Social/Politics
EU Agriculture Commissioner Rules Out Crisis Reserve Aid For Swine Fever Epidemic In Romania
EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has momentarily ruled out the use of the European crisis reserve scheme in case of the swine fever epidemic affecting Romania, calling it a last resort...
Eurostat: Romania Ranks Last In EU By Number Of Employees In Temporary Employment
Romania had the fewest employees in temporary employment in the European Union in 2017 (a little over 1%), being followed by Lithuania (2%), Estonia and Latvia (both 3%), according to a repo...
Romanian Government Transposes EU Package Travel Directive
Romania’s Government has passed an emergency decree on Thursday for providing 100% guarantees in the case of travel packages sold by tourism operators, transposing into law an EU directive o...
President Passes Bill Granting Prognosis Commission Attributions In Public-Private Partnerships
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has signed into law a bill approving government decree no. 28/2018 which gives the country’s main economic and social development forecast agency attributio...
European Commission Admits Romania’s Request To Raise Down Payments For Farming Subsidies
Romania’s Agriculture Ministry has announced on Monday that the European Commission has approved the country’s request to increase the down payments for certain farming subsidies to be grant...
Romanian State Reclaims Majority Stake in Mangalia Shipyard, Damen Holds 49%
The Romanian state has reclaimed the majority stake in the shipyard in Mangalia, with 51%, while Dutch Damen Shipyards Group owns 49%, the Romanian Ministry of Economy said Monday.
Romanian Finance Ministry Shelves Bill Capping Gas Prices From Domestic Output
Romania’s Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici announced on Friday that a draft bill capping the price of gas from domestic output has been pulled from the ministry’s website, adding the subje...
Fondul Proprietatea Urges Government to Pull Bill Capping Gas Prices
Romanian investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) calls on the government to pull its draft decision capping the price of natural gas from domestic output, saying such a measure would bre...
Romania Tax Agency Collects Over RON112B in Tax Revenue in 1H/2018
Romania's tax agency ANAF collected over RON112 billion in tax revenue ion the first half of the year, 13.5% higher compared to the same period last year, it said in a statement Friday.