BRD launches the E-Commerce BRD service, which is addressed
to the merchants, the utilities providers and to the authorities from Romania
that have web sites. The payment for the products or services acquired from the
site could be payed with VISA or MasterCard cards. The redactor mentions that
the main advantage for the merchants is the possibility of developing their business
by using a new market, in completely safety.
Alpha
Bank Romania will decrease the interest rates for personal needs in RON
Beginning with February 1st, Alpha Bank Romania will decrease
up to 13% the interest rates for personal needs in RON - Alpha 4ALL -, depending
on the period and on the sum, for sums up to EUR 10,000 or for the equivalent
in RON or dollars.
BCR
created the tax for the inactive accounts management
BCR created the tax for the inactive accounts management. So, the
clients that don't activate their accounts for three months will pay an account
management tax of 15 euros. The tax is applied only for those who have surface
accounts.
Raiffeisen
Bank decreased the interest rate applied to the mortgage loans
Raiffeisen Bank increased the maximum period of real estate mortgage
loan repayment in RON and decreased the interest rate applied to the mortgage
loans. At the loans in RON for personal needs not called, with real estate guaranty,
the interest is 12.9% per year, and the annual real interest, for 24 months,
is up to 14.05%. The maximum sum is no more limited and the longest period accepted
was increased from 15 at 20 years.
Volksbank
decreased the interests for the real estate loans
Volksbank decreased the interests for the real estate loans and for
the loans for personal needs and for the auto loans with 0.5%. Raiffeisen, Alpha
Bank and HVB Bank " relaxed the loaning conditions ''. With this measures is
trying to decrease the supplementer costs caused by the increment of the minimum
currency reserves rate, imposed by BNR.
The
Executive approved the technical and the economical indicators for the
highway Bucharest-Constanta
The Executive approved the technical and the economical indicators
for the section Cernavoda-Constanta from the highway Bucharest-Constanta, situated
on the European route IV. The project will be financed from an external loan
given by the European Investment Bank and from the budget of the minister of
transportation, construction and tourism.
The
Government established the base of the public loaning
The Government established the base of the internal public loaning
at 9,600 millions RON and also the external public loaning at EUR 4,300, for
2006. The unused sum from one type of public loaning can be used for increasing
the other.
In
2006, the monitored state companies will lay off 25,717 employees
The Government established that the monitored state companies will
lay off 25,717 employees, in 2006. The majority of the personnel reductions will
be made by firings. The government decided, that, in 2006, the salary fund of
these companies doesn't have to exceed a maximum limit of 4.55 billions Lei.
MEC
will support the regional development project Luna Ses-Negresti-Oas
loan Codrut Seres, the minister of economy and commerce (MEC), declared
that MEC will support the regional development project Luna Ses-Negresti-Oas,
project sponsored from PHARE and local funds. The project aims the public investment
attraction in order to realize some infrastructure workings that will encourage
the North - West area development.
The
companies Calsonic Kansei Japan, Egger Austria and Moser Baer India invest
on the Romanian market
The representative of the Japanese company Calsonic Kansei
announced that they want to invest EUR 100 millions for the construction
of a factory producing auto components in the industrial park from Ploiesti.
Egger Austria wants to invest EUR 210 millions in a factory of wood processing
from Suceava. The Indian company Moser Baer intentions to allocate EUR
300 millions in a factory of CDs from the Giurgiu county. The Romanian
laws regarding the investments do not allow individual help from the state
for these companies.
The
GTC group signed a partnership agreement in order to enter on the Romanian
real estate market
The GTC group, which wants to invest 200 millions dollars in the
Romanian real estate market, signed a partnership agreement with Aura Investments
Ltd from Israel. The partnership regards the creation of a mixed company, designated
to manage projects on the Romanian market. The mixed market will build in Romania
a network of 30 commercial centers.
Facilities
given to the investors from the areas with high unemployment
According to the proposals of the Romanian Agency for Foreign Investments
(ARIS) in order to complete the project regarding " The Investment Law '', the
help from the state will be offered to the investors that will have three main
purposes: the regional development, the jobs creation in the areas with high
unemployment and the stimulation of the advanced technological infusion. Among
the facilities there is also the subvention for lands and buildings.
The
Government changed the law regarding the written culture promotion
The Government changed the law regarding the written culture promotion.
The law obligates the local authorities to include in their budgets funds for
sponsoring the publications, the translations, the book acquirement and the season
tickets at magazines for the public libraries, the scholarships. Also, the decision
introduces the National program for the book acquiring and for the magazines
season tickets, in order to upgrade the public libraries collections.
On January 30th, Cristian Diaconescu, the spokesmen of PSD, declared
that " PSD demands the Tariceanu Government to quit ''. Diaconescu mentioned
that the Government " lost its credibility '', because of " the corruption at
high levels ''. Also, the spokesman declared that, among the proposals for the
PSD status modification, is the obligation that those members that " have justice
problems '' must self-suspend from the party and from the public functions.
Emil
Boc, the president of PD, will solicit the party to maintain the
opinions regarding the law of the National Minorities
On January 30th, Emil Boc, the president of PD, declared that will
solicit the party to maintain the opinions regarding the law of the National
Minorities. Boc mentioned that the purpose of this proposal is the elimination,
from the law content, of the formula " territorial council of the cultural autonomy
''.
