The Labour Ministry in Bucharest has announced the minimum guaranteed social pension has increased from 400 to 520 lei, as of March 1. The measure benefits over one million people.
A roundup of the week's main stories
The Romanian film “Ana, mon amour, directed by Călin Peter Netzer, has won the Silver Bear at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival for Outstanding Artistic Contribution.
The Grindeanu Cabinet remains in power after Parliament on Wednesday voted against the no-confidence motion filed by the right-wing opposition.
The Romanian Parliament is to debate and approve the bills on the state budget and social security budget for 2017.
The the Romanian Justice Ministry will hold a public debate on the highly controversial draft emergency orders that grant collective pardon and amend the criminal codes.
The draft budget for 2017 is to reach Parliament for debates by January 25th.
After snowfalls and blizzards, Romania is now in the grip of extreme cold.
Romanian students will have less homework, under an ordinance of the Education Ministry.
The Romanian military made the final rehearsals for the National Day parade on the 1st of December.
3 in 10 Romanian women face physical, verbal or psychological abuse, says a study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
Romanian president Klaus Iohannis challenges at the Constitutional Court new bill on the elimination of 102 taxes passed by Parliament in October.
The election campaign for the parliamentary elections, scheduled for December 11, has started in Romania/ A 25 km long gas pipeline linking Romania to Bulgaria, the longest in Europe so far, has been inaugurated by the line authorities
