01.04.2013

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Thursday he will propose raising the gross minimum wage to 800 lei (EUR181) this year from RON700. more

01.02.2013

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday said Romania is unlikely to apply differentiated tax rates on income in 2013, but the principle whereby taxes must be cut for certain social categories will be more

12.19.2012

The Romanian Government envisages an economic growth forecast of around 2% of the gross domestic product GDP in 2013, Premier Victor Ponta said Wednesday. more

12.19.2012

Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Wednesday afternoon presented the list of minister nominees. more

12.19.2012

The Ponta II Government will be faced with the repayment of the bulk of the record EUR19 billion loan that Romania took out from foreign lenders. The loan was approved in 2009 during the Democrat more

12.18.2012

Joint teams from the International Monetary Fund, the EU and the World Bank will come to Bucharest around January 10 to review Romania’s progress under a EUR5 billion loan agreement and discuss the more

12.18.2012

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said negotiations with U.S. oil and gas Chevron regarding the exploration and exploitation of shale gas will remain a priority for Romania’s future Government. more

12.17.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu announced Monday he is reappointing Social Democratic party leader Victor Ponta for prime minister. more

12.13.2012

The Romanian Government will send the European Commission EC, on Friday and Monday, two series of discount requests for the Operational Program for Human Resource Development (POSDRU), the payment more

12.03.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Monday said the employees of state-owned chemical company Oltchim will receive their back wages for November this week. more

12.03.2012

Romania’s management authorities will be transferred under a single authority during 2014-2020, first of all under the coordination of a minister and then under regional control, Prime Minister more

11.20.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Tuesday said the budget proposition made by European Council president Herman Van Rompuy implies cutting by EUR7 to EUR8 billion the European funds allotted to more

11.13.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta has dismissed government deputy secretary general Dan Mihalache, whom the national integrity agency declared incompatible with public office last week, people more

11.08.2012

Romanian state-run hydropower producer Hidroelectrica will complete its insolvency process by the end of the year, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Thursday. more

11.07.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu and the government agree to delay the sale of 15% in natural gas transporter Transgaz (TGN.RO) over an expected price increase in a couple of years due to the energy more

11.07.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta Wednesday said the finance ministry is likely to launch a new Eurobond by the end of 2012, following the successful sale of a similar issue last month. more

11.07.2012

Romanian President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Victor Ponta agreed on Wednesday to delay the privatization of state-run freight rail company CFR Marfa, as well as a secondary offering of 15% in more

11.07.2012

Romania’s consolidated budget posted a deficit of 1.2% of the gross domestic product at the end of October, modestly wider from a gap of 1.18% a month earlier, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said more

11.06.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Tuesday he will meet with President Traian Basescu Wednesday for talks on the country’s external obligations, on negotiations with the International more

11.05.2012

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Monday said Romania’s 2015 deadline to adopt the euro is not “carved in stone”, but highlighted the country must continue efforts to observe the criteria needed to more

11.04.2012

Romania’s state budget for 2013 could be approved by year-end, following a tight calendar, unless political obstacles occur, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Saturday. more

10.31.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Wednesday said Romania will receive several hundreds of millions of euros, most likely in December, for refund requests through the Operational Program for more

10.22.2012

The 1.3 billion lei (EUR284 million) debts of Romanian national roads authority CNADNR to road constructors will be paid in tranches, and the payment calendar has yet to be decided, Prime Minister more

10.16.2012

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Tuesday royalty rates for oil and natural gas must be changed, adding that this will not happen before 2014. more

10.14.2012

Romania’s former finance minister Gheorghe Ialomitianu on Sunday said the opposition Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) will submit a simple motion on the state budget next week. more