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Employees Of Oltchim Resume Protests, Blame On Economy Ministry
Unionists at Romanian chemical producer Oltchim (OLT.RO) said they will resume protests Thursday, blaming the company's majority stockholder, the Economy Ministry, for postponing several iss...
Bucharest Cab Drivers Protest Outside Parliament Calling For Improved Taxi Law
Over 300 cab drivers in Bucharest are protesting outside the Parliament Palace Tuesday, calling for the adoption of new taxi legislation that would ban cab drivers from working outside their...
Coal Miners Continue Protests For Third Consecutive Day
Over 3,000 miners at the seven coal mines located in the Jiu Valley, southwestern Romania, staged their third consecutive day of protests Wednesday, disgruntled that their problems were not...
Romanian Trade Unions To Join Protests Against New EU Fiscal Treaty
Romanian unionists affiliated to union centers Cartel Alfa and the National Union Bloc (BNS) are set to protest Wednesday, alongside unionists across Europe, against the new European Union F...
Moody’s: Street Protests In Romania May Delay Reform, Impact Rating
The recent anti-government protests in Romania might slow down fiscal and structural reforms initiated under an international bailout package over two years ago, putting negative pressure on...
Is There A Critical Mass To Overthrow Government And Organize Early Elections?
The Romanian Parliament meets Monday in an extraordinary session to analyze the situation in the country, while the prime minister admitted for the first time that early elections could be o...
Education Unionists To Picked Education Ministry HQ Friday
About 300 Romanian education unionists will picked Friday the headquarters of the Education Ministry, the Federation of Free Unions in Education (FSLI) said Wednesday.
Romania Walks A Tight Rope Amid Riots
The modicum of stability and good image that Romania boasts in investors’ eyes, which it strove hard to achieve through tough austerity measures and by being the IMF’s diligent student, coul...
Romanian Leu, Stocks Unfazed After Street Protests, May Falter If Things Escalate
Violent protests that left 59 Romanians injured over the weekend had no effect on the local financial markets so far, but an escalation may lead to the government’s collapse and implicitly t...