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The legislative proposal amending and supplementing the Hunting and Game protection Law, currently under public consultation, threatens the existence of dozens of bird species in Romania, warn representatives of the Romanian Ornithological Society (SOR).

The Incoming Romania Association (AIR) welcomes the government's decision to lift the COVID ban on the entry of foreigners to the country. "This is a beneficial measure for all of us and is, in fact, the signal for the resumption of international tourism in Romania.

The National Forest Fund registered an increase of approximately 0.2% in 2020, compared to the previous year, while the volume of harvested wood increased by 4%, according to data published on National Institute of Statistics (INS). As of December 31, 2020, the forest fund area was 6,604,206 hectares (+11,976 hectares as compared to 2019), of which the forest area totaled 6,449,417 hectares.

The experts of the International Monetary Fund estimate a strong economic recovery in Romania in 2021, with an advance of the real Gross Domestic Product of 7 percent, specifying, however, that some unexpected negative changes in the evolution of the pandemic might put this forecast at risk, show the conclusions published following the assessment mission of the Romanian economy.

The consolidated general budget deficit has gone up to 1.81% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), after four months in this year, with a significant growth from the first three months, when the budgetary execution ended with a deficit of 1.28% of the GDP.

The National Council of Contestation Settlement (CNSC) registered in 2020 a number of 2,983 of formulated contestations by economic operators, rising by 6.2%, in comparison with the previous year, and the value of established irregularities within the public acquisition procedures rises to 4.9 billion Euro.

Privately-run companies must be part of the solution to fight cybercrime, and co-operation between the public and private sectors is needed to combat the phenomenon, Director General of the Romanian National Cyber Security and Incident Response Team (CERT-RO) Dan Cimpean told a specialist conference on Thursday.

The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (MMPS) announced on Monday evening that there is no intention to eliminate early retirement or to increase the minimum contribution time to 35 years. MMPS clarifications come after information in the public space alleged government's intention to increase the minimum contribution time and to repeal early retirement.

The National Union of Road Hauliers in Romania (UNTRR) request the intervention of French and European authorities, as well as the involvement of the Romanian Government in order to protect the professional drivers, as well as the vehicles that transport freight to the United Kingdom of Great Britain, based on the increase of immigrant attacks on road transporters.

The annual inflation rate is expected to rise visibly above the upper limit of the target range in the second half of this year, to 4.1% in December 2021, compared to the previous forecast's 3.4%, according to the minutes of the monetary policy meeting of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) Board of Directors on May 12, 2021.