Social/Politics
Government Belatedly Tries To Recover EU Funds Spent Illegally On 2008 Floods
Romania's Government is only now trying to recover the funds allotted by the EU in 2009 to counter the damage created by the 2008 floods and spent illegally, as revealed by an audit of the C...
Romanian Court Of Accounts: CFR Illegally Spent EUR13.4M From Foreign Loan
Romanian state-owned railway company CFR SA illegally spent EUR13.4 million from a foreign loan in 2010, an audit by the Court of Accounts has found.
Ioan Niculae Says Interagro Group's Firms Were Ruined Following Investigation Start
Ioan Niculae, the owner of the Interagro group, said on Monday, as he was leaving the headquarters of the organized crime investigation unit DIICOT, that the prosecutor’s office was plotting...
Romanian Court Of Accounts: Authorities Paid EU Funds For Unnecessary Work, Without Contracts
Romania paid more than EUR1 million from the European Solidarity Fund to various companies, to counter the effects of the 2008 floods, but the funds were disbursed before the contracts were...
Romanian Authorities Caused Over RON3B In Losses To Budget Through Illegal Practices
Romanian central and local authorities in 2010 caused 3.2 billion lei (EUR735 million) in damage to the state budget by failing to collect certain income on time, using funds illegally, hiri...
Ruling Coalition To Discuss Healthcare Bill On Jan 23
Romania’s ruling coalition will hold talks on the new healthcare bill on January 23 and will decide afterwards the steps that will be taken to pass the draft law into legislation.
EC: Nine EU States Keep Work Restrictions For Romanians
Nine of the eleven EU member states that applied work restrictions for Romanians informed the European Commission in time that they will not open their labor markets yet.
Boc Calls For More Controls To Prevent Tax Evasion
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has asked the ministers of Finance and of the Interior to take action against tax evasion, focusing on "high evasion," as well as step up controls using team...
About 70% Of Romanians Believe Corruption Increased In Romania Last Year - Poll
About two thirds (67%) of Romanians consider that corruption in the country increased in 2011, 6% believe it decreased and 26% say the level of corruption remained unchanged, according to a...