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PM Citu: PNRR, just one source of funding gov't projects; deficit to narrow below 3pct in 2024
Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Thursday evening that the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) is just one source of funding for the projects that the Romanian government has undertaken. He was asked, on Digi 24, about the government as 13 billion euros under PNRR are grants and 16 billion euros are loans. "That's not a problem.
Gov't approves National Strategy to prevent and combat anti-Semitism, xenophobia, radicalization and hate speech
The Government has approved the National Strategy and associated Action Plan to prevent and combat anti-Semitism, xenophobia, radicalization and hate speech, said Alexandru Muraru, honorary advisor to the Prime Minister, special representative of the Government for the Promotion of Memory Policies, Combating Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia.
HealthMin Mihaila: COVID-19 death toll report verification board recommends updating tolls on Corona-Forms
The board that has verified the way of reporting COVID-19 deaths in Romania recommends updating the data on the Corona-Forms platform, Health Minister Ioana Mihaila said on Thursday. She told a news briefing that the Corona-Forms platform is the source of daily information communicated publicly by the Strategic Communication Group, the official novel coronavirus communication task force.
Balkan Migrant-Smuggling Business ‘Worth €50m a Year’: Report
The migrant-smuggling business in Western Balkan countries is worth at least 50 million euros a year, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime NGO said in a report published on Monday.
Discrimination against LGBT Costs Dear to Eastern Europe
Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people costs Eastern European countries almost 2% a year in economic growth, a coalition of dozens of global companies promoting LGBT+ inclusion said on Tuesday (27 April).
JusMin Ion: In no country operating on sound principles can state pension exceed salary
Justice Minister Stelian Ion said on Monday that a state pension should not exceed the amount of a wage in any country that operates on sound principles. The statements were made after a meeting with Labour Minister Raluca Turcan and representatives of the judiciary on the issue of magistrates' state pensions.
President Iohannis on Romani Day: A tolerant and open society must reject racism, xenophobia
A tolerant and open society is based not only on the development projects undertaken, but also on the ability to reject hate speech and to condemn firmly any instance of racism or xenophobia, President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday in a message to International Romani Day celebrated on April 8.
PM Citu: Equitable access to health entails existence of functional health system, also solidarity and responsibility
Prime Minister Florin Citu sent a message on World Health Day, in which he shows that physicians and all health personnel are "the true heroes of this period" and thanks them for all their effort, emphasizing that "equitable" access to health entails the existence of a functioning health system, but also "solidarity and responsibility" on the part of everyone, "citizens and representatives of t
President Iohannis urging Romanians to get vaccinated as significant number of doses expected
President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday that Romania will receive a significant number of COVID-19 vaccine doses moving forward, adding that consequently the vaccination campaign could speed up. "Here is the solution that will allow us to stop the pandemic and regain the normal life that we have missed so much. It's called a vaccine!
Romanian COVID-19 Protesters Defy Curfew for Third Night
Several thousand Romanians took to the streets of Bucharest and other cities for the third night in a row to protest against government COVID-19-related restrictions they consider abusive, arbitrary and harmful for the economy and freedom.
President Iohannis: Violent manifestations, extremism, xenophobia, intolerable and completely unacceptable
President Klaus Iohannis says protests are natural in functional democracies, but stresses that violent demonstrations, extremism, xenophobia are intolerable and completely unacceptable. "Romania is a functional and mature democracy, in which the free expression of opinions is guaranteed.
PM Citu on bill dismantling SIIJ: We'll attempt a change in the Senate
Prime Minister Florin Citu declared on Friday at the end of the government meeting that he further wants the bill on the abolition of the Section for the Investigation of Judicial Crimes (SIIJ) to clear Parliament in a form close to the one approved by the government and that a change to this effect will be attempted during Senate debates.
President Iohannis on Hungarians Everywhere Day: By cultivating interethnic memory we consolidate a strong, prosperous society
On Monday, President Klaus Iohannis addressed a message on the occasion of the Day of Hungarians Everywhere, in which he showed that by cultivating interethnic harmony, a "strong" and "prosperous" society will be consolidated.
International Women’s Day Marked in Southeast, Central Europe Despite Pandemic
Women in many countries in Southeast and Central Europe staged rallies on Monday, marking International Women's Day, opposing violence and discrimination and highlighting the important role women are playing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UPDATE 2021 state budget, state social insurance budget laws, promulgated
President Klaus Iohannis promulgated on Monday the state budget law for 2021, the Presidential Administration announced. The head of state also promulgated the law on the state social insurance budget for this year. According to the Presidential Administration, the 2021 budget will allow Romania to develop in key-sectors, which have often been "ignored" in the past.