Social/Politics
Romanian Government Approves Bill Making Prepaid Mobile Phone Cards Traceable
Romanian prepaid mobile phone card users will have to register their ID with their mobile operator or their service would be suspended and people buying prepaid SIM cards will have to presen...
Romania Power Output Down 0.1% On Year In First Two Months
Romanian energy output inched down 0.1% on the year to 3.6 million tons of oil equivalent in the first two months, held back by declining production in the wind sector, official data showed...
Romania January-February Trade Gap Widens To EUR566M
Romania’s trade deficit widened 11.6% on the year to EUR566 million in the first two months, with imports rising faster than exports, the country’s statistics institute INS said Wednesday.
Car Industry Reshuffled Romanian Export Structure
The share of transport equipment in the overall exports rose from 3% to 14% between 2000 and 2013, during a period when the value of exports increased from EUR11 billion to EUR49 billion, wh...
E.ON Romania Buys Minority Stakes In Local Units For EUR31.5M
E.ON Romania, a unit of Germany’s utility E.ON, has paid the Romanian government EUR31.5 million for a batch of shares in its local units E.ON Energie Romania and E.ON Moldova Distributie, t...
New State Aid Scheme For Companies In Romania
The Romanian state is set to cover part of salary expenses for around 1,500 companies that should create a total of 30,000 new jobs within a seven-year period, with the budget of the new sta...
Isarescu: 20% Rise In Industrial Orders Points To Good Industry Output This Year
The significant increase in industrial output in Romania last year, of 8%, is not getting enough attention and the indicators of the first two months show the upward trend continues, said ce...
Senate Adopts Ordinance On Placing Transelectrica, Transgaz Under Government Secretariat’s Authority
Romania’s Senate adopted the ordinance on placing state-run companies Transelectrica (TEL.RO) and Transgaz (TGN.RO) from the Finance Ministry to the government’s General Secretariat.
Balcerowicz About Governments: Politicians Should Not Be Left To Themselves
Leszek Balcerowicz, former Finance minister of Poland and head of the country’s central bank, speaks about the countries’ need to reform in an interview with Mediafax, lobbying for a constan...