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The latest Political news Last update: 10.03.2010
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04 Mar 2010 Political migration and perversion of senses Political migration has again become a problem in Romanian politics, placing under the question mark the representativeness of the present Parliament. Six members of Parliament, of whom two former ministers of the PDL-PSD coalition government - foreign minister Cristian Diaconescu and labour minister Marian Sirbu… read more -
03 Mar 2010 Senate approved fast-track ratification of bill on Nabucco Project Agreement The Senators approved on Monday the ratification in a fast-track procedure of the bill on the Agreement among the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Republic of Hungary, Romania and the Republic of Turkey on the Nabucco Project, signed on July 3, 2009 in Ankara… read more
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03 Mar 2010 Government to spend E1 billion on road repaving The Minister of Regional Development and Tourism, Elena Udrea said it would propose to the Government a €1 billion investment program in county roads maintenance that involves the resurfacing of up to 10,000km section. "We will submit a memorandum next week for the resurfacing scheme for 10,000km of county roads"… read more
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01 Mar 2010 US company to invest 30 million dollars in Romania An American company will invest about 300 million dollars in the industrial equipment sector, according to a press release of the Ministry of Economy which shows that the announcement was made by the US ambassador at a meeting with the minister of economy. The minister of economy, trade and business, Adrian Videanu, met the US ambassador to Bucharest, Mark H Gitenstein on Tuesday… read more
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26 Feb 2010 Vladescu: Pension system must be reformed this very moment The pension system must be reformed as it could not bear a six percent deficit of the GDP in 2025, Minister of Public Finance Sebastian Vladescu told a news conference on Wednesday. 'In 2009 1.7 billion euros will be transferred from the state budget to the pension budget and if the pension system is not reformed'… read more
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24 Feb 2010 Israel ForMin Lieberman to visit Bucharest in April Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi met Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman on the sidelines of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday, with the Israeli minister to pay an official visit to Romania on April 14-15, the foreign ministry has announced… read more
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15 Feb 2010 Pierre Lellouche came to Bucharest The human traffic and integration of minorities are the main topics of discussions the French secretary of state for European Affairs, Pierre Lellouche has with Bucharest officials during his two-day visit he started on Thursday in Romania. As seen from the talks held at the Foreign Ministry with the Romanian foreign minister Teodor Babonschi… read more
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15 Feb 2010 President Basescu in Brussels: EU strategy should take into consideration development distinctions among member states President Traian Basescu, present in Brussels on Thursday at the informal meeting of the European Council insisted on the fact that the EU 2020 strategy should take into consideration distinctions of economic and social development among members states, as well as conclusions which can be drawn in the crisis context… read more
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02 Feb 2010 PM Boc introduces Gov't priorities to Senate Prime Minister Emil Boc on Monday introduced the legislative priorities of the Government that include a fiscal responsibility law, the education law and the finalisation of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Civil Procedure. Boc said he hopes the fiscal responsibility law will clear Parliament by end-March, adding that he believes the law is 'extremely sound'… read more
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01 Feb 2010 New US Embassy, a green building The US Embassy in Bucharest will build a new headquarters in Baneasa, one that will feature technologies and solutions whose purpose is to attain a high degree of energy efficiency and to reduce the building's impact on the environment… read more
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01 Feb 2010 Romania's Govt Approves Introduction Of Electronic Toll Stickers As Of August 1 The electronic system for the issue and control of Romanian toll stickers will become active on August 1, and the current toll sticker system will remain valid until the end of the year, Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday. The Government approved Friday the ordinance introducing the electronic system… read more
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28 Jan 2010 Romanian Govt To Issue Law On Technical Unemployment Come Feb 1, '10 The Romanian Government will approve early February a draft law regulating technical unemployment as the main method of protecting employees, starting with February 1, 2010, in a fashion similar to the system applied last year, said Prime Minister Emil Boc, after talks with unions and employers… read more
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27 Jan 2010 Basescu: National Bank has often managed to do what governments did not succeed The National Bank of Romania (BNR) has often managed to do what the governments did not succeed, President Traian Basescu told a Tuesday ceremony in which he awarded high national distinctions to BNR governor Mugur Isarescu and the BNR Administration Board from 2004-2009… read more
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25 Jan 2010 France, Germany Ambassadors visit Eurocopter Romania Ambassador of France in Bucharest Henri Paul, and Ambassador of Germany Andreas von Mettenheim on Friday visited the Eurocopter Group Romania on the IAR Ghimbav platform in the county of Brasov (country center). Head of the Eurocopter Group subsidiary Jean Louis Face presented the two diplomats the economic situation of the unit founded in 2002… read more
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20 Jan 2010 Vice-Premier Marko Bela meets WB delegation Deputy Prime Minister Marko Bela and head of the World Bank delegation Theodore Ahlers, acting country director, discussed on Tuesday at the Victoria Palace of Government a series of aspects related to economic and social developments, as well as ways whereby the World Bank could support Romania in the context of the current financial crisis… read more
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19 Jan 2010 The Comarnic-Brasov motorway section to be inaugurated in four years The Comarnic-Brasov motorway section will be inaugurated in four years, that is in January 2014, and the operation, construction, financing and design costs amount to 4.8 billion euros, declared on Monday Dana Galben, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure concessions director, upon signing the concession agreement with the Vinci and Aktor companies… read more
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15 Jan 2010 Romanian Parliament Passes 2010 Budget Bill Romanian parliament on Thursday adopted 192 to 138 the state budget for 2010, following several days of wrangling over thousands of amendments proposed by the opposition. The 2010 state budget envisages total revenue of 66.65 billion lei (EUR1=RON4.1286) and expenditure of RON101.67 billion, reflecting a deficit of RON35.02 billion… read more
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12 Jan 2010 PM Boc calls for passage of 2010 State budget and Social security Law in Parliament Addressing the Parliament plenary meeting, Prime Minister Emil Boc called on the lawmakers to pass the 2010 State Budget and Social security Law, stressing that this is the most important legislative act for the design of future investment policies. The head of the government thanked the MPs for the debates held in the expert committees… read more
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07 Jan 2010 Value of pension point increases to 826.2 lei The two specialist commissions of Parliament on Wednesday approved the increase in the value of the pension point from 732.8 lei to 826.2 lei starting on January 1, 2010 despite the arguments offered by the officials of the Ministries of Labour and Public Finance referring to the budget restraints (1 euro=4.16 lei)… read more
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05 Jan 2010 State budget, new golden apple of political discord The 2010 budget is engaging the Liberals and the Democrat Liberals to a new political game which is only going to delay adoption even more. Yesterday, after the party's National Political Bureau meeting, PNL Prime Vice-President Ludovic Orban announced that his party would vote against the budget which, according to him, is one 'of sacrifice'… read more
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04 Jan 2010 President Basescu: 2010 will be a year of reforms and solidarity 2010 is a year that need to be dedicated to reform, a year when the Romanians must identify with their aspirations, 'join in solidarity with each other and with the country,' said President Traian Basescu in the Year New message he conveyed to the Romanians from the mountain resort of Sinaia (center-south)… read more
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30 Dec 2009 Cultural tourism, one of Boc Government's aims The development of cultural economy by ensuring an efficient legal, economic and financial-fiscal framework, the halt to the process deteriorating the national cultural patrimony, the development of some common policies between culture and education as well as the implementation of a public policy for the development of cultural tourism are only a few of the aims of the Emil Boc Government… read more
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29 Dec 2009 EC declines request for further exemption from car tax payment The Government has asked the European Commission for an extension of the period of exemption form the payment of new car registration tax by six months, until the end of June. 2010, but the request has been denied. The exception will be abrogated on January 1, 2010 and the Executive will need to start looking for other options to help the local automotive industry, Mediafax reports… read more
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29 Dec 2009 Labour Minister: Wages to stagnate not fall in the public sector in 2010 The single pay law will be a priority in 2010, says the Minister of Family and Social Protection (MMMFPS) Mihai Seitan. According to the dignitary, no wage cut will be seen next year because of the implementation of the single pay law, with only such salaries in the public sector now found below 705 RON to grow up to this value… read more
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28 Dec 2009 Romanian Government Approves 2010 Draft Budget Romanian government on Wednesday has approved a much-needed draft budget for 2010, which will be sent to parliament on Thursday for urgent debates and approval. The draft budget is essential to unblock new disbursements from a EUR20 billion multilateral loan package that were halted over political turmoil following the collapse of a centrist government in October… read more
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22 Dec 2009 What Boc isn't saying: 10% jobless rate Prime Minister Designate Emil Boc drafted a governing program around the targets agreed upon with the International Monetary Fund (IMF): a 5.9 percent budget deficit and 1.3 percent economic growth in 2010. In order to meet this deficit target, at least Euro2.5 billion must be cut from public spending, which means massive layoffs in the state sector… read more
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21 Dec 2009 Romania's New Governing Program Includes Reassessment Of Rosia Montana Gold Mining Project Romania's future governing program includes a reassessment of the Rosia Montana gold mining project in the western are of the country, based on local and international expertise, along with the creation of a national strategy for non-energetic mineral resources. The Rosia Montana project has been included in the governing program… read more
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21 Dec 2009 List of Boc Cabinet and governing programme are completed Premier Designate Emil Boc said on Sunday, at the Victoria Palace, that he completed the list of the ministers of the future Cabinet and the governing programme. The list includes the following ministers of the Democratic Liberal Party: Minister of Administration and the Interior Vasile Blaga, Minister of Economy, Trade and the Business Environment Adriean Videanu, Minister of Transports and Infrastructure Radu Berceanu… read more
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18 Dec 2009 Former Romanian Fin Min Considered For Finance Portfolio In Boc Govt The name of the former finance minister, in the Tariceanu Cabinet, Sebastian Vladescu is discussed for the finance portfolio in the future Boc Cabinet, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX. According to the quoted sources, Vladescu's nomination for the finance minister position was considered from the time when it was hoped the liberals would join the Government with the democrat liberals… read more
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16 Dec 2009 President Basescu looking for Prime Minister Negotiations to form a parliamentary majority are close to becoming a sure thing, following the validation by the Constitutional Court of Traian Basescu's second mandate as President of Romania. His Democratic Liberal Party (PD-L) managed to obtain a majority, with three lawmakers, two Social Democrats and one National Liberal… read more
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