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- LDS Church: Two missionaries found dead in Romania (Rexburg Standard Journal)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Two young Mormon missionaries have died in Romania.
- EC proposes 2012 as deadline for Romania curbing its deficit under 3 pc of the GDP (Nine O'Clock)
Romania took effective measures to correct its budget deficit, and the European Commission (EC) proposed to push back by one year, to 2012, the deadline for bringing the deficit under 3 pc of the GDP, the European executive announced on Monday.
- EU gives Romania an extra year to rein in deficit (Eu Business)
(BRUSSELS ) - The European Commission on Monday gave Romania an extra year, till 2012, to bring its swollen public deficit back to the EU's limit of three percent of GDP, due to the gravity of the economic crisis.
- (AFX UK Focus) 2010-02-08 11:52 Romania Jan unemployment rises to 8.1 percent (Interactive Investor)
BUCHAREST, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Romania's unemployment rate rose to 8.1 percent in January from December's 7.8 percent, the employment agency said on Monday.
- Romania wins men's team saber Grand Prix in Budapest (China Daily)
BUDAPEST: Romania won the men's team saber Grand Prix event in Budapest on Sunday after beating Italy 45-42 in a tightly-contested final. Hosts Hungary took the bronze medal after they beat France 45-42 to decide third place. China finished in fifth position.
- Euro 2012 Qualifiers ? Romania and France in same group again (Nine O'Clock)
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- Russia condemns US move to put missiles in Romania (Daily Telegraph)
Russia has attacked a US decision to site interceptor missiles in Romania, saying the move imperils Barack Obama's much-vaunted "reset" of relations between the two countries and the final stages of nuclear arms reduction talks.
- France favourites for Euro qualifiers, says Romania coach (Fijilive)
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- Bechtel: We need about 300 million euros this year to resume works on Transilvania motorway
American company Bechtel plans to continue building Transilvania motorway if the necessary funds will be made available, Bechtel communication manager Bogdan Sgarcitu told HotNews.ro. According to him, the main impediment is the Romanian 2010 state budget, which did not insure that funds will be made available to resume the construction of the highway. For the 10 km from section 2B, between Turda and Campia Turzii, around 100 million euros will be necessary, while for the section 3C, namely 40 km between Suplacu de Barcau and Bors, the construction requires nearly 200 million euros. The works on section 2B are very likely to be carried out, but section 3C remains unaddressed.
- EC proposes to extend Romania's deficit cut deadline by one year
The European Commission (EC) proposed to the European Union Council to extend by one year (namely 2012) the deadline for Romania's endeavour to cut the budget deficit under 3% of the GDP, having in mind the unexpected effects of the recession, a communiqué of the European institution shows. At he same time, the EC appreciates that Romania has taken effective measures to correct the budget's unbalance.
- Unemployment rate reaches 8.1%. Private sector laid off 4.5 times more than public sector
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- American dealer claims to sell in the US electric cars assembled in Romania on Dacia patterns
A piece of news from an American newspaper, Des Moines Register, has attracted big interest online. The owner of a company that used to sell Chrysler found a solution to get him out of the crisis brought by the economic environment: he'll bring from Romania electric cars put together in this country - cars based on Dacia models. The news needs to be read with caution: the article talks about high selling prices, of up to 30,000 dollars, an unusual high autonomy - 400 km, and it does not mention who's the producer and where they are produced.
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Romanian Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu hopes that Romania can shift from a stand-by loan agreement to a precautionary agreement with the IMF in the near future. This would indicate that the Romanian economy has recovered, according to Romanian news agency Mediafax.
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Natural gas consumption in Romania dropped 15% on a national level in 2009 in comparison with 2008: from 15.5 billion cube meters (165 million MWh) in 2008 to 13.2 billion cube meters (140 million MWh), according to a Romanian Energy National Regulation Authority (ANRE) report. The drop was consistent throughout the entire year, safe for December, when the gas consumption was 9% up against December 2008.
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Romanian PM Emil Boc declared in an interview for HotNews.ro - RFI that inviting Romania in the missile shield programme is "a political, diplomatic, military and strategic success". PM adds that the CSAT decision, namely the approval of the invitation made by Barak Obama, needs to be ratified by the Parliament. "The costs are minimum, the benefits are maximum", Emil Boc added, stating that the Romanian state will make a location available and that other additional costs "are to be negotiated".
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Romanian president Traian Basescu announced on Thursday, February 4 2010, during the Country's National Defence Council meeting, that Romania's participation in the missile shield has been approved, following American President Barak Obama's invitation. "The new shield is not aimed against Russia; I repeat, Romania does not have on its territory a shield aimed against Russia, but against other threats", the Romanian chief of state underlined.
- Documents of Romanian Revolution, to be unclassified
Romania's Department of Defense will follow the legal procedures needed to unclassify its documents related to the violent events that led to the fall of the communist regime in December 1989...
- Canadians plan to build more atomic reactors in Romania
The federally-owned Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. has drawn a contract to assessing the viability of building two new reactors in Romania...
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Unemployment rate rose in Romania in January 2010 to 8.1%, according to data by National Employment Agency (ANOFM)...
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- Russia urges U.S., Europe for joint assessment of missile threats
Moscow highlighted the need to carry out an assessment of missile threats jointly with both Washington and Europe in response to U.S. plans to deploy missile defense elements in Romania.
- Boc: Romania will attract EUR 4.3 bln from European funds in 2010
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- Romania to host components of US missile shield
BUCHAREST, Romania --The Supreme Defence Council approved a US proposal Thursday to deploy elements of a planned defence shield in Romania.
- Authorities, to ban 'legal drugs'
Romanian PM Emil Boc asked the Health minister on Friday, 5th February, 2010, to draw a bill that would extend the list of illegal psychedelic plants, whether or not such plants may be approved by the European Commission...
- Romania pres: Defense body approves US missiles
The Air Force says a missile-intercept test failed when a long-range missile launched from California missed a target missile launched from a Pacific island because of radar problems.
- Romania To Host U.S. Missile Interceptors
Romania's President Traian Basescu has said that his country has agreed to host medium-range ballistic-missile interceptors that form part of a new U.S. shield system.
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Bucharest city's 'Casa Poporului' (People's House), the world's second largest building, could be turned into a shopping mall under new proposals...
- Romania OKs anti-missile shield
President Traian Basescu announced on Thrusday, 4th February 2010, that Romania is ready to sign an anti-missile deal proposed by US president Barack Obama...
- Activist denied access to secret files in Romania
A poet who has led the way in publishing secret police files from Romania's communist past is being denied further access to the information.
- Romanian central bank cuts key interest rate
Romania's central bank cut its main interest rate on Wednesday from 7.5 percent to 7 percent, the second time it has cut rates this year, in an attempt to revive the country's ailing economy. The new rate is the lowest since 2007. In January the Romanian central bank slashed it from 8 percent to 7.5 percent...
- Mass redundancies announced in county Cluj
Transylvania Highway's contractor Bechtel announced plans to cutting a number of 1933 jobs in county Cluj. National Railway company CFR, too, will leave 816 people jobless...
- Fitch: Romania, now 'stable'
Fitch revised Romania's risk outlook to 'stable' from 'negative', on the basis of 'the improvement in external financial and economic conditions'...
- 'Moderate growth' predicted for Romanian economy
The economy will see a moderate growth this year, and will only reach its peak growth potential, 5 or 6%, as late as 2012, says Mihai Tanasescu, Romanian representative of International Monetary Fund...
- New citizenship regulations announced
Romanian President Traian Basescu announced that a special agency will be created for the management of citizenship applications in the case of those who have owned this right and lost it later...
- Cold weather claims more lives in Europe
A man observes the ice crust on the river Oder near Schwedt, eastern Germany on Jan.
- Romania: Proposed Junk Food Tax Criticized
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