EDUCATION The government’s new salary offer for teachers will be
\npresented to unions in an expedited procedure, so as to allow teachers to
\ndecide on whether to continue the strike, the education union leaders announced
\nat the end of Wednesday’s negotiations. The government proposed a monthly gross
\nEUR 200 payment to teaching staff and EUR 80 for non-teaching staff in the
\nsector. An emergency order will also be passed, allowing entry-level teachers
\nto have a starting salary equal to the national average gross wage. The all-out
\nstrike in Romanian undergraduate education has reached its 10th day. <\/p>\n
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MOLDOVA The Republic of Moldova Thursday hosts the European
\nPolitical Community Summit, attended by 50 heads of state and government. The
\nEuropean Commission is represented by its president Ursula von der Leyen and
\nthe EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. The most important subjects on the
\nagenda of the summit are security, stability and cooperation in Europe. Also attending will be the
\npresident of Romania, Klaus Iohannis. On
\nTuesday, the EU Council decided to double the macro-financial aid for the
\nRepublic of Moldova from EUR 150 to 295 million.<\/p>\n
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POLICE On Wednesday in Romania prison officers protested salary
\nlevels and the working conditions. Penitentiary police workers say they work
\nextensive extra hours in order to make up for personnel shortages, and oppose
\nthe planned increase of retirement age in the sector. Trade union
\nrepresentatives had a meeting with the justice minister, who said the dialogue
\nwas constructive and promised that the rights of prison officers will be
\nrespected. C\u0103t\u0103lin Predoiu added that in the following two years at most, up to
\n2,000 officers will be recruited in order to fill the vacancies in the penitentiary
\nsystem.<\/p>\n
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CHAMPIONSHIP The 2023 World Rescue Championship takes place in
\nCraiova, southern Romania, between June 1 and 4. This is the largest such event
\nof the International Canine Federation, with more than 60 search and rescue
\ndogs taking part, from 10 countries (Austria, Belgium, Estonia, France, Italy,
\nJapan, Romania, Slovenia, Ukraine and the Netherlands). The world’s top 19
\nteams will compete in various sections, including surface search for missing
\npersons, obedience and dexterity, and search for victims in the rubble.
\nCraiova is the first city in the world to have organised five World Rescue
\nChampionships (2009, 2016, 2021, 2022, and 2023). <\/p>\n
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GRAIN EU agriculture ministers meeting in the AGRIFISH council have
\nnot managed to unblock 100 million euros worth of aid for farmers affected by
\nUkraine’s export of cheap grain. Romania is one of the five countries that may
\nbenefit from the aid and it stands to receive around EUR 30 million. The
\nEuropean commissioner for agriculture Ianusz Wojciechowski gave assurances that
\nthe aid will be unblocked and the situation monitored. He said he was not in
\nfavour of using the EU budget to buy Ukrainian grain to be supplied to the
\nworld food programme because the cost would be three times that of the cereals
\nthemselves. He believes the money would be better used, in the long term, to
\nimprove the infrastructure, for example that of Romania, and said he would have
\ntalks in this regard with the European commissioner for transport and
\ninfrastructure Adina V\u0103lean.<\/p>\n
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TENNIS The only Romanian
\nathlete left in the Roland Garros competition, Irina Begu, Wednesday defeated
\nItaly’s Sara Errani, in 2 sets, 6 – 3, 6 – 0. On Tuesday, Sorana Cirstea was
\nkicked out of the competition by another Italian player, Jasmine Paolini. Also
\non Tuesday, the Canadian athlete Bianca Andreescu won against Victoria
\nAzarenka (Belarus) in 3 sets. (AMP)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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