After several days of negotiations, the
\ngovernment and the representatives of trade unions and employers’ associations
\nin Romania agreed to raise the minimum monthly wage to around 276 euros
\nstarting on May 1st 2016, a trade union leader has been quoted as
\nsaying. A final decision in this respect is expected tomorrow after the
\ngovernment’s last meeting of the year. With a gross minimum monthly wage of 230
\neuros a month, Romania is in the last but one place in the European Union,
\nfollowed only by Bulgaria. Luxembourg has the highest minimum wage, with more
\nthan 1,900 euros a month, while in Germany and France the minimum wage exceeds
\n1,470 euros, according to Eurostat. <\/p>\n
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One prime minister,
\n4 former ministers and 20 current and former MPs from across the political
\nspectrum are among the persons indicted for corruption in Romania in 2015, says
\nthe National Anticorruption Directorate. According to preliminary estimates,
\n2015 saw the largest number of dignitaries prosecuted compared with previous
\nyears. The conviction rate in anticorruption cases has remained at 90%.
\nRomania’s president Klaus Iohannis said recently that 2016 must be a year of
\nchange through a renewal of ideas, practices and politicians, something that
\ncannot be achieved without eradicating corruption. <\/p>\n
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Two persons suspected of planning terrorist
\nattacks in Brussels on New Year’s Eve have been arrested by the Belgian
\nauthorities. The terrorist threat level has been raised to 3. Germany and
\nAustria are also on alert, following an announcement by the Austrian police on
\nSaturday that it received a warning from a friendly foreign secret service
\nabout possible attacks in several European capitals in the period between
\nChristmas and New Year’s. Moscow’s Red Square, a traditional place for New
\nYear’s Eve celebrations, will this year be closed to the public on the evening
\nof the 31st of December for fear of terrorist attacks. <\/p>\n
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67 journalists have
\nbeen killed in the world in 2015 because of their profession, according to a
\nreport published by the Reporters without Borders non-governmental
\norganisation. The most dangerous countries for journalists are Iraq and Syria,
\nwhere 9 journalists were killed in each of them, followed by France, where 8
\njournalists were killed in February in an attack on the Charlie Hebdo
\npublication. 27 bloggers and 7 media contributors were also assassinated,
\naccording to Reporters without Borders. The organisation says a total of 110
\npersons were killed in 2015, a figure which also includes suspicious deaths,
\ncompared with 66 in 2014. Reporters without Borders also deplores the fact that
\nthe circumstances in which many reporters were killed are still not clear. <\/p>\n
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Romania is among the top 16 up-and-coming travel
\ndestinations in 2016 in a classification made by the CNN together with travel
\nexperts. Central Romania, we find from the station’s website, is engulfed in
\nthe soaring Carpathian mountain range, filled with green groves and ski and
\nhiking trails for adventure-heads. The website also mentions the Danube Delta,
\nin the south-east of the country, which is home to many protected species and
\nwhich can be explored by boat. The city of Cluj Napoca, in the west, is
\ndescribed as a hotly-tipped future art scene. Other top destinations in
\nRomania recommended by the CNN are Transylvania’s vast and varied landscapes,
\nwhere tourists can also visit the Bran Castle, linked to Bram Stoker’s
\nfictitious character Dracula. <\/p>\n
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Temperatures are
\ndropping in Romania, not exceeding 8 degrees Celsius today. Snow has been
\nreported in the mountains. After some wonderful weather around Christmas, with
\n15 degrees Celsius, the weather will start to cool, dropping to minus 10 around
\nNew Year’s. Temperatures will stay low until January 3rd, especially
\nat night and in the morning, in the centre, north and some areas in the south.<\/p>\n
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