Social/Politics
Romania To Terminate Contract With Bechtel For 300 Km Of Transylvania Highway
Romania will terminate its contract with constructor Bechtel for 300 km of the Transylvania Highway on which work has not yet started, sources in the Ministry of Transport told online newspa...
Fiscal Council: Budget Revision Draft Breaks Fiscal Responsibility Law
Romania’s Fiscal Council Wednesday said the budget revision draft proposed by the Finance Ministry breaks the fiscal responsibility law because the additional money to be allocated at the re...
Student Alliance Requests Urgent Adoption Of Student's Statute
The National Alliance of Romanian Students' Organizations (ANOSR) calls for an urgent meeting with the minister of education to adopt the Student's Statute, since the legal deadline for its...
Thirty-Seven Under Criminal Investigation In Romania For Illegal Luxury Car Registrations
Thirty-seven people, including three employees of the auto registry office RAR, three police officers and a riot police officer, have been placed under criminal investigation in case involvi...
Prison Guards Call On Govement To Approve Bill On Damages For Risky Work Conditions
The Romanian Federation of Penitentiary Administration Unions (FSANP) called on the Government to urgently approve a bill that sets damages to be paid to public servants working in the penit...
Economy Ministry’s SME Agency To Up Staff Numbers By 39 People
The Romanian Economy Ministry’s agency for small and medium sized businesses will raise its staff numbers by 39 people to be taken over from other institutions under the ministry’s authority...
Boc: Ruling Coalition To Resume Talks On Romania’s Administrative Reorganization
Romania’s ruling coalition will resume talks on the country’s administrative reorganization starting next week, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday, adding that the decentralization process...
Basescu Says Some State-Owned Companies May Go Bankrupt
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday on public radio he does not rule out the possibility of several state-owned companies to go bankrupt, adding the Government does not have to al...
Basescu: Romania Must Walk The Wire, Carefully, Without Populism
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday on public radio that "Romania has to walk the wire, carefully, without populism, but with pragmatism."