Social/Politics
Metrorex Hikes Fares: Two-Trip Card To Cost RON4
Bucharest subway operator Metrorex will increase its fares Saturday: a two-trip card will cost 4 lei (around EUR1) instead of RON3 and a monthly 62-trip card will cost RON35 instead of RON27...
Cseke: Reforms Should Go Hand In Hand With Ensuring Financial Support
Romania’s former Health Minister Attila Cseke, who resigned Thursday over a budget dispute, said the situation of the country’s healthcare system is even more serious than in the previous ye...
Romania To Receive Over EUR16M In EU Border Management Funds In 2012
The sums the European Commission will allocate in 2012 to EU member states from the External Borders Fund will increase by about 28% compared to this year, and Romania will receive extra EUR...
ANOFM: Romania Jobless Rate Steady At 4.8% In July
Romanian unemployment rate reached 4.77% in July, barely changed from 4.78% a month earlier, the country’s employment agency ANOFM said Friday.
CSA: About 45% Of Homes In Romania Insured
The share of insured homes in Romania has reached 45%, up about 5 percentage points compared to June 30, when it stood at 40.3%, insurance regulator CSA president Angela Toncescu said in a p...
Romania To Spend EUR1M In 3 Years To Promote Local Fresh Fruit, Vegetables
Romania plans to spend EUR1 million in three years to promote local fresh fruit and vegetables under a program that is pending the European Commission’s approval, the Agriculture Ministry sa...
Eighteen Arrested In Romania For Illegal Luxury Car Registrations
The Bucharest Court has issued arrest warrants Friday morning for 20 people in case involving illegal registrations of luxury cars, of which 18 have already been taken into custody and two a...
Pharmaceutical Industry Ends Career Of 14th Health Minister In The Last 20 Years
Health minister Attila Cseke (the 14th minister in the last 20 years) on Thursday handed in his resignation, unhappy with the money he was allotted at the budget revision. Out of the EUR1 bi...
Romania's Health Minister Attila Cseke Resigns
Romania’s Health Minister Attila Cseke resigned Thursday, displeased with the funds the Health Ministry has been allotted at this year’s first budget revision.