11.07.2013

The government will allow for local taxes for individuals to be raised by more than 20%, citing local authorities’ “financial difficulties”. more

04.17.2013

Local authorities in Suceava, northeastern Romania, will sell a five-hectare plot of land, for EUR315,000, to industrial engineering company Adrem Invest which previously leased it in view of building more

04.10.2013

Local authorities in Romania will receive money from the state budget through a new program called the National Program for Local Development, which will be run solely by the Ministry of Regional more

01.09.2013

The Romanian Government is set to adopt Wednesday the ordinance stating local authorities may decide whether or not to increase local taxes, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said, adding local more

10.25.2012

Romania’s Competition Council is open to collaborations targeting public programs meant to support Romanian agricultural products, the agency's president Bogdan Chiritoiu said Thursday. more

10.04.2012

Romania may not increase local taxes for 2013 as the legislation states they may only be altered at least six months before the beginning of the year, Romania’s Interior Minister Mircea Dusa said more

10.03.2012

Local taxes and fines will increase 16.05% starting next year, indexed for inflation for the period 2010-2012, according to a draft government decision put forth by the Finance Ministry. more

08.23.2012

Romania’s tax authority ANAF may be in charge with collecting property taxes, after the Government changed in July the formula used to compute these taxes based on the property use, not the category more

07.18.2012

Romania's Government Wednesday decided to give local authorities back 107.5 million lei (EUR23.5 million) of the funds provided by the previous Ungureanu Cabinet for current expenses and withdrawn by more

06.10.2012

Over 18.3 million eligible Romanian voters and 37,704 foreign residents in Romania are set to elect their mayors, county councilors and local councilors for the next four years this Sunday, in the more

05.07.2012

Romania’s parliamentary committees hearing proposed ministers on Monday have endorsed Ioan Rus for interior minister with 36 to eight votes and two abstentions. more

04.24.2012

From next to zero ten years ago, the debt of the public administration has reached 13.7 billion lei (EUR3 billion), practically doubling in 3-4 years’ time. This deepens the public debt, which more

04.23.2012

The annual spending of the local administration amounts to EUR10 billion, which means EUR40 billion in the four-years term in office of the administration - this is the huge stake of the June 10 local more

04.11.2012

The Romanian Government included on the agenda of its Tuesday meeting a new draft decision to allot funds to local authorities to finance infrastructure development projects, people close to the more

04.04.2012

Romania's Government has made changes to several laws and introduced certain exceptions in order to allot more money for local authorities, suspending until the end of the year the rule whereby mayors more

03.27.2012

Romania's Chamber of Deputies has tacitly adopted a bill whereby mayors and county council presidents must resign from the parties that got them elected, immediately after taking office. more

12.28.2011

The Romanian Government rejected local authorities’ proposition to raise local taxes by up to 50% next year, Finance Minister Gheorghe Ialomitianu said Tuesday evening. more

11.25.2011

Romania's Government has reduced the share of income tax collections provided to local authorities by 5.5 points, through an emergency ordinance amending the Law on public finance, minister Gheorghe more

11.21.2011

Romania’s ruling coalition leaders decided to amend the emergency ordinance regarding funds allotted to local authorities next year, so city halls and county councils will receive more money. more

11.18.2011

Romania's Government will exempt public institutions and RA-APPS, the authority that administers government real estate properties, from paying local taxes on their buildings, says the emergency more

11.11.2011

Romania's Government next year will reduce the share of income tax collections provided to local authorities and will cut transfers to local budgets from taxes on pensions, denying mayors a source of more

10.28.2011

Romania’s Government has assigned an extra 315 million lei (EUR73 million) to local authorities in 36 localities to help them pay off debts to heat suppliers, the Governments aid in a press release. more

10.18.2011

More than half the funds provided the Government for debts and current and capital expenses have been assigned to local authorities led by democrat liberals, while towns managed by the opposition more

07.13.2011

Romanian insurer PAID will collaborate with local authorities to sell mandatory home insurance policies, its estimates showing that 60% of the houses in the country, around five million, are not more

06.22.2011

Romania's Government has decided to allot 124.2 million lei (EUR29.2 million) for the debts, current expenses and capital expenses of local authorities, as well as to finance ongoing investments. more