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Social/Politics

Four Romanian Troops Injured In Afghanistan

Four Romanian troops from the 26th infantry Battalion Neagoe Basarab have been injured in Afghanistan Sunday morning, as their patrol vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device, Romania...

ZF English · 01.05.2011 · 14:12 · 1 min
Businessman Elan Schwartzenberg Confirms Realitatea TV Takeover
Social/Politics

Businessman Elan Schwartzenberg Confirms Realitatea TV Takeover

Businessman Elan Schwartzenberg on Saturday confirmed he has taken over a 92% stake in TV station Realitatea TV owned by Sorin Ovidiu Vintu, who is currently under arrest on charges of black...

ZF English · 01.05.2011 · 14:12 · 1 min
Social/Politics

About 20,000 Tourists Spend May 1 Weekend On Romanian Black Sea Coast

About 20,000 tourists are spending the May 1 weekend, which marks the opening of the summer season, on the Romanian Black Sea coast, according to estimations of the country’s tour operators’...

ZF English · 30.04.2011 · 15:12 · 1 min
Social/Politics

CFR's Bucharest Unit Manager Sacked

The head of the Bucharest division of state-owned railway company CFR, Gavrila Manaila, has been sacked Saturday for defective management, the company said in a statement.

ZF English · 30.04.2011 · 15:11 · 1 min
Banks-Insurance

Romanian Private Pension Funds’ 2010 Net Profits Total RON448M, Up 61% On Year

Romania’s mandatory and voluntary private pension funds registered aggregated net profit of 448.1 million lei (EUR106 million) in 2010, up 61% on the year, according to data released by the...

ZF English · 28.04.2011 · 12:15 · 1 min
Basescu Says Romania Should Maintain Goal To Join Eurozone In 2015
Macroeconomics

Basescu Says Romania Should Maintain Goal To Join Eurozone In 2015

Romania should maintain its goal to adopt the euro in 2015, President Traian Basescu said Wednesday on national television TVR, adding he had talks on the subject with the prime minister and...

ZF English · 28.04.2011 · 11:40 · 1 min
Social/Politics

President Basescu Optimistic On Romania’s Schengen Entry This Year

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Wednesday on national television TVR he is optimistic about the country’s Schengen entry in 2011, adding accession to the EU’s border-free area is not...

ZF English · 28.04.2011 · 11:35 · 2 min
Macroeconomics

Basescu Shares IMF Concerns That 2012 Elections Pose Risk To Reforms

Romanian President Traian Basescu Wednesday said on national television TVR he shares the International Monetary Fund’s concerns that elections in 2012 pose risks to the country’s reforms, a...

ZF English · 28.04.2011 · 11:34 · 1 min
Companies

Government Approves Projects To Be Carried Out In Public-Private Partnership

The Romanian Government on Wednesday approved a list of 18 public investment projects to be carried out under public-private partnership (PPP).

ZF English · 27.04.2011 · 18:26 · 1 min
Social/Politics

Prosecutors Indict 62 More Border Police Officers For Corruption

Romanian anticorruption prosecutors on Wednesday indicted 62 border police officers and 4 customs workers at the Siret crossing point in northeastern Romania on charges of corruption.

ZF English · 27.04.2011 · 18:24 · 1 min
Social/Politics

Romanian Senate Rejects Bill On Internet Pornography

The Romanian Senate on Tuesday rejected a bill preventing and fighting internet pornography, as the draft normative act did not garner sufficient votes for approval.

ZF English · 27.04.2011 · 09:11 · 1 min
Social/Politics

Romanian Senate Rejects Single-Round Mayor Election Bill

Romania's Senate on Tuesday rejected a bill amending Law 267/2004, whereby mayors would be elected in a single round of voting, unless none of the candidates receives the majority of votes.

ZF English · 27.04.2011 · 09:08 · 1 min