LONDON (Standard&Poor's) Sept. 5, 2006--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today it revised its outlook on the Republic of Romania to positive from stable, on the structural economic and institutional improvements driven by the framework of EU accession. At the same time, the 'BBB-' long-term and 'A-3' short-term foreign currency and the 'BBB' long-term and 'A-3' short-term local currency sovereign credit ratings on Ratings information is available to subscribers of RatingsDirect, the real-time Web-based source for Standard&Poor's credit ratings, research, and risk analysis, at www.ratingsdirect.com. It can also be found on Standard&Poor's public Web site at www.standardandpoors.com; under Credit Ratings in the left navigation bar, select Find a Rating, then Credit Ratings Search. Alternatively,
