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Cluj-Napoca – first city in Romania with most important tourist attractions presented on a three-dimensional map

21 ianuarie 2012

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Cluj-Napoca (northwest of Bucharest) is the first city in Romania which has a three-dimensional map, showing the most important tourist attractions located in the historic city center. According to a release of Cluj-Napoca City Hall, the map was made by Schubert & Franzke company – the most important producer of maps in Romania – and [...]

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PNL’s Crin Antonescu at USL rally: Opposition makes no compromise

20 ianuarie 2012

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Chairman of the National Liberal Party (PNL) Crin Antonescu on Thursday, from the stage of the rally organized by the opposition Social Liberal Union (USL), told President Traian Basescu, Premier Emil Boc and the Democrat Liberals to give up power and made it clear that the opposition would make no compromise. “They are lying to [...]

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EU funding can significantly contribute to Romania’s macroeconomic stability, President says

20 ianuarie 2012

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President Traian Basescu said on Thursday that the European funds represent an essential element of economic growth, as they can significantly contribute to ensuring Romania’s macroeconomic stability. “Our belief is that the solution for a stronger, more cohesive Union also involves promoting the so-called traditional policies, specifically the Common Agricultural Policy and the Cohesion Policy, [...]

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Thousands participate in USL meeting in Bucharest

20 ianuarie 2012

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Thousands of people gathered on Thursday afternoon in the surroundings of the Bucharest Arc of Triumph for the rally organized by the opposition’s Social Liberal Union (USL). The crowd covers the stretch between the Arc of Triumph till close to Victory Square. According to a USL release, at around 4:30 the organizers confirmed the presence [...]

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Romania joining the euro area in 2015, still on, Traian Basescu says

19 ianuarie 2012

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Romania maintains its target to adopt the unique European currency in 2015, said President Traian Basescu, mentioning that Romania is aware that meeting the Maastricht criteria is not enough to reach this target, but the state economy and the institutions of the Romanian state should be competitive as well. He added that the decision made [...]

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Romanian Academy calls on political class to show responsibility

19 ianuarie 2012

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The Romanian Academy called on the Romanian political class to show ‘not only maturity, responsibility, clear-headedness and balance, but also goodwill, cooperation and participation to dialogue’. ‘Amid the current political movements, the discontent over the economic and moral situation in the country, we call on the entire political class to show not only maturity, responsibility, [...]

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State reforms to be among Romania’s priorities in 2012 too, says President Basescu

19 ianuarie 2012

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The state reforms will represent a priority in 2012 too, President Traian Basescu said at the annual meeting with the ambassadors accredited to Romania, adding that he will be an active partner of the Government in the process aimed ad adopting the measures stipulated in the agreements with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank [...]

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Teodor Baconschi: I will continue dialogue with NGOs in next two months

19 ianuarie 2012

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Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi, first vice president of the Democratic Liberal Party, said he will continue, in the next two months, the dialogue with civil society, and at the end of this action he is going to draft, together with his collaborators from the Christian-Democratic Foundation. The said report will be set to contain proposals [...]

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Bucharest protesters gather in University Square for sixth day

19 ianuarie 2012

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About 2,000 people protest in Bucharest and another 20 counties, Gendarmerie spokesman Florin Hulea on Wednesday. ”According to Gendarmerie estimates, at 6:00 p.m., roughly 2,000 people were protesting in 20 counties and in Bucharest. Around 300 people gathered in the Bucharest central University Square in peaceful protest,” said Hulea. The Bucharesters gathered for the sixth [...]

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Victor Ponta, after meeting with PM Boc: unfortunately, no result has been reached

19 ianuarie 2012

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Opposition Social Democratic (PSD) Party Chairman Victor Ponta told a press conference on Wednesday that after the meeting with Premier Emil Boc that took place at the Palace of Parliament “no result had been reached.” “We have not agreed on anything and we have made no progress in the interest of the very many people, [...]

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Parliament convenes in extraordinary sessions on January 23 and 24

19 ianuarie 2012

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The standing bureaus of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate on Wednesday approved the organization of an extraordinary session of Parliament on January 23 and 24, said Senator Petru Filip, of the Democratic Liberal Party.

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Premier Boc after consultations: I have suggested setting up council of power-opposition economic dialogue

19 ianuarie 2012

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Premier Emil Boc said on Wednesday that, during the consultations at the Parliament Palace, he suggested setting up the council of economic dialogue between the power and the opposition, which should fundamentally aim at maintaining and creating jobs. ‘As for the economic aspect, I have suggested setting up the council of economic dialogue between the [...]

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UDMR does not think there is need to talk now about a new Health law

19 ianuarie 2012

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President of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR, minor at rule), Kelemen Hunor, claims that there is no need to speak, at this time, about a new law on health, given that it was the “straw that broke the camel ” and made Romanians to protest. “Those who currently do not understand that [...]

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Record number of tourists in the mountains resorts last weekend

19 ianuarie 2012

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There were about 154,000 requests for the cable aerial lift points (at cable cars, gondola lifts, chair lifts and platter lifts) and more than 132,000 cars were reported in the major mountain resorts in Romania during the past weekend, reports the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism (MDRT), according to data provided by local public [...]

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Not sufficient dialogue between Romania’s political elite and civil society

17 ianuarie 2012

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Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi said, on Monday, in an exclusive interview given to AFP, that the political elite of the country “did not dialogue enough” with the citizens, while protests continue for a few days in Romania. “Political elite – all parties together – created in these 20 years did not dialogue sufficiently with [...]

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Turkish investors see Romania as better place to invest than other EU states

17 ianuarie 2012

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Romania is seen by the Turkish investors as a much better investment destination than many other EU-member states, the Association of Turkish Businessmen from Romania (TIAD) says in a release. According to the above-quoted source, TIAD together with the officials of Turkey’s Embassy to Romania will set up a joint working group aimed at initiating [...]

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President Basescu publicly urges prime minister to withdraw health reform bill

14 ianuarie 2012

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President Traian Basescu urged Prime Minister Emil Boc to withdraw the new draft health law, at a news conference given at the presidential Cotroceni Palace this evening. ‘I publicly urge the prime minister to withdraw the draft law aimed at the health care reform. In fact, I discussed with the prime minister about the intention [...]

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Low-cost flights move to Otopeni Airport starting March

14 ianuarie 2012

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The low-cost flights will be moving to the Henri Coanda – Otopeni Bucharest International Airport starting on March 25 this year, at the same time with the launching of the new summer timetable, the additional cost per passenger being estimated at 4.5 euros, Bucharest Airport Company spokesman Valentin Iordache told Agerpres on Friday. ‘The airlines [...]

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Company call centers illegally taping clients

14 ianuarie 2012

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The call centres” procedure of taping the calls without the clients” agreement is illegal, Ombudsman Professor Dr. Gheorghe Iancu told a news conference in Targu Mures (north-west of the capital). “It”s an illegal procedure. Law no. 677 from 2001, Article 5 says processing the personal data or one”s own image in such a situation is [...]

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UDMR not to sustain responsibility assuming on Health Law

13 ianuarie 2012

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President of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR), Kelemen Hunor, said that the leaders of the Union decided not to sustain responsibility assuming by the Government on the Health Law and that it should really be debated in the Parliament. “We came today to the conclusion that we want parliamentary debate and not responsibility [...]

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Unions urge Health Ministry to hold talks on health bill

13 ianuarie 2012

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Sanitas Trade Unions Federation in the health sector urges the Health Ministry to draw up a working calendar with the social partners, particularly with the representative unions in the health sector, on the health bill, Sanitas says in a release. “We are concerned over the conditions in which many health units will be privatised and [...]

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PSD requires that elections for regional president and council must be organized in 2014

13 ianuarie 2012

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Current regions should receive powers from the central government, and in 2014 elections must be organized for the regional president and council, said in Cluj-Napoca (north-west of Bucharest), the Social-Democrat president Victor Ponta. “Our stance is that, in 2014, the current regions should have legal personality, become administrative-territorial units, as happens in France, Spain, Italy, [...]

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USL open to negotiations with other political parties, bar PDL and UNPR

13 ianuarie 2012

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The Social Liberal Union (USL) will be open to political negotiations with certain concessions if several mandates were to be necessary so as the parliamentary majority should be attained after elections, siad PSD chairman Victor Ponta on Wednesday, who said there would be no negotiations with either PDL (the Democratic Liberal Party) or UNPR (the [...]

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Basescu: Emergency health service SMURD, a system set up with Romanians’ money

12 ianuarie 2012

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President Traian Basescu said the SMURD (emergency mobile resuscitation and extrication service) is a system set up by the Romanian state to assist the citizens and he pointed out the approach seen in the last days seemed “out of place” to him, given that the new health law does not seek to privatise that service. [...]

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IMF mission to visit Romania over Jan. 25-Feb. 6

12 ianuarie 2012

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will visit Bucharest over Jan. 25 – Feb. 6, 2012 for a fourth assessment of the accord with Romania, IMF representative in Romania and Bulgaria, Tonny Lybek announced at a news conference. An International Monetary Fund mission headed by Jeffrey Franks will visit Romania over Jan. 25 – Feb. [...]

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Major oil companies in Romania, slapped with fines of over 205 million euros

11 ianuarie 2012

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The Competition Council has punished the major oil companies in Romania, OMV Petrom, OMV Petrom Marketing SRL, Rompetrol Downstream SRL, Lukoil Romania SRL, MOL Petroleum Products SRL and Eni Romania with 205.8 million euros (880,5 million lei) in fines, the president of the National Competition Authority, Bogdan Chiritoiu, announced. This is the highest fines given [...]

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Basescu: Private health care sector needed as public sector performance booster

11 ianuarie 2012

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President Traian Basescu said on Monday evening that the assessments carried out by the presidential commission in charge show that the private sector needs to get involved in the health care system, and pointed out that the philosophy of the new relevant bill is that the competition brought along by the private system will drive [...]

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State Secretary Raed Arafat: I resign in order to be able to express my opinion

11 ianuarie 2012

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Raed Arafat said that he has decided to leave his position within the Health Ministry in order to be able to express his opinion about the legislation of the emergency care system. “I resign in order to express my opinion,” Arafat said, adding that he is willing to come back only alongside health experts. He [...]

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Petrom and EEPRL start deepwater drilling in Black Sea

11 ianuarie 2012

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The oil group Petrom and Exxon Mobil Exploration and Production Romania Limited (EEPRL), a branch of Exxon Mobil Company, started the deepwater exploration drilling at Domino-1 oil well, the first deep water exploratory well in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea, Petrom told a release sent on Monday. Domino-1 well is located in Neptun [...]

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Restructuring state companies would mean their removal from under political influence

10 ianuarie 2012

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PDL and Government priority objective in 2012 is the restructuring of public enterprises through privatization, or the introduction of private management, which would also mean their removal from under the influence of politics, Prime Minister Emil Boc said at the end of the National Standing Bureau (BPN) of the ruling Democratic Liberal Party (PDL). Asked [...]

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INS: Romania’s Jan – Nov 2011 exports, imports up 23.2 pct, 18.5 pct y-o-y, respectively

10 ianuarie 2012

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Romania’s FOB exports increased 23.2 pct over Jan – Nov 2011 expressed in domestic RON and 22.5 pct, respectively, expressed in euro, while CIF imports advanced 18.5 pct (in RON) and 17.8 pct (in euro) respectively, from the same period of 2010, shows preliminary data released on Monday by the National Statistics Institute (INS). According [...]

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Alin Iacob is only Romanian expert in EC Payment Systems Market Expert Group

10 ianuarie 2012

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Financial portal Conso.ro editor-in-chief Alin Iacob is the only Romanian financial-banking expert named in the specialised Payment Systems Market Expert Group (PSMEG) with the European Commission to deal with the payment systems issues. The PSMEG expert group is meant to assist the European Commission to draw up the legal acts and initiatives relating the payment [...]

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APIA estimates car market to go slightly up in 2012, to 100,000 units

10 ianuarie 2012

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The Association of Car Manufacturers and Importers (APIA) estimates a slight increase in the Romanian market of new vehicles in 2012 compared to the previous year, up to 100,000 units, said APIA vice-president Brent Valmar, managing director with one of the main importers on the local market, Porsche Romania. According to the latest official data [...]

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Mobility of Romanian workers in EU space, a priority to MAE

7 ianuarie 2012

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Ensuring the full implementing of the freedom of movement principle for Romanian workers in the EU space is a priority to the Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry (MAE). “At present, this represents a reality in the relation with 16 member states, that is their majority, with Italy recently having decided the complete liberalization of the labour [...]

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Romanian blast furnace used to make Eiffel Tower cast iron to be rehabilitated

6 ianuarie 2012

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The blast furnace from the village of Govajdie, the western Hunedoara county, famous for having made the cast iron needed to make several strength elements of the Paris Eiffel Tower will be rehabilitated and turned into a tourist attraction under a project on non-repayable funding put at 1.5 million euros. The project was worked out [...]

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Mihai Tanasescu: Romania taking IMF money in 2012 is out of question

6 ianuarie 2012

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Romania will not resort to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) money in 2012 in order to secure its financing resources, since it is able to draw the required funds from the domestic market, Romanian IMF representative Mihai Tanasescu told on Thursday. “I think the way that this programme with the Fund was drawn up and [...]

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Government to allot staff for institutions involved in EU funds absorption, says Premier Boc

6 ianuarie 2012

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The Government will allot staff to the managing authorities and the intermediate bodies for the European funds absorption, following an examination of what is necessary that will be made by January 16, Premier Emil Boc told the meeting of the inter-ministerial committee on community funds absorption on Thursday. “I have talked with the Minister of [...]

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Gov’t invests some RON 40 ml in Constanta Casino reinforcement and restoration

5 ianuarie 2012

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The government will invest almost RON 40 million (roughly 9.259 million euros at the current exchange rate), VAT excluded, in the reinforcement and restoration of the Constanta Casino (country south-east), according to a resolution adopted at its Wednesday’s session, establishing the technical and economic parameters of the investment. According to the government, works will span [...]

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Premier Boc: Romania has fulfilled macroeconomic indicators and Government is to watch Tax Authority’s activity

5 ianuarie 2012

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Romania had an almost 2 percent economic growth in 2011, observing the 1.5 percent prediction as well as the deficit target amounting to 4.4 percent of the gross domestic product, but the Government ‘will keep an eye’ on the Tax Authority and the Ministry of Finance with a view to combating tax evasion in 2012, [...]

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Jan 20 is new deadline to lodge bids for private management selection in state-run companies

4 ianuarie 2012

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January 20 is the new deadline for lodging the bids for the selection of the private management of the state-run companies. At the end of the last year, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Environment (MECMA) altered the agenda of the attribution procedures and some of the qualification criteria for the introduction of the professional [...]

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