austerity

Romanian Protesters Leave Govt HQ, Start Unauthorized March To Presidential Palace

12:24, 24 Sept. 2010
About 6,000 Romanian public sector workers, including police and penitentiary system workers, have left the government’s headquarters and started toward the presidential palace, demanding to speak to President Traian Basescu.

Romanian Unionists Protest Austerity Measures In Bucharest

10:44, 22 Sept. 2010
Romanian unionists affiliated with the CNSRL Fratia federation are protesting Wednesday in central Bucharest over the government’s austerity measures which include wage cuts and public sector layoffs.

Romanian President Defends Govt’s Austerity Policy, Says Further Action Needed

16:30, 21 Sept. 2010
Romania cannot afford to pay wages for incompetent public servants and social aid to people claiming to be ill, when they just don’t want to work, Romanian President Traian Basescu said Tuesday in a speech in Parliament.

Over 20,000 Unionists To Rally In Bucharest On Sept 22

16:35, 13 Sept. 2010
Over 20,000 unionists affiliated with Romanian union federation CNSLR-Fratia will take part in a rally in capital Bucharest Wednesday, September 22, in protest to public sector wage cuts and harsh austerity measures, union leader Marius Petcu said Monday.

Romanian Authorities Might Consider Taxing High Pensions Progressively – Environment Min

20:26, 10 Iul. 2010
Romania’s Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely told MEDIAFAX Saturday that authorities might consider taxing high pensions progressively starting this fall, adding that decisions in this respect depend, to a great extent, on the country’s economic situation.

Romanian President Promulgates Amended Austerity Laws

20:54, 29 Iun. 2010
Romanian President Traian Basescu promulgated Tuesday the two austerity laws, which were forwarded to him after the Parliament eliminated the articles that stipulated pension cuts, recently declared unconstitutional by the country’s Constitutional Court.

Constitutional Court Ruling Blocks Implementation Of Govt Austerity Plan

13:18, 25 Iun. 2010
The Romanian Constitutional Court’s Friday ruling, rejecting certain articles of the austerity plan, leaves the Government unable to apply any of the measures provided by the bills, as they must return to Parliament to be made to agree with the Constitution.

Romanian Constitutional Court Rules Govt Austerity Plan Partially Unconstitutional – Sources

11:40, 25 Iun. 2010
Romania’s Constitutional Court ruled Friday that some of the austerity measures for which the Government received a confidence vote in Parliament are unconstitutional, people close to the matter said.

Romania’s Public Servants To Go On Strike On May 31

16:16, 25 Mai 2010
Romania’s public servants will go on strike on May 31, to protest against the 25% wage cut for administration servants and the Government’s failure to adopt certain laws regulating public institutions, which would help fight tax evasion, the union said in a press release Tuesday.

Romania Slashes Child-Rearing Benefits By 25% Starting June 1 – PM Adviser

21:19, 14 Mai 2010
Romania’s Labor Ministry has decided to cut 25% of the child-rearing benefit, currently standing at 85% of the parent’s average income for the previous year, starting June 1, Andreea Vass-Paul, economic adviser to Prime Minister Emil Boc, told MEDIAFAX Friday.

Romanian Liberals Will Not Endorse President’s Austerity Plan In Parliament – Party Head

13:55, 10 Mai 2010
Romanian opposition liberal leader Crin Antonescu said Monday that his party will not endorse President Basescu’s austerity plan in Parliament and that if the President wants to combat corruption and bureaucracy, he and Prime Minister Emil Boc should resign.

Romanian Union Leaders Call For Talks With President, PM, Before Completion Of IMF Negotiations

14:02, 07 Mai 2010
Romania’s five union federation leaders said in an open letter Friday they want to have an emergency meeting with President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Emil Boc before the agreement with the International Monetary Fund is finalized.

Romanian Union Leaders Plan Ample Protests Over Country’s Austerity Plan

11:10, 07 Mai 2010
Romania’s five union federation leaders met Friday morning to schedule protests which will follow the decrease of pensions, wage funds, unemployment aid rates and subsidies announced by President Traian Basescu Thursday.