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Radu Bostan

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

Government Plans To Revise 2012 Budget In July-August

Romania's Government has announced it plans to carry out this year's first budget revision in the second semester, during the parliamentary recess, scheduled for July-August 2012.

Radu Bostan · 20.04.2012 · 16:57 · 1 min
Dima, CEZ Vanzare: Liberalization Of Energy Prices Will Be The Market’s Biggest Transformation
Energy

Dima, CEZ Vanzare: Liberalization Of Energy Prices Will Be The Market’s Biggest Transformation

Although at least in theory all electricity consumers have been able to change their supplier since 2007, with the exception of large companies, few have given up the comfort of regulated pr...

Radu Bostan · 20.04.2012 · 00:00 · 6 min
Dobrogea Is Chock-full Of Wind Farms. Moldavia Is Next
Energy

Dobrogea Is Chock-full Of Wind Farms. Moldavia Is Next

South-eastern Romania is full to the brim with wind power projects, some of them already functional and some in various stages of approval, with wind farm investors now targeting Moldavia, a...

Radu Bostan · 20.04.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Raiffeisen Creates 'Online Shop' For Foreclosed Assets
Banks-Insurance

Raiffeisen Creates 'Online Shop' For Foreclosed Assets

Raiffeisen Bank Romania has started to organize its offer of foreclosed homes, land, cars and other assets, and put it on a specialized website along with photos, maps and technical specific...

Radu Bostan · 20.04.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
High Discrepancy In Prices At Housing Fair In Bucharest
Real Estate

High Discrepancy In Prices At Housing Fair In Bucharest

The most expensive apartment put up for sale at the tIMON real estate fair taking place at the end of this week in Bucharest costs 32 times more than the cheapest one, on a residential marke...

Radu Bostan · 20.04.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Why Romanian Wheat Was Eliminated From Iraq’s Purchase List
Social/Politics

Why Romanian Wheat Was Eliminated From Iraq’s Purchase List

Romanian grain traders were eliminated in February and March from two tenders for wheat in Iraq worth a total of EUR20 million as a result of “faulty” deliveries made by Lebanese trader GT G...

Radu Bostan · 20.04.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Schlumberger Ploiesti Service Base To Operate As Hub For All Eastern European Markets
Energy

Schlumberger Ploiesti Service Base To Operate As Hub For All Eastern European Markets

Schlumberger group, the world’s largest provider of services for the oil and gas industry, has chosen Ploiesti (southern Romania) for a world class facility staffed by 170 people and set to...

Radu Bostan · 20.04.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
Social/Politics

Government To Leave One Tax Office Per County, Merge Finance, Customs, Guard Departments

Romania's tax authority ANAF will be reorganized next year into eight regional branches and, in 2015, its network will be reduced to one officer per county (20% of the current network), whil...

Radu Bostan · 19.04.2012 · 20:38 · 2 min
Social/Politics

Two Million Pensioners, Exempt From Health Insurance Contributions, To Cost Budget EUR1B

More than two million Romanian pensioners who earn less than 740 lei (EUR170) will no longer pay the 5.5% contribution to social health insurance, leaving the state budget without roughly EU...

Radu Bostan · 19.04.2012 · 19:58 · 1 min
Romania's Senior Population To Double Over Next 50 Years, While 20-55 Segment Halves
Social/Politics

Romania's Senior Population To Double Over Next 50 Years, While 20-55 Segment Halves

Romania's 65 and older population will almost double and the number of people aged 20-55 will halve over the next 50 years, impacting the labor market and substantially reducing the resource...

Radu Bostan · 19.04.2012 · 19:46 · 1 min
Government Reduces GDP Growth Targets, Anticipates Drastic Widening Of Trade Gap
Macroeconomics

Government Reduces GDP Growth Targets, Anticipates Drastic Widening Of Trade Gap

Romania's Government has adjusted the GDP growth forecast for the next few years downward by one point and also expects the trade deficit to increase considerably in 2012, but it sees the Ro...

Radu Bostan · 19.04.2012 · 19:32 · 1 min
Government Informs EU Of Plan To Raise Public Sector Wages This Year
Social/Politics

Government Informs EU Of Plan To Raise Public Sector Wages This Year

Romania's Government has informed the European Commission that it will raise public sector salaries this year to their level before the cuts in 2010, leading to a slight increase in personne...

Radu Bostan · 19.04.2012 · 18:26 · 1 min