Parliament adopts Finance and Environment budgets as gov’t demanded
The Romanian Parliament adopted on Monday the budgets of the Ministry of Finance (MFP), the Ministry of Labour and Social…
The Romanian Leu recovers, following the repeal of Ordinance 13
The Romanian Leu recovered strongly on Monday, February 6th, following the weekend decision of the government to repeal Ordinance 13,…
Manufacturers require abandoning a fire safety norm that would eliminate polystyrene from thermal insulation of buildings
The manufacturer of building materials AdePlast, on behalf of all local producers of polystyrene, calls on the government and the…
Minister of Economy: The period of risk in the energy sector continues
The Minister of Economy Alexandru Petrescu warns that the period of risk in the energy sector is not finished yet,…
MOL aims to become the third largest fuel retailer in Romania
The Hungarian oil group MOL wants by 2017 to hold the third largest network of filling stations in Romania, with…
Governments can reshape the energy business: they are the biggest users (Walt Patterson)
In our energy system we treat electricity as a commodity, which is sold by the unit, writes Walt Patterson, Associate…
Government extends deadline for Tarniţa – Lăpuşteşti project until after elections
###author### Government decided to extend the deadline for submission of tenders for hydroelectric project Tarniţa with almost a month, it…
Large consumers association wants the green certificates cut to be applied immediately
###author### The members of the Association of Big Industrial Energy Consumers (ABIEC) salute the decision of the European Commission (EC)…
Ponta: “The pole tax”, down to 1%
Prime Minister Victor Ponta said that he discussed with Finance Minister Ioana Petrescu, about the reduction of special construction tax…
The decrease of the green energy costs for industry mustn’t press the consumers
###author### Government of Romania adopted on Wednesday an exemption of 40 to 85% for large industry players from the payment…
Electrica goes for between 435 and 543 million euro from privatization
###author### Government approved on Wednesday the privatization of 51% of Electrica. Although initially, according to the statements of the members…
FIC: Special Construction Tax will create major distortions, it should be reviewed
Foreign Investors Council (FIC) argues that the introduction in the current form of a special construction tax, known as the…
Azomureș may shut down in two weeks due to high gas prices
Azomureş General Manager,Mihai Aniței, says that it is necessary for the Government to intervene indirectly to subsidize major gas consumers,…