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Radu Bostan

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Social/Politics, Automotive, Banks-Insurance
Writing for ZF since
2011
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Macroeconomics

Boc: 2012 Budget Needs New GDP Growth, Deficit Estimates

Romania's Government has completed the draft of next year's state budget, but it will be sent to Parliament after the European Commission (EC) announces the economic growth forecast and afte...

Radu Bostan · 17.10.2011 · 17:25 · 1 min
Automotive

Romstrade Wins EUR14M Road Upgrade Contract In Giurgiu County

Local authorities in Giurgiu county, southern Romania, have awarded Romstrade a contract worth 63.6 million lei (EUR14.7 million), net of VAT, for the rehabilitation and upgrade of county ro...

Radu Bostan · 17.10.2011 · 16:01 · 1 min
Real Estate

Half Of Hotels On Romanian Coast For Sale

Half of the hotels on Romania's Black Sea coast are for sale and a quarter of them have difficulty repaying their bank loans, Mohammad Murad, president of tourism industry organization FPTR,...

Radu Bostan · 17.10.2011 · 14:09 · 1 min
Romania Could Earn Over EUR1B Exporting Ecological Farming Products
Retail&Consumer

Romania Could Earn Over EUR1B Exporting Ecological Farming Products

Romania could earn substantially from exports of ecological farming products, if it had the subsidies provided in other EU member states, said Marian Cioceanu, head of the Bio Romania associ...

Radu Bostan · 14.10.2011 · 15:44 · 1 min
Social/Politics

APIA Wants To Complete Area Payments By End Of The Year

Romania's agriculture support agency (APIA) wants to complete all area payments for 2010 by the end of this year and also disburse an advance of EUR42 for 2011, said agency president Marius...

Radu Bostan · 14.10.2011 · 14:54 · 1 min
Social/Politics

EU Proposes Paying Small Farmers EUR500-1000 Per Year

The European Commission will propose paying an annual premium of EUR500-1000 to small farmers already registered in the system, starting in 2014, Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos s...

Radu Bostan · 14.10.2011 · 14:47 · 1 min
Automotive

RATB To Spend EUR760,000 On Monitoring System

Bucharest's public transport authority (RATB) will buy a monitoring system for 1,000 buses and 100 trolley buses, estimating that the EUR760,000 investment will be compensated in less than a...

Radu Bostan · 13.10.2011 · 19:30 · 1 min
Orban: EU Fund Absorption Has Not Improved In Recent Months
Social/Politics

Orban: EU Fund Absorption Has Not Improved In Recent Months

Leonard Orban, Minister of European Affairs, said Thursday that Romania's EU fund absorption rate has not improved in the last few months by more than 0.2%, because of the decision to stop s...

Radu Bostan · 13.10.2011 · 18:54 · 1 min
Ghetea: Authorities Must Compare Prices Of Similar EU-Funded Projects, Differences Are Sometimes Huge
Banks-Insurance

Ghetea: Authorities Must Compare Prices Of Similar EU-Funded Projects, Differences Are Sometimes Huge

Romania's EU fund management authorities and the Ministry of European Affairs should be able to look up and compare the prices of similar projects, because in some instances the difference b...

Radu Bostan · 13.10.2011 · 17:12 · 1 min
Banks-Insurance

Romanian Beneficiaries Received EUR400M Through Competitiveness Operational Program

Payments to Romanian beneficiaries of the Sector Operational Program "Increasing Economy Competitiveness" exceed EUR400 million, 14% of the program's budget, which could be contracted up to...

Radu Bostan · 13.10.2011 · 15:17 · 1 min
Social/Politics

EP Adopts Resolution Supporting Romania's Schengen Accession

The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution asking the European Council to allow Romania and Bulgaria to join the Schengen Area.

Radu Bostan · 13.10.2011 · 15:15 · 1 min
Romania Approves Renewable Energy Incentive Scheme
Energy

Romania Approves Renewable Energy Incentive Scheme

Romania's Government on Wednesday approved the ordinance providing state aid through green certificates for renewable energy production, after repeated complaints about delays from business...

Radu Bostan · 12.10.2011 · 20:37 · 1 min