Romanian Finance Ministry employees who started a spontaneous strike yesterday continued their protest, staying in the ministry headquarters during the entire night on Wednesday. The 200 employees will continue to protest on Thursday and go on with the strike until their demand over the return of cut bonuses will be met. The union leaders negotiated with the ministry's representatives until 3,00 hours in the morning but have failed to reach an agreement.

Telecom operator Vodafone Romania will also launch the much awaited iPhone 4 telephone in the following months, the company has announced. The company is asking those interested to sign up on its webpage here to get more details once the telephone becomes available. Competitor Orange had done something similar before recently launching the telephone in Romania.

The Orthodox Christians celebrate the Pious Saint Parascheva, on Thursday, October 14. Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians both from home and abroad come and pray at the relics of St. Parascheva in Iasi and that of the other saints specially brought on pilgrimage, on the occasion.

Hundreds of employees of the Finance Ministry and the Bucharest Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) staged a spontaneous protest Wednesday on the halls of the Ministry itself, saying they have not received their bonuses, which make a significant part of their wages, for the last two months.

The weight of the green public acquisitions carried out by the Romanian public authorities reaches up to 20 percent of the total amount, which is 30 percent below the level requested by the European Union. The European Commission has established a 50 percent ratio which should go to green acquisitions for each member state.

Germany will liberalize its labor market for seasonal workers, starting January 1, 2011, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Boc said Romania salutes Germany's decision to liberalize its labor market for temporary workers, as of January 1, 2011.

Romania wants to establish a strategic partnership with the Federal Republic of Germany that should offer a favourable framework for a wider development of the two states' bilateral relations, Prime Minister Emil Boc told visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel (in picture) at the beginning of a bilateral meeting at the Victoria Palace on Tuesday.

About one third of the 3,000 employees of shipyard Daewoo - Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) in southeastern Romania Monday went on general strike indefinitely disgruntled that they were denied a salary increase. Unionists demand a RON 300 lei (EIR 70.4) salary increase and a new collective work contract to be valid until the end of 2011.

Romania’s Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara (in picture) said an increase in prices of agri-food products is ungrounded and artificial, adding food processors and those selling food products siphon off profits in the system, to the detriment of raw material producers and consumers.

Employees' union National Syndicate Block (BNS) plans to create information centers for foreign workers outside the EU who come to work in Romania, offering them advice about the labor legislation in the country, allowing them to sign up to unions and represent their interest in front of employers.

Romanian Finance Ministry employees who started a spontaneous strike yesterday continued their protest, staying in the ministry headquarters during the entire night on Wednesday. The 200 employees will continue to protest on Thursday and go on with the strike until their demand over the return of cut bonuses will be met. The union leaders negotiated with the ministry's representatives until 3,00 hours in the morning but have failed to reach an agreement.

Telecom operator Vodafone Romania will also launch the much awaited iPhone 4 telephone in the following months, the company has announced. The company is asking those interested to sign up on its webpage here to get more details once the telephone becomes available. Competitor Orange had done something similar before recently launching the telephone in Romania.

The Orthodox Christians celebrate the Pious Saint Parascheva, on Thursday, October 14. Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christians both from home and abroad come and pray at the relics of St. Parascheva in Iasi and that of the other saints specially brought on pilgrimage, on the occasion.

Hundreds of employees of the Finance Ministry and the Bucharest Agency for Fiscal Administration (ANAF) staged a spontaneous protest Wednesday on the halls of the Ministry itself, saying they have not received their bonuses, which make a significant part of their wages, for the last two months.

The weight of the green public acquisitions carried out by the Romanian public authorities reaches up to 20 percent of the total amount, which is 30 percent below the level requested by the European Union. The European Commission has established a 50 percent ratio which should go to green acquisitions for each member state.

Germany will liberalize its labor market for seasonal workers, starting January 1, 2011, Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Tuesday after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Boc said Romania salutes Germany's decision to liberalize its labor market for temporary workers, as of January 1, 2011.

Romania wants to establish a strategic partnership with the Federal Republic of Germany that should offer a favourable framework for a wider development of the two states' bilateral relations, Prime Minister Emil Boc told visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel (in picture) at the beginning of a bilateral meeting at the Victoria Palace on Tuesday.

About one third of the 3,000 employees of shipyard Daewoo - Mangalia Heavy Industries (DMHI) in southeastern Romania Monday went on general strike indefinitely disgruntled that they were denied a salary increase. Unionists demand a RON 300 lei (EIR 70.4) salary increase and a new collective work contract to be valid until the end of 2011.

Romania’s Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara (in picture) said an increase in prices of agri-food products is ungrounded and artificial, adding food processors and those selling food products siphon off profits in the system, to the detriment of raw material producers and consumers.

Employees' union National Syndicate Block (BNS) plans to create information centers for foreign workers outside the EU who come to work in Romania, offering them advice about the labor legislation in the country, allowing them to sign up to unions and represent their interest in front of employers.