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Romanians’ trust in secret services on the rise, Church loses ground

August 13, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanians’ trust in the state security apparatus has been growing while their confidence in the Church and political parties has

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Romania’s Basescu lashes out at Budapest: Hungary has become a regional hotbed of instability

August 13, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romanian President Traian Basescu delivered a virulent speech on August 12 against recent controversial statements by a series of Hungarian

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Romania’s economic growth revised as unemployment reaches three-year high

August 1, 2013August 1, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency IMF, Romania

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised Romania’s economic growth forecast to two per cent this year up from an

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Romania hikes excises to make up for sharp reduction of VAT on bread

July 31, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania will introduce as of September 1 new taxes and increase part of the existing ones in order to counter-balance

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Love thy neighbour? Romanian official angered by Hungarian ‘interference’

July 31, 2013 Attila Leitner of The Budapest Times Hungary, Romania

Romanian Foreign Ministry state secretary George Ciamba has “taken note with surprise” comments by “certain Hungarian officials” at the annual

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Romanian company buys Croatian state railway freight operator

July 24, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, Romania

Grampet Group, a Romanian company, has come out winner in the bidding process for the sale of 75 per cent

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European Commission warns Romania of incoherent financial plan

July 19, 2013July 19, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

The European executive arm has warned Romania its plan drawn up with a view to access EU funds during the

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Romania seeks another two year long stand-by agreement with IMF

July 17, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Romania has successfully concluded its international loan agreements and seeks another two year long preventive arrangement, the Romanian President Traian

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Romanian-Bulgarian trade ‘to surpass three billion euro this year’

July 3, 2013 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Trade between Romania and Bulgaria is expected to total more than three billion euro in 2013, Bronislav Denev, economic advisor

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