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Average monthly income 5,302 lei in Q3, expenditures 83.8 pct
The total monthly average income per household stood at 5,302 lei in the third quarter of last year, and the total expenditures reached, on average, 4,444 lei per month/per household, accounting for 83.8% of the total income level, show the data of the National Institute of Statistics (INS), published on Monday.
GCS: Bucharest - 106,567 cases of infection with SARS-CoV-2 since the beginning of pandemic
Most cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection have been recorded, since the beginning of the pandemic and until now, in Bucharest - 106,567 and in the counties of Cluj - 31,520 and Iasi - 28,610, according to data reported, on Friday, by the Strategic Communication Group (GCS).
Tennis: Simona Halep will be quarantined in Adelaide before the Australian Open
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep will be in quarantine for 14 days in Adelaide, along with the other three players in the top three spots of the professional tennis world rankings, including Serbian Novak Djokovic and Spanish Rafael Nadal, before travelling to Melbourne to take part in the Australian Open, the organizers were quoted as saying by Reuters.
Minister Nasui: I believe state-owned companies need to be massively reformed
State-owned companies need to be massively reformed and only those people with whom the reform should be carried out, Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism Claudiu Nasui told on Thursday evening private TV broadcaster Antena 3. "I know dignitaries who were not present in any Board of Directors. Even I was a councilor and I was not present in any Board of Directors.
PM Citu: In 2020 we halted collapse of economy generated by health crisis; there will be solid growth in 2021
Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Thursday that in 2020 the collapse of the economy generated by the health crisis was halted and "the fastest recovery in history after a period of crisis" was generated, adding that in 2021 there will be a solid growth. "In 2020 we halted the economic downturn caused by the health crisis and generated the fastest recovery in history after a period of crisis.
68 migrants, found crammed into truck in Nadlac II Customs; Turkish driver, prosecuted
A truck carrying 68 migrants, including 11 children, was stopped at the Nadlac II Border Crossing Point on Wednesday to Thursday night, when the driver was trying to leave the country. He is to be prosecuted for migrant smuggling.
UDMR deputies and senators: Vaccination, only way to end pandemic
The Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) deputies and senators are encouraging citizens to take advantage of the possibility to get vaccinated, because this is the only way to end the pandemic and return to normal life, a Union press release said on Thursday.
Protests in Washington/ MAE - Twitter Message: Capitol Hill violence disquieting and unacceptable
The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) sent a message on Twitter on Wednesday night in the context of the protests in Washington, showing that "Capitol Hill violence is disquieting and unacceptable." "The violence on Capitol Hill in Washington DC is disquieting and unacceptable.
Solidaritatea Sanitara Federation plans protests in Capital and other cities on January 14
The Executive Bureau of the Solidaritatea Sanitara Federation on Tuesday decided to initiate the procedure regarding the organisation of large-scale protests and established the calendar of the first actions of this type, according to a press release sent to AGERPRES.
Epiphany 2021: Patriarch blesses faithful with Agheasma Mare; holy water - only bottled
The Orthodox Church celebrates, on Wednesday, the Baptism of the Lord or the Epiphany, and the liturgical events occasioned by this celebration will take place this year in compliance with the sanitary rules.