13:34, 2.07.2008 Romanian Govt Looks To Soften Utility Price Hikes For Underprivileged Social Categories

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07.2008 Romaniaa€™s Finance Ministry and Labor Ministry will draw up a set of measures to help pensioners and people with low incomes pay their gas bills, Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Wednesday.Tariceanu added that although prices are set by the market, the government is usually made a scapegoat and blamed for any price hikes.Tariceanu told Cabinet members at the beginning of the weekly Cabinet meeting that the government and himself, as a prime minister, are...

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