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Angela Merkel’s visit comes as a confirmation of Berlin’s wish to continue the positive bilateral diplomatic relations, on an...

Cars industry representatives said that the diminishing purchasing power and the austerity measures taken by the government...

Romania’s President, Traian Basescu, on Thursday surprised everyone by sending back to parliament the controversial law...

Hungarian ecologists told our RRI correspondent in Budapest that the long-term consequences of this unprecedented disaster...

The Romanian President on Thursday called on the presidents of the two chambers of Parliament to agree to the pension law...

South of Hungary, downstream the Danube, Romania is on high alert following the ecological disaster in the neighboring country.

The Republic of Moldova still seems to be plagued by the incompetence of the former Pro-Russian communist regime, in power...

At the Asia – Europe summit in Brussels on Tuesday, European and Asian leaders signed a declaration stressing the need to...

Romanian authorities are keeping a close eye on the quality of the Danube waters following the spill of toxic sludge caused...

The Social Democratic Party’s president Victor Ponta, whose political party now has 40% of the voting intentions, said that...

In urban areas, household incomes are salary-based in over 60% of the cases while in rural areas it drops to 30%.

The current condition of Romanian education is perhaps more disappointing than ever.

Romania has once again paid the price for its participation in the operations of the multinational coalition in Afghanistan.

In a interview on the public radio, Education minister Daniel Funeriu said that several measures had been taken to increase...

European Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan Fule, warned that Brussels would not favour any of its Moldovan dialogue...

Romania has two months to amend its current legislation regarding bird protection.

Prime Minister Emil Boc announced that starting October 1st, the minimum tax on turnover will be eliminated, and up until the...

Vasile Blaga was replaced by Senator Traian Igas, a provincial member of the Liberal Democratic Party,

During her meeting with the public in Bucharest, Muller spoke of her friend Oskar Pastior as a source of inspiration and...

Last week, Bucharest received from the European Commission some 1.15 billion Euros to cover part of the budget deficit.

Police workers gathered on Friday in front of the government building to protest against austerity measures.

After more than a year in opposition, Vladimir Voronin’s Communists seem to fare better in electoral terms, in contrast with...

Many banks issued late notices for customers with loan contracts, the latter being thus left unable to obtain the required...

Bucharest is celebrating. The Romanian capital is now 551 old on paper.

The daily Evenimentul Zilei speculated on what happened behind the scenes of the release of buisnessman Sorin Ovidiu Vantu.

According to all estimates, 2010 may turn out to be the 2nd year in a row that has seen a negative increase.

Unions also demand a nation-wide minimum salary of at least 750 lei (about 175 euros) and the return to the 2009 salaries.

Nabucco, in which Romania is also involved, provides for the transport of gas from the Middle East and Asia to Europe and is...

Borrowers complain about the short time that they have to fill in additional forms, and, in some cases, the fees that banks...

The thorn in Romania’s relationship with France, namely the Roma issue, has become a priority on the European agenda.

Business people believe that in addition to a cut in taxation, public investment is a sure, direct and immediate way of...

In full political deadlock, the ex-Soviet Republic of Moldova has missed its last chance to stabilize after the failure of a...

The first board meeting of the National Bank of Romania was held on September 5th 1880. 130 years on, its current governor...

Journalists are convinced the reasons behind the present reshuffle are political, and is not necessarily a move to boost the...

The top priority of Romania’s foreign policy is accession to the Schengen area on the established date, April 2011, according...

With the start of the new parliamentary session, the Social Democratic and Liberal opposition in Bucharest are preparing a...

The debates on the restructuring program have managed to postpone redundancies in the Romanian railway system until September...

,The National Statistics Institute has recently announced that in the second quarter of the year, Romania’s GDP registered a...

The Roma ask for the observance of their right to free movement in Europe according to the principle of equal rights for...

According to the Romanian National Bank, in late June, more than 4.5 million Romanians, that is almost 50% of the country’s...

The new legislative bill, which now has the go-ahead for promulgation by President Traian Băsescu, corresponds more...

The Roma leave places such as Romania and Bulgaria, which are poorly developed, in search of a better life in other EU...

The repair works at the Giulesti maternity ward and as well as the closing down of a similar intensive care unit in Bucharest...

The Romanian media is completely absorbed by the issue of the Roma of Romanian and Bulgarian origin being repatriated by the...

Burdened with needs and an increasing amount of funds, the state budget and the social insurance budget in Romania were...

Russia’s decision to declare a Romanian diplomat in Moscow persona non grata and expel him has triggered a symmetrical...

The tragedy that hit a maternity hospital in Bucharest, following an explosion in the intensive care unit that killed several...

President Sarkozy said that by autumn, half of the 300 improvised Gypsy camps must be dismantled.

After Shimon Peres visit, Romania and Israel will collaborate in areas such as the military, technology, economy, tourism and...

Romania has met the obligations undertaken through the stand-by agreement signed with the IMF, the European Commission and...

Scientists’ predictions that 2010 would be one of the warmest years in human history seem to be coming true, with the effects...