Aurelian Colceriu

The second edition of the Gaudeamus Radio Romania Book Fair this year opened on Wednesday in the Council Square in Brasov, with over 30 exhibitors, including prestigious publishing houses in Romania, inviting the public until Sunday to see their offers of books, educational games and music.

Romanians who want higher pay for their work do not ask for any privilege, but only not to take half of their salary to pay all kinds of privileges for the politically connected, says Economy Minister Claudiu Nasui. "When it comes to leaving money to working Romanians, it is a budgetary problem.

 Justice Minister Stelian Ion says a meeting with President Klaus Iohannis on judicial reforms "is absolutely necessary." "We have not had any meeting. (...) We will probably have a meeting moving forward, it is absolutely necessary from my point of view. I have tried and I will continue to try," said Ion before a meeting on Tuesday of the ruling coalition at the Parliament House.

The opening of the school year with in-person instruction will take place on September 13 for all students, and parents may agree or oppose their children over 12 being vaccinated by filling in some forms, Education Minister Sorin Cimpeanu said Tuesday.

Chairman of Romania's National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) Valeriu Gheorghita said on Tuesday that in Bucharest almost 49% of people are vaccinated among the eligible population aged 12 years and over.

Chairman of Romania's National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) Valeriu Gheorghita said on Tuesday that Romania is in the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Delta variant of the virus is about to become dominant in the country.

Head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU) Raed Arafat announced on Tuesday that he had a video conference with emergency department workers to prepare them to deal with a larger number of patients suspect of or confirmed with COVID-19.

Romania's National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) has reported that in the last 24 hours, 11,690 doses of the Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines were administered, 7,838 first doses and 3,852 second doses, according to data provided on Monday by the National Public Health Institute (INSP) on the National Electronic Register of Vaccinati

Unemployment in Bucharest City levelled out at 1.2% in July, 2021, with 14,745 unemployed registered with the Bucharest Employment Agency, of whom 7,895 women, according to a press statement released on Monday. Out of the total of 14,745 registered unemployed, 3,557 were drawing unemployment benefits, and 11,188 were not.

Romania has been and will continue to be a firm supporter of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and remains firmly committed to the implementation of a non-recognition policy of Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea, Romania's Prime Minister Florin Citu told the opening in Kiev on Monday of a summit for the release of the Crimea Platform.