Daniel Badea

The average net nominal wage decreased by 1.9% in May 2021, compared to the previous month, to 3,492 lei, while the gross nominal average wage amounted to 5,695 lei, by 109 lei (-1.9%) lower than in the previous month, shows data published on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

The National Meteorological Administration (ANM) on Wednesday issued a Code Yellow alert of atmospheric instability, for today, in eleven counties, respectively a Code Yellow of a heatwave, targeting ten other counties, in the next three days.

Ammonia concentration in Targu Mures was well below the allowed limit, between 01:00hrs and 07:00hrs, the Ministry of the Environment, Waters and Forests (MMAP) wrote on Wednesday on Facebook. The details came after an explosion followed by a fire at the Ammonia 3 plant of the Azomures chemical works on Tuesday night around 01:00hrs.

The economy of the European Union (EU) is expected to advance 4.2% this year, and against this backdrop, Romania's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) returned its levels of before the COVID-19 pandemic, together with Estonia, Ireland and Lithuania, at the end of the first quarter of 2021, said on Tuesday presidential adviser Cosmin Marinescu at the National Recovery Forum.

The National Weather Administration (ANM) issued on Tuesday an unstable weather warning valid nationwide in Romania during the day, and a heat warning valid mainly in the western, south-west and southern areas throughout Sunday.

The National Weather Administration (ANM) issued on Monday a Code Orange of heavy rain warning valid through Tuesday morning in seven counties in Romania, and a Code Yellow of showers in other seven counties.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) hasy signed an agreement with the Government of Romania for the hosting of the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022 (PP-22) in Bucharest, Romania's National Communications Administration and Regulation Authority (ANCOM) reported in a press statement released on Thursday.

Nearly two thirds of Romanians (62 pct) living in the urban environment could move to the countryside, in the next one or two years, but the number one condition to make this step is a good internet connection, show the results of the Vodafone Institute's Digitising Europe Pulse survey published on Wednesday.

A project dedicated to the river Danube evaluates three types of scenarios to identify in view of restoration naturally floodable areas of the river and its main tributaries, the Romanian Waters National Adminisration (ANAR) informs, on the occasion of the International Danube Day, marked each year, on June 29.

Activity in the construction, retail and services sectors is seen increasing in the next three months, while the headcount in the respective fields will rise moderately, shows data released on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).