Moldova signs controversial memorandum of cooperation with the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union.
VAT for Romanian travel agencies, likely to be slashed to 9%.
The National Bank of Romania has revised upward its inflation rate forecast for the end of this year from 1.1% to 1.4%
2016 brings additional fiscal measures, such as raising the minimum wage in May, and lowering the VAT from 24 to 20%.
At minus 1.9% in August, the annual inflation rate reached a new low in the last 25 years.
A new Fiscal Code bill was endorsed by Senate on Tuesday
A slash in the VAT for foodstuffs came into force on June 1 in Romania.
A look at the headline-making events this past week
The reduction of the VAT for foodstuffs proposed by the Romanian government was approved by senators.
A roundup of the week's main stories
The draft Fiscal Code, tabled by the Government of Romania, was endorsed by the Senate on Monday and is next to the discussed in the Chamber of Deputies
After being submitted to public debate for one month, the new draft Fiscal Code and Fiscal Procedure Code are high on the agenda of the Romanian...
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said he would call on the Senate to apply an emergency procedure for the debate on and passing of the new Fiscal Code and the Fiscal Procedure Code.
