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Radu Bostan
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- Fields
- Social/Politics, Automotive, Banks-Insurance
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 2.182
PDL Wants To Merge Constitutional Revision Referendum With Local Elections
Romania's Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) wants the referendum on Constitutional revision to be held at the same time as the local elections in June, so that the general elections this fall w...
Romania Paid $10B For Russian Natural Gas In Last Eight Years
With two exceptions, every bill paid by Romania over the past eight years for natural gas supplied through intermediaries from Russia has been higher than $1 billion. Last year, the cost was...
Health Ministry Proposes Changes To Prescription Drug List, Length Of Hospital Stay
Romania's Health Ministry has put forward for public debate a draft Government decision, which restricts the prescription of three drugs, and a draft order changing the duration of hospitali...
EU To Audit Romanian HR Development Program In April, May Decide To Resume Payments
The European Commission will audit Romania's human resources development program (POSDRU) between April 2 and 6, and may resume payments for the program depending on its results, Leonard Orb...
Farm Machinery Should Not Be Taxed As Transport Vehicles
Romania's Agriculture Ministry opposes taxing farm machinery the same as transport vehicles and is discussing the issue with the Finance Ministry, Agriculture Minister Stelian Fuia said Frid...
Lawyer Sorin David: Romania Has A Chance Of Being Rediscovered Because Asia Is Losing Low-Cost Advantage
Lawyer Sorin David, managing partner of law firm D&B David si Baias, believes investors will start looking again more carefully at Eastern Europe as the labor costs in Asia continue to rise....
Three Quarters Of Public Job Cuts Done By Retirement
Three out of four public sector employees “laid off” over the last three years actually went into retirement. That is how Romania managed to get to 1.2 million employees in this sector, as t...
CFR Black Hole: EUR1.3 Billion Losses In Four Years
Poor management, the administration's lack of interest and the reduced investments in infrastructure have thrown railway companies CFR SA, CFR Marfa and CFR Calatori into a hole of cumulated...
EC To Push For Final Decision On Romania's Schengen Accession To Be Taken By September
The European Commission will reject any attempt to link Romania's accession to the Schengen Area to the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) and will push for a final decision in Sep...
Domestic Drug Production Declined In Last Five Years Because Of Regulations – Association
The number of boxes of medicine produced in Romania has dropped by 40% in the last five years, from 315 million in 2006 to 190 million in 2011, because the authorities "have sabotaged the do...
Government Expects Lowest Revenue From Car Pollution Tax Since Its Introduction
Romania's Government this year expects to collect the lowest revenue from the car pollution tax since it was introduced, no more than 275 million lei (EUR63 million), ten times less than the...
EU Refunded Romania Over EUR125M In February For Infrastructure Projects
The European Commission sent Romania's Transport Ministry refunds of more than EUR125 million in February, through the Transports Sector Operations Program (T-SOP), and is reviewing projects...