June 16, 2023 UPDATE
A roundup of domestic and international news
Newsroom, 16.06.2023, 19:05
Strikes. Unionists of the national airline TAROM have threatened to launch a strike unless they receive a 15% salary raise. The Ministry of Transport has agreed to operate an 8% salary increase, provided this loss-incurring company is restructured. Also, representatives of the Sanitary Solidarity Federation on Thursday staged protest rallies near medical units across the country, calling for salaries and benefits in line with regulations in force and the relaunch of vacancy-filling contests in the healthcare system. Union representatives say that unless their claims are heard and solutions are found, they will be organizing a work-in strike on June 27 and starting July 1 they will go on all-out strike. We recall that the strike action in the public education system was suspended on Monday after the Government pledged its commitment to raise salaries and provide bonuses to employees in the system.
Education. The Ministers of Education, Labor and Finance will meet, on Tuesday, in Bucharest, with the representatives of the education unions to start discussions on the salary grid in education, which is to be found in the new Salary Law, government sources say. On Friday, the new Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu had a meeting with trade unionists in the field. On Thursday, in the first meeting of the new government, Ciolacu announced the reduction of basic food prices and the decrease of inflation as priorities.
Agency. The Romanian government adopted, in the first meeting after Thursdays investiture, the emergency ordinance establishing the National Sports Agency. It will be led by a president with the rank of secretary of state and two vice-presidents and will be subordinated to the Government, under the coordination of the prime minister. The decision takes place following the abolition of the Ministry of Sports. The normative act has already been published in the Official Gazette.
Regulation. Starting this Friday, the daytime running lights is mandatory on all categories of public roads in Romania. Until now, the rule only covered traffic on highways, expressways and European national roads. The measure has been common practice abroad for years. Failure to comply with the obligation is sanctioned with a fine between 60 and 90 euros and with two penalty points.
Economy. The basis for the construction and operation of an economic model for Romania should be that of the European Union, and the authorities in Bucharest should take measures to balance the internal supply with the internal demand – said the Governor of the Romanian National Bank, Mugur Isărescu. He has called on entrepreneurs, those who support the economy, and researchers in the field to express themselves publicly, in order to contribute to improving the quality of information that circulates in society.
Visit. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Dorin Recean, is paying a formal visit to Bucharest on Saturday, government sources say. The Moldovan official will meet with his Romanian counterpart, Marcel Ciolacu. The Romanian Prime Minister in turn is expected to pay his first external visit to Germany, where he will hold talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Opera. The Bucharest Opera Festival is taking place in the Romanian capital starting Friday. The first performance in the program is “The Marriage of Figaro”, by Mozart – a premiere of the Bucharest National Opera, made in co-production with the Tel Aviv Opera. During the 9 days of the festival, opera lovers will have the opportunity to see as many reference productions of the opera, ballet, operetta and musical repertoire, staged by some of most important opera theaters in the country and abroad. (MI)
