Social/Politics
Competition Council: European Commission Recommends Sanctions For Romanian Oil Companies
The European Commission supports the conclusions reached by Romanian competition authorities in the fuel market investigation started in 2005, and it recommends the sanctioning of companies...
LA-Bound Flight Lands In Bucharest As Passenger Has Heart Attack On Board
A Los Angeles bound flight had an emergency landing in Bucharest Thursday morning after an American passenger suffered a heart attack on board, Bucharest airport spokesman Valentin Iordache...
Romania To Auction Off 733 Government-Owned Buildings
Romania's Government has cleared RA-APPS, the administrator of residences and other buildings used by public institutions, to sell 733 out of a total 1,100 buildings it manages, in public au...
Romanian Agriculture Ministry To Borrow Over EUR300M From Treasury To Pay Subsidies
Romania’s Agriculture Ministry will borrow EUR311 million from the state treasury to pay off subsidies, Prime Minister Emil Boc said late Wednesday.
Government Cuts Labor, Agriculture, Education Budgets, Gives More To Health, Transport
Romania's Government will reduce the budgets of the ministries of Labor, Agriculture, Education, Environment and Finance, and the Romanian Academy, but will give more money to Health, Transp...
Thermal Power Producer Turceni To Lay Off 200 Employees - Draft
Romanian state-owned thermal power producer CE Turceni will lay off 200 employees in view of improving efficiency, according to the explanatory note of an emergency ordinance drafted by the...
Romanian Fuel Market Antitrust Probe Nears Completion
Romania’s competition authorities have partially completed an antitrust investigation launched in 2005 on the fuel market, regarding the prices applied by oil companies, Competition Council...
Romania Might Have Up To 20 Private Health Insurance Houses By 2013
Romania will have up to 20 private health insurance houses "fighting over clients" by 2013, said Cristian Vladescu, head of the National Public Health and Sanitary Management School, in the...
President: Romania Has No Money To Raise Pensions, Wages In 2012 Regardless Of Court Ruling
Romania’s President Traian Basescu said Wednesday on public radio RRA that, regardless of the Constitutional Court’s ruling on authorities’ decision to freeze pensions and wages in 2012, “th...