Social/Politics
Prime Minister Ungureanu To Take Over Environment Ministry Temporarily
Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu has confirmed that Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely handed in his resignation Thursday, and announced he will take over the ministry in an a...
Environment Minister Hands In Resignation Amid Corruption Accusations
Romanian Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely on Thursday handed in his resignation letter after a two-hour talk with Prime Minister Mihai Razvan Ungureanu regarding the corruption accusation...
Romania Household Income Up 5.8%, Household Spending Up 6.6% In 4Q 2011
The monthly average income per household and per capita in Romania rose 5.8% and household spending rose 6.6% in the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the previous quarter, according to a h...
Privatization Money Will Be Wasted Unless Spent On Real Projects
Romania risks privatizing companies for nothing if the money goes to wage and pension payments. The government has to come up with real projects for spending the almost EUR240 million to be...
Government Removes Restrictions To Funding Local Authorities In 2012
Romania's Government has made changes to several laws and introduced certain exceptions in order to allot more money for local authorities, suspending until the end of the year the rule wher...
Consumer Protection Body Applied RON8M Fines For Shady Pricing Practices In 2011
Romania’s National Authority for Consumer Protection ANPC applied fines of 8 million lei (EUR1.8 million) in 2011 for irregularities regarding price-related practices.
Orban: Romania's EU Fund Absorption Rate Up To 7.4% In March
Romania's rate of absorption of structural and cohesion funds was up to 7.4% in March, or 6.56% considering only actual transfers from the European Commission, Leonard Orban, Minister of Eur...
Union Leader Bogdan Hossu Probed For Corruption
The leader of the Cartel Alfa union, Bogdan Hossu, said Wednesday he has been placed under investigation by anticorruption prosecutors for acts of corruption in connection with the awarding...
Romania Paid RON480M From Budget For HR Development Program While EU Funds Were Suspended
Romanian Labor Minister Claudia Boghicevici said Wednesday that the European Commission's interruption of payments for the human resources development program did not affect the beneficiarie...