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Romania’s Government mulls putting off for a week the adoption of the education law, until after Easter, to analyze amendment propositions it received and decide which may be included in the final bill, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Monday.

Romanian presidential candidates democrat liberal Traian Basescu and liberal Crin Antonescu will participate Saturday in a public debate in Cluj-Napoca, northwestern Romania, at 3 p.m., at the invitation of social democrat presidential candidate Mircea Geoana.

Romania's Economy Ministry will extend until the end of July or early August the public debates on the reorganization of the country's energy production sector, as talks with companies, trade unions and employers in the energy sector have not been completed yet.

Participants in the public hearing on the Romanian pollution tax for cars recommended that the Government split the tax in installments, correlate its level to the one paid by other pollutants and widen the taxation base for cars already registered.