adoption

Romanian Senate Committees Propose New Amendment To Bill Regulating Adoptions

The Romanian Senate committees for labor and legal matters on Tuesday adopted an amendment to a bill regulating adoptions, whereby couples living abroad can adopt a child two years after procedures are started if two requirements are met.

Romania Keeps 2015 Deadline For Euro Adoption

The Romanian government Friday decided to keep the year 2015 as the official deadline for euro adoption, participants in the executive’s meeting told MEDIAFAX.

Romania Foregoes 2015 Deadline For Euro Adoption

Romania gave up its self-imposed 2015 deadline for the euro adoption, saying the country will not be able to join the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM-II) before 2013-2014, according to the draft convergence program for 2011-2014.

Romanian Govt Reduces Length Of Adoption Procedures

The Romanian Government on Wednesday decided to reduce the length of child adoption procedures.

Romanian President Calls On Parliament To Adopt Pension Bill ASAP

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Friday sent a letter to Senate Chairman Mircea Geoana, calling for the speedy adoption of the unitary pension bill, the presidential office said in a press release Friday.

Romania’s Govt Asks IMF To Extend Pension Bill Adoption Deadline

Romania’s Government asked the International Monetary Fund to extend until September 30 the deadline by which the unitary pension bill should be adopted in Parliament, after the IMF called on authorities to make sure the draft law is adopted by September 15, people close to the matter said Tuesday.

EU: Romania Not Yet Ready For Euro Adoption

The European Commission on Wednesday concluded Romania is not yet prepared to join the euro area, citing a series of legal incompatibilities along the mandatory criteria for adopting the European common currency.

Romanian Foster Mother Requests Annulment Of Autistic Child Adoption

A Romanian woman, who in 1999 became the foster mother of a girl she thought healthy, asked Monday that the Romanian Office for Adoptions (ORA) help her annul the adoption of the autistic child, while adoption authorities say this is not possible.

IMF Keeps Initial Calendar For Romania’s Adoption Of Public Sector Pay Law But Is Open To Talks

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) maintains the calendar for the adoption by Romania of a single and unitary law regulating salaries across the public sector, but is open to talks with government on the matter, said Wednesday, Jeffrey Franks, head of the IMF mission to Romania.

Negligent Parents In Romania Should Have Parental Rights Terminated Sooner–State Secretary

Parents neglecting their children should lose parental rights sooner and underage children should become eligible for adoption after the mother has been counseled, if she claims she cannot raise her child, Ileana Savu, state secretary with Romania’s authority for children’s rights said Wednesday.

Romanian Social Democrat Head At Odds With President Over Adoption Of Legal Codes

Romania’s Social Democratic Party (PSD) president, Mircea Geoana, said Tuesday that president Traian Basescu’s accusations alleging he plans to boycott the adoption of the country’s legal codes are absurd, adding Basescu plans to lay all the blame on the Parliament and the social democrats.

Civil Code Sub-Committee Bans Homosexual Couples From Adopting Kids

The Romanian MPs in the Civil Code sub-committee decided Wednesday that two people of the same sex cannot adopt a child, and adoption can only be performed by a couple formed of a man and a woman.

The Euro Adoption Timetable Will Be Kept – Romanian PM To Pres

The Euro adoption timetable was set by the Government with central bank advice and it will be kept, said Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu answering president Traian Basescu who stated earlier today that the timetable might not be kept.

Romanian Constitutional Court Regulates Adoption Procedures

Romania's Constitutional Court noted that eliminating natural parents from their children's adoption procedure is a flaw in the legal system and decided, citing the European Convention on adoptions, that natural parents must give their consent when completing the adoption procedures.

Romanian Deputies Adopt Uninominal Voting System Law

Romania’s Chamber of Deputies Tuesday adopted 231 to 11 and 18 abstentions the law introducing the uninominal voting system.