News 09 February 2012


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    Bucharest Mayor To Meet With Chinese Investors In Beijing

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    Bucharest Mayor Sorin Oprescu will make an official visit to Beijing, where he hopes to find investors for the city"s projects, after the city councilors voted to slash the budget by over 1 billion lei (EUR1=RON4.2108).The mayor of Bucharest... (0 views)

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    Romania 6-Mo Econ Outlook Brightens Up In February - Survey

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    Romanian economic outlook for the next six months improved slightly in February, after a decline of nearly 11 points a month earlier, a ZEW/Erste survey showed Tuesday.Economic expectations for Romania rose 3.6 points to 33.4 points in February,... (0 views)

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    Romanian Senate Committee OKs Teaching History, Geography...

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    The Romanian Senateas education committee on Tuesday approved an article of the education bill, allowing Romaniaas history and geography to be taught in national minoritiesa languages in secondary schools and high schools with minority language... (0 views)

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    Romanian Carmaker Dacia To Stop Logan Van Production In 2012

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    Romanian carmaker Dacia, owned by French group Renault, will stop producing Logan Van in 2012 and the car will be replaced by the new model the French carmaker will produce starting next year at its car plant in Tangier, Morocco, said Renault... (0 views)

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    Most Romanians Consider Govt?s Anti-Crisis Measures...

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    Most Romanians (80%) think that the anti-crisis measures taken by the Government were ineffective, according to a Eurobarometer survey published on Tuesday.EU citizens consider that their countries" measures against the economic crisis were... (0 views)

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    Half Of Romanians Most Troubled By Rising Prices, Inflation...

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    Half of Romanians see the rising prices and inflation as their main problems, a third believe the crisis" impact on the labor market has not yet peaked, while 48% expect the job market to worsen in the next 12 months, says a Eurobarometer... (0 views)

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    Romanian IT Market Down 25% In 2010, To EUR800M

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    Romania"s IT market shrunk by 25% last year, to EUR800 million, following a 20% decline in 2009, said Liviu Dragan, member on the board of the Software and Services Industry Employers" Association (ANIS), in a press conference.Last year,... (0 views)

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    About Half Of Romanians Satisfied With Their Lives, 4% Say...

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    Almost half of Romanians are satisfied with their lives, only 4% consider that the countryas economic situation is good and 14% of them expect the economy will recover in 2011, according to a Eurobarometer survey published on Tuesday.The survey... (0 views)

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    Romanian Senate Committee Rejects Bill Requiring...

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    The Romanian Senate"s committee for human rights on Tuesday issued a negative opinion on a bill requiring candidates for public office to undergo a psychological and psychiatric examination.Committee chairman Gyorgy Frunda said the bill has no... (0 views)

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    Romanian Senate Committee Rejects Decree Recalculating...

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    The committee for legal matters in the Romanian Senate on Tuesday recommended the Senate plenary reject a Government emergency decree recalculating pensions of former military staff.The bill got six votes against and two abstentions from committee... (0 views)

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    Romanian Employees Penalized For Indiscipline To Be...

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    Romanian employees who committed disciplinary infractions will be rehabilitated after a period of twelve months, according to an amendment to the Labor Code approved by the Government Monday.According to the new Labor Code, which will be adopted... (0 views)

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    Employers Using Illegal Labor To Face 1-2 Years In Prison -...

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    Employers using more than five people without work contracts will be punished by 1-2 years in prison or a criminal fine, will be denied state aid and EU funds and will be forbidden from taking part in public procurement auctions, says the amended... (0 views)

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    Romanian Employers May Not Put Employees On Unpaid Leave...

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    The Romanian Government on Monday eliminated from the draft Labor Code a provision whereby companies which reduce or temporarily cease their activity may put their employees on unpaid leave, with the prior notice of the local union.The draft Labor... (0 views)

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    Romanian Labor Code Caps No Of Successive Limited Contracts...

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    Employers are allowed to have up to three successive employees on limited period work contracts, each no longer than 12 months, unless extended for the duration of project"s development with the parties" written consent, says the amended... (0 views)

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    Romanian Govt To Seek Conf Vote For Labor Laws On March 8

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    Romaniaas Government will seek a confidence vote in Parliament to pass new labor legislation next Tuesday, March 8, and amendments to the bill are expected until Friday evening, said Senate vice-president Ioan Chelaru after the Parliamentas standing... (0 views)