November 2016

Citizens who donated for Brancusi’s “Wisdom of the Earth” sculpture will get their money back by the end of next year. The Culture ministry sent Parliament a list of amendments to the emergency ordinance on the famous sculpture. More…

The attending program at international fairs and exhibitions is blocked for several months for not fulfilling on time the public procurement procedures, Association of Furniture Producers in Romania (APMR) notes in an open letter sent on…

Liberal Senator Vasile Blaga, former co-chair of PNL and former secretary general of PDL, has been indicted on Monday, under judicial control, being charged with influence peddling. The indictment drawn up by the National Anticorruption…

by Monica Apostol Good signs for the courier market nowadays. Allpacka.ro, a young courier platform launched in our country in early 2016, estimates an increase of 150 pc, next year, said CEO Colin Snead, in a brunch meeting with media.…

Former social-democrat mayor of Lunca Muresului, Alba County, Ioan Rusu, died in the night of Saturday to Sunday after being stabbed several times in the abdomen, chest and neck, which caused him heavy bleeding. “It’s a murder,…

The National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) has confirmed the presence of the bird flu virus, subtype H5N8, on Romanian territory. In the morning of November 22, 2016, following the notification of mortality…

The government and the trade unions have concluded on Monday afternoon the negotiations regarding three working versions regarding the minimum wage in 2017, according to Cartel Alfa trade union leader Bogdan Hossu has said.  He added that…

With EUR 75.2 billion (or 18 percent of the EU total) in 2015, France had the highest total agricultural output across Member States. Romania is among EU states with the highest value of agricultural output, Eurostat, the statistical office…

France’s TOTAL appoints Italian Marco Pannunzio as the new General Manager of oil and gas company’s operations in Romania as of December 1. According to a press release, he is replacing Franck Haettel, who will take over the global…

No organ transplant has been conducted countrywide lately since the row involving the National Transplant Agency (ANT), said Radu Deac, the ANT executive director. He argued that no doctor agreed to give his consent for such a procedure for…