The number of protesters marching on the streets downtown Bucharest had reached 30,000 by noon, below the 80,000 figure previously announced by organizers. However, it is so far the largest street protest in Romania this year and organizers say the number will increase.

Romania ranks mid-way, on the 51 spot, in this year’s Legatum Prosperity Index, which includes 110 countries, behind countries like Bulgaria, Tunisia, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago but above Mexico, Russia, South Africa or Turkey. The index takes into account a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, personal wellbeing, and quality of life.

Romanian unionists ended protests in capital Bucharest Wednesday, after having learnt the Government survived the opposition’s no-confidence motion in Parliament, and threatened to go on full-blown strike to have the Government ousted. Union leader Bogdan Hossu called on unionists to cease work every Monday until procedures for a full-blown strike are ready.

The number of protesters marching on the streets downtown Bucharest had reached 30,000 by noon, below the 80,000 figure previously announced by organizers. However, it is so far the largest street protest in Romania this year and organizers say the number will increase.

Romania’s centrist democrat liberal Government stays in office after surviving the opposition’s no-confidence motion, which received 220 votes in Parliament on Wednesday but required 236 votes to pass.

Romanian unionists ended protests in capital Bucharest Wednesday, after having learnt the Government survived the opposition’s no-confidence motion in Parliament, and threatened to go on full-blown strike to have the Government ousted. Union leader Bogdan Hossu called on unionists to cease work every Monday until procedures for a full-blown strike are ready.

Romania ranks mid-way, on the 51 spot, in this year’s Legatum Prosperity Index, which includes 110 countries, behind countries like Bulgaria, Tunisia, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago but above Mexico, Russia, South Africa or Turkey. The index takes into account a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, personal wellbeing, and quality of life.

Romania’s centrist democrat liberal Government stays in office after surviving the opposition’s no-confidence motion, which received 220 votes in Parliament on Wednesday but required 236 votes to pass.

Romania will probably introduce the co-payment system for healthcare services in the first half of 2011, following debates in Parliament, said Romanian Health Minister Cseke Attila on Monday, after talks with Jeffrey Franks, head of the International Monetary Fund mission to Bucharest.

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Monday passed the law on the “small reform” in the justice system, which implements a series of measures to speed up trials. The law also allows more people and bodies to file appeals, under the law- the Ombudsman and the Coordinating Council of the Supreme Court.

The number of protesters marching on the streets downtown Bucharest had reached 30,000 by noon, below the 80,000 figure previously announced by organizers. However, it is so far the largest street protest in Romania this year and organizers say the number will increase.

Romania ranks mid-way, on the 51 spot, in this year’s Legatum Prosperity Index, which includes 110 countries, behind countries like Bulgaria, Tunisia, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago but above Mexico, Russia, South Africa or Turkey. The index takes into account a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, personal wellbeing, and quality of life.

Romanian unionists ended protests in capital Bucharest Wednesday, after having learnt the Government survived the opposition’s no-confidence motion in Parliament, and threatened to go on full-blown strike to have the Government ousted. Union leader Bogdan Hossu called on unionists to cease work every Monday until procedures for a full-blown strike are ready.

The number of protesters marching on the streets downtown Bucharest had reached 30,000 by noon, below the 80,000 figure previously announced by organizers. However, it is so far the largest street protest in Romania this year and organizers say the number will increase.

Romania’s centrist democrat liberal Government stays in office after surviving the opposition’s no-confidence motion, which received 220 votes in Parliament on Wednesday but required 236 votes to pass.

Romanian unionists ended protests in capital Bucharest Wednesday, after having learnt the Government survived the opposition’s no-confidence motion in Parliament, and threatened to go on full-blown strike to have the Government ousted. Union leader Bogdan Hossu called on unionists to cease work every Monday until procedures for a full-blown strike are ready.

Romania ranks mid-way, on the 51 spot, in this year’s Legatum Prosperity Index, which includes 110 countries, behind countries like Bulgaria, Tunisia, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago but above Mexico, Russia, South Africa or Turkey. The index takes into account a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, personal wellbeing, and quality of life.

Romania’s centrist democrat liberal Government stays in office after surviving the opposition’s no-confidence motion, which received 220 votes in Parliament on Wednesday but required 236 votes to pass.

Romania will probably introduce the co-payment system for healthcare services in the first half of 2011, following debates in Parliament, said Romanian Health Minister Cseke Attila on Monday, after talks with Jeffrey Franks, head of the International Monetary Fund mission to Bucharest.

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Monday passed the law on the “small reform” in the justice system, which implements a series of measures to speed up trials. The law also allows more people and bodies to file appeals, under the law- the Ombudsman and the Coordinating Council of the Supreme Court.