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Social Democrat Contender: Romania Will Achieve Law And Order After Dec 6 Runoff

19:20, 29 Nov. 2009
Romanian social democrat presidential contender Mircea Geoana on Sunday said he is confident the "structures within the country’s Interior Ministry will fairly oversee the second round of presidential elections," adding “law and order will be brought back, including within the ministry."

Romanian Senators Adopt Law Protecting Consumer’s Right To Annul Contract

14:24, 25 Nov. 2009
Romanian senators adopted Wednesday a law whereby the consumer’s right to challenge or annul a contract may not be prevented or obstructed by any contractual clause or agreement, but that such clauses are considered naturally void.

Romanian President Promulgates Simplified Citizenship Procedures Law

21:01, 11 Nov. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu signed Wednesday the decree promulgating the law approving the Government Emergency Ordinance amending the Romanian citizenship law, thus simplifying citizenship granting procedures.

Romanian Traditional Houses To Be Included Among Tourist Receiving Structures – Senate

14:58, 11 Nov. 2009
Romanian senators Wednesday adopted a law whereby tourist receiving structures would include traditional houses, whose owners handle the business directly, without a staff.

Romanian Parliament Allows Govt To Submit 2010 State Budget Draft

12:03, 11 Nov. 2009
Romania's Senate on Wednesday adopted with 93 votes in favor the draft amendments to the Law on the organization of the Government, empowering the Executive to send to the Parliament the 2010 state budget, social security budget and fiscal liability laws.

Romanian President To Promulgate Citizenship Law Wednesday

19:46, 10 Nov. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday, on television station Etno TV, that Wednesday he will promulgate the citizenship law, approved by government emergency ordinance, adding that in 2009 there were more citizenships granted on this ordinance “than there were since 1990".

Romanian Government Takes New Shot At Pushing Pension Law In Parliament

19:44, 10 Nov. 2009
Romanian interim Prime Minister Emil Boc asked the Senate Tuesday to amend the law organizing the Government so that the dismissed Cabinet can enact the state budget for 2010 as well as the draft laws on fiscal liability and the unitary pension system, parts of the agreements concluded with the IMF.

Romanian Senate Set For Speedy Enactment Of Fiscal Liability Law

15:45, 09 Nov. 2009
The Romanian Senate will discuss, with urgency, the legislative initiative regarding the fiscal liability law, and Senate Chairman Mircea Geoana asked dismissed Prime Minister Emil Boc to state a stance in the matter within three days.

Romanian Cable Operators Push For Law On Telecom Infrastructure

14:58, 09 Nov. 2009
The Romanian Cable Communications Association urged competent authorities to pass a law on telecom infrastructure, arguing the Romanian cable services industry is "at the beck and call of local authorities and owners of utility poles", which hinders upgrades on the local telecom networks.

Romanian Lawmakers Adopt Draft Law To Transfer Trade Registry To Chambers Of Commerce

12:12, 03 Nov. 2009
Romanian lawmakers adopted Monday a draft normative act regarding the transfer of Trade Registry’s offices from the Justice Ministry to Chambers of Commerce.

Romanian Senate Raises Heating Aid Ceiling Back To RON615

14:00, 27 Oct. 2009
Romanian senators Tuesday decided unanimously to raise the ceiling for state subsidy for heating bills to an income of 615 lei (EUR=RON4.2897) per family member after the government had slashed it to RON425 and then pushed to raise it back.

Romanian Pres OKs Law Regulating Food Product Supplier, Vendor Relations

19:47, 14 Oct. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu signed on Wednesday the decree promulgating the Law on the sale of food products.

Romanian President Passes Law On Father’s, Mother’s Days

10:58, 13 Oct. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Tuesday passed the law instating Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, which will be celebrated on the first and respectively second Sunday of May.

Romania Enforces Mandatory Home Insurance Law As Of July1, 2010

12:32, 12 Oct. 2009
The law forcing Romanian homeowners to insure their homes against natural disasters will be enforced starting July 1, 2010 and PAID, the company issuing mandatory home insurance policies must be ready by then, PAID chief Constantin Toma said Monday.

Romania’s Social Democratic Party Rejects Retirement Age Increase For Women

16:03, 10 Oct. 2009
Social democrat leader Mircea Geoana said Saturday during a visit in Zalau, northwestern Romania, his party does not agree with increasing retirement age for Romanian women as the latter face tougher life conditions than women elsewhere in the European Union.

Romania’s Constitutional Court Rules Data Storage Law Unconstitutional

16:33, 08 Oct. 2009
Romania's Constitutional Court Thursday ruled unconstitutional a controversial law compelling telecom operators to store data on people’s calls, emails and short messages and provide them to investigators on request.

Romania Bans Paid In-Vitro Fertilization, Artificial Insemination Procedures

11:13, 07 Oct. 2009
Romania’s former Health Minister Ion Bazac signed on September 23 an order banning paid in-vitro fertilization and artificial insemination and setting that assisted reproduction procedures fall in the category of human egg trafficking.

UPDATE: Romania’s PM Ready To Resign If Pension Law Is Not Enacted

12:10, 06 Oct. 2009
Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday he is ready to resign his position if the Parliament doesn't give the Government a confidence vote to enact the new pension law, adding he has considered this risk.

Referendum Ordinance Is Unconstitutional – Romanian Senate Chairman

11:12, 01 Oct. 2009
Romanian social democrat leader and Senate Chairman Mircea Geoana said Thursday he will notify the Constitutional Court on the emergency decree the government passed Wednesday obliging the Parliament to approve the head of state’s request for a referendum within 20 days.

Romanian Environment Min Drafts Picnic Area Law

15:53, 30 Sept. 2009
The head of the Romanian National Agency for Environmental Protection, Mihail Faca, said Wednesday the Ministry of Environment is working on a picnic law that will compel local authorities to provide conditions for picnic goers and to fine litterers.

Romanian MPs Pass Law On Father’s, Mother’s Days

13:36, 29 Sept. 2009
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies decided Tuesday that Mother’s Day and Father’s Day will be celebrated, in turn, on the first and respectively second Sunday of May, in a bid to achieve “balance between the two parents”.

Law On Food Product Trade To Bring Nearly 30% Drop In Prices – Romanian Agr Min

14:34, 22 Sept. 2009
The law on food product trade might bring about drops in prices for final consumers, of up to 30%, Romanian Agriculture Minister Ilie Sarbu said Tuesday.

Romanian Education Minister Not To Enforce School Mgmt Order

15:30, 21 Sept. 2009
Romanian Education Minister Ecaterina Andronescu said Monday during a meeting of the Social Democratic Party’s standing office she will not enforce the order regarding school principal appointments and added the norms of the education law will be presented Wednesday, during the government meeting.

Romanian Retailers Displeased With Anti-Competition Law

14:42, 21 Sept. 2009
The law regulating the selling of food products goes against the principle of competition and will lead to bankruptcies while also forcing foreign retailers to pull their direct investments from Romania, according to Romanian large retailers association AMRCR.

Romanian Senate Adopted Tacitly Pension, Wage Amassment Law

13:57, 16 Sept. 2009
The Romanian Senate on Wednesday tacitly adopted a draft law that prohibits the amassment of pensions and wages for retirees who took new jobs in the public sector and their pensions top gross average wage.

Romanian President Salutes Govt Initiative „To Modernize Romania”

20:40, 15 Sept. 2009
Romania’s president Traian Basescu said Tuesday after the Government asked the Parliament for a confidence vote to enact the three packs of laws he admires the courage of the Executive and the ruling coalition in their attempt to modernize the country.

Romanian PM Presents State Agency Restructuring Law

19:21, 15 Sept. 2009
The government decided to reorganize its agencies after noting the number of employees has grown unjustifiably and the revenues are used for yachts, headquarters and bonuses, said Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc.

Romanian Magistrates Gross Wages Will Not Decrease – PM

19:13, 15 Sept. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday in Parliament that the gross salaries of magistrates will not be reduced under the unitary wage law for the public sector, but the judges and prosecutors will not be eligible for the same types of salary hikes applied to teaches and doctors until 2015.

Romanian PM Says Unitary Wage Law Upsets Those Who Lose Privilege

19:01, 15 Sept. 2009
The Romanian unitary wage law for the public sector displeases certain categories of staff because it removes privileges and restores balance in a chaotic system, said Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc.

Over One Thousand Romanian Unionists Protest In Front Of Parliament

17:34, 15 Sept. 2009
Over one thousand Romanian unionists protest in front of the Parliament against the decision of the Government to ask the Parliament for a confidence vote today, to enact the law on education, the unitary wage law and a law reorganizing public institutions and government agencies.

Romanian Liberals To Challenge Govt’s Law Packs In Constitutional Court

17:27, 14 Sept. 2009
Romanian liberal MPs found unconstitutional elements in the three draft laws for which the government intends to take responsibility, and a group coordinated by liberal Teodor Melescanu will formulate the challenge.

Romanian Lawmakers Among Least Active In Monitoring EU Law – Report

13:34, 14 Sept. 2009
The Romanian Parliament is among the European member states that have sent no comments on legislative propositions and draft laws coming out of Brussels, on a par with Malta and Spain, according to a report cited by the EUObserver.

Romanian Union Confederacies Partially Agree With Unitary Wage Law

20:20, 10 Sept. 2009
Representatives of Romanian union agree with the government’s intention to take responsibility for the unitary wage law on September 15, if after six months they are allowed to make corrections in the normative act.

Romanian Govt To Meet, Discuss Law Pack Amendments Sunday

16:48, 09 Sept. 2009
The Romanian Government will hold a meeting Sunday to discuss the amendments proposed to the laws for which the it plans to take responsibility in Parliament, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday.

Romanian Govt Advised To Review Grammar, Logic Flaws In Law Packs

16:44, 08 Sept. 2009
The Romanian Legislative Council sent the Government a plea for added care in writing, annexing some 50 pages of corrections aimed at grammatical and logic mistakes noted in the three laws for which the Executive intends to take responsibility in Parliament.

Romanian Ambulance Services To Protest Countrywide Wednesday Over Unitary Pay Law

14:59, 05 Sept. 2009
Romanian ambulance services across the country will trigger nationwide protests Wednesday morning, as unionists are displeased with how the draft law regulating wages across the public sector was negotiated, the Executive Office of the National Ambulance Union Federation said Saturday.

Romanian Education Min Drew Up Final Form Of Education Code

16:18, 02 Sept. 2009
Romanian minister of education Ecaterina Andronescu set up Wednesday with education unions the final form of the education Code that will be presented in a Government meeting.

Romanian Govt Could Postpone Sending The Wage Law To Parliament Until Monday

23:40, 01 Sept. 2009
The president of Romanian union confederation "Cartel Alfa", Bogdan Hossu, said Tuesday evening, after the talks at the Government, that the Executive could postpone until Monday sending to Parliament the draft unitary wage law for the public system, in a bid to avoid social conflicts.

Romanian Education Unions Displeased After Talks With Govt On Unitary Wage Law

20:56, 01 Sept. 2009
Romanian education unions declared themselves displeased, after talks with the representatives of the Government on the unitary wage law in the public sector, as the executive said the decision is a political one and that nothing will change.

Romanian Tourism Food Segment VAT Could Drop To 9%

16:28, 27 Aug. 2009
The value added tax (VAT) on the food segment in Romanian tourism could decrease from the current 19% level to 9%, following a provision included in the tourism law, said tourism minister Elena Udrea Thursday.