The Romanian opposition Social Democratic Party will put forward a normative act whereby the state will issue three-year treasury bills to cover a 25% public sector salary cut applied between July 1 and December 31, 2010. read more...

Romanian private lending fell 3.9% in real terms to 207.9 billion lei (EUR1=RON4.2878) in November from the same month a year earlier, held down by local currency loans, central bank data showed Monday. read more...

Romanian democrat liberal senator Dumitru Florian Staicu drafted a normative act whereby food products will have a green, orange or red dot on their wrappers or labels, according to the type and amount of food additives they contain. read more...

Romania’s Interior Ministry says it needs to cut back on staff because Romania has an average 500 police officers, military officers and public servants per 100,000 inhabitants, which is 25% higher than the European Union average. read more...

Romanian meteorologists expect warm weather over Christmas with temperatures of up to 17 degrees Celsius on Saturday. read more...

The Government on Thursday approved the Fiscal Code amendments, which stipulate putting the excises in agreement with the norms of the European Union, introducing the single statement, the 3 percent tax for micro-enterprises, as well as introducing the tax on unreported incomes of unknown nature of natural persons. read more...

Hoardings, the ones advertising elections included, are to be banned in the historical parts of cities as well as on the buildings that are declared historical monuments, by a draft law which was approved by the Government on Thursday, said Minister of Regional Development and Tourism Elena Udrea. read more...

The car tax amendments approved by the Government on Thursday stipulate its putting into effect starting on January 1, 2011, for the Euro 5 cars, too, the tax amount ranging between 40 euros, for a two-year old car with a 1,100 cc engine, and 1,867 euros, for a 4,200 cc engine new car. read more...

The Public Finance Ministry (MFP) on Thursday drew 533.5 million lei (approximately 125.53 million euros) in an issue of benchmark Government bonds placed on tender through the National Bank of Romania. read more...

At the initiative of the Ministry of Health (MS) Romania’s Government on Thursday approved the emergency ordinance on introducing the national health card, informs an MS release sent on Thursday. read more...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) granted OTP Bank Romania a loan of EUR 10 million for the financing of sustainable energy projects developed by Romanian companies, informs a release issued on Thursday. read more...

Although it is highly potential, Romania has not yet capitalized on this advantage, said IBM Romania general manager Mihai Tudor. read more...

The solution to the problems we have is not the one we have seen today in Parliament, said Premier Emil Boc on Thursday, in the Parliament Palace, referring to the incident in the plenary meeting hall when a man threw himself from the balcony. read more...

The life of the man who has thrown himself from a balcony of the Romanian Parliament is not in danger, the general manager of the University Hospital Catalin Carstoiu told the media. read more...

Romania and Latvia seem to be controlled experiments of the tough austerity policies. Romania's case is relevant for a presumable introduction of even tougher measures like those in Portugal or Greece, according to a comment released on Thursday by the British daily Financial Times. read more...

Romania's National Hydrology and Water Management Institute issued Thursday a code yellow flood advisory for the rivers in the northwest, valid from Friday to Monday. read more...

Individuals whose real income exceeds their declared income by at least 50,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.2855) will pay 16% of the difference as tax, said Romanian Finance Minister Gheorghe Ialomitianu. read more...

Romanian micro-companies will be able to opt between paying a 16% tax on profit, and a 3% tax on income, according to an amendment to the Fiscal Code adopted Thursday by the Government. read more...

The Romanian Government on Thursday decided to hike the car pollution tax by an average 45-50% starting 2011, and the tax will be set considering the age of the car, its engine size and the amount of pollution it produces, said Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely. read more...

Romania's taxes on wealth will not apply to bank accounts, as bankers have warned there is a risk of massive withdrawals, only to real estate property, yachts, "wealth in general," Finance Minister Gheorghe Ialomitianu told Hotnews.ro. read more...