8 iun 2011

Romanian railway administrator CFR SA on Tuesday denied access to the railway infrastructure to four private transporters, over combined debts of 36.6 million lei (EUR8.77 million). more

8 iun 2011

Romania's Senate on Wednesday adopted a bill to ban smoking in public spaces, except bars, discos, restaurants and similar locations smaller than 100 square meters. more

8 iun 2011

Romanian insurer Alico Asigurari's underwritten premiums increased by 7.1% last year, above the market average growth of 2.3%, to more than 205 million lei (EUR49 million), while gross profit exceeded more

8 iun 2011

U.S. car parts producer Delphi Automotive has opened a new assembly plant in Moldova Noua, southwest Romania, which will produce wire harnesses for European carmakers, with a staff of up to 1,000 by more

7 iun 2011

Romania's Environment Ministry is working on a new program, to support the placing of gardens on building roofs and facades with financing from the Environment Fund Administration. more

7 iun 2011

Romania's Government has authorized the Health Ministry to buy 800,000 doses of BCG vaccine against tuberculosis, through UNICEF, because the Cantacuzino Institute is still undergoing an overhaul and more

7 iun 2011

Romanian companies with sales and assets lower than EUR35,000 may opt for a simplified accounting system starting with the 2011 fiscal year, says a draft order by the Ministry of Public Finance. more

7 iun 2011

Romanian road authority CNADNR director Daniela Draghia on Tuesday said the country's entire highway network will be subject to a toll. more

7 iun 2011

Romania's telecom regulator ANCOM on Tuesday launched a public consultation on mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) on the local market. more

7 iun 2011

Romania's Transport Ministry on Tuesday awarded three contracts, worth a total EUR427.5 million, for sections of the Orastie-Sibiu highway segment, whose auctions had been contested. more

6 iun 2011

Romania and the UK will enhance their Strategic Partnership, according to a joint statement by President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister David Cameron, which says, among others, that the two states more

6 iun 2011

Volkswagen has replaced Ford as the best-sold foreign car brand on the Romanian market, while Skoda climbed to 2nd place from 4th and Renault was steady on 3rd place, according to data on the first more

6 iun 2011

Romanian cucumber producers will receive up to EUR247,200 as partial reimbursement for their losses estimated at around EUR9 million, Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara said Monday. more

6 iun 2011

Romania will ask the European Commission to allow applying reverse taxation on vegetables, having already been permitted to implement this measure for cereal, Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara said more

3 iun 2011

Romanian emergency room doctors who refuse to provide care to a patient in critical condition may be fined between 2,000 and 15,000 lei (EUR480-3600), depending on the consequences, says a draft more

3 iun 2011

A train trip from Bucharest to Predeal might take only two hours, after work on the Campina-Predeal segment is completed in November with a one year delay, for which Austrian constructor Porr will be more

3 iun 2011

Ionut Gogu on Thursday stepped down from his position on the board of the Romanian state-owned postal service, citing personal reasons. more

3 iun 2011

Romanian road authority CNADNR wants to award a 297 million lei (EUR72 million, without VAT) contract for the modernization of two sections of Bucharest's beltway. more

2 iun 2011

U.S. company Farmers' Ethanol wants to invest $200 million in an energy and farming complex, located on 400 hectares in Prahova county, southern Romania, and has signed a memorandum of understanding more

2 iun 2011

Romania's Finance Ministry will lend Bucharest subway operator Metrorex 165 million lei (EUR40 million) to pay its debts to Alstom Transportation, which has been in charge of train maintenance since more

2 iun 2011

Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday that 353,339 new work contracts were signed in May, bringing the total number of employment contracts to above the 2008 level and confirming that the economy has more

2 iun 2011

Romania's car pollution tax will be reduced in value by 30% for every type of engine except Euro 5, says the draft ordinance amending the car tax system, obtained by MEDIAFAX. more

2 iun 2011

Romania's organic farming product market could grow this year by 20%, from EUR45-50 million in 2010, thanks to higher demand, said Marian Cioceanu, head of the "Bio Romania" association of organic more

2 iun 2011

Mark Gitenstein, the U.S. Ambassador to Romania, said Thursday that President Obama supports changing the Visa Waiver Program to focus on the overstay rate, rather than the refusal rate, therefore to more

1 iun 2011

The budget of Romania's cash-for-clunkers program has been doubled to 456 million lei (EUR110 million), enough for 60,000 more vouchers, Government spokeswoman Ioana Muntean said Wednesday. more