Social/Politics
Just 60% Of University Graduates Work For Romanian Companies
About 60% of Romanian university graduates over the past few years work for firms in Romania, 30% work in other European Union member states and 12% were employed by firms outside EU, accord...
APIA Wants To Complete Area Payments By End Of The Year
Romania's agriculture support agency (APIA) wants to complete all area payments for 2010 by the end of this year and also disburse an advance of EUR42 for 2011, said agency president Marius...
Romania Seeks Investor For Minority Stake In Posta Romana
Romania is willing to cede a 34% stake in state-owned postal company Posta Romana to an investor that must contribute to increasing the company’s share capital, according to an official docu...
EU Proposes Paying Small Farmers EUR500-1000 Per Year
The European Commission will propose paying an annual premium of EUR500-1000 to small farmers already registered in the system, starting in 2014, Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos s...
EU Commissioner: EC Wants To Raise Direct Payments Per Hectare By 25% For Young Farmers
EU Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos said Friday the European Commission’s proposals on the 2014-2020 Common Agricultural Policy include a 25% increase in direct payments per hectar...
Farmers Say Comments On High Grain Output Cut Prices By 15%
Comments that Romania had a record cereal crop this year lowered producer prices both for exports and the domestic market by some 10%-15%, said Friday Viorel Matei, head of the Romanian Nati...
EU Commissioner: Food Security Not A Past Problem, It Concerns Future
Romanian EU Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos said Friday food security is an issue that concerns the future and fears of food shortages underlie current social commotion and politi...
Tabara: Romania Must Increase Grain Storage Capacity To Some 25M Tons
Romania needs to increase its grain storage capacity by up to 55% to 22-25 million tons, Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara said Friday at the conference MEDIAFAX Talks about Agriculture.
Romania Needs To Become Exporter Of Food Products – Agriculture Minister
Roman needs to become an exporter of food products, but most of these should be processed first, Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara said Friday at the MEDIAFAX Talks about Agriculture confe...