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ForMin Aurescu advocates stronger US economic presence in Romania
Friday, January 22, 2021
Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu had an online discussion on Thursday with representatives of the leadership of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), advocating on this occasion a stronger American economic presence in Romania and also asking for AJC's support for Romania's inclusion in the Visa Waiver program, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a release.Minister Aurescu tackled Romania's foreign policy priorities, the perspectives of the Romania - US ...
Gov't: Disabled, homeless people and new categories of employees - in phase 2 of vaccination
Friday, January 22, 2021
The Government established by the decision to amend Government's Decision 1.031 / 2020, on the approval of the Vaccination Strategy against COVID-19 in Romania, that persons with disabilities and their companions, as well as homeless persons enter the phase 2 of vaccination, together with the elderly aged over 65, the chronically ill and employees in essential fields.Also, in the decision approved on Wednesday by the Executive, new categories of employees in ...
Senate chairwoman met the new French ambassador to Romania
Friday, January 22, 2021
The Senate chairwoman, Anca Dragu, received the ambassador of the French Republic to Romania, Laurence Auer, who is in a presentation visit, to whom she addressed congratulations for being appointed in this position and wished her good luck in fulfilling the mandate of head of French diplomatic mission in Bucharest.Within the meeting there were several topics on the bilateral agenda at the level of the parliamentary and economic cooperation, where the ...
Decisive Moments in Romania’s History: “The Small Union” of 24 January 1859
Friday, January 22, 2021
By Dr. Ion I. Jinga I believe that the knowledge of the past facilitates the understanding of the present and helps anticipate the future. As a teenager, one of the books that fascinated me was “Decisive Moments in History” (1927), by Stefan Zweig, a widely translated and most popular writer in the world in the first half of the 20th ...
Government debt reaches 44.4 pct of GDP at the end of November 2020
Friday, January 22, 2021
Public administration debt (government debt) totaled, at the end of November last year, 463.963 billion lei, respectively 44.4% of GDP, compared to 373.6 billion lei (35.3% of GDP) at the end of 2019, according to data centralized by the Ministry of Finance.Of this, the amount of 16.42 billion lei represents the short-term debt, and the rest indicates the medium and long-term debt.Most of this debt, respectively 398.662 billion lei, was ...
PwC Romania: Two thirds of companies will apply fiscal facility for employees working from home
Friday, January 22, 2021
Two thirds of respondents to a survey organized by PwC Romania among business representatives say they will apply the fiscal facility for employees working from home introduced in the Fiscal Code, the consulting company mentions. Over half of respondents (56%) consider that recent amendments made to the Fiscal Code are meant to help companies and the facility to be applied by 67% of companies has ...
Free access on Sunday to museums, memorial houses under Bucharest Municipal Museum care
Friday, January 22, 2021
Access will be free, on Sunday, the Day of the Union of the Romanian Principalities, to all the museums and memorial houses, which are part of the Bucharest Municipal Museum.According to a press release of the Bucharest Municipal Museum on Thursday , the entrance will be free on Sunday at the Sutu Palace, Filipescu-Cesianu House, "Theodor Aman" Museum, "George Severeanu" Museum, "Frederic Storck and Cecilia Cutescu-Storck" Museum, "Ligia and Pompiliu ...
President Iohannis congratulates Biden, Harris on Inaguration Day
Thursday, January 21, 2021
President Klaus Iohannis offered congratulations to US incoming President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris."Congratulations to President Joe Biden and to Vice President Kamala Harris. I am convinced that together we will continue to develop and deepen the Strategic Partnership to the benefit of our peoples and to work in the true spirit of transatlantic values," Iohannis wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.Joe Biden and Kamala ...
Bucharest Emergency Situations Committee could decide relaxation of anti-COVID measures late this week
Thursday, January 21, 2021
The Emergency Situations Committee of Bucharest could be convened in a meeting at the end of this week and could propose the adoption of a decision to relax the sanitary measures in the Capital, taking into account the decrease in the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 cases."It is gladdening that today we had an incidence rate of 2.96 per thousand. In the next 48 hours we will monitor the incidence rate, the degree of infection and in the fortunate situation, which we ...
FinMIn Nazare: Recovery and Resilience Facility is best proof of EU's ability to deliver concrete, operational results
Thursday, January 21, 2021
The Recovery and Resilience Facility is the best proof of the European Union's ability to learn from past lessons and deliver concrete and operational results despite the current crisis conditions," Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare told the meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) on January 19, 2021.According to a Finance Ministry release, the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility was one of the main items on the ...
