23 mai 2011

Romanian railway company CFR Marfa has reduced the number of working days by two for every 30, effective May 23, and will cut 3,000 jobs through collective layoffs starting in July, says a press more

23 mai 2011

The returns for the over five million contributors to Romania's mandatory private pension funds amount to 756.8 million lei (EUR183.4 million), according to pension fund association APAPR. more

23 mai 2011

The weight of shares in the total assets of Romania's private pension funds could increase to at least 20% by December 2011, from 14.5% in April, because of lowered state bond yields, said Cristian more

20 mai 2011

Romanian acting Labor Minister Emil Boc said Friday that he has ordered "a more aggressive campaign" to inform the business environment about the incentives provided to hire unemployed people, even as more

20 mai 2011

Romanian acting Labor Minister Emil Boc said Friday that 228,820 new work contracts have been signed this month and a record number of contracts would be reached in about ten days. more

20 mai 2011

The number of Romanians receiving the minimum guaranteed income is declining compared to the end of last year, while controls found errors with 5,384 files, acting Labor Minister Emil Boc said Friday. more

20 mai 2011

The number of invalidity pensions newly registered in Romania dropped 53.9% on the year after new legislation was enacted, in July 2010, acting Labor Minister Emil Boc said Friday. more

20 mai 2011

Authorities in Dolj county, southern Romania, have asked major hotel chains to open a hotel in Craiova, after Ford, owner of the local car factory, complained about the lack of a business hotel to more

20 mai 2011

Romania will have 845 km of highway in a few years, compared to its current 313 km, following investments of EUR5.17 billion, Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said Friday. more

20 mai 2011

Romania's labor union confederations on Friday suggested dividing the economy into 39 sectors, meaning there could be 40 minimum wage standards – one for each private sector plus the public sector. more

20 mai 2011

The Bucharest Street Administration has awarded contracts for street maintenance and management for four years, worth a total 1.17 billion lei (EUR287 million, without VAT), to companies including more

20 mai 2011

Omniasig’s underwritten premiums decreased by 6% in the first quarter of 2011, to 221.1 million lei (EUR53.8 million), the insurer said in a press release Friday. more

20 mai 2011

Romanian Transport Minister Anca Boagiu on Friday signed five contracts, worth a total EUR692.68 million (including VAT), for the design and construction of highway sections on Pan-European Corridor more

20 mai 2011

Romania's Government is considering charging the pollution tax upon the first sale of cars imported before July 1, 2008, but in an amount reduced by 30%, and refunding part of the tax already paid by more

19 mai 2011

Self-employed Romanians will be allowed to hire other people for their activity, with employment contracts, as per a new government emergency ordinance. more

19 mai 2011

Romania's Transport Ministry in February requested the revision of the air service agreement signed with Russia in 1976 and Russian authorities replied that the country's bilateral agreements with more

19 mai 2011

Cornelia Coman, chairwoman of the board of Romanian pension administrator ING Pensii, was elected Thursday president of the Private Pension Administration Association (APAPR) for a three-year term. more

19 mai 2011

The consortium building a highway section linking Bucharest to Ploiesti, in southern Romania, has until May 30 to remedy the project's problems, or the contract will be terminated. more

19 mai 2011

The European Commission (EC) has sent a reasoned opinion to nine member states, including Romania, formally asking them to fully implement the railway safety directive. more

19 mai 2011

The European Commission on Thursday launched an infringement procedure against Romania over its bilateral air service agreement with Russia. more

19 mai 2011

One lane on the Basarab-Constanta section of the Bucharest-Constanta highway in Romania, as well as Constanta's ring-road, will be opened to traffic in July, Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said more

18 mai 2011

Romania's Government on Wednesday approved the creation of the Coast Guard, which will operate in the Black Sea, on the Danube and in the Delta. more

18 mai 2011

Romania's Government has decided to amend the car pollution tax again in a few weeks, after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) judged it in violation of community legislation. more

18 mai 2011

Romania's "Green House" program will be reopened to individuals on June 1, Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely announced Wednesday. more

18 mai 2011

Bucharest public transport authority RATB should be turned into a commercial enterprise, to increase its independence and allow it to access European funds, general manager Adrian Crit said Wednesday. more