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Romanian Senate Decides To Exempt From Tax Pensions Smaller Than RON1,200

13:36, 03 Nov. 2009
Romania's Senate adopted Tuesday a draft law exempting pensions lower than 1.200 lei (EUR1=RON 4.3047) from the 16% income tax.

Romanian Senate Votes To Link Child State Allowance To Parents’ Income

14:57, 27 Oct. 2009
Romanian senators adopted Tuesday a legislative initiative setting that state allowances for children would be of 5% to 25% of the minimum wage depending on their parents’ wages.

Romanian Senate Raises Heating Aid Ceiling Back To RON615

14:00, 27 Oct. 2009
Romanian senators Tuesday decided unanimously to raise the ceiling for state subsidy for heating bills to an income of 615 lei (EUR=RON4.2897) per family member after the government had slashed it to RON425 and then pushed to raise it back.

Romanian PM Nominee Klaus Johannis Meets Political Backers In Senate

19:40, 18 Oct. 2009
Romanian Sibiu city mayor and parliament favorite for prime minister Klaus Iohannis said Sunday, upon arriving to Senate, where he will meet with the leaders of the parties that support him, that he came for “an almost working meeting” and he will stablish the steps to be taken next.

Romanian Senate Adopted Tacitly Pension, Wage Amassment Law

13:57, 16 Sept. 2009
The Romanian Senate on Wednesday tacitly adopted a draft law that prohibits the amassment of pensions and wages for retirees who took new jobs in the public sector and their pensions top gross average wage.

Foreign Exchange Offices In Romania Obligated To Display Highlighted Rates, Overall Fees – Draft Law

16:12, 09 Sept. 2009
All foreign exchange offices in Romania are obligated to display the exchange rates together with all taxes involved, according to a draft law improving the Government Emergency Ordinance on consumer protection, which the Senate passed Wednesday.

Romanian Democtrat Liberals Urge Presidential Candidate Geoana To Quit Senate Chairman Position

17:03, 01 Sept. 2009
Romania's Democratic Liberal Party said Tuesday social democrat leader Mircea Geoana should resign from the position of Senate chairman, as he is running for president, and not use public financial resources in his election campaign.

Government Emergency Ordinance On CSAT Vice-Presidency Is Unconstitutional

14:39, 07 Iul. 2009
The Romanian Constitutional Court (CC) decided Tuesday that Government Emergency Ordinance 224, enabling Senate speaker Mircea Geoana to become vice-president of the High Council for National Defense, is unconstitutional.

Romanian Senate Delays Vote On Pension, Wage Amassment Law

13:44, 30 Iun. 2009
Romania's Senate on Tuesday decided to return to the Labor Committee the draft law regulating pensions and salary amassment in the public sector, delaying the vote until the fall.

Romanians Willing To Work Abroad Obliged To Entrust Children To Relatives – Senate

12:39, 30 Iun. 2009
Romanians willing to find a job abroad are obliged to entrust their children, who remain in the country, to a family member, or they will be fined 2,500 lei (EUR1=RON4.2175) up to RON10,000, according to a legislative initiative tacitly adopted by the Romanian Senate.

Romanian Senate Adopts Law Whereby Local Councils Set Max No Of Taxi Licenses

14:37, 24 Iun. 2009
The Romanian Senate adopted on Wednesday a law whereby the maximum number of taxi licenses is to be fixed through a local council decision.

Romanian Senators Vote To Extend Pregnancy Leave To 24 Weeks

13:52, 24 Iun. 2009
Romanian senators on Wednesday adopted, 79 to one vote and one abstention, a draft law extending pregnancy leave to 24 weeks from the current 18 weeks allowed by the law.

Dwellings Bought In “First Home” May Be Sold In First 5 Yrs – Romanian Senate

14:02, 16 Iun. 2009
Romanian Senate's Budget-Finance Committee on Tuesday approved an amendment to the Government Ordinance on “First House” program that eliminates the interdiction to sell the dwelling bought through the program in the first five years since purchase if having the Finance Ministry’s approval.

Romanian Senate Chairman Asks Defense Minister For Explanation On Iraq Withdrawal

14:29, 09 Iun. 2009
Romanian Social Democratic Party president Mircea Geoana said Tuesday that his party has asked fefense minister Mihai Stanisoara to appear before Senate and offer explanations on the withdrawal of Romanian troops from Iraq.

Romanian Liberals To Challenge Senate Head’s CSAT Vice Presidency

14:25, 05 Mai 2009
The Romanian National Liberal Party will challenge, at the Constitutional Court, Government Emergency Ordinance 224 allowing Senate president Mircea Geoana to become vice president of the High Council for National Defense, said liberal MP George Scutaru.

Romanian Senate OKs Decree Regulating Thermal Rehabilitation Program

15:04, 01 Apr. 2009
Works to insulate old apartment buildings will be 50% paid from the state budget, the Romanian senate decided Wednesday, approving a government decree that targets energy efficiency by insulating old buildings.

Romanian Senate Adopted Decree Introducing Holiday Tickets

12:40, 25 Mart. 2009
Romanian senators adopted Wednesday 58 to 16 votes and five abstentions the draft law approving government emergency decree 8/2009 which regulates the granting of holiday tickets to employees.

Romanian Senate Commission OKs Decree Regarding Expropriations For Passageway In Bucharest

13:46, 24 Mart. 2009
The commission for public administration in the Romanian Senate gave the go-ahead to government emergency decree 12/2009 allowing the start of expropriations for the construction of the Basarab Passageway in capital Bucharest.

Romanian Senators Oppose Providing High School Students With Computers

11:48, 25 Feb. 2009
Romanian senators rejected, Wednesday, Government Emergency Ordinance no. 168/2008, which provided each high school pupil with a desktop computer, destined for home use.

Romanian Senate Sets Its ‘09 Budget At RON120,582,000

11:30, 04 Feb. 2009
Romania’s Senate voted Wednesday with 85 pros, 7 cons and 4 abstentions its budget for 2009, which amounts to 120,582,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.2971), of which, RON49,960,000 will go to the wage fund and RON22,512,000 to travel indemnities.

Romanian Senate Rejects Telecom Watchdog Setup

19:51, 02 Feb. 2009
Romanian senators on Monday rejected two government ordinances turning communications regulator ANRCTI into National Communications Authority ANC and bringing the telecom authority under the premier’s control.

Romania’s Senate Validates New MP Mandates

10:52, 19 Dec. 2008
The Romanian Senate validated in its plenary meeting Friday morning, by majority of votes, the mandates of its members elected in the parliamentary polls on November 30.

Romanian Leftist Head To Become National Defense Council VP – Sources

13:37, 11 Dec. 2008
Within the negotiations between the Romanian social democrats and democrat liberals, social democrat leader Mircea Geoana managed to impose the amendment of the Law governing the High Council for National Defense, eyeing the vice-presidency of the council, sources within the party told MEDIAFAX.

Bucharest Electoral Office Concludes Senate Votes Count

18:41, 01 Dec. 2008
The final results in the elections for the Senate, announced Monday at 1600 GMT by the Bucharest Electoral Office, revealed that Ecaterina Andronescu (PSD+PC) obtained 48.82% of votes, Cristian Radulescu (PDL) 48.32%, and Dan Voiculescu 44.88%.

Partial Results: Social Democrats-33.99%, Democrat Liberals-33.79%, Liberals-18.49% For Senate

14:16, 01 Dec. 2008
Romania’s alliance between social democrats and conservatives obtained 33.99% of voters’ preferences for the Senate, followed by the Democratic Liberal Party with 33.79% and liberals with 18.49%, following the counting of votes in 92.73% of polling stations countrywide by GMT 1200.

Partial Results: Democrat Liberals -34.67 %, Social Democrats-33.36%, Liberals-18.18% For Senate

10:21, 01 Dec. 2008
Romania’s Democratic Liberal Party obtained 34.67% of voters’ preferences for Senate, followed by the alliance of social democrats and conservatives with 33.36% and liberals with 18.18%, following the counting of votes in 71.06% of polling stations countrywide by GMT 0600, the Central Election Office said.

Romanian Senate’s Labor, Education Commissions Reject Delay Of Teachers’ Pay Hike

11:49, 10 Nov. 2008
The Romanian Senate’s labor and education commissions adopted Monday 14 to three votes a report rejecting the government ordinance which puts off a 50% wage increase for staff in education.

Romanian Senate Legal Commission Fails To Enact Report On Delay Of Teachers’ Pay Hike

15:51, 04 Nov. 2008
The commission for legal matters in the Romanian Senate failed to adopt a report Tuesday rejecting or approving the government ordinance which puts off a 50% wage increase for staff in education.

Romanian Senate To Debate Act Putting Off Teachers’ Wage Hikes Next Monday

11:39, 04 Nov. 2008
Romania’s Senate Standing Office decided Tuesday that the Government Emergency Ordinance postponing the 50% increase in teachers’ wages until April 1, 2009 would be debated in its plenary meeting next Monday.

Romanian Senate Committees To Debate Teacher Pay Hike Delay Next Week

14:28, 31 Oct. 2008
Romanian Senate secretary Ivan Cismaru told MEDIAFAX Friday that, after publishing in the Official Gazette, the Government Ordinance postponing the increase of salaries in education will be analyzed by the Senate special committees, and the plenary vote will probably be cast on November 10.

Romanian Senate To Debate Teachers’ Wage Hike Postponement ASAP – Opp Leader

15:44, 29 Oct. 2008
Romania’s leftist opposition leader Mircea Geoana said Wednesday after a meeting with unions in the education sector that the Senate will debate on the government ordinance postponing teachers’ wage hikes until April as soon as it is published in the Official Gazette.

Romania Senate Adopts Ordinance On Former Secret Police Files

13:55, 29 Oct. 2008
Romania’s Senate on Wednesday passes a draft law adopting government emergency Ordinance granting access to one’s own file from the communist era and disclosing the activity of former secret police Securitate.

Romanian Senate Votes For Next Year’s Budget, Worth RON146.439M

13:06, 29 Oct. 2008
Romanian senators Wednesday voted by majority of votes the budget of the Senate for next year, which amounts to 146.439 million lei (EUR1=RON3.7370), of which RON128.173 million will go to staff expenses and to the wage and bonuses fund.

Romanian Senators OK Creation Of New Commission In Charge Of Revolutionary Certificates

13:31, 21 Oct. 2008
The Romanian Senate adopted Tuesday an amendment to the law on gratitude toward martyr heroes of the 1989 Revolution, creating a new commission to certify the authenticity of revolutionaries’ certificates.

Romanian Senators Drafted 2009 Budget, Eye More Money Than Fin Ministry Proposed

16:50, 07 Oct. 2008
Romania senators will benefit, starting 2009, from an integrated application of economic, logistic and human resources management worth 800,000 lei (EUR1=RON3.9277), and an air purifying device for the plenary meeting hall worth RON250,000, according to the Senate's 2009 budget draft.

Romanian Senate Decides To Grant Indemnities To People Persecuted On Ethnic Grounds

15:29, 30 Sept. 2008
Romanian senators adopted Tuesday a legislative initiative granting indemnities to people persecuted on ethnic grounds between 1640 and 1945, regardless of whether they were living in Romania or Romanian territories temporarily occupied by other states at the time of expulsion or deportation.

Romanian Senators Want To Offer Free Milk To Pvt School Kids As Well

12:13, 30 Sept. 2008
Romanian senators enacted, Tuesday, an amendment to a Government Ordinance stating that the “milk and bagel” program, offering free dairy and bread products to school and preschool children, could be brought to private schools as well.

Romanian Senate Rejects High School PC Project

13:55, 17 Sept. 2008
The Romanian Senate Wednesday rejected 52 to 14 votes and four abstentions the draft law approving Government Emergency Ordinance no. 87/2008, offering desktop computers to ninth and tenth graders, to be used at home.

Romania Senate: Magistrates To Appoint Chief Prosecutors, Not President

19:30, 16 Sept. 2008
Romanian Senate on Tuesday approved an amendment to Law 303/2004, which stipulates chief prosecutors of national departments fighting corruption and organized crime, along with their deputies are to be appointed by the High Council of Magistrates, not the head of state.

Romanian Far-Rightists To Take Senate Vice-Presidency

15:02, 02 Sept. 2008
Romanian Senate chairman Nicolae Vacaroiu said after the Senate’s Standing Office meeting that the new roster of the Office will be voted in Senate Tuesday afternoon, through secret electronic vote.