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Parliament approves state of alert
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Parliament on Wednesday passed a decision approving the establishment of a state of alert in Romania, 372 to 37 and seven abstentions."It is hereby approved the state of alert and the measures established by Government Decision No. 394 of May 18, 2020 declaring the state of alert and the measures applied during it to prevent and combat the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, published in the Official Journal of Romania Part I, No. 410 of May 18, 2020, in accordance ...
GCS: COVID-19 death toll rises by 3 to 1,147
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Three more persons infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the COVID-19 death toll thus reaching 1,147, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Wednesday. These are two men and one woman aged between 47 and 71. A number of 196 of new cases of persons infected with the novel coronavirus were recorded in Romania since the last update, the total number of cases thus reaching 17,387, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on ...
Romanian air police escorted 4 Russian aircraft flying close to NATO airspace
Thursday, May 21, 2020
The Romanian air forces have conducted an air police mission to escort four Russian aircraft that flew, on Tuesday, over the Black Sea, close to the NATO airspace."Yesterday [Tuesday - ed.n.] there was an air police mission conducted by the Romanian, Bulgarian and Turkish forces, as four Russian aircraft had a flight path near the NATO airspace. They never entered the NATO airspace, the Russian forces were at all times in the international air space," said, on ...
Liberals want local elections in September-October and parliamentary elections in December
Thursday, May 21, 2020
The Liberals consider that the local elections will take place at the end of September, the beginning of October, and the parliamentary elections, on schedule, in December. According to some sources, the National Liberal Party (PNL) leader, Prime minister Ludovic Orban, told the Liberals gathered in the meeting of the National Political Bureau, held in video-conference system, that he wants the local elections to take place at the end of September, the beginning of October, ...
PSD threatens Govt. with no-confidence motion
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Opposition leader, Marcel Ciolacu, reiterated his party's intention to file a no-confidence motion against the Liberal Government of prime minister Ludovic Orban. Ciolacu, who is the president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), confirmed in a recent TV statement that "several parliamentary parties" support this ...
President Iohannis fined RON 5,000 for statements regarding passage of Szeklerland autonomy bill
Thursday, May 21, 2020
President Klaus Iohannis was ordered a RON 5,000 fine by the Board of Directors of the National Council for Combating Discrimination (CNCD) for the offense of discrimination and ethnicity/nationality-based violation of the right to dignity.The sanction comes for the President's statements in the context of the tacit adoption, on April 23, by the Chamber of Deputies of the bill on the Szeklerland autonomy.On April 29, in remarks at the Cotroceni Palace, ...
Romania to benefit from European funds worth 3-5 billion euros, through SURE programme
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Prime Minister Ludovic Orban on Wednesday stated that Romania will benefit in the next interval of an amount between 3 and 5 billion euros from the EU, as a result of the approval by the Council of the EU of regulation on the implementation of the SURE programme. "The Council of the European Union has approved a regulation on the implementation of the so-called SURE programme. This is a programme by which the European Union helps the member states, the active ...
COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION on the 2020 National Reform Programme of Romania and delivering a Council opinion on the 2020 Convergence Programme of Romania
Thursday, May 21, 2020
The Commission has proposed Wednesday country-specific recommendations (CSRs) providing economic policy guidance to all EU Member States in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, focused on the most urgent challenges brought about by the pandemic and on relaunching sustainable growth. The recommendations are structured around two objectives: in the short-term, mitigating the coronavirus pandemic's severe negative socio-economic consequences; and in ...
FinMin: Any increase in guarantee ceiling for IMM Invest must be approved by European Commission
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Any increase in the guarantee ceiling for the IMM Invest programme (meant for SMEs) must be approved by the European Commission because this program is a state aid scheme, according to the Minister of Finance, Florin Citu.Citu's reaction was triggered by the adoption on Wednesday by the plenum of the Chamber of Deputies of the Emergency Ordinance on IMM Invest, modifying the normative act so that, for 2020, the total ceiling of guarantees that can be granted under the ...
Eurostat: Inflation in Romania three times as high as EU average
Thursday, May 21, 2020
The annual rate of inflation in Romania dropped in April to 2.3 pct, being three times larger than the EU average, which was 0.7 pct, according to data published on Wednesday by the European Statistics Office (Eurostat).The National Institute for Statistics (INS) informed that the annual rate of inflation dropped to 2.7 pct in April of this year, from 3 pct in March, while food items increased in price by 5.72 pct, services by 3.06 pct, and non-food items by 0.53 ...
EBRD and partners launch SME equity research programme
Thursday, May 21, 2020
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is launching a dedicated research programme in support of the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in selected countries where the Bank invests. Funded by the TaiwanBusiness-EBRD Technical Cooperation Fund, the programme will provide research coverage for a set of SMEs listed on the stock exchanges ...
PM Orban: Depending on epidemic evolution, terraces may reopen, outdoor shows could be resumed as of June 1
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Wednesday evening on the private television broadcaster Realitatea Plus that terraces could be reopened and outdoor shows could be resumed as of June 1."Activities where there is a limited risk of the virus spreading could be resumed. I give you two examples. The terraces. They are outdoors, but with some very thought-out safeguards. Outdoor shows could be resumed. And with a limited number of spectators," Orban ...
Minister Virgil Popescu: Romania did not oppose the signing of a touristic protocol with Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Romania did not oppose the signing of a protocol with Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia regarding the resumption of tourism between the four countries, said on Wednesday Virgil Popesc, the minister o Economy, energy and environment. 'There were discussions, and we said that we will immediately resume them as soon as the parliament approves the alert state. Our Bulgarian, Greek and Serbian colleagues perfectly understood why Romania at present has an alert state which should be ...
Joint statement signed by Labour ministers of Romania, Germany regarding intensification of cooperation in labour market
Thursday, May 21, 2020
The minister of Labour and Social Protection, Violeta Alexandru, and her German counterpart, Hubertus Heil, have signed a joint statement of intention regarding the intensification of cooperation in the domain of the labour market and social policies, announced, on Wednesday, the Labour and Social Protection Ministry."The first thing that I discussed with the minister refers to the way in which the seasonal activity ...
LESS JOB VACANCIES IN THE FIRST QUARTER 2020
Thursday, May 21, 2020
In the first quarter 2020, the number of job vacancies was 41.8 thousand, decreasing by 5.3 thousand as against the previous quarter. The job vacancies rate1 was 0.84%, decreasing by 0.11 percentage points as against the previous quarter. By comparison with the same quarter 2019, the job vacancies rate decreased by 0.34 percentage points and the number of job vacancies ...
Parliament to convene Wednesday to consider state of alert
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Parliament will convene on Wednesday in a joint sitting to vote on a government's decision establishing the state of alert in Romania, according to a decision of a joint meeting of the standing bureaus of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Parliament's plenary sitting is scheduled to start at 15:00hrs, EEST.The standing bureaus approved on Tuesday a letter from Prime Minister Ludovic Orban under which Parliament is informed about Government Decision No.394 / ...
Iohannis warns of more outbreaks if pandemic rules constantly violated
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday that if the rules imposed to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic are "constantly" violated, there will be new outbreaks and a wave of getting sick, asking local authorities to play a "firmer" part in the communities they manage."The virus is still among us. The more we realise that it is everyone's responsibility to follow a few simple rules of prevention, the greater our chances of everyone controlling and ultimately ...
GCS: COVID-19 death toll rises by 11 to 1,141
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
The COVID-19 death toll is reaching 1,141, the Strategic Communication group (GCS) informs on Tuesday. The north-eastern Suceava County and Bucharest further report Romania's first and second-highest numbers of coronavirus infection cases: 3,478 and 1,659, respectively, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informs. Romania has a total of 17,191 people confirmed as infected with the novel coronavirus. As many as 155 new cases of people infected with ...
PSD tables simple motion against IntMin Vela up for vote on May 26
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Social Democratic Party (PSD) floor leader in the Senate Radu Preda told a plenary meeting on Tuesday that his party tabled a simple motion called "Romanian democracy adrift. With a broken sail in a pandemic" against Interior Minister, Marcel Vela using a pun on minister's family name that can also mean sail."In accordance with the provisions of the Regulations, I am hereby submitting the simple motion against Minister of Interior, Marcel Vela, called 'Romanian ...
Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia convene in quadrilateral meeting to discuss travel relaxation
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Bulgaria’s PM, Boyko Borissov has announced that his country plans to lift the quarantine for tourists coming from Greece and Serbia as of June 1, while the Romanian Government has not taken any decision yet to open the borders for his citizens. The Bulgarian PM had a video conference with his Romanian, Greek and Serbian counterparts today. The four prime ministers will also have a meeting face to face on June ...