Social/Politics
Romanian Antifraud Authorities May Enter Company Building, Land For Checkups
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Friday passed a law whereby public authorities and institutions, as well as private and state-owned companies and individuals conducting business must al...
President Basescu Promulgates Social Dialog Code, Law Capping Teachers’ Wages
Romania’s President Traian Basescu on Friday has promulgated the Social Dialog Code and the law capping teachers’ salaries in 2011, which have been pushed through the Parliament through a vo...
CFR Calatori To Close 4 Branches, Lay Off 1000 Employees
Romanian state-owned railway passenger carrier CFR Calatori Friday said it has begun restructuring its network, which will entail cutting the number of regional branches to four and laying o...
Economy Ministry Drafts Strategy To Boost Exports
Romania’s Economy Ministry put forward a bill to create a risk fund, financed from the state budget, to fight the economic crisis and support exporters of Romanian products and services.
Transport Ministry: Slow Collaboration With Bulgaria Delays Study On Joint Danube Project
The environmental impact study for a joint Romania-Bulgaria project to improve the navigability of the Danube has not been completed, because of "slow" collaboration with Bulgarian authoriti...
Lawmaker Proposes Foreign Films Be Dubbed Into Romanian
Romanian opposition social democrat MP Victor Socaciu has put forward a bill whereby foreign language films will be dubbed into Romanian.
Two Years After Start of “First Home” Scheme: Has It Achieved Its Purpose?
The scheme started by the government nearly two years ago in order to revive the construction sector and the economy has turned into a social one that has supported banks, put an end to the...
Romanian Soldier Killed In Afghanistan
Romanian Corporal Constantin-Laurentiu Lixandru, 30, has been killed in Afghanistan Thursday by an improvised explosive device.
Romanian NGO Requests Disclosure Of EU-Funded Contracts, Classified By Ex-Labor Min
The Romanian Institute for Public Policy (IPP), a non-government organization, asked Prime Minister Emil Boc to repeal an order by former Labor Minister Ioan Botis, which classified informat...