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Romania confirmed two new infections with the new A/H1N1 flu virus, in two patients who flu in from the U.K. in the past days, the Health Ministry said Thursday. Total confirmed swine flu cases in Romania reached 38, none of them lethal. The lat ...

Traian Basescu might win a new term‑in‑office if elections were held next Sunday, reads a survey conducted by the pollster CURS (Center for Social and Urban Sociology) over June 19‑28. Romania's incumbent president is the fi ...

Premier Emil Boc on Thursday, at the reception occasioned by celebrating the US National Day, mentioned the 'privileged' relations between Romania and the United States of America and said that the governments of the two states concentrate ...

President Traian Basescu, present, late on Thursday, at the anniversary of ten years since the privatization of Dacia Plant, said that this probably was the only non‑controversed topic as regards the privatizations in Romania. 'A succes ...

Romania's national dailies of Friday give main coverage to a recent CURS poll indicating that incumbent President Traian Basescu is the favorite to win this autumn's presidential election; scandal breaks out at the top of the Ministry of Y ...

Romanian central bank governor Mugur Isarescu said Wednesday he personally disagrees with an increase in any of the major taxes, and even with talks on this issue, which confuses people and the market even more. "In such moments, even discus ...

Romanian drivers involved in fender benders no longer face fines or license suspensions, provided they choose to settle the incident amiably, road police said. The measure is applied as of July 1, but only for small accidents involving two cars, ...

The new costs of texting, calling and web surfing abroad while in the EU, regulated by the European Commission, entered into effect on Wednesday. In a statement issued Wednesday, the European Commission describes the move as the end of the roamin ...

Romanian Transports Ministry state secretary Constantin Axinia said Wednesday that national railway company CFR employees will receive their late salaries by Monday, while those who stop trains will be held responsible and may even be sacked. Sto ...

The Romanian executive on Wednesday approved the introduction of health vouchers, setting a maximum yearly cap of 600 lei (EUR1‑RON4.1892), Health Minister Ion Bazac said. The health vouchers will be free of charge for underprivileged categ ...

Over 56,000 companies would have gone bankrupt if the payment of their budget debts had not been temporarily delayed on the backdrop of the financial crisis, Romanian PM Emil Boc stated Wednesday. According to a government emergency ordinance iss ...

Romania confirmed late Wednesday a ne case of infection with the AH1N1 influenza virus in a student in Iasi, eastern Romania, who came in contact with British teenagers who tested positive a few days ago. This is the tenth case confirmed in Iasi ...

In the first half of the year the Government has met the deficit target it negotiated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union (EU), Prime Minister Emil Boc announced after the Government's sitting on Wednesday.

Out of a total 32 anti‑crisis measures planned by the Government, as many as 28 have been achieved and four are under way, Prime Minister Emil Boc announced after his Cabinet's sitting on Wednesday. The measures still to be implemented ...

Romania's national dailies of Thursday give main coverage to a negative record of the ruling coalition's achievements so far; Government striving to keep its deficit within the limits allowed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF); healt ...

The Centre for Supervising Communicable Diseases confirmed one new AH1N1 flu case in Romania, in Iasi (eastern Romania), following epidemiological and laboratory tests, bringing the overall number to 36. The 36th patient is a child of the Centre ...

Romania has confirmed Tuesday five other cases of infection with the AH1N1 influenza virus in Iasi, eastern Romania, the Health Ministry said. All five patients are contacts of the two teenagers coming from the U.K., whose AH1N1 diagnosis was con ...

The number of Romanian troops in operation theaters abroad will be of 1,667 in 2010 following the pullout of troops from Iraq, Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday after a meeting of the countys Supreme Defense Council. This year, Roman ...

Romanian Government must proceed to the capitalization of the state‑owned lender CEC Bank and no longer wait for the opportunity decision of the European Commissions bureaucrats, which is advancing too slowly, the countrys president Traian B ...

President Traian Basescu on Tuesday said Romania would not be able to exit the crisis by itself, but only along with other states, as the crisis is mainly generated by the low export capacity on affected markets. Our current objective is to reduc ...