WELFARE As of today,
\nthe pension point in Romania has increased by 12.5% up to 360 euros. The
\nminimum wages are also expected to increase up to 375 euros and the lowest
\nwages in the construction sector will go up to about 800 euros. Starting
\nJanuary 1st, state employees will get a 10% pay rise and the benefits for
\nchildren are to be adjusted to the inflation rate. At the same time the 10
\neurocent fuel subsidy has been eliminated although the government
\npledges to reintroduce it if price hikes are going to exceed the purchasing
\npower. Authorities in Bucharest have maintained the measures of capping and
\nsubsidizing electricity and natural gas. <\/p>\n
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MAE Carrying on the moves for
\nRomania’s accession to Schengen and the OECD as well as supporting the Republic
\nof Moldova’s EU accession are some of the priorities of the Romanian diplomacy
\nin 2023, says the yearly report of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
\nRomania will continue to support the creation of a mechanism for holding
\nresponsible those who committed the aggression in the illegal war Russia is
\npresently waging on Ukraine. As for the country’s NATO membership, the Ministry
\nsays it will promote Romania’s strategic priorities inside the alliance
\nincluding at the upcoming NATO summit in July in Vilnius where the Romanian
\nministry is expected to be pleading for the consolidation of the NATO
\ndeterrence and defence posture on its eastern flank in view of defending
\nnational security and in the Black Sea area, as an area of strategic importance
\nfor the Euro-Atlantic security. The report also mentions the moves to get
\nRomania into the Visa Waiver programme. As for the states in the region, the
\nministry says that Romania will continue to actively provide multidimensional
\nassistance and support to the neighboring Ukraine and support the European and
\nEuro-Atlantic orientation of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia. <\/p>\n
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EU On January 1st
\nSweden took over from the Czech Republic the presidency of the EU Council and
\nfor six months will be playing a key-role of leader and mediator inside the
\nbloc. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has reviewed some of the main
\nissues, which are to be addressed such as the war in Ukraine, the fight against
\nclimate change and Europe’s competitiveness. Sweden’s priorities are focusing
\non a ‘greener, safer and more free Europe’, Kristersson says. Ulf Kristersson
\nand his cabinet are quite unknown on the European stage as his conservative
\ngovernment came to power more than nine months ago after it had replaced the
\nSocial-Democrats led by Magdalena Andersson. <\/p>\n
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\nbelievers, who are a majority in Romania, on January 1 celebrate St. Basil the
\nGreat, whose name is born by 600 thousand Romanians. St. Basil lived in the 4th
\ncentury and used to be a bishop in Caesarea, a city in modern-day Turkey. During
\nthe 9 years of his mandate as a bishop, St. Basil proved to be a great
\ntheologian, a defender of the Orthodox faith, a good organizer of the monastic
\nlife and the social activity inside the church. It was the first bishop who built
\nhospitals and asylums for the poor and the underprivileged. <\/span><\/p>\n