Romanian cucumbers destined for export in the EU might be distributed, for free, on the internal market to hospitals and other institutions since intra-communitarian commerce is blocked, Agriculture ministry state secretary Adrian Radulescu declared for Agerpres news agency. read more...

Spiegel dedicates eight pages of its last but one number to Romania and one article in particular, signed by Ozlem Gezer reads that Bulgarians and Romanians become the problematic group in Germany. read more...

Average net wages in Romania inched up 0.3% on the month to 1,498 lei (EUR362) in April, boosted mainly by Easter and other seasonal bonuses, the statistics institute INS said Monday. read more...

Romanian emergency room doctors who refuse to provide care to a patient in critical condition may be fined between 2,000 and 15,000 lei (EUR480-3600), depending on the consequences, says a draft decision drawn up by the Health Ministry. read more...

The government’s decision to eliminate heating subsidies to the population starting this year will have an impact over this year’s inflation rate that already reached 8.3% in April, IMF chief of mission in Romania said quoted by news agency Mediafax. He estimates that the impact on inflation will be 0.5 percentage points. read more...

Romania’s Economy ministry plans to obtain more than 600 million euro by selling the minority share pack of 9.86% of Petrom, Economy minister Ion Ariton declared on Friday quoted by news agency Agerpres. He said that the ministry hopes to make a successful business by selling its shares at Petrom. read more...

PM Emil Boc sent to the chief of state the proposal to name Sebastian Lazaroiu, former presidential counselor, as Labour minister, a press release of the government informs. The interim period assured by the Prime Minister ends today, June 3rd. read more...

Tourist arrivals in Romania rose 5.1% in April from the year-earlier month, while tourist accommodations were up 2.2% on the year, the statistics institute INS said Friday. read more...

German and the Czech Republic decided to block all contracts and not purchase cucumbers from Romanian producers and from those in the EU until the source of the contamination is established. Romanians export 160 tons of cucumbers each day, Agriculture Ministry state secretary Adrian Radulescu said for a news television. read more...

Romania has the lowest rate of financial intermediation in the region with a weight of gross credits of 40% of GDP at the end of the year, a report of the financial agency Fitch reads quoted by news agency Mediafax. read more...

PM Emil Boc presented on Thursday a review of the activity at the Labour ministry where he has been an interim, revealing that in just one month there were fines of 14 million lei just for illegal jobs. Today, in Romania there are over 6 million labor contracts which confirm that we are out of the recession, Boc said. read more...

Spanish car importers’ association ANIACAM Wednesday said new registrations of Romanian-manufactured Dacia model fell 34% on the year to 5,771 units in January to May, amid an overall market decline of 26.5%. read more...

US President Barack Obama plans to change criteria of acceptance into Visa Waiver program that might allow Romanian to obtain visas easier for the US. According to the US Ambassador to Bucharest, Mark Gitenstein, Obama plans to take into account just those who exceeded legal stay not the refusal rate also, which is the case. read more...

Romania’s Interior minister Traian Igas said on Thursday that lay offs at the level of the ministry will start in about 30 days assuring that those employees who are on the streets will not be laid off. Regarding the food allowance which was recently cut to 130 lei Igas said that the cut will be applied only in June and then recovered in the third quarter. read more...

Investments in the Romanian economy dropped by 2.9% in the first quarter compared to the same period, last year to 9.91 billion lei, National Statistics Institute data reveals. Therefore, investments in new constructions diminished by 6.1% to 4.41 billion lei and those in machines dropped by 2.0% to 4.46 billion lei. read more...

Several house searchers are conducted on Thursday morning in Bucharest targeting cigarettes smugglers, news agency Realitatea TV reads. Ten persons were taken for hearings. read more...

The draft revised Romanian Constitution eliminates the stipulation that a person's wealth is presumed to have been acquired through legal means. read more...

Preventive detention will be extended to 48 hours from 24 hours, according to a bill revising the Romanian Constitution, published Wednesday by the Presidential Administration. read more...

Romanian President Traian Basescu sent for approval to the Legislative Council the draft law revising the Constitution, the Presidency informs. The press release reads that after the approval of the Legislative Council is received the draft will be sent to the Constitutional Court for analysis. read more...

France Telecom Orange replaced Thierry Millet as general director of Orange Romania with Jean Francois Fallacher, former general director of Sofrecom an international consultancy company of the telecom group, Orange Romania announced quoted by news agency Mediafax. read more...