The Government has approved the Law on the establishment of European minimum wage, which ensures the transposition into national law of Directive (EU) 2022/2041 of 19 October 2022 of the European Parliament and of the Council on adequate minimum wage in the European Union, the Ministry of Labour announced on Friday.According to the cited source, the draft law is to be submitted for adoption by the Romanian Parliament as a matter of urgency.The European minimum wage is also envisaged under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Milestone 392, according to which the national gross minimum wage guaranteed for payment will be set on the basis of an objective mechanism based on a clear formula, in consultation with the social partners."The adequacy of this minimum income implies that the wage should not be less than 50% of the gross average wage. In addition, the draft law means strengthening the role of trade unions and employers," said Simona Bucura-Oprescu, minister of Labor and Social SolidarityIt is also envisaged that Directive (EU) 2022/2041 will apply to all categories of employees, regardless of whether they work under an employment relationship, a special employment relationship (agency contract, management contract, sports activity contract, etc.) or a service relationship.The draft law also provides for the adoption of an action plan to promote collective bargaining, to increase employees' access to collectively negotiated wage rights and to protection coverage through collective bargaining or collective agreements.
Romania’s statistics office confirmed the 1.6% GDP growth (+1.2% y/y under the chain-linked volume or CLV methodology used by Eurostat) for the third quarter of the year (Q3), half of which was the result of outstanding activity reported in construction. The positive base effects in agriculture (weak crops last year) and marginal improvement in industry […]
Ciprian Ciucu, the Liberal (PNL) mayor of District 6, secured more than 36% of the votes in the December 7, 2025, partial local elections, earning him the position of Bucharest’s new general mayor. The victory marks a significant step in his political career that began 25 years ago and has steadily moved from local administration...
Update: After the counting of the almost 590,000 votes cast in Bucharest, Liberal (PNL) candidate Ciprian Ciucu won the elections for general mayor with 36.1% (over 211,000 votes), holding a lead of more than 14 percentage points over the runner-up. Anca Alexandrescu (21.94%), the candidate...
The exit polls published on Sunday, December 7, at 9 PM, give Ciprian Ciucu as the winner of the elections for Bucharest's new general mayor. The candidate backed by the center-right National Liberal Party won 32.7% of the votes, over 6% ahead of Daniel Băluță, who was backed by PNL’s coalition partner, the Social Democratic […]
Close to 1.8 million Bucharest residents are expected to cast their ballot on Sunday, December 7, to elect the city's next mayor. The post has been vacant since Nicușor Dan was elected president this May. He had secured a second mandate as mayor of Bucharest in June 2024, having won over 48% of the votes. […]
I am a bit late to the party, but I have thoughts (and concerns) on Radu Jude’s much talked-about Dracula, and even more thoughts (and compliments) on other films that I fear might have gone under the radar a bit. Let’s go! There is no more recognizable marketing asset for the local tourism (and no […]
