Romania

  • Aug 21, 2003
  • 7 min read

ROMANIA/EU: SAPARD aid ill adapted to local farming

The backwardness of the country's farming industry is seriously impeding Bucharest's efforts to...

Romania
  • Aug 21, 2003
  • 1 min read

ROMANIA: Current account concerns

The current account deficit increased to 1.25 billion euros (1.38 billion dollars) in...

Romania
  • Aug 19, 2003
  • 1 min read

ROMANIA: Cement collusion

The government yesterday accused three foreign-owned companies that dominate the country's cement...

Romania
  • Aug 11, 2003
  • 7 min read

ROMANIA: PSD resorts to populism to hold onto vote

Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu sent an open letter to President Ion Iliescu on August 5 accusing...

Romania
  • Jul 31, 2003
  • 1 min read

ROMANIA: Petrom plan

The government yesterday approved a plan to privatise Petrom, in which it has a 93% stake,...

Romania
  • Jul 29, 2003
  • 1 min read

ROMANIA: Dollar trade gap

Exports (fob) rose 33% year-on-year to 8.3 billion dollars in the first six months of 2003, the...

Romania
  • Jul 22, 2003
  • 1 min read

ROMANIA: Rail restructuring

About 11,000 employees in state-owned rail transport companies will be laid off as a result of...

Romania
  • Jul 18, 2003
  • 6 min read

BALKANS: HIV/AIDS infections pose epidemic risk

Although the current level of infection with HIV and AIDS in the region is low, the rate of new...

Balkans