The Romanian Social Democratic Party on Thursday challenged the unitary wage law at the Constitutional Court, after the opposition’s no-confidence motion over the normative act was rejected in Parliament. read more...

Prices of old apartments in Romania’s capital city Bucharest dropped by an average 20% year-on-year in the last quarter of 2010, according to a survey of property website MagazinulDeCase.ro. read more...

The Romanian Government survived a fourth no-confidence motion this year as none of the MPs cast a vote on the motion Thursday after a man working for the public television jumped from one of the room’s balconies and injured himself. read more...

French European Affairs minister Laurent Wauquiez explained in an interview for French daily Le Figaro what are the French requirements for Romania and Bulgaria to join Schengen. The official considers that the two countries should join only if there are solid conditions complied with. read more...

The Romanian Parliament has resumed the plenary meeting on the motion of no-confidence submitted by the opposition over the unitary wage law for the public sector, which the Government sought to adopt through a confidence vote last week. read more...

A man threw himself from a balcony in Romania's Parliament on Thursday morning, while PM Emil Boc was holding a speech before MPs. According to preliminary information, the man as a technician working for the public television TVR. He was wearing a shirt bearing the slogan "You killed our future". Intervention teams provided first aid and removed him from the hall. read more...

The Constitutional Court will debate on December 28 the complaint formulated by 53 Liberal deputies on the 2011 budgetary salaries for which the government took responsibility last week in the Parliament, Romanian news agency Agerpres informs. The Liberals claim the law is unconstitutional. read more...

Bulgaria declares clearly its purpose to join Schengen in March 2011 even though France and Germany decided to block the access of the two countries. Bulgarian Interior minister Tvetan Tvetanov declared that what today's newspapers read do not change Bulgaria's preparations for Schengen, Novinite reads. read more...

The Senate validated on Wednesday, in a meeting, the list of prosecutors and judges elected to be part of the new Superior Council of Magistracy. The list was validated with 64 votes for and 60 against after several tense discussions between the governing coalition members and the opposition. read more...

After launching the first Romanian space rocket, the Romanian Association for Aeronautics and Astronautics, ARCA,announced that it will start tests with the first Romanian supersonic plane in mid 2011. ARCA hopes that by 2015 it will send a robot on the moon's surface as part of the Google Luna X Prize contest where 20 organizations attend. read more...

The letter of the French and German Interior ministers, officially urging the Commission to reject Romania and Bulgaria's joining Schengen in March 2011 clearly set the general expectations we should have. read more...

Romania's Government has pledged to continue layoffs in the public sector in 2011, implement tax cuts only if the economy recovers and lower social security expenses. read more...

Romanian worker remittances reached $38.819 billion in 2005-2010, with 2007 and 2008 being the most productive years for the nationals working abroad, according to a survey from the World Bank. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday that the letter addressed by the interior ministers of France and Germany to the European Commission, requesting the postponement of Romania's accession to the Schengen Area, discriminates against Romanians. read more...

A letter sent by the Interior ministers of France and Germany to European Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom, claiming the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to Schengen in March 2011 would be premature, prompted a strong reaction from Romanian authorities. Romania President Traian Basescu said in a press statement on Tuesday that the letter was an act of discrimination against Romania. read more...

Romania's Government will hold a meeting Tuesday evening to approve the additional letter of intent to the International Monetary Fund, agreed upon following the evaluation mission in October-November. read more...

The Christmas budget of almost half of Romanians is below 400 lei (EUR1=RON4.2901), according to a survey conducted by the Romanian Institute for Evaluation and Strategy (IRES). read more...

France and Germany's Interior Ministers have sent the European Commission a letter requesting the postponement of Romania and Bulgaria's accession to the Schengen Area, people close to the matter told Mediafax. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu Tuesday sent a letter to Senate Chairman Mircea Geoana and political parties calling on them to make a decision regarding the High Council of Magistrates during the current Parliament session. read more...

The new agreement with the IMF amounts to 5-6 billion euro but the value might increase up to 8 billion euro depending on the financing need which will be established in March 2011, governmental sources declared for the financial daily Ziarul Financiar. read more...