Voineagu said people who refuse to answer the questions posed in the census may be fined by RON2,000 up to RON5,000.

In a news conference late Wednesday, Voineagu reminded Romania will hold a population and housing census, as all other EU states, every ten years and the sums assigned for the organization of the census and data processing amount to RON193 million for 2011-2013.

The preliminary results of the census will be presented in the firs quarter of 2012 and final data will be available in 2014.