President Threatens To Send 2014 Budget Back To Parliament Unless Fuel Excise Hike Is Dropped
Romanian President Traian Basescu threatened to send the 2014 state budget back to Parliament unless the government drops its proposed hike in fuel excises.
Basescu said the additional EUR0.07 excise on fuels only serves electoral purposes and threatened to also challenge the state budget bill at the Constitutional Court. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Bucharest Hosts China – Central And Eastern Europe Summit
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Sunday evening the summit between China and Central and Eastern Europe is a great opportunity for Romania to attract investments.
Bucharest will host meetings between heads of government in the region and the Chinese Prime Minister.
Alongside Chinese Prime Minister and Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta, the forum will also be attended by the heads of government of Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary and by Latvia’s foreign minister. (Adevarul)
Blaga Says Democratic Liberal Party To Support Best Right-Winged Presidential Candidate
Democratic Liberal Party president Vasile Blaga said Saturday at a party conference the party has the ability to support the best and strongest right-winged presidential candidate, who will not be liberal leader Crin Antonescu.
Blaga said he guarantees a candidate supported by the Democratic Liberal Party and other right-winged parties will win next year’s presidential election. (Gandul)
Romania Grew Organic Cereal On 300,000 Hectares This Year
Romania cultivated around 300,000 hectares with organic cereal crops this year, and nearly the entire output goes to export.
According to the local organic farmers’ association, organic mushrooms, apples, and honey also did well on exports. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Romania To Introduce Highway Tolls As Of 2017
Romania might introduce highway tolls when the southern ring road of capital Bucharest is finished, minister-delegate for infrastructure projects Dan Sova said Sunday.
Works on the Bucharest southern ring road are scheduled for 2014-2017.
The toll will be introduced on the Pitesti-Constanta route and is estimated at EUR3 per 100 kilometers. (Curentul)
OMV Wants To Turn Romania Into Gas Exporter
Austrian group OMV, majority shareholder of Romanian leading oil and gas company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), wants to turn Romania from importer into exporter of natural gas, said OMV head Gerhard Roiss.
Speaking at a conference in Vienna, Roiss said the Black Sea resources translate into gas for Europe.
He added that OMV’s growth in the future will come from the exploration sector in which the group invests EUR700 million annually. Also, OMV plans to increase its overall annual investments to EUR3.9 billion from EUR2.8 billion, between 2014 and 2016. (Adevarul)
Thousands Of Romanian Healthcare Workers On Warning Strike Monday
Tens of thousands of Romanian public healthcare workers announced they will be on a two-hour warning strike Monday morning.
Doctors in state hospitals are also on strike but are forced to handle emergencies.
“Private healthcare workers are not on strike. Throughout the country, the entire public healthcare system announced its participation. Hospital outpatient units and clinics will be closed for two hours. However, we have reasons to renounce plans for a full-blown strike as of November 28,” said Leonard Barascu, head of the Sanitas union federation. (Evenimentul Zilei)