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Romanian PM Meets Pope Benedict XVI In First Day Of Official Visit To Italy

10:46, 17 Sept. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc and Pope Benedict XVI had a short meeting on Wednesday, part of his two-day official visit to Italy.

Romanian PM Rejects Amendment Hiking Wages For Public Servants Within Parliament

18:37, 13 Sept. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Sunday rejected the lawmakers’ amendment to the unitary pay law, which stipulated an increase in wage quotients for several public servants within the Parliament, after the Government accepted it earlier Sunday for further debates, government sources said Sunday.

Romania’s Govt Spent 45% Of ’09 Invest Funds By End-Jun – PM

13:50, 21 Aug. 2009
Romania’s Government has spent EUR4 billion for investment projects until the end of July, representing 45% of the total amount assigned for investments in 2009, while the local authorities have used only 15-17% of the funds, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday.

Romanian PM To Coordinate Mediation Committee On Education Laws

09:45, 20 Aug. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Wednesday said he will coordinate a committee to come up with common solutions for the set of laws on education,that will bring face-to-face education minister Ecaterina Andronescu, head of the presidential commission for education Mircea Miclea and their experts.

Taking Responsibility For Laws Tests Coalition’s Political Will – Romanian PM

16:28, 08 Aug. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Saturday told the members of the Cabinet that he wants the government to take responsibility for the laws on wages, pensions and education, and thus test the coalition's political will and the parliamentary support for carrying out these reforms.

Romanian Govt To Ensure Tax Exemption For Reinvested Profit – PM

15:18, 08 Aug. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Saturday said he tasked three democrat liberal ministers and three social democrat ministers to continue the talks with the IMF and the European Commission, adding the Government won’t hike VAT, will keep the flat tax and ensure the tax-free reinvested profit.

Romanian PM Wants Govt To Assume Responsibility For Laws On Wages, Pensions, Education

16:03, 06 Aug. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Thursday said on the public radio he wants the Government to assume responsibility for the unitary wage law in the budget sector, the law on pensions and on education, adding the Constitution doesn’t limit such initiatives.

Romania PM: President Traian Basescu To Represent Democrat Liberals In Presidential Elections

15:06, 06 Aug. 2009
Romanian democrat liberal Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday on public radio that acting President Traian Basescu will represent the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) in the presidential race in autumn, adding he doesn’t wish to run for president of Romania.

Romanian PM Appoints Former Athlete Doina Melinte State Secretary

10:19, 31 Iul. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Friday signed the decision appointing former athlete Doina Melinte to take over the state secretary seat within the Ministry of Youth and Sports after the resignation of ex-gymnastics coach Octavian Bellu.

Wages For Govt Agencies To Be Set By Govt At Decent Level – Romanian PM

20:27, 29 Iul. 2009
The wages for some managers or drivers within the government agencies, which currently reach sums between 4,100 lei (EUR1=RON4.2138) and RON17,600, will be brought to a reasonable level, Prime Minister Emil Boc said, adding the agencies’ revenues will go to the budget.

Romanian Govt Promotes In ’09 Most Substantial EU-Funded Projects Session – PM

11:50, 25 Iul. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister on Saturday said the government is promoting this year the most substantial projects session meant to absorb European funds in 2009 and 2010, when the projects are likely to be implemented.

Romanian PM Proposes 20% Wage Cut For Ministers In „Rational Spending” Bid

15:26, 24 Iul. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Friday said he would propose all ministers to have their salaries cut by 20% from August until December, in a move to keep tighter grip on public spending, adding he will accept to have his salary cut.

Romania’s Importing 70% Of Agri-Food Products Deemed “Inconceivable”-PM

19:26, 17 Iul. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday it is "inconceivable" that our country imports 70% of its agri-food products though it has a large agricultural and animal breeding capability compared with other countries.

Romanian PM Says Will Skip Vacation This Year To Work On Restarting Country’s Economy

14:27, 04 Iul. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday he will not go on vacation this year, because he needs to get the country through a difficult year, adding he hopes his wife and two daughters would understand his decision.

Romanian PM Assures The Govt Won’t Be Reshuffled Anytime Soon

16:36, 25 Mai 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Monday he does not plan to reshuffle the cabinet anytime soon and bureaucratic obstacles that kept ministers from applying the governing program have just been removed.

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."

Romanian PM: Govt Strives To Protect The Freedom Of The Press

20:10, 24 Mart. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc on Tuesday said the government would strive to wipe out any suspicions regarding its intention to bring the press to silence via the country’s revised Civil Code.

Employees Of Romania’s Disbanded PM Chancellery Get Layoff Notifications

16:58, 20 Mart. 2009
Some 83 employees with the Romanian Prime Minister’s Chancellery, which was recently disbanded, received layoff notifications from the Government Secretariat General.

Romania Could Hold Presidential Elections Before Dec 15 –PM

08:49, 01 Mart. 2009
Romania could hold presidential elections before Dec 15 this year, when the president’s five-year term expires, and the head of state can be invested by Parliament afterward, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said late Saturday.

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 Dignitaries’ Wages To Hike In 2010 If The Economy Allows It – PM

14:07, 10 Feb. 2009
Wages of Romanian dignitaries and people in public office, frozen for this year, will be increased in 2010 only if the country’s economy allows wage hikes for this category of staff, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday.

Romanian PM, Canada’s Sterling Agree To Declassify Exploration Contract

19:39, 05 Feb. 2009
Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc announced Thursday the declassification of the additional contract signed between the country’s Mineral Resources Agency ANRM and Canada’s Sterling Resources.

GM Incomes In Romanian Ministries Reach RON20,000, Wg Bonuses Included – PM

19:09, 30 Ian. 2009
The incomes of the general managers in the Romanian ministries amount to 20,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.2775) with some bonuses included, which imposes the elimination of bonuses such as that for the use of a foreign language, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday.

Romanians Celebrate 150 Years Since Union Of Romanian Principalities

16:00, 24 Ian. 2009
Romania’s northeastern city of Iasi hosted Saturday morning the ceremony celebrating 150 years since the de facto Union of Wallachia and Moldavia into the Principality of Romania on January 24, 1859 under union leader Alexandru Ioan Cuza.

Romanian PM Nominates Dan Nica For Interim Interior Min

19:07, 13 Ian. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc nominated deputy prime minister Dan Nica as interim replacement for Gabriel Oprea, who resigned the position of interior minister after losing political support from the social democrats.

Romanian Pres, PM Discuss Gas Crisis

20:54, 07 Ian. 2009
Romania can overcome the gas crisis is the outer temperature does not drop below minus 15 degrees Celsius or if there are no malfunctions in the system, said Romanian prime minister Emil Boc, confirming that he has talked with president Traian Basescu regarding the cease of gas imports.

Romanian Insolvency Survivor Rafo Onesti Vies To Stay On Map

14:02, 07 Ian. 2009
The unionists at Romanian refinery Rafo Onesti requested a hearing with Romanian prime minister Emil Boc between January 7 and 15, in order to find a solution that would prevent the layoff of 1,200 employees.

Romanian Pres Was Wrong To Appoint Stolojan PM, “The Man Is Ill” – Nastase

13:07, 15 Dec. 2008
Head of the National Council of Romania’s Social Democratic Party, Adrian Nastase, said the decision of President Traian Basescu to appoint Teodor Stolojan for the prime minister office was not a good decision, as “the man is ill”.

Romania’s PM Position To Be Claimed Based On Number Of MP Seats – Social Democrat Head

13:54, 07 Dec. 2008
If liberals and social democrats will cooperate in Romania’s next Government, the party which gained the highest number of lawmaker seats has the right to claim the Prime Minister position, social democrat leader Mircea Geoana said following Sunday’s negotiations with the liberals.

Romanian Liberals Trade Support For Current President In ’09 Elections For PM Position

15:12, 06 Dec. 2008
Romanian democrat liberals refused in Saturday’s talks the liberals’ proposition to have current head of state Traian Basescu as the two parties’ common nominee for the presidential elections in 2009 in exchange for the appointment of the Prime Minister from among the Liberal Party.

Romanian PM Asks For „Severe Discipline” On Public Expenses

13:38, 04 Dec. 2008
Romania's Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu asked the Finance Ministry to adopt "severe discipline" measures regarding public spending, also asking for cuts in costs for bonuses granted to employees.

Curr Acct Def „Not A Tragedy”, To Correct By Lower Consumption – Romanian PM

14:28, 21 Nov. 2008
A high current account deficit should not be seen as a tragedy, as an emerging economy like Romania needs investments for upgrades, and the gap will be reduced due to a consumption slowdown in the following period, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu said Friday.

Romanian PM Accuses Leftist Parties Of Double-Speak

13:28, 12 Nov. 2008
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu told ministers in the Cabinet meeting Wednesday that he would sent political parties a letter inviting them to sign the agreement of the law regulating public sector wages, adding leftist parties use double-speak and make ungrounded promises.

Bechtel Holds Romania’s Transylvania Highway Back, Not Funding – Romanian PM

16:49, 21 Oct. 2008
The problems with the construction of the Romanian highway between Brasov and Bors are not brought by the lack of budget funding, but by the inability of American company Bechtel to observe contract provisions, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Tuesday.

The Euro Adoption Timetable Will Be Kept – Romanian PM To Pres

19:40, 24 Sept. 2008
The Euro adoption timetable was set by the Government with central bank advice and it will be kept, said Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu answering president Traian Basescu who stated earlier today that the timetable might not be kept.

In A Neutral State The Parliament Does Not Choose Sides – Romanian Pres

20:02, 23 Sept. 2008
Romanian president Traian Basescu said Tuesday, in an event organized by the American Chamber of Commerce and attended by Prime Minister Tariceanu as well, that in a neutral state the Parliament does not issue laws to favor entities and the Government does not negotiate with groups of interests.

Romanian PM Invites Unions To Talks

18:57, 07 Iul. 2008
Romanian prime minister Calin Tariceanu invited the leaders of the main unions to talks on topics found in the attention of the unions and the Government, the Executive announced.

Romanian PM Says Judge Salaries Defy Common Sense

17:11, 24 Apr. 2008
Certain salaries in the Romanian justice system have reached an outrageous and unjustified level, going beyond all limits of common sense, because of decisions issued by judges regulating matters in their best interests, said Romanian prime minister Calin Tariceanu.

Romanian PM Says Min Liability Law Should Be Independent Technocrat Made

17:20, 19 Mart. 2008
Romanian prime minister Calin Tariceanu said he wants a new law on minister liability that would make the ministers more responsible, but which does not leave the ministers “at the hands of political abuse” by the presidency.

Romanian Pres, PM Leave Quarrels Home

17:03, 14 Mart. 2008
Fiscal means are the most efficient way of imposing pollution reduction measures, said Romanian prime minister Calin Tariceanu, refraining however, in solidarity with president Traian Basescu, from commenting on the car tax, in order to avoid displaying divergence in Brussels on a local debate topic