Social/Politics
EU Orders Romania To Return EUR1M Spent Illegally By Youth Support Agency
The European Commission has ordered Romania to return around EUR1 million because of irregularities found in the expenses of the National Agency to Support Youth Initiative (ANSIT), Educatio...
Government OKs Bill Ratifying U.S.-Romanian Antimissile Shield Agreement
The Romanian Government on Wednesday approved the draft law ratifying the agreement on the deployment of a U.S. ballistic missile defense system in Romania.
Court Terminates Bucharest Sanitation Contracts, Orders New Auctions
The Bucharest Court of Appeals has decided to terminate the sanitation contracts signed by City Hall and the authorities of sectors 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6, and compelling them to hold new procurem...
Tabara: Romania To Allot EUR4M For Sustainable Agriculture In 2011
Romania will increase the sum allotted to support sustainable agriculture to EUR4 million this year from EUR3 million in 2010, Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara said Wednesday.
Romania Considers Raising Pensions By 6.5% In 2012
Romania’s Labor Ministry has drafted a budget that raises pensions by an average 6.5% in 2012, which would cost the state budget an extra 3 billion lei (EUR680 million), minister Sulfina Bar...
Oil Price Decline Had No Effect On Fuel Prices In Romania
The price of the oil barrel has fluctuated heavily in 2011; from a peak of $114.53 in April, it plunged to $76.39 at the beginning of October. This trend, however, did not induce any respons...
Parliament Committees Reject Act Taxing Pensions Over RON740
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies’ committees for labor and health on Tuesday rejected for the second time Government emergency ordinance 107/2010 whereby pensioners earning at least 740 lei...
Igas: Interior Ministry Has Ended Layoffs
Romanian Interior Minister Traian Igas on Tuesday said the ministry has ended layoffs and future vacant positions will be occupied by graduates of Interior Ministry schools, who may get hire...
Government Directs Over Half Of Debt Relief Funds To Local Authorities Controlled By PDL
More than half the funds provided the Government for debts and current and capital expenses have been assigned to local authorities led by democrat liberals, while towns managed by the oppos...