8 feb. • Top News IMF: we agreed on Romania’s future necessary policies Jeffrey Franks, IMF: In the last 2 weeks, IMF/EC/WB delegations discussed a new multilateral program for Romania The new program, once approved by the IMF board will offer 3.6 billion euro assistance from the IMF… Share
7 feb. • Top News PM Emil Boc: we will request EU to lift the VAT registration limit to 50,000 euro Share
7 feb. • Top News Finnish European Affairs minister: we are interested to see if the arrested Romanian customs officers will be sentenced Share
7 feb. • Regional Europe French European Affairs minister: we do not oppose Romania’s adhesion out of principle, but Romania and Bulgaria cannot join the next 3 months Share
7 feb. • Top News President Traian Basescu: Romania will sign in March a new precautionary agreement with the IMF for 2 years with 5 billion euro at our disposal/ We will not take the last installment from the IMF loan, worth 1 billion euro Share
4 feb. • Regional Europe EC institutes infringement procedure against Romania on energy product storage warehouses legislation Share
4 feb. • Top News Egypt protests’ impact on Romanian tourism agencies: possible losses of 12.5 million euro Share
4 feb. • Regional Europe AUDIO INTERVIEW Kamran Bokhari, Stratfor analyst: Unlike the 1989 anti-Communist movements, there will be no domino effect in the Middle East Share
4 feb. • Regional Europe Romanian football player Cristi Chivu, suspended four games in the A series Share
4 feb. • Business PM Emil Boc invited China to invest in Comarnic – Brasov and Sibiu – Pitesti highways Share
4 feb. • Regional Europe Discovery reshuffles its operations in the region / Three Romanians in the South East European management Share
3 feb. • Top News Audio interview Freelancer Cristian Botez talks about the latest evolutions of the Egyptian uprising in the Tahrir Square Share
3 feb. • Top News World Bank prepares two new financing programs for Romania worth 750 million euro Share
3 feb. • Top News Special correspondence from Egypt, Cristian Botez, freelancer: Friday, the decisive day."There will be war! There will be massacre!" protesters yell Share
3 feb. • Top News About 80 police and customs officers, detained at Siret Custom for traffic of cigarettes/ Traffic in the customs was resumed Share
2 feb. • Top News Romanian journalist Adelin Petrisor and his operator threatened with the knife by civilian Egyptians in Cairo Share
2 feb. • Top News Next IMF agreement will target the flexibility of the labour market. Labour Code might include a stipulation through which employees could lay off personnel on efficiency grounds Share
2 feb. • Top News Romanian journalist Cristian Botez in Cairo: Children and teenagers are in the middle of the fight / Hotel doors are blocked by furniture / All militaries withdrew in tanks Share
2 feb. • Top News Wikileaks: A Romanian company was supposed to transport automatic guns to Libya Share
2 feb. • Top News Constantin Nicolescu’s lawyer: even though he committed those crimes, he didn’t have to be arrested / We should consider his invaluable contribution to the Arges county Share
2 feb. • Top News Ponta and Antonescu made a deal for the alliance in Nastase’s office / Ponta: the principle of parity stands Share
2 feb. • Top News IMF did not demand a price increase for the population but presented a solution to drop gas prices by 15% – sources Share
1 feb. • Top News Labour force costs in Romania are 50% lower than in Western Europe and the average advantage with the human capital is at the same level as that in the US Share
1 feb. • Business Romanian Economy minister: IMF demands liberalization of prices for natural gas and electric energy Share
1 feb. • Top News Romania to spend 17.2 million lei to promote the “leaf” of the tourist brand on international televisions Share
1 feb. • Regional Europe Bulgarian press: Bulgaria’s technical report postponed due to Slovenia Share
31 ian. • PSD protest at Pitesti as a sign of solidarity with the PSD County Council President from Arges Marian Vanghelie: I will stand by Nicolescu as I will stand by all irregularities. Each morning at 6AM I wait for the police, to see if my turn is up yet Share
31 ian. • Top News Government’s legislative program on 2011: by June, 70 draft laws will be sent in Parliament Share
31 ian. • Top News First disagreement between the Liberals and Social Democrats: Liberals want their own candidates for Bucharest Mayor / Ponta says there will be common candidates for Bucharest City Hall Share
31 ian. • Business Finance minister Gheorghe Ialomitianu: Romania has enough money for pensions and salaries in 2011 and 2012 / IMF and EC appreciate the good results of our country Share
31 ian. • Regional Europe EPP group demands Germany and France to give a “powerful political signal” to Romania and Bulgaria regarding Schengen adhesion Share
31 ian. • Top News Romanian state to cash dividends worth 43.5 million euro from Romtelecom’s profits for 2006 and 2007 Share
28 ian. • Top News PM Boc to his Croatian counterpart: Romania sustains Croatia’s adhesion to EU Share
28 ian. • Top News PM Boc: the media circus created by the opposition parties reveals their intention to stand against justice Share
28 ian. • Regional Europe Experts adopted Romania's technical report for Schengen. Sources: Bulgaria's reports postponed Share
28 ian. • Top News Schengen evaluation group to decide on Friday whether to adopt technical reports for Romania and Bulgaria Share
27 ian. • Business Budgetary deficit of 33.3 billion lei at the end of 2010, below the limit set with the IMF Share
27 ian. • Business Competition Council investigates a possible agreement between Rompetrol Gas and its suppliers Share
27 ian. • Top News President Basescu to a Russian Parliamentarian: Please note that Romania has no experience in annexing other states Share
27 ian. • Regional Europe Dutch gipsy, survivor of Holocaust criticizes Romania, Bulgaria, Italy and France for undignified treatment towards the gipsy Share
27 ian. • Top News Traian Basescu: officially, Romania has 500,000 Roma but in reality there are 1.5 million Share
27 ian. • Business A Romanian to lead the center in charge with the market studies for future Dacia and Renault products Share
26 ian. • Regional Europe Two Romanians sentenced in Great Britain for traffic of persons and prostitution Share
26 ian. • Bucharest Romania Development Ministry seeks to buy strategy to promote Bucharest tourism for 430,000 lei Share
25 ian. • Top News Constitutional Court: Senate’s decision validating the list of the Superior Council of Magistracy members is unconstitutional Share
25 ian. • Top News Hungarian Interior minister: Romania is ready to join Schengen, unlike Bulgaria Share
25 ian. • Regional Europe Romanian Ioana Visan: “I am a lucky girl; Meeting PM Berlusconi is like touching the sky” Share
25 ian. • Top News Bucharest court postpones Vantu’s trial for February 15 / Judge wants to know how an Austrian cardiologist diagnosed Vantu’s knee cap fracture Share
25 ian. • Top News Official: Sorin Ovidiu Vantu hospitalized in Bucharest a day before his new trial term / Peter Husslein, the Austrian gynecologist who signed the medical papers for Vantu: It would be ridiculous to say that his condition can only be treated here Share
25 ian. • Bucharest The most important event on the Romanian stock exchange in the last years: Proprietatea Fund shares listed at the Bucharest Stock Exchange Share
25 ian. • Business An IMF/WB/EC delegation arrives in Bucharest for the seventh evaluation mission Share
24 ian. • Regional Europe UPDATE Suicide bomber kills 35 and injured 130 on Domodedovo international airport in Moscow / Authorities are looking for three suspects Share
24 ian. • Regional Europe The French are pleased by the competences of nurses from Romania / There are only advantages with their arrival, a French surgeon says Share
21 ian. • Top News Court rejects BCR clients’ request to suspend payment of dues and compelled the 88 solicitors to pay 100,000 lei to the bank / Gheorghe Piperea: From now on, I will defend these clients pro bono Share
21 ian. • Top News Adhesion to Schengen: Romanian Foreign Affairs minister invites French European Affairs minister in Romania for an evaluation of the real situation Share
21 ian. • Top News EPP group demands de-classification of evaluation reports for Romania and Bulgaria Share
21 ian. • Regional Europe Bulgarian customs officers arrested for requesting money from foreigners Share
21 ian. • Top News Interior ministry Schengen department chief: France requested supplementary time to examine SIS/SIRENE report but did not request any information from Romania Share
21 ian. • Top News Finland joins France and Germany to oppose Romania and Bulgaria’s adhesion to Schengen Share
20 ian. • Business Coface maintains Romania’s rating at B / Cristian Ionescu: Investors need an environment to develop. We behave like desperate people Share
20 ian. • Regional Europe Transcripts in the sexgate scandal in Italy: Two Romanians attended Berlusconi’s parties Share
20 ian. • Bucharest Batman in Romania: several scenes of The Dark Knight Rises will be shot downtown Bucharest Share
20 ian. • Bucharest Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu: Bucharest’s center will be the most beautiful in Europe after Prague Share
20 ian. • Top News Mihai Tanasescu, IMF: the main lesson to be learned from the crisis is to know how to attract private money / An agreement with China cannot cover possible needs to finance the balance of payments Share
19 ian. • Business Economy ministry plans to obtain in 2011 almost 3 billion lei of privatizations and stock exchange listings Share
