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Study: Romanians want to work abroad; almost two million applications for jobs abroad
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Romanians want to work abroad is the conclusion of a study published on Monday by an online recruitment platform, which revealed almost two million applications have been recorded for jobs abroad since the beginning of this year, Germany, the UK and the Netherlands being among the most desired destinations among the candidates for a job in another country than Romania."The jobs that the online recruitment platform eJobs has available abroad gathered almost two ...
Study: 1 out of 3 Romanians is exposed to the risk of poverty and social exclusion
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
A Romanian in three is exposed to the risk of poverty and social exclusion, although Romania en four years have passed since the adoption of the global agenda Agenda 2030 and the Obproposed four years ago to eradicate extreme poverty until 2030, said on Monday the Foundation World Vision Romania. When four years have passed since the adoption of the global agenda Agenda 2030 and the Obproposed four years ago to eradicate extreme poverty until ...
EUSDR-IHC's Avram: Circular economy, far from being actually achieved nationally
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
The circular economy concept is far from being actually achieved at national level, and the absence of the administrative-territorial regions in Romania has allowed the passing of responsibility regarding the waste collection and recycling from the Government to the territory and the reverse, says Sever Avram, general coordinator of the Jean Bart International Honorary Chair in support of the European Union's Strategy for the Danube's Region ...
EU sustains improvements in financial management for third year in a row, say Auditors
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
In its 2018 annual report, published today, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has concluded that the EU accounts present a “true and fair view” of the EU’s financial position. For the third year in a row, the auditors have issued a qualified opinion on the regularity of the financial transactions underlying the accounts. This reflects the fact that a significant part of the EU’s 2018 expenditure was not materially affected by errors and that such ...
Royal House: Queen-Mother Elena re-burial ceremony, mourning for 18, 19 and 20 October
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Queen-Mother Elena's remains are going to be brought home, to Romania, so to be re-buried at Curtea de Arges, alongside her son King Mihai I, the Royal Family announces, scheduling a mourning period of three days on 18, 19 and 20 October."As of today, all of those who wish to lit a candle and lay wreaths in tribute to Queen-Mother Elena may do that in front of the Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest or at Curtea de Arges, in front of the New Archiepiscopal and Royal ...
Bucharest Opera dedicates week's shows to Holocaust victims
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
The Bucharest National Opera (ONB) dedicates its shows this week to the Holocaust victims."The spectators who will take part in the shows 'Samson and Dalila' by Camille Saint-Saens, 'Nabucco' by Giuseppe Verdi, 'Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci' by Pietro Mascagni - Ruggiero Leoncavallo and 'Madama Butterfly' by Giacomo Puccini will have the opportunity to visit an exhibition in the Opera House foyer dedicated to remembering the victims of the Holocaust, with ...
New interim ministers nominated by PM Dancila
Monday, October 7, 2019
PM Viorica Dancila has sent a letter to President Klaus Iohannis proposing new names as interim ministers. The incumbent minister of ...
President Iohannis: After the motion passes, a transition Gov't is needed; I expect total involvement of PNL
Monday, October 7, 2019
President Klaus Iohannis stated on Saturday that, after the censure motion passes in Parliament, a transition Gov't is needed, that should prepare the elections and the budget for the next year, underscoring that he expects "maximum, total, efficient, good faith involvement from the National Liberal Party (PNL) in order to get through this transition period." "The hardship begins now, because we should reset, rebuild Romania together and I am willing to lead ...
Basescu: If the government falls, the biggest chances are that Mrs.Dancila remains interim at least till the presidential elections
Monday, October 7, 2019
The former president Traian Basescu says that he does not exclude the possibility that if the censure motion is voted in the parliament, Viorica Dancila remains the prime-minister interim ‘ at least until the Presidential elections’. În his opinion, ‘it is an illusion’ the idea of some that there would be early elections. ‘ A fall of the Dancila government t diminishes as importance Mrs Dancila, who would ...
Ambassador Klemm: security, democracy and prosperity rely on education
Monday, October 7, 2019
Security, democracy and prosperity of a country rely on education, US Ambassador in Bucharest Hans Klemm stated on Friday. He participated in a meeting that celebrates 50 years of higher education in Sibiu city. The Ambassador stated that, taking into account how precious the Strategic Partnership is for the United States, a democratic Romania is wanted, but also stronger and more prosperous, so that more important things be accomplished ...
Some 7,000 violent criminals reportedly on Romanian streets as 21k inmates were freed through compensatory appeal
Monday, October 7, 2019
Some 7,000 murderers, rapists, burglars are reportedly at large on Romanian streets as some 21,049 inmates have been freed through compensatory appeal introduced by Social Democratic (PSD) government, claims liberal deputy Florin Roman. He used his Facebook page to present data resulting from an official reponse he has received from the Justice Ministry at his request. He says the number of inmates freed before due time based on rules imposed by the PSD government is up by ...
Some 500 troops in CONCORD 19 interinstitutional exercise
Monday, October 7, 2019
Approximately 500 troops from the Ministry of National Defence (MApN), the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI), the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), the Protection and Guard Service (SPP) and the Special Telecommunications Service (STS) participate, for one week, in the CONCORD 19 interinstitutional exercise in Covasna and Harghita counties, as well as in Bucharest.According to the Ministry of Defence, it represents an interinstitutional training stage, led by ...
US nominates Poland for entry into the Visa Waiver Program, Romania still on the waiting list
Monday, October 7, 2019
US nominates Poland for entry into the Visa Waiver Program, Romania still on the waiting list The US Department of State has formally nominated Poland for entry into the Visa Waiver Program, president Donald Trump announced on Friday, October 4. “This is an important step in continuing to increase economic, security, cultural, and people-to-people connections between our two nations. Now that Poland has ...
PM Dancila: Budget revision, next Friday
Monday, October 7, 2019
The budget revision is going to be approved next Friday, when the gov't will gather in sitting, on Sunday said Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, in eastern Husi."The budget rectification will take place (next) Friday. We will have a gov't sitting (next) Friday, we will have the budget rectification and a lot of pieces of legislation long awaited by the entire country," the premier said in Husi.Viorica Dancila declared herself confident that the censure ...
BNR governor Isarescu: Romania seriously affected by asymmetric shocks if it switched to euro now
Monday, October 7, 2019
If Romania were to switch to the euro now, it would be seriously affected by asymmetric shocks, and this is why it chose the middle path in its efforts to adopt the European single currency, considering that a real convergence of 70 - 75 percent - compared to the current 61 percent - is critical for this step, governor of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) Mugur Isarescu on Friday told the Bucharest Security Conference, an event organised by the National University of ...
Eurostat: Romania, among EU states with the highest current account deficit, in 2nd quarter of 2019
Monday, October 7, 2019
14 EU member states recorded current account deficits in the second quarter of 2019, with the highest ones recorded in the UK (minus 27 billion euros), Ireland (minus 26.5 billion euros), France (minus 3.9 billion euros), Finland (minus 3.6 billion euros) and Romania (minus 3.4 billion euros), according to data published on Friday by the European statistical office Eurostat.Overall, EU 28 recorded a current account surplus of 40.9 billion euros in April-June 2019 ...
Tezaur program:Retail government securities with interest rates between 3.5 and 4.5 pct as of Monday
Monday, October 7, 2019
The Finance Ministry is launching on Monday new retail government securities under the Tezaur Program, with interest rates ranging from 3.50 to 4.5 percent per annum, depending on maturity.According to the issue prospectus published in the Official Journal, the face value of a security is 1 RON; one-year securities carry an interest rate of 3.50 percent per annum, those with a two-year maturity - 4 percent, and those with a three-year maturity - 4.5 ...
IN Q II 2019, THE TOTAL MONTHLY AVERAGE INCOME OF THE POPULATION PER HOUSEHOLD WAS 4764 LEI
Monday, October 7, 2019
The total monthly average income was, in nominal terms, 4764 lei per household and 1838 lei per person in Q II 2019. In Q II 2019, the total monthly average expenditure of the population was 4049 lei per household (1562 lei per person), accounting for 85.0% of the total income Total household monthly income in Romania in Q2 2019 averaged out at 4,764 lei, on total average ...
CCIR: Romania-Vietnam Business Forum
Monday, October 7, 2019
Romania can and we hope that it will be perceived by the Vietnamese entrepreneurs as a hub for the trade in the European Union (EU) area, Counselor on Foreign Affairs of the President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CCIR) Lazar Comanescu said at the Romania-Vietnam Business Forum held in Bucharest."In the past three years, the Romanian-Vietnamese relations saw an upward trend, very intense really. This meeting in Bucharest takes places in a ...
The 9th edition of CERT-RO Annual International Conference, October 7 and 8, în Bucharest
Monday, October 7, 2019
The Romanian National Computer Security Incident Response Team (CERT-RO) is organizing, on October 7 and 8, the 9th edition of the Annual International Conference, under the tagline "New Global Challenges in Cyber Security - #CERTCON9".The event, organized in Bucharest, will gather 200 experts in the field of cybersecurity, government officials and political stakeholders, as well as representatives of private companies in all sectors and industries, NGOs and ...