Social/Politics
Taxpayers Face To Face With Tax Spenders: We Seem To Live In Parallel Worlds
The revenue growth forecasts included in the 2012 budget are too optimistic because those who worked on building the budget took a purely accounting approach to the job. The lack of transpar...
FOCUS: Romanian Ministries Spend Over EUR500M Per Year On HQ Maintenance
Romania could save up EUR150-200 million every year from the ministries' budgets alone if the Palace of Parliament or other large state-owned buildings housed several such institutions, sinc...
Geoana To Challenge Dismissal As Senate Chairman At Constitutional Court
Mircea Geoana said Wednesday he will challenge with the Constitutional Court the Romanian Senate’s decision to remove him from the office of Senate chairman.
Mircea Geoana Removed As Romanian Senate President
Mircea Geoana was removed Wednesday from the office of Senate President, after being expelled from the Social Democratic Party.
UK Extends Labor Restrictions For Romanians And Bulgarians Until End-2013
Controls to restrict how Romanian and Bulgarian nationals access the UK labor market will be extended until the end of 2013, British Immigration Minister Damian Green announced Wednesday, th...
Basescu, Qatar’s Ruling Emir Talk On Means Of Enhancing State Cooperation - QNA
Romania’s President Traian Basescu arrived Tuesday in Qatar’s capital city Doha and held talks with Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani on bilateral relations and the means of strengthening co...
Romanian Social Democratic Party Files Request To Dismiss Geoana As Senate Chairman
Romania’s opposition Social Democratic Party on Wednesday filed an official request with the Senate’s standing office to dismiss Mircea Geoana from the position of Senate Chairman, after exp...
Romanian Entrepreneurs: We Pay Very High Taxes For Zero Results. Where Does The Money Go?
Ziarul Financiar this week started a campaign about the management of the 195 billion lei (EUR45 billion) that the government hopes to collect for the general consolidated budget in 2012, as...
Private Pension Regulator Council Validated By Vote Of Majority Of MPs In Attendance
The leaders of Romania's private pension system regulator (CSSPP) will be appointed by the vote of the majority of MPs present during their validation, no longer requiring the support of the...