





Parliament adopts 2009 Education budget
MPs passed the budget by 203 votes for and 57 against. No Liberal amendments were adopted. According to one of the admitted amendments, some 20,210,000 Romanian Lei were allocated for fundamental research and research-development.
1,000,000 Romanian Lei were allocated to the subventions for students dorms and cantines and 95,000 Romanian Lei to the Cluj Universitary Sports Club at the proposal of Democrat Liberal senator Ion Ariton.