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Romania: Education unions decide to block academic year

2010-03-10T17:44:58Z

Bucharest, March 10 /Agerpres/ - The leaders of the Free Trade Unions Federation in Education at a meeting here on Wednesday decided to continue the protests up to blocking the end of the academic year, Federation chairman Aurel Cornea announced (...)

Romania: President Traian Basescu arrives in Japan

2010-03-09T16:48:58Z

Tokyo, March 9 - AGERPRES Special correspondent Irinel Mica reports: President Traian Basescu and his wife Maria arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday, on the first day of the president's official visit to Japan, at the invitation of His Imperial Majesty (...)

Romania: Danube continues to swell

2010-03-09T15:44:56Z

Bucharest, March 9 /Agerpres/ - The Danube River on Tuesday reached a flow of 13,412 cubic metres per second and a level of 576 centimetres, 18 cm past the alert levels, having risen by 2 cm over the past 24 hours, in the eastern city of Galati, (...)

Romania: Press review - March 9

2010-03-09T09:16:58Z

Bucharest, March 9 /Agerpres/ - Romania's national dailies of Tuesday give main coverage to rail workers being made redundant and the risks of awarding them redundancy payments; Senate Chairman Mircea Geoana likely to lose his office under an (...)

Romania: President Basescu invites parliamentary parties to consultations

2010-03-08T18:07:41Z

Bucharest, March 8 /Agerpres/ - President Traian Basescu has invited the parliamentary parties to take part in consultations on the modification of the constitution and on this year's legislative priorities, the President's Office said on (...)

Romania: President Basescu pays official visit to Japan

2010-03-08T17:09:28Z

Bucharest, March 8 /Agerpres/ - President Traian Basescu will pay an official visit to Japan on March 9-11 on an invitation from His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito, the President's Office announced on Monday.

Basescu is (...)

Romania: Unemployment rate rises to 8.3%t in February

2010-03-08T15:48:33Z

Bucharest, March 8 /Agerpres/ - The unemployment rate was 8.3 in February, up from 8.1 percent in this January and from 4.9 percent in February of 2009, the National Employment Agency announced on Monday.

There were a (...)

Romania: Danube's flow further above flood levels

2010-03-08T15:25:10Z

Bucharest, March 8 /Agerpres/ - The Danube's flow is further above the flood levels in its sector in Teleorman (country's south), for which an orange hydrology warning code was issued, without much change from Sunday.

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Romania: UPDATE Leonard Orban is appointed presidential adviser for European affairs

2010-03-08T13:36:51Z

Bucharest, March 8 /Agerpres/ - President Traian Basescu on Monday signed the decree on appointing Leonard Orban to the position of presidential adviser for European affairs within the Presidential Administration.

Code Yellow advisory of snowfalls and blizzard in southern Romania

2010-03-08T11:15:43Z

Bucharest, March 8 /Agerpres/ - The National Weather Forecast Administration (ANM) on Monday morning issued a new code yellow advisory of wind strengthening, snowfalls and blizzard, valid from Monday, 6:00 pm, to Tuesday night, 9:00 pm.