Rovana Plumb

Victor Ponta's centre-left government in Romania says it has enough funds to raise pensions by 5 per cent rise, starting in January.

The minimum gross monthly salary is to increase from 900 lei to to 975 lei (221 euro) at the same time.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced he will present Romania's steps to promote youth employment at a high-level conference on this topic hosted in Milan by the Italian presidency of the European Council on Wednesday.

There are 287,000 Romanian citizens who are living and working in Germany, thus contributing to the value added of Germany's economy, and in this context, Romania and Germany will sign a memorandum of understanding on supporting the youth, the vulnerable groups and the elderly, Minister of Labour, Family, Social Protection and the Elderly, Rovana Plumb said on Thursday after meeti

The Government has approved the draft laws regarding fiscal amnesty for the pensioners and mothers who have received child benefits and have become debtors not of their own doing, said Labor Minister Rovana Plumb on Tuesday at the Government House.

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Monday evening began an official visit to Israel.

Romania's Labour Minister, Rovana Plumb, encountered both jeers and cheers in Brussels last week when she told a Roma summit that the "integration of Roma people is a longstanding and steady commitment of Romanian government.

"We have achieved some results in combating poverty and offering jobs to people,” she maintained.