Romania's Health Ministry will coordinate the National Health Insurance House, but the House will remain autonomous and in charge of the healthcare budget, the Government decided Wednesday through an emergency ordinance. read more...

The Romanian government on Wednesday announced it has extended by three years the exploration permits held by OMV Petrom on nine land blocks and one marine block, with a cumulated surface of 23,000 square kilometers. read more...

The law for the support of renewable energy investments could be fully applicable by the end of September, Zoltan Nogy Bege, general manager of the Energy Efficiency Department within the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE), stated for Mediafax. read more...

The Senate rejected yesterday President Traian Basescu’s request to speed up the procedures needed in order to list on the Bucharest Stock Exchange the companies that are part of the Property’s Fund (FP) portfolio, a fund whose majority shareholder is the Romanian state, Mediafax informs. read more...

Romania dropped 10 places to rank 77th in the 142-nation global competitiveness rankings compiled by the World Economic Forum (WEF), hotnews.ro informs. Romania totaled 4.08 points on a 1 to 7 scale. In 2010 Romania totaled 4.16 points. read more...

The National Printing Company (CNIN) has resumed the tender on introduction of the electronic health insurance card, a contract worth an estimated RON 110.8 M, including the Value Added Tax (VAT), after the assigning procedure was cancelled following a complaint filed by Ericsson Romania, Mediafax reported, quoting the announcement posted on the website www.e-licitatie.ro. read more...

Romania's Government plans to convene a meeting for the beginning of next week, to approve the final draft of the letter of intent agreed upon with the International Monetary Fund, European Commission and World Bank in this summer's evaluation mission, people close to the matter told Mediafax. read more...