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Ponta: I sent the representation mandate for the European Council to Basescu today
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Premier Victor Ponta stated on Monday that he discussed and sent to president Traian Basescu the representation mandate for the European Council . “Today we have some extremely important problems from my point of view, beyond the sentences in justice. Today we discussed and sent to the president of Romania the representation mandate to the European Council and there are some extremely important ...
George Becali sentenced to 3 years in prison for abuse of power
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Deputy George Becali on Monday was sentenced by the High Court of Cassation and Justice (HCCJ) to 2 years in prison in the case involving an exchange of land with the Ministry of Defence (MApN).The court decided, however, to change the previous sentence to 3-year probation Becali got for sequestrating three people into 3 years in prison.The two sentences were combined and George Becali will make the severest punishment, i.e. 3 years of ...
The Deputies’ Chamber: The commission for industries had a report on the draft law regarding the Nabucco pipeline
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The commission for industries and services formulated on Monday a report with amendments to the draft law regarding some measures necessary for development works of the Nabucco pipeline, so that the project be presented for debate and adoption on Tuesday in the Deputies’ Chamber, the chairman of the commission Iulian Iancu announced. “ Today, the commission approved a draft law which has been waited by everybody, a project which ...
The companies in Romania withdrew 10 billion lei from the Romanian banks for fear of the Cyprus crisis
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
“The first semester of 2013 continued the decrease of the value of deposits in the banking system, on 31 March 2013 totalling 303.7 billion lei. The semester alteration in minus 11.3 billion lei of the deposits in banks was determined by the decrease of 10 billion lei of the deposits in lei owned by companies at the banks participating in FGDB. The decline of the deposits in lei of the judicial persons was more advanced for deposits ...
Healthcare : 580 physicians left Romania in first three months of 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The president of the Physicians’ College in Romania, Vasile Astarastoae declared in Suceava, on Thursday, that the “wave” of physicians leaving the country this year – 580 doctors, can be compared to those of 2007. He said, at a press conference, that the Romanian health system was facing a personnel deficit, since over ...
Telecom.IT : Number of active mobile phone users reaches 22.8 mln in Romania
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The number of active mobile phone users in Romania reached 22.8 million in late 2012, of whom 13 million opted for prepaid cards, ...
Romania can become important player on European cereals market
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Romania can become an important player on the European cereals market if you know how to use the farm production not only as revenues, but more as volume for consolidating the position in the area, European Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos told the National Conference of Farmers. 'It would be good if you were aware of the fact that ...
Vintest 2013 - Romanian Wines and Tourism Show on June 6-9
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The Romanian National Wine Exhibition - Vintest 2013 is organized at the Bucharest-based Palace Hall, on June 6-9, and it is devoted to the Romanian wines and the wine and ...
Trade: Romanian consumer durables market goes up 4 pct, attaining 349M euros, in Q1
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The Romanian durable goods market goes up 4 percent, attaining 349 million euros, in the first quarter of 2013, compared to the same time span of the last year, informs study ...
Over 1,780,000 Romanians bearing the name of Sts. Constantine and Helena
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Over 1,780,000 Romanians celebrate their name day on Sts. Constantine and Helena Day, according to data with the Ministry of Interior. Out of the 1,786,974 celebrants, 635,068 are men and 1,151,906 are women.Statistics with the Directorate for Personal Records and Database Administration with the Interior Ministry indicate that most of the male celebrants , or 490,646 are called Constantin; 79,871 are called Costel and 32,728 ...








