Romania’s Transport Ministry will launch EU-funded projects worth EUR5.57 billion by the end of next year, among which the construction of 289 kilometers of highway and the upgrade of 166 kilometers of railway, Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said Sunday. read more...

Authorities in Hunedoara county, western Romania, are using a fraud-detection software application in Sunday’s by-election for a vacant lawmaker seat in the Chamber of Deputies. read more...

Romanian farmers will receive subsidies amounting to 1.27 billion lei (EUR1=RON4.2923) for the August 2010-December 2011 interval, according to a draft Government decision. read more...

Romanian Tourism Minister Elena Udrea said Saturday owners of hotels in spa resorts who bought them “for nothing” and keep them in ruins risk fines or confiscation, adding a law in this respect already exists. read more...

Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday works on the Transylvania Highway will continue in 2011, adding the Government is seeking ways to continue funding the project. read more...

Five two-way flights from Romania’s capital Bucharest to Spain’s Madrid, Barcelona, Saragossa and Valencia have been canceled, while two planes that were supposed to land in Bucharest from Madrid and Madrid and Barcelona have been grounded Saturday because of a strike of Spanish air traffic controllers. read more...

Romania’s Government will seek a confidence vote in Parliament on December 14 to pass into legislation an IMF-required unitary wage bill for the public sector and the 2011 state budget law will be sent to Parliament for approval next week, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday. read more...

Romanian Prime Minister asked the Parliament Saturday to set a date for the vote on a no-confidence motion and thus carry on with procedures for the adoption of the education law. read more...

The head of Romanian union federation Cartel Alfa, Bogdan Hossu, said Saturday Romania’s two major problems are the regulation of furlough and the situation of work booklets, which are on the verge of extinction. read more...

Registrations of new Renault and Dacia cars in Germany fell 32.6%, to 12,717 units, in November 2010, while the market on the whole declined 6.2%, to 262,202 units. read more...

Registrations of Romanian Dacia cars in Spain increased by 48% in November, to 2,138 units, from 1,444 cars in November last year, while the overall Spanish car market dropped 25.5% to 64,810 units, according to carmaker association ANFAC. read more...

The same sum was available in 2010 but not even half of the sum was requested so far, President of the National Warantee Fund, Aurel Saramet declared for EurActiv.ro/Hotnews.ro. read more...

Meteorologists remitted on Friday a yellow code warning alert for heavy snow starting with December 4 2 PM to December 5, 8 AM. read more...

Romanian businessman and media mogul Sorin Ovidiu Vantu is still not allowed to leave the country, after the Bucharest Appellate Court maintained the decision of the lower court, Romanian news agency Mediafax informs. read more...

Placing outdoor advertising supports could be banned in Romanian parks, on trees, in natural reserves, on the headquarters of public institutions, on roadways and in other spots deemed improper by the local administration. read more...

Meteorologists on Friday issued a code yellow snow storm advisory for 14 counties in eastern and southeastern Romania, valid Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning. read more...

Selgros, the third largest player in domestic retail after Metro Cash&Carry is to exit Germany's Rewe group and will be held, starting January 10, 2011, by Coop, which operates the second biggest supermarket chain on Switzerland's market. read more...

Romanian public servants may be fired or transferred to other positions while on parental leave according to a bill amending the statute of public servants, up for public debate. read more...

NASA announced on Thursday in a press conference that it discovered in a lake in California a bacteria that does not share the same DNA with the rest of species on Earth. read more...

Bucharest dropped to the 73rd position, from 29th in a most efficient capital cities top, based on economic performances, a Brookings Institution and London School of Economics top reads, quoted by Romanian news agency Mediafax. read more...