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Romanian Govt To Present New Measures To Boost Economy – PM

15:38, 21 Aug. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday at the inauguration of the Lugoj eastern bypass road, southwestern Romania, that, in September, the Government will put forward a series of measures to uphold the country’s economy.

Romanian Govt To Set Up Land Expropriation Fund For Road Construction – PM

14:58, 21 Aug. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday that he called on the Government to set up a special land expropriation fund for the construction of roads, as the state can no longer afford to pay for land expropriations, which are very costly.

Romania PM Says Unafraid Of Opposition No-Confidence Vote – Been There, Done That

17:14, 07 Aug. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday he is not afraid of a no-confidence motion the opposition plans to put to the vote this fall saying he’s been through such motions before and his government has survived.

Romanian PM Threatens To Sack Fin Min Unless Tax Evasion Is Countered

16:28, 15 Iul. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday he explicitly required the finance minister and the head of the country’s fiscal authority ANAF to be efficiently involved in fighting tax evasion and threaten to sack both unless he sees results.

Romanian PM Bans Ministers From Speaking Publicly On Topics Without Govt Approval

16:34, 13 Iul. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday the finance minister’s public statements about the introduction of a progressive taxation system as of next year was not considered and approved by the Government and banned ministers from speaking publicly about unapproved issues.

Romanian Ministers, Prefects To Present Monthly Reports On EU Fund Adsorption, Investments – PM

18:25, 11 Iul. 2010
Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc said Sunday he will set up a system monitoring EU fund absorption and public investments, adding that the ministers and prefects who will not “fight to get each penny” granted by EU will “leave”.

Romania To Reduce VAT If Feasible Alternative Measure Found, Taxing Pensions Not Enough – PM

17:30, 11 Iul. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Sunday the value added tax can be reduced only if authorities find other means to cover the revenues brought to the state budget by the 5-percentage point VAT increase, adding taxing pensions is not enough.

Romanian Govt, President Agree To Restructure Public Bodies By September 1

23:28, 09 Iul. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday that September 1 is the deadline agreed with President Traian Basescu by which the restructuration of state institutions must be completed.

Romania PM To Visit Flood-Hit NE Area Tuesday

11:36, 29 Iun. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc will go Tuesday afternoon to the northeastern Romanian counties of Suceava and Botosani, which have been severely hit by floods and are still under flood advisories.

Romania Needs Territorial Reorganization But Not On Ethnic Criteria – PM

11:50, 24 Iun. 2010
Romania’s administrative and territorial reorganization is necessary, considering the eight development regions no longer meet necessities, and the reorganization must be in line with the Constitution, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday during a seminar on territorial reorganization.

Romanian Govt Sets RON8,000 Wage Cap For State-Run Companies’ Employees

10:24, 17 Iun. 2010
Romania’s Government decided to set at 8,000 lei (EUR1= RON4.2254) the maximum wage cap for employees of state-run companies, and 90% of the sum that exceeds this ceiling will go to a solidarity fund, people with direct knowledge of talks told MEDIAFAX late Wednesday.

Romania PM Urges Ministers To Cut High Bonuses, Threatens To Sack Defiers

10:22, 17 Iun. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc told ministers, during a Government meeting held Wednesday evening, that wage bonuses granted to employees of public institutions are way too high and asked them to cease the payment of such incentives, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Wednesday.

PM Asks Lawmakers’ Conf Vote For Austerity Plan, Warns Romania Might Go Into Payment Default

18:10, 07 Iun. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday asked lawmakers’ confidence vote for the two laws that make up the Government’s austerity plan and warned that Romania might go into payment default unless it cuts budget spending.

FOCUS: Romanian PM Seeks Parliament Conf Vote On Govt Austerity Plan Monday

19:21, 06 Iun. 2010
Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc will seek a confidence vote in Parliament Monday for two draft laws that make up the Government’s austerity plan, which cuts public sector wages, pensions and social welfare benefits and regulates certain aspects regarding pensions.

Austerity Measures To Be Applied Until Yearend – Romanian PM

15:50, 26 Mai 2010
Romania’s draft law regulating cost cuts in the public sector, for which the Government will seek a confidence vote in Parliament, will specify that austerity measures will be applied until December 31, 2010.

Romanian PM Meets Employers Friday For Talks On IMF Letter Of Intent

11:08, 21 Mai 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc meets Friday with employers’ representatives for talks on Romania's letter of intent with the International Monetary Fund, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX.

Romanian State Secretaries, State Representatives In Cos Compelled To Donate Benefits

16:53, 19 Mai 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc called on secretaries of state and state representatives in companies where the state is minority shareholder to donate all their benefits for a period of six months to a national solidarity fund.

Romanian Govt To Assess Functioning Standards In Hospitals Countrywide – PM

09:52, 27 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Monday evening the Government will assess the situation of hospitals countrywide, adding healthcare units that do not meet specific functioning standards will eventually be transformed in shelters for the elderly.

Romanian Interim President Cannot Appoint PM – Draft Revised Constitution

20:53, 21 Apr. 2010
The draft law to revise Romania’s Constitution states that the interim president is not allowed to appoint the prime minister and confirm the Government after it was endorsed by the country’s Parliament.

Romanian PM Must Consult With President Before Cabinet Reshuffling

19:58, 21 Apr. 2010
Romania’s Government Wednesday approved a draft law to revise the country’s Constitution whereby the prime minister will be allowed to propose changes in the structure of the Government, by dismissing and appointing new ministers, only after consultations with the president.

Romanian PM Accuses Liberals Of Having Wasted Public Money

12:23, 20 Apr. 2010
Romanian democrat liberal leader and Prime Minister Emil Boc Tuesday accused the National Liberal Party of dissipating the money got by the state after selling its 36.8% stake in the county’s largest lender Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) back in 2006.

Romanian PM Advocates New Pension Law To Make System Sustainable

11:02, 20 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday morning during debates in the Senate that the country’s pension system must be reformed, otherwise the state won’t be able to pay pensions.

Romanian PM To Attend Senate’s Debates On Pension Bill

09:28, 20 Apr. 2010
Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc Tuesday morning will attend debates in the Senate on the country’s pension bill, after senators decided Monday the bill will be the first item on Tuesday’s work agenda.

Romanian PM Threatens To Sack State Secretaries Who Lack Expertise, Urges Mins To Read Govt Program

15:35, 15 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc threatened to dismiss all secretaries of state who prove to lack expertise and do not counter opposition during debates in Parliament by properly upholding the projects included into the Government program.

Romanian Govt To Urge Parliament To Debate On Draft Education Law With Urgency

09:23, 12 Apr. 2010
The Romanian Government will urge the Parliament to debate the draft education law with urgency and adopt it by the end of its current session, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Monday, at the beginning of a Government meeting.

Romanian PM Confident Parliament Will Adopt Pension Law By June

13:42, 09 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday he is confident the draft pension law will be adopted during the current parliament session, adding opposition parties are against the reformation of the pension system.

Romania’s Major Political Objective Is To Join Schengen Area – PM

16:41, 03 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday Romania’s major political objective after it acceded to the European Union and NATO is to join the Schengen area in March 2011, adding Romanian authorities will do their utmost to accomplish this goal.

Romanian Health Ministry To Hold Negotiations On Healthcare Frame Contract With Family Doctors – PM

14:23, 03 Apr. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday the Health Ministry will hold negotiations with family doctors to solve the issues regarding the country’s new frame contract on the provision of medical assistance in 2010.

Romanian PM Warns “Heads Will Roll” If Local Public Workers Delay Wage Payments

16:07, 27 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said “heads will roll” in local labor and fiscal administration departments if wages are stalled because managers are too incompetent or lenient to open credit lines and prefer to tell people the government has no money because of thee crisis.

Romanian PM Says Teachers To Get Raises Of Just 17%

15:27, 27 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said the Government maintains its decision to only raise teachers’ wages by 17% this year, under current legislation, because the country cannot afford to sacrifice its economic stability.

Romanian PM Calls On Parliament To Urgently Enact Govt’s Proposed Bills

15:14, 27 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc called on the Parliament to speed up the enactment of the main draft laws the Government has sent, including the fiscal responsibility law, the pension law, and the civil and criminal procedure codes.

Romanian Decentralized Institution Heads, Dismissed If Rude To The Public – PM

17:53, 26 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday, during a visit to Focsani, eastern Romania, the heads of decentralized institutions will be dismissed if they prove “arrogant and disdainful in relations with the public”.

Over 10,000 Romanian Unionists To Stage Protests On May 1

14:26, 19 Mart. 2010
Over 10,000 unionists affiliated to CNSLR-Fratia will stage protests in Bucharest on May 1, when Romania celebrates Labor Day, and will picket the Government and prefects’ offices countrywide between May 1 and May 9, union leader Marius Petcu told MEDIAXAF Friday.

Romanian PM Reiterates Measures To Uphold Business Environment, No New Elements

19:56, 16 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc Tuesday presented once again, during a meeting held in Parliament, the measures to uphold the business environment in 2010, that were already announced at the end of 2009 in the government program.

Romanian Unionists Boo PM, Call For His Resignation Over Pension, Wage Laws

13:52, 12 Mart. 2010
Romanian unionists protesting outside the government headquarters Friday booed and threw snowballs at Prime Minister Emil Boc, whom they asked to resign from the headship of the Government, dissatisfied with the Executive's planned pension reform and unitary wage law.

Romanian PM Invites Disgruntled Unionists To Talks On Wages, Pensions

11:48, 12 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc came to talk to unionists protesting outside the government headquarters Friday and called on them to accept the pension reform, saying low pensions would not be reduced.

Romanian PM Confirms Ministries Are Temporarily Banned From Concluding Advertising Contracts

09:35, 10 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc Tuesday evening confirmed the Government decided to ban ministries from concluding advertising contracts for the next six months, due to budget constraints, adding that such contracts will not be forbidden as far as European programs are concerned.

Romania To Assign Extra Vouchers For 2010 Clunkers Program – PM

09:33, 10 Mart. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday evening the Government will allot starting next week between 40,000 and 50,000 new vouchers for the 2010 clunkers program, as vouchers originally assigned for this year's program have been exhausted in less than one month.

Romania Eyes Amending Legislation On Residential Thermal Refurbishment – PM

14:45, 05 Mart. 2010
Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc on Friday said the government plans to amend the legislation regulating the thermal refurbishment of apartment buildings, so that local authorities can take out bank loans to co-fund thermal upgrade works.

Romanian PM Threatens To Sack Any Minister Announcing Measures Not Discussed In Govt

11:18, 23 Feb. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said during the government meeting on Tuesday that he will not hesitate to replace any minister who pledges measures that are not included in the governing program, sources close to the talks said Tuesday.