Romanian state-run companies and autonomous departments are compelled to freeze hiring next year so they do not exceed the number of employees allowed for 2010, according to the final form of the country’s 2011 draft state budget, quoted by Mediafax newswire.

The Romanian Government will increase the base salaries in the public sector by 15 percent in 2011 compared to their October level, while the minimum gross salary will be raised to RON 670 (around EUR 156) from the current RON 600 (around EUR 140).

The bomb squads that checked an entrance to the Obor subway station in capital Bucharest, Romania, after a man called the 112 emergency number Wednesday morning to report a bomb, found nothing suspicious.

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has discharged the Romanian Police head Petre Toba and Interior Ministry state secretary Dan Valentin Fatuloiu, following two controversial corruption scandals, according to newswire Mediafax.

A Romanian settled in Austria has been selling custom made shoes in Vienna since 1996, Romanian daily Gandul writes. Romanian shoemaker Alexandru Maftei, who has been living abroad for the last 22 years, has been selling custom made shoes in Vienna under the brand Shoemaker Maftei. The shoemaker has also opened a store in Bucharest, but the business has not enjoyed the same success as it does abroad.

Low cost airline Blue Air will launch a direct flight connecting Romanian city of Bacau to Dublin from March next year, the company has announced. The price of a ticket on this route will start from EUR 29,99, taxes included.

Three people died and three others were injured on Tuesday in a blast on the Cincu shooting ground in Brasov county, central Romania. People close to the matter said the explosion occurred during a military drill, according to Mediafax newswire

The first Museum of waste in Europe was inaugurated on Tuesday, in Bucharest, at the initiative of the Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CEDD) and the Ministry of Environment and Forests, with the support of AFI Palace Cotroceni shopping center, where the museum is located.

The opposition parties in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies' committee for labor voted Monday in favor of setting the standard retirement age to 60 for women and 64 for men.

The Romanian documentary 'The World According to Ion B' (Lumea vazuta de Ion B) has received the Emmy Award in the category Arts Programming. This was the first documentary created by HBO Central Europe which competed for the Emmy Awards.

Romanian state-run companies and autonomous departments are compelled to freeze hiring next year so they do not exceed the number of employees allowed for 2010, according to the final form of the country’s 2011 draft state budget, quoted by Mediafax newswire.

The Romanian Government will increase the base salaries in the public sector by 15 percent in 2011 compared to their October level, while the minimum gross salary will be raised to RON 670 (around EUR 156) from the current RON 600 (around EUR 140).

The bomb squads that checked an entrance to the Obor subway station in capital Bucharest, Romania, after a man called the 112 emergency number Wednesday morning to report a bomb, found nothing suspicious.

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has discharged the Romanian Police head Petre Toba and Interior Ministry state secretary Dan Valentin Fatuloiu, following two controversial corruption scandals, according to newswire Mediafax.

A Romanian settled in Austria has been selling custom made shoes in Vienna since 1996, Romanian daily Gandul writes. Romanian shoemaker Alexandru Maftei, who has been living abroad for the last 22 years, has been selling custom made shoes in Vienna under the brand Shoemaker Maftei. The shoemaker has also opened a store in Bucharest, but the business has not enjoyed the same success as it does abroad.

Low cost airline Blue Air will launch a direct flight connecting Romanian city of Bacau to Dublin from March next year, the company has announced. The price of a ticket on this route will start from EUR 29,99, taxes included.

Three people died and three others were injured on Tuesday in a blast on the Cincu shooting ground in Brasov county, central Romania. People close to the matter said the explosion occurred during a military drill, according to Mediafax newswire

The first Museum of waste in Europe was inaugurated on Tuesday, in Bucharest, at the initiative of the Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development (CEDD) and the Ministry of Environment and Forests, with the support of AFI Palace Cotroceni shopping center, where the museum is located.

The opposition parties in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies' committee for labor voted Monday in favor of setting the standard retirement age to 60 for women and 64 for men.

The Romanian documentary 'The World According to Ion B' (Lumea vazuta de Ion B) has received the Emmy Award in the category Arts Programming. This was the first documentary created by HBO Central Europe which competed for the Emmy Awards.