Romania

Citizens ask e-government project to use open source and standards — published on Apr 19, 2010

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Two hundred Romanians have signed a petition urging Gabriel Sandu, the Minister for Communications and Information Society, to support open source software on e-government projects. They also ask him to use open standards and to make government data public electronically.

Groups in eleven EU member states participate in Document Freedom Day — published on Mar 23, 2010

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In at least eleven EU member states, groups promoting the use of open standards and open source software, are preparing for Document Freedom Day, 31 March. With workshops, presentations and demonstrations, they aim to make computer users aware of open formats for electronic documents. Many groups will focus on public administrations and governments.

RO: 'Vendor independence not a political issue', open source groups say — published on Mar 17, 2010

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Free and open source enthusiasts in Romania say their politicians are not yet interested in fighting for vendor independence.

RO: Government promises to study benefits of open source next time — published on Jun 30, 2009

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The next time the Romanian government needs to renew proprietary software licences, it will consider the benefits of open source, minister of Communications and ICT Gabriel Sandu says in an interview published by the Romanian financial newspaper Ziarul Financiar on 15 June.

RO: Universities start embracing open source software — published on Jun 04, 2009

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Romanian universities are increasingly turning to open source software, resulting in increasing numbers of students attending the annual conference on free and open source software, eLiberatica, the organisers announced.

RO: Proprietary licence deal draws ire open source proponents — published on May 26, 2009

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The Romanian government is about to spend millions of euro on proprietary software, drawing flak from the country's budding open source movement. "This government is out of touch with reality."

RO: Protests over parliament website blocking non-Microsoft users — published on Feb 19, 2009

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Romanian open source users want the parliament's website to work with all browsers and on all operating systems.

RO: Annual open source conference to involve government — published on Feb 10, 2009

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The organisers of the biggest annual conference on open and free software in Romania, eLiberatica, are trying to get more government representatives to attend.

RO: Information scientists start regional Open Standards portal site — published on Jun 30, 2008

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Kosson, a group of Romanian Information Science specialists is launching a regional peer network to promote Open Standards and Open Source software.

RO: OpenID and mobile phones to provide access to e-Gov services — published on Jun 03, 2008

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Romania wants to combine OpenID and mobile phones to provide six million citizens with access to electronic government services.

RO: Open Source to create tools and material for teachers — published on Oct 23, 2007

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Teachers in Romania are increasingly using Open Source software and Open Source based applications to create e-learning opportunities, says the Romanian IT company Timsoft. Its Open Source e-learning application is already being used by some seventeen schools.

RO: Romanian public libraries to use Open Source — published on Sep 25, 2007

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Romanian public libraries can now use an Open Source library system for managing book loans and reservations, searching catalogues, managing library assets, maintaining a website and general administration.

RO: Successful Open Source conference 'should inspire government' — published on Aug 16, 2007

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The success of Romania's first major Open Source event held last May should entice the government to consider developing policies to promote this type of software. The conference is to be held again next year.

RO: Parliament drops plans for 100 dollar MIT Laptop — published on Mar 26, 2007

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The Romanian parliament earlier this week scrapped plans to purchase the "One Laptop Per Child". The OLPC-laptop is an initiative of Nicolas Negroponte, founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The computer uses only Open Source software.