharest Mayoralty In Basarab Passageway Case- PM

12:28, 19 Feb. 2009
The Romanian government will back the Bucharest mayoralty in its endeavor to have the Basarab high-level passageway declared of public utility, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday, adding he already talked to Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu and would also look into the matter with finance minister.

Romanian Used Car Owners Have 20 Days TO Pay Tax At Old Value

20:04, 18 Feb. 2009
Romanian owners of imported used cars who bought the vehicle before December 15, 2008, have 20 days to submit the literature needed to pay the car tax at the old value, before the tripling applied in December.

Romanian Govt OKs Holiday Tickets For Employees

15:11, 18 Feb. 2009
Romanian government on Wednesday approved the introduction of holiday tickets for employees and set their value at up to six gross minimum wages a ticket, Tourism Minister Elena Udrea said.

Romanian Govt Might Take Responsibility For Civil, Criminal Codes – Sources

10:04, 18 Feb. 2009
The Romanian government will send the Civil, Criminal and their respective procedure Codes to be debated in Parliament for two months and then plans to take responsibility for their adoption, sources close to the talks told MEDIAFAX late Tuesday.

Romanian Govt Cuts Budget Expenses To Avoid Excessive Def Procedure

10:07, 17 Feb. 2009
The Romanian Government decided to cut budget expenses through an emergency ordinance, in order to keep the deficit at a low level and avoid European Commission’s excessive deficit procedure.

Romania Waits EC’s Go Ahead For A 30% Cut In Car Tax – Sources

18:22, 16 Feb. 2009
Romanian authorities requested European Commission’s approval to operate a 30% cut of a tax on car’s first registration and to slightly increase taxes for non-Euro and Euro1 cars, ministry sources said Monday.

Romanian Govt Sets Up Measures To Avoid Excessive Deficit Procedure

17:21, 13 Feb. 2009
Romanian Government already drafted an emergency ordinance that includes a series of measures on cutting budget expenses, to keep the deficit at a low level and thus avoid European Commission’s excessive deficit procedure.

Romanian Govt Says Pvt Pension Contribution Freeze In ’09 Is Temporary, Needed To Cover Deficit

12:52, 13 Feb. 2009
The Romanian government justified the keeping of contributions to mandatory private pensions at 2% this year by the need to control the deficit of the public pension system, adding the measure is temporary.

Romanian Pres Asks Govt To Settle Sterling’s Black Sea Exploitation Issue

19:46, 11 Feb. 2009
Romanian president Traian Basescu asked Wednesday the Government to settle the issue regarding the blocks in the Black Sea that are exploited by Canada’s Sterling Resources.

Romania To Lower Car Tax, Pay Back Tax Differences

16:35, 11 Feb. 2009
Romania’s pollution tax on cars will be reduced from the current values which is triple compared to July 2008 and vehicle owners who paid the tripled tax might get their money back.

Romanian Govt To Redistribute Money Left Unspent In 2008 To Local Authorities

11:42, 10 Feb. 2009
The Romanian government will redistribute to local authorities funds that weren’t spent in 2008, after it had previously decided to have that money returned to the state budget, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday.

Romanian Social Democrats Pushed For Pension Hikes – Social Democrat Leader

16:27, 07 Feb. 2009
If the social democrats weren’t part of Romania’s current government, pensions wouldn't have been hiked, while people with low incomes would have had their salaries frozen on the entire economic crisis period, Social Democratic Party head Mircea Geoana said Saturday.

Romanian Govt Should Support Local Unit Of Ford – Social Democrat Head

15:36, 07 Feb. 2009
Head of Romania’s Social Democratic Party, Mircea Geoana, said Saturday that the Government should consider an integrated set of measures supporting the local unit of American carmaker Ford, which forms, together with Romanian carmaker Dacia, “the pillar” of the local auto industry.

Romanian Govt Ponders Freezing Dignitary Wages In ’09

19:44, 05 Feb. 2009
The Romanian government proposes the freezing of salaries in 2009 for dignitaries and positions assimilated to public dignities.

Romanian Govt Oks ’09 Draft Budget

18:29, 05 Feb. 2009
The Romanian government approved the 2009 draft budget, which will be sent to Parliament Friday, government sources told MEDIAFAX Thursday.

Black Sea Reserves Lease Contracts Extended By All Romanian Govts – Ex-Ruling Party

15:02, 04 Feb. 2009
The contracts on the Black Sea reserves lease were signed by the government in 1992, and subsequently extended by all Romanian governments, according to a press release of the National Liberal Party, or PNL, part of the former governing coalition.

Romania’s ’09 Budget Is Illegal, Immoral, Top Secret – Opposition VP

17:02, 01 Feb. 2009
Romanian Liberal Party vice-president Eugen Nicolaescu said Sunday during a press conference that the 2009 state budget draft was illegally approved, is immoral because it doesn’t keep promises made during elections, and is also top secret.

Agencies, Authorities Coordinated By Romanian PM Could Be Transferred To Govt Secretariat, Deputy PM

14:51, 01 Feb. 2009
Agencies and authorities coordinated by the Romanian prime minister are being evaluated by performance and budget and some, such as the Sanitary Veterinary Authority and the Anti-doping Authority, could be transferred to the Government Secretariat General or the deputy prime minister.

Romanian MEP Rares Niculescu To Be Appointed Govt Spokesman

13:51, 01 Feb. 2009
Romanian MEP Rares Niculescu is the spokesman for the Romanian Government, Niculescu told MEDIAFAX Sunday.

Romanian Govt Prepares Plan To Relaunch Agriculture – PM

14:20, 31 Ian. 2009
The Romanian government will come up with a special program to relaunch the country’s agriculture sector to make Romania an exporter of food products, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday.

Romanian Govt To Modify Fiscal Code, Introduce Tax Exempt For Reinvested Pft – PM

21:14, 29 Ian. 2009
The Romanian government will modify the fiscal code and approve through an emergency ordinance the absolving of reinvested profit taxation and the compensation of the value added tax, or VAT, with the reimbursed sums from the state through VAT, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday.

Romanian Govt May Ask IMF, EC For A Loan – PM

21:07, 29 Ian. 2009
Romania has indeed problems with the external deficit financing, but has several options such as taking a loan from the European Commission or the International Monetary Fund, none of the solutions being excluded, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday.

Romanian Govt Has Money For Budget Def, Doesn’t Know It – Ex PM

21:02, 29 Ian. 2009
Romania’s former prime minister Calin Tariceanu said Thursday the country’s National Fund for Development has 11 billion lei (EUR1= RON4.2314), which would enable the Executive to cover the funding deficit, adding there is enough money if the Government knew how to look for it and use it.

Romanian Govt Allots 20% Of ’09 Budget Spending For Invest – Sources

17:11, 29 Ian. 2009
Romania's Government decided in Thursday’s meeting to assign 20% of the 2009 budget spending for investments, mainly in infrastructure, governmental sources told MEDIAFAX on Thursday.

Pensions In Romanian Public Sys To Increase 5% In Two Tranches – Sources

14:11, 29 Ian. 2009
Pensions in Romania’s state pension system will be increased 5% in 2009, in two tranches: 3% in April and 2% in October, taking the pension point to 42 - 45% of the average gross wage, people close to the talks within the governing coalition told MEDIAFAX Thursday.

Unionists Ask Romanian Pres Not To Interfere In Negotiations With Govt

20:57, 28 Ian. 2009
Union leaders asked Romanian President Traian Basescu to no longer interfere in the negotiations between the Government and the social partners, head of the unions CNSLR Fratia and BNS said at the end of the meeting on Wednesday.

Romanian Govt Drops Move To Cut Central Administration Staff By 20%

20:02, 28 Ian. 2009
The Romanian Government will not reduce the number of the central administration’s employees by 20%, said Vasile Marica, head of the public servants' alliance Sex Lex, after the meeting with the Prime Minister and the President on Wednesday.

Romanian Govt Plans To Propose Wage Freeze To Social Partners – Sources

16:29, 27 Ian. 2009
The Romanian government plans to propose to social partners a moratorium on wages and pensions for a limited period, but the document is still being analyzed and hasn’t yet been approved by the ruling coalition, government source told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian Govt’s Grace Period Ends With Presentation Of Budget – President

10:18, 27 Ian. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said late Monday on public television that the grace period he grants the center-left coalition government ends with the presentation of the 2009 state budget draft.

Romanian President’s Second Mandate Depends On Coalition Govt Results

09:52, 27 Ian. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu publicly admitted he had told democrat liberal leaders a month ago that unless the Government has results and curb the effects of the economic crisis on Romanians, he will not run for a new term as president.

Romania ’08 Budget Spending EUR500M Vs. EUR50M In ’07

15:31, 25 Ian. 2009
Romanian public institutions and state-owned companies bought cars, laptops and furniture worth over EUR500 million in 2008, tenfold higher compared with total purchases of EUR50 million in 2007, and most contracts were signed with private suppliers during August-December 2008.

Romanian Govt to Begin Talks With Ford On Loan Guarantees

19:52, 23 Ian. 2009
The Romanian government will begin talks with Ford on the conditions to guarantee a loan for the American group, in accordance with the request formulated by the investor late 2008.

Romania’s Govt Anti-Crisis Measures To Be Included In Separate Budget Chapter

19:24, 23 Ian. 2009
The anti-crisis measures will be enacted by an emergency ordinance, in order to be enforced immediately, and will be part of a separate budget chapter, not being included in the ministries’ budgets, Cezar Coraci, head of the Employers’ Confederation of the Romanian Industry UGIR-1903, said Friday.

Romanian Public Servants Mull Protests Against Govt Decision To Cut Staff By 20%

15:04, 23 Ian. 2009
Romanian public servants threaten to protest to the government’s decision to scrap 20% of jobs in the central public administration, which they consider is an irresponsible government decision that will weaken state authority and affects public interest.

Romanian Govt To Base Prefect Replacement On Mobility Principle In ’09

16:47, 22 Ian. 2009
The Romanian government removed the provision that states the positions of government inspector will be limited to at most 30% of the number of positions connected to the other public offices in the category of high public servants.

Romanian Govt, Social Partners Continue Talks On Anti-Crisis Measures

13:03, 20 Ian. 2009
The Romanian government and its social partners, namely unions and employers’ associations, continued talks Tuesday regarding anti-crisis measures and proposals aiming to help the country better cope with the economic crisis.

Romania’s Former Govt Tries To Justify Its Incompetence – Econ Min

15:21, 19 Ian. 2009
Romanian Economy Minister Adriean Videanu on Monday said it is “outrageous” how the former executive tries to justify its “incompetence” that led to an impossible situation of the country’s private sector.

Romanian PM Voices Out Govt Priorities

14:59, 17 Ian. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Saturday said the government’s priorities target the state budget, infrastructure, agriculture and the European Union funds, adding the ruling coalition also aims to get the European Commission to stop monitoring the country’s legal system.

Romanian Govt Plans Public Sector Wage Hikes In April Covering Just Inflation

10:24, 15 Ian. 2009
The Romanian government plans to increase public sector wages in April 2009 only in ratio to the estimated rise in inflation, and might up wages again in the fourth quarter of the year in ratio to labor productivity.