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Bechtel: We need about 300 million euros this year to resume works on Transilvania motorway American company Bechtel plans to continue building Transilvania motorway if the necessary funds will be made available, Bechtel communication manager Bogdan Sgarcitu told HotNews.ro. According to him, the main impediment is the Romanian 2010 state budget, which did not insure that funds will (...) EC proposes to extend Romania's deficit cut deadline by one year The European Commission (EC) proposed to the European Union Council to extend by one year (namely 2012) the deadline for Romania's endeavour to cut the budget deficit under 3% of the GDP, having in mind the unexpected effects of the recession, a communiqué of the European institution shows. (...) Unemployment rate reaches 8.1%. Private sector laid off 4.5 times more than public sector Mehedinti - 14,5% (south-west), Vaslui 13,5% (east), Alba - 13,4% (central-west) are the Romanian counties with the highest unemployment rate, while Bucuresti (2,4%), Ilfov -2,6% (south) and Timis - 4,4% (west) record the lowest rate, a Romanian National Employment Agency (ANOFM) communiqué (...) American dealer claims to sell in the US electric cars assembled in Romania on Dacia patterns A piece of news from an American newspaper, Des Moines Register, has attracted big interest online. The owner of a company that used to sell Chrysler found a solution to get him out of the crisis brought by the economic environment: he'll bring from Romania electric cars put together in (...) Romanian Finance minister: Hopes for Romania to shift to a precautionary IMF agreement Romanian Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu hopes that Romania can shift from a stand-by loan agreement to a precautionary agreement with the IMF in the near future. This would indicate that the Romanian economy has recovered, according to Romanian news agency (...) ANRE report: Natural gas consumption dropped 15% against 2008 Natural gas consumption in Romania dropped 15% on a national level in 2009 in comparison with 2008: from 15.5 billion cube meters (165 million MWh) in 2008 to 13.2 billion cube meters (140 million MWh), according to a Romanian Energy National Regulation Authority (ANRE) report. The drop was (...) Moscow press: Romania turned into American defence border Romanian President Traian Basescu's statement according to which Romania is ready to host elements of the American missile shield on its territory triggered a negative reaction from Moscow, Nezavisimaia gazeta reads. Not only makes it more difficult to discuss the cut of strategic arms, but (...) South and South-East Romania, buried in snow After heavy snowfalls and strong wind, the week in Romania starts with 16 national roads closed to traffic due to unfavourable weather conditions. The most dramatic situation occurred in Dambovita (south), Giurgiu (South), Arges (South), Ialomita (South) and Buzau (south-east) counties. The (...) What the newspapers say: February 8, 2010 Romania’s become "global intelligence leader", the country of all services. Elsewhere in the news, retirement meant to cover unemployment, moving money from pensions to cover budget holes, the low retirement ages and the "shameless pensions" have thrown the system into (...) Le Monde: gypsy beggars invade Geneva, fleeing discrimination in Romania Romanians Stela, aged 42 and her 17 year old daughter, Simona arrived from Aiud, West Romania to Geneva to beg - the French daily Le Monde starts an article about gypsies fleeing Romania to beg.