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EXCLUSIVE: Romanian Opposition Drafts Bills To Cut Number Of Lawmakers, Ban Political Migration

Romania’s opposition Social Liberal Union will forward the Parliament Wednesday three bills lowering the number of lawmakers to 300 from 471, banning political migration and regulating parliamentary elections.

Romania To Include Cogeneration Aid In Household Light Bills – Sources

Romania’s household energy bills will grow by 4.5% come April 1, following the introduction of a contribution supporting low-emissions energy producers.

Romanian President Traian Basescu Says Won’t Sign Tax-Lowering Bills Into Laws

Romanian President Traian Basescu said Monday evening on public television that he won’t sign into laws the bills lowering VAT on food and exempting small pensions from income tax.

Romanian President Pledges Not To Promulgate Two Controversial Bills

Romanian President Traian Basescu promised International Monetary Fund officials he will not promulgate the bills reducing the value added tax on basic foods to 5% and lifting the income tax off pensions lower than 2,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.2643), people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX Thursday.

Romanian Ruling Party Lawmakers Say They Voted For Lower VAT On Food, Tax-Exempt Pensions By Mistake

Lawmakers of Romania’s ruling Democratic Liberal Party said Wednesday they voted in favor of two bills that lack government support by accident and will move to have them annulled.

Over Three Quarters Of Romanians Pay Bills Directly With Service Providers – Poll

Over three quarters of Romanians go to service providers' pay desks to pay their bills, while almost one third use bank services, including ATMs or internet banking, according to a survey conducted by GfK Romania.

Romania PM: Bills Slashing Public Spending Are Constitutional, Govt Awaits Court Ruling

Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc on Thursday said the bills slashing public spending, for which the Government asked the lawmakers’ confidence vote, are constitutional and the Executive expects the Constitutional Court ruling on their constitutionality.

Romanian Lawmakers To Pass Fiscal Responsibility Law In March, Pensions Bill By June – IMF

Romanian authorities agreed with the representatives of the International Monetary Fund that the Parliament would approve the fiscal responsibility law in March while the pensions law would be approved by June, Jeffrey Franks, chief of the IMF mission to Bucharest, said Wednesday.

Half Of Romanian Pharmacies Can’t Pay Debts To Medicine Suppliers, Budget

About half of Romanian pharmacies risk not being able to pay their debts to medicine suppliers and the state budget by the end of the year, after the government gave health insurance houses six months to pay their bills instead of three, the Romanian Pharmacists’ College said Wednesday.

Tens Of Tenants In Bucharest Protest Against Huge Utility Bills

Tens of tenants in Bucharest’s district "Constantin Brancusi" protested on Saturday against triple utility bills they paid in January, saying they had to cover network losses.

Romanian Ed Ministry’s Unpaid Bills Worth RON1,200B To Be Included In ’08 Budget Def

The leaders of Romania’s governing coalition decided that last year’s unpaid bills worth 1,200 billion lei (EUR1=RON4.2314) belonging to the Education Ministry will not be paid from the 2009 budget, and will be included in last year’s budget deficit, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX.

Bucharest Citizens Might Be Spared A Cold Winter As Heating Debts Could Be Covered

The director of Bucharest heating distributor RADET, Virgil Ramba, told MEDIAFAX that heating will not be cut in Bucharest this winter, as City Hall and the Government are currently “making efforts” to pay RADET’s debts to ELCEN, the country’s largest thermal energy producer.

Romania’s BCR Bk, Enel Romania Sign Pact On ATMs Bills Payment

Romania’s largest lender Banca Comerciala Romana, or BCR, and Enel Romania, the local unit of Italian utility Enel SpA (EN), signed an agreement based on which the company’s clients in the western and southeastern counties of Banat and Dobrogea, respectively, could pay their bills at BCR’s ATMs.

Romanian Parliament May Annul Social Gas Fund

The Romanian Parliament may annul the social gas fund established earlier this year based on an agreement with Romania’s gas producer Romgaz Medias and the country’s largest vertically integrated oil company Petrom, aiming to provide financial support to 850,000 families for paying gas bills.

Gas Bills Should Rise 10% In 1Q – Distrigaz Sud

Natural gas prices for end-users should rise 10% in the first quarter of 2008, if the methodology set up by Romanian energy watchdog ANRE, comes into force, gas distributor Distrigaz Sud, majority-owned by French utility Gaz de France, said Tuesday.