George Coman

Romania submits to European Commission all extended components of its recovery, resilience plan

The Ministry of European Investments and Projects (MIPE) has submitted to the European Commission all the extended components of Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), and minister Cristian Ghinea will discuss them in Brussels, April 12-16 April.

MediaSind, UB's Journalism, Communication Sciences Department team up to support hiring students, graduates

The Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences (FJSC) with the University of Bucharest and the (SRJ) MediaSind trade union of Romanian journalists signed on Monday a partnership under a project called "From Student to Entrepreneur." The project aims to provide FJSC bachelor's and master's degree students of the opportunity to learn about the demands of the labour market, an increased abil

Foreign tourists visiting Romania in February 2021, down 61pct; Romanians' departures abroad fall by 59pct

International tourist arrivals in Romania registered at the border points decreased by 61% in February 2021, y-o-y, to 289,400, and the departures abroad of Romanian tourists fell by 59% to 544,500, according to data with the National Institute of Statistics (INS) released on Friday.

Unionist Radoi: Subway protests are about salary cuts, layoffs, nothing to do with commercial spaces

The subway protests were organized as a result of the dissatisfaction of trade unionists caused by Metrorex's [the Bucharest subway company - editor's note] to reduce employees' salaries and lay off staff and has nothing to do with the situation of the commercial spaces, the head of the Unitatea - Sindicatul Liber din Metrou (USLM) trade union, Ion Radoi, told AGERPRES on Friday.

Drula: Only law enforcement authorities can clear metro tracks from these illegals

Law enforcement authorities must restore order in the metro traffic, because only such authorities "can clear the tracks from these illegals," Transport and Infrastructure Minister Catalin Drula said on Friday. "I urge the authorities responsible for law enforcement to restore order and resume metro traffic.

Finance Minister, British Trade Minister discuss attracting foreign investments to Romania

Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare met on Thursday with Greg Hands, Minister of State for Trade Policy in UK's Department for International Trade, who is in Bucharest for talks with Romanian state officials and representatives of the Romanian business environment on stepping up economic cooperation and UK - Romania trade relations, the Finance Ministry said in a release.

92 pct of Economy Ministry's budget to be spent as aid to private sector affected by pandemic restrictions

A share of 92 percent of the budget assigned to the Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism will be spent on aid granted to private companies affected by the restrictions imposed for reigning in the pandemic, the Ministry said in a release.

'Solidaritatea Sanitara' Health Federation slams lack of social dialogue

The government has no social dialogue whatsoever with the health unions, and the only response of the authorities to the multiple grievances of Romania's 'Solidaritatea Sanitara' Union Federation (FSSR) is "be happy there are no wage cuts," co-chairman of the organization's Board of Directors, Radu Vasile, declared on Monday for AGERPRES during the protest organized in front of the Parliament.

INACO's Andreea Paul: Operating budget, not development one, it completely lacks human perspective

The current year budget is an operating not a development one, and it completely lacks the human perspective, chairwoman of the Competitiveness Initiative (INACO) Andreea Paul stated in a debate about the budget on Tuesday. "The human perspective is completely missing from this solely operating budget.

Dragos Preda: EU Cybersecurity Center must adopt zero-trust security model

The European Cybersecurity Center must use the zero-trust concept, which is imperative and highly topical in cybersecurity, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Dragos Preda told a debate on digitization today. "The zero-trust concept implies total distrust, permanent verification.

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