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The line‑up that represented Romania at the International Multi‑disciplinary Olympiad in Tuymaada, held between June 30 ‑ July 8 in Yakutia (the Russian Federation) won eleven medals (seven gold and four silver ones) in all four ...

The Cantacuzino National Expertise Center in Medical Microbiology and Immunology confirmed on Wednesday a new case of infection with the AH1N1 flu virus with the toll reaching 49 so far in the country, the Health Ministry announced. The new patie ...

Romania's Government made, on Wednesday, several decisions on the expropriation of building located in the area of public infrastructure works such as ring roads or road segments that need rehabilitation, PM Emil Boc informed. 'We made se ...

Romania imported 2.962 million toe of crude oil during the first five months of the year, by 359,800 toe, namely 10.8 percent, less than during the same time span in 2008, National Statistics Institute INS data read. Romania's oil production ...

The activity of the parliamentary commissions of inquiry into the cases of Minister of Youth and Sport Monica Iacob‑Ridzi and of Minister of the Environment Nicolae Nemirschi, Romania's economic competitiveness in the classification made ...

More than half of Romanian companies with over 50 employees resorted to layoffs in 2009 to cut costs, due to the economic crisis, according to a survey conducted by market researcher Mercury Research. The analysis was drawn up in April on 200 com ...

The European Council on Tuesday opened excessive deficit procedure for Romania, setting January 7, 2010 as a deadline to take corrective action, the Council said in a statement. On the basis of the outlook provided by the Commission in its spring ...

Romanian foreign affairs minister Cristian Diaconescu announced Tuesday in a press conference, held with Italian counterpart Franco Frattini, the organization, in fall this year, of a Romanian‑Italian intergovernmental summit, as well as a c ...

Romanian household consumers could pay their gas bills without penalties within 30 days from the current 15‑day term, after the Energy Regulatory Authority ANRE's amended gas supply frame contracts. "ANRE completed the amendment of ...

Romanian money exchange offices will be compelled to inform their clients in writing on the exchange rate practiced and the actual amount the clients are to receive following the transaction, before the operation is conducted, according to an order of ...

Romania confirmed its 47th swine flu infection on Tuesday, in a 23‑year‑old man who travelled from the U.K. recently, the Health Ministry said in a statement. The patient was admitted to the infectious diseases hospital Matei Bals in ...

The future gas stations that oil company Rompetrol Group will open in Romania will operate under Litro brand, while the current ones will keep the previous name, the groups new CEO Saduokhas Meraliev said Tuesday. The first Litro units will be op ...

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said in Bucharest on Tuesday that the EU bloc should not slam Romania and Bulgaria over their slow reform in the justice sector, as the mechanism for cooperation and verification is supposed to help and enc ...

The First House program launched by the Romanian Government might be operational as of July 8, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday. I said the First House program will be operational as of early July. It is possible even as of tomorrow (Wednesda ...

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Tuesday welcomed the Belgian royal couple at the presidencial Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest. King Albert II of Belgium and his wife Queen Paola attended an official reception at the palace, in the presence of ...

The final electricity consumption amounted to 20.429 billion KWh, during the first five months of 2009, by 8.9 percent lower than in the same period, last year, National Statistics Institute (INS) data say. Public lighting grew by 7.1 percent and ...

Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu on Tuesday gave his Italian counterpart Franco Frattini, paying visit to Bucharest, copies of the documents attesting the celebration of 130 years of Romanian‑Italian diplomatic ties. 'I have looked ...

The European Union will liberalize the regime of visas for three states in the Western Balkans ‑ Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro, that will be followed by Bosnia and Herzegovina, announced on Tuesday, in Bucharest, Italian minister of forei ...

One new case of the AH1N1 virus was tracked by the specialists of the National Centre for Communicable Diseases, bringing the number of swine flu cases recorded in Romania to 47. The case was confirmed on Tuesday by the Cantacuzino National Insti ...

The Romanian Government's intention to launch the First Home program led to a slight increase in residential prices, especially for two‑room apartments, but this trend was not registered by the entire real estate market, according to rea ...