Social/Politics
Officer Within Interior Ministry Earns Twice As Much As The Minister
The biggest salary of a public sector employee is 11,248 lei (around EUR2,500) and is earned by a general manager within the Ministry of External Affairs. The employee earned 1.7 times more...
Romanian Employers Granted Fewer Meal Vouchers To Employees In First Half
Large and small companies in Romania granted 1.2% fewer meal vouchers to their employees in the first six months of 2012, compared with the same period in 2011, according to the study "The e...
Finance Ministry: Budget Revenue Down To 32.3% Of GDP
The share of budget revenues in the gross domestic product has been adjusted as part of the budget revision from 33.9% to 32.3%, according to information sent by the Finance Ministry.
Bucharest Court Acquits Patriciu In Rompetrol Case
The Bucharest Court on Tuesday acquitted businessman Dinu Patriciu in a case involving Romania's second largest oil group Rompetrol (RRC.RO), in which 12 people are accused of fraud, includi...
TVR To Lay Off Almost 980 Employees
The managing board of Romanian national television company SRTv decided Tuesday to lay off almost 980 employees, as part of the company’s economic recovery program.
Romanian President Traian Basescu Returns To Office
Romania’s President Traian Basescu has returned to office Tuesday after being suspended by Parliament for 52 days and reinstated following a Constitutional Court verdict on his impeachment r...
PM Has Bad News For IT&C Sector: All Money From Telecom Auction Will Go To Agriculture
The Romanian Government has decided that the money to be collected this year from the biggest sale of mobile communications licenses in Romanian history - around EUR200 million – will be ful...
Oltchim Auction Put Off To September 18
Romania’s government has delayed until September 18 a sealed-bid auction for the privatization of state-run chemical company Oltchim Ramnicu-Valcea (OLT.RO), the state’s privatization office...
Romania Under Code Yellow Storm Advisory Sunday Through Tuesday
Romanian meteorologists have issued a code yellow advisory expecting heavy rainfall and strong winds countrywide, valid starting Sunday at 9 p.m. until Tuesday at 9 a.m.