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Public money as a union claim
If there is an element of judgement sine qua non in the economy that is ignored with hypocrisy and hatred by trade unions in Romania, this is labour efficiency. They don't care if the compan...
Draught causes damages worth over 4,000 billion lei
The Agriculture and Food Ministry (MAA) requested the Government to grant it an additional 1,740 billion lei, to cover irrigation expenditures, as the draught has affected over 40 percent of...
Vodafone pushes ahead with a substantial float
Vodafone AirTouch is expected to launch one of the biggest flotations on the Milan stock market this year, issuing up to 49 percent of Infostrada, the Italian fixed line telephone and Intern...
Rover back on track after sale
Rover Cars, the loss-making carmaker, has sharply reduced its negative net cash flow following its disposal by BMW of Germany last month. The company, acquired by the Phoenix Consortium of w...
June 13-15, Romania's exclusion from the European game
Ten years ago, the three dark days of Romania began in Bucharest, when police forces and then miners called from Valea Jiului by President Ion Iliescu violently halted manifestations in Piat...
Trade unions and Justice, against salaries based on performance
The first regulation in ten years that was supposed to correlate the level of salaries with labour performance and efficiency in the case of regies autonomes and loss-making state-owned comp...
Suez may be close to merger with Veba and Viag
Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux, the French multi-utility, is thought to be close to a merger with the German power groups Veba and Viag, which are themselves merging to form E.on. Most details are...
PN?CD, in Parliament's memories
The great loser of the local elections is certainly the PN?CD. The Christian Democratic leaders have found various explanations, among which the leading one are the scandals around FNI and B...
President Assad's death - end of an era
Syria's ruling party has officially nominated the son of the late President Hafez al-Assad to succeed the "great lion" who ruled the country for 30 years.The leadership of the Baath Party sa...