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Comment: The spring of the Congresses 22 Apr 2013 | 05:30 pm
Since the beginning of this year, Romanians have been under siege from the party congresses. Undoubtedly, the season of the political shows has delighted everyone, and the media especially. After the ...
Romania plans EUR 35 mln online system for main civil status documents 22 Apr 2013 | 05:03 pm
Romania’s Information Technology Ministry plans to invest some EUR 35 million in creating an online system which would allow Romanians to receive marriage or divorce certificates, as well as birth and...
Prosecutors ask for bigger jail sentence for former Romanian senator Cătălin Voicu 22 Apr 2013 | 03:54 pm
Prosecutors from Romania’s anti-corruption directorate (DNA) have asked the Supreme Court judges to give a nine year prison sentence to former senator Cătălin Voicu, who was convicted last June on cor...
Ministry of Defense to organize weekend military pageants in Romanian cities to foster national pride 22 Apr 2013 | 03:43 pm
The cultural institutions under the umbrella of Romania’s Ministry of National Defense (MApN) will give large public displays in major cities around the country on every weekend, according to the Roma...
Romanian postal services supplier Total Post expands network, lands two large contracts 22 Apr 2013 | 03:38 pm
Romanian private postal services operator Total Post will expand its distribution network in Romania with 31 new units in the counties of lfov, Argeș, Galați, Buzău, Ialomița, Olt, Covasna, Brașov, Dâ...
NGOs in Romania to have access to EUR 30 mln funding for social justice, democracy, sustainable development 22 Apr 2013 | 03:15 pm
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Romania will have access to EUR 30 million, through the recently launched NGO Fund in Romania – a part of the EEA and Norway Grants 2009-2014 program. The prog...
Romanian police seize heroin worth upwards of EUR 0.5 million en route to Germany 22 Apr 2013 | 03:08 pm
Officers with Romania’s organized crime unit DIICOT have arrested six people of drug trafficking charges in Pitesti. The group were caught in possession of 25 kg of 80 percent pure heroin and were rep...
Comment: Privatization Romania – it’s not going well 22 Apr 2013 | 02:57 pm
Guest writer Ronnie Smith makes a quick check up on Romania’s privatization plans, finding cronyism and vested interests that he believes continue to derail the whole process. Following the fiasco sur...
Romania’s Grampet hopes to sign rolling stock production agreement in Cuba, export to all of Latin America 22 Apr 2013 | 02:53 pm
Romanian group Grampet, owned by local businessman Gruia Stoica, could build a rolling stock factory in Cuba, in partnership with the Cuban authorities. The Romanian company would provide the technolo...
Flights from Bucharest to Tel Aviv and return canceled on general civil aviation strike in Israel 22 Apr 2013 | 02:04 pm
The flights from Bucharest to Tel Aviv and in return were canceled for an unlimited period of time starting April 21, because of a general civil aviation strike of the Israeli airlines El Al, Arkia an...