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What the newspapers say: November 2, 2009
Sun, 11/01/2009 - 18:46Swine flu shuts borders and imposes emergency alerts, the Romanian press reads. Elsewhere in the news, war veterans are betrayed by their own country. Last but not least, a Romanian newspaper publishes an open letter addressed to the European Commission's president, accusing Traian Basescu of undemocratic practices.
The battle over renaming streets in Eastern Europe since the fall of communism reflects their importance as symbols of identity, history and power
Fri, 10/30/2009 - 10:42What’s in a name? More than you might think, especially when it comes to streets, which is why analysis of their names is a revealing exercise. Whilst in east Berlin, 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, many street names remain unchanged, monuments to almost 50 years of communism, most countries in the Balkans have rushed to rid themselves of these outward signs of their socialist baggage.
Traian Basescu: There are compromise formulas to enforce the Lisbon Treaty by the end of the year
Fri, 10/30/2009 - 09:10The Lisbon Treaty will be enforced by the end of this year. The announcement was made by the Romanian president Traian Basescu, who took part in the European Union chiefs of state and of government meeting in Brussels. "There are compromise formulas which will give the Czech Republic satisfaction so that, by the end of this year, the Lisbon Treaty will be enforced", the leader from Cotroceni underlined. The president refused to comment on whom Romania was backing for the EU’s presidency, stating only that “Romania has got a strategy “and” a proposal for everything.
Norman Manea: Romania, a democracy from Kafkas books. Nobel, a hysteric, national obsession
Fri, 10/30/2009 - 08:38Today's Romania is a democracy from Kafka's books, where rhetoric is mixed with demagogy and vulgar populism. This is the belief of Norman Manea, the writer who emigrated from Romania in 1986. He made the statement in an interview for Le Figaro.
Renault Group business figure dropped 11% last quarter. Dacia registrations went up by 88%
Fri, 10/30/2009 - 05:42Renault reported an 11% drop in their business figure for the July - September quarter. But the group claims that the result is positive, bearing in mind that in the first quarter of this year Renault's business dropped 31% and 17% in the second. During the previous quarter, Renault registration recorded an increase for the first time since the start of the crisis and Dacia registrations saw an 88% boost.
Theodor Stolojan: The Government could cut salaries and incomes for a short while
Fri, 10/30/2009 - 05:26The Government has two options in managing the country's economy: either to take drastic measures and reduce the spending that does not regard salaries and pensions, or to cut pensions and salaries. PD-L vice-president Theodor Stolojan declared for Romanian radio station Realitatea FM that "cutting the salaries and pensions is an option. This is possible as well, for a brief period of time".
Romanias representative on IMF discussions: The agreement between the IMF and Romania goes ahead
Fri, 10/30/2009 - 04:58Romania's agreement with the IMF "didn't derail", it "goes ahead", assures the Romanian representative at the IMF discussions Mihai Tanasescu. He underlined that the programme between Romania and the foreign financers is continuing, "and that is why I believe better sooner than later and I want to stress my wish that political maturity should prevail this time in Romania", Tanasescu declared for RFI.
The Competition Council: Romanians pay notary services 14 times more than Germans do for the same transaction
Fri, 10/30/2009 - 03:10The situation of the Romanian notary markets is worse than in other EU countries and the lack of competition on this market leads to higher prices, an investigation performed by the Competition Council shows. The data indicate that Romania has the highest real cost of notary services in 21 EU states included in the study. Romanians pay 14 times more than a German do for the same services.
Romania tops economic negatives in Central and East Europe
Fri, 10/30/2009 - 02:25With an 8% lower GDP in 2009, Romania gets in front of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in a central and Eastern Europe top 10, according to a World Bank analysis published on Wednesday, October 28. Regarding the budget deficit, Romania is only behind Latvia and Lithuania. The analysis also shows that Romania is the only country of the 10 considered which adopted only one measure in response to the economic crisis, addressing the labour market, out of a 9 measures set stipulated in the document.
What the newspapers say: October 30, 2009
Fri, 10/30/2009 - 01:42Romania was on the brink of being closed down because of swine flu. Elsewhere in the news, several counties are to organise local referendums at a national level on the presidential elections day. The press also reads about the fact that one Euro could cost up to 4.5 lei by the end of the year. Last but not least, another 8 ministers proposed by the Croitoru cabinet have been rejected.
Romania, sanctioned again for the lack of independence in telecoms market regulations
Thu, 10/29/2009 - 10:04The European Commission opened on Thursday another infringement procedure on community law against Romania for not respecting the communitarian norms that require the separation between the regulation authorities in the telecommunications sector and the services suppliers, a European Executive report. Brussels warns that the Communications minister is regulating Romania, but simultaneously he holds shares with Romtelecom and Radiocom.
Irish judge: Roma ethnics from Romania raise their children to steal
Thu, 10/29/2009 - 09:36A judge presiding over a children tribunal in Dublin, Ireland, declared after a trial that "Roma people raise their children with the intent of teaching them how to steal, apparently this is their culture, this is the way in which, unfortunately, these families function. It is a different culture, it has nothing in common with ours and our shops are constantly robbed." During the trial, a young Roma woman from Romania was accused of theft.
Fitch forecast: Romanias economy will shrink by 7.5% this year, but increase by 2% in 2010
Thu, 10/29/2009 - 07:49Romania's economy will contract by 7.5% in 2009, according to Fitch Ratings. This is a more optimist version of the IMF estimate, which sees Romania's economy shrinking by 8-8.5%. The financial evaluation agency sees Romania's budget deficit amounting to 7% of the GDP in 2009.
Four NGOs request the Peoples Attorney to inform the Constitutional Court on the referendum set-up
Thu, 10/29/2009 - 06:16Four non-governmental NGOs - Pro Democratia Association, the Centre for Judicial Resources, Transparency Romania and The Agency for Press Monitoring - request that the People's Attorney notifies the Constitutional Court about the referendum for a single chambered Parliament and the cut in MP seats, Romanian press agency Mediafax informs.
Orange in Romania: The number of clients went up 4.8%, but incomes dropped 23% in the 3rd quarter
Thu, 10/29/2009 - 05:53The number of Orange clients in Romania (no. of active SIM cards) increased to over 10.6 million users, up 4.8% against the same 2008 period and almost 340,000 more clients compared with the previous quarter. But the operator's incomes dropped 23%, according to the France Telecom group data. Orange chief Thierry Millet explains this by pointing at the deterioration of the economic environment, and tariffs regulation and decrease.
The government allowed the Finance Ministry to borrow European money for constructing the Drumul Taberei - Universitate section
Thu, 10/29/2009 - 05:12The Government allowed the Finance Ministry to borrow 370 million euros from the European Investment Bank to build the tube section from Drumul Taberei to Universitate, the PM in exercise Emil Boc declared on Wednesday, quoted by NewsIn.
EC official: The Commission will do its best to pay the loan to Romania
Thu, 10/29/2009 - 02:10The European Commission will do its best to continue financing Romania's loan, EC representative Fabienne Ilzkowitz declared on Wednesday evening, after discussions with the Romanian Finance minister Gheorghe Pogea in Bucharest, Romanian press agency NewsIn informs.
What the newspapers say: October 29, 2009
Thu, 10/29/2009 - 01:27President Basescu promised to redraw in the case the economic crisis accentuates and creates further unemployment: the current official rate reads 6.9%, with numerous redundancies announced for the next two months. Elsewhere in the news, The Romanian Government decided to respect the budgetary deficit targets and not request the IMF for postponing the deadlines. The Romanian press also reads that Romania might need to borrow even more money to cover budget deficit.
Vasile Blaga was approved by the parliamentary committees / Hungarian Democrats voted, with the Democrat Liberals, in his favor
Wed, 10/28/2009 - 10:13Vasile Blaga was approved by the Parliamentary committees as Minister of Regional Development and Tourism with 34 votes for and 28 against. Hungarian Democratic Parliamentarians voted with their Democrat Liberal colleagues while Social Democrats and Liberals voted against. Several Parliamentary committees reunited on Wednesday to hear Vasile Blaga.
Record: a woman was trying to smuggle 590,000 dollars and 121,000 euro
Wed, 10/28/2009 - 08:56Romanian International Henri Coanda airport customs officers discovered a woman who was trying to smuggle 590,000 dollars and 121,000 euro. The money were transported by a woman with double citizenshop, Turkish and Romanian, a press release of the institution reads.