Social/Politics
Isarescu: Pension Cuts Preferable To VAT Rate Increase
Lowering the pensions would have been a better fiscal measure than increasing the value added tax rate and Romania would have emerged from recession sooner, central bank governor Mugur Isare...
Boc: Almost 250,000 New Work Contracts Signed In May
Romanian acting Labor Minister Emil Boc said Wednesday that almost 250,000 new work contracts have been signed this month, bringing the total to more than the number of active contracts at t...
Silvio Berlusconi To Visit Romania Next Week For Inter-Government Meeting
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is expected to come to Bucharest next week for a meeting with Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc and an inter-government reunion, attended by ministers...
Finance Ministry Plans To Cut 2,100 Jobs In Customs Authority and Financial Guard
Romania's Finance Ministry wants to cut 2,140 jobs in the National Customs Authority and the Financial Guard, according to two draft government decisions.
Interior Ministry Layoff Bill Fails To Pass Lower House
The bill on layoffs in the Romanian Interior Ministry received too few votes in the Chamber of Deputies and did not pass, to the satisfaction of the union members watching the meeting, who c...
EU Opens In-Depth Investigations Into State Aid To Romanian Air Transport Sector
The European Commission has opened two in-depth investigations under EU state aid rules into a Romanian support scheme for investments in regional airports and to ascertain whether certain r...
Education: Winter, Spring Breaks Extended In 2011-2012 School Year
The 2011-2012 school year will not include a break between semesters but the winter and spring breaks will be extended by one week each, Education Minister Daniel Funeriu said Tuesday.
Senate Committee OKs Bill Banning Smoking In Enclosed Public Spaces
Romania could ban smoking in enclosed public spaces, except penitentiaries, and smokers could have special bars and clubs that allow smoking, according to a bill adopted with amendments by t...
Romanian Writer Fanus Neagu Dies At 79
Romanian novelist and playwright Fanus Neagu died Tuesday morning in a hospital in capital Bucharest. He was 79.