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Meeting.<\/strong> Russia is and will
Food. <\/strong>The Romanian agriculture
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Evaluation.<\/strong> The Romanian authorities have welcomed the announcement of
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\nthe bill on the reform of special pensions in the version approved earlier by
\nthe Chamber of Deputies. The document refers to the pensions of magistrates,
\nthe military, diplomats, parliament employees, the staff of the Court of
\nAccounts and those working in aeronautics. The bill provides, among others, for
\na gradual increase in the retirement age from 60 to 65, a minimum of 25 years
\nin the same specialisation for magistrates to be able to benefit from the
\nservice pension and a 15% tax on amounts exceeding the national average net
\nincome. Senate speaker and Liberal leader Nicolae Ciuc\u0103 said the special
\npensions law passed today is essential to ensure a decent, fair and sustainable
\npensions system for the entire society. On Monday, Parliament also passed a
\nbill on the elimination of special pensions for senators and deputies. The
\nreform of the special pensions system is requested under the National Recovery
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\nwent up to 2.32% of GDP after the first five months of the year, from 1.72% at
\nthe end of April, the finance ministry said today. Budget revenues stood at
\nover 197 billion lei, up by 10.4%, while expenses amounted to 234 billion lei,
\nup 17.3%. This year’s budget is based on a budget deficit level of 4.4% of GDP.<\/p>\n
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\ncontinue to be the most direct and immediate threat to Euro-Atlantic security.
\nThis is why we must be prepared to respond and provide the necessary support to
\nUkraine, as well as to our most vulnerable partners, especially the Republic of
\nMoldova, said Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis in The Hague after a meeting
\nto prepare the NATO summit in Vilnius next month. Given Romania’s geostrategic
\nposition, we are particularly interested in consolidating the eastern flank in
\na coherent and unitary manner. At the meeting in The Hague, which was attended
\nby seven allied states on the eastern and northern flank, NATO secretary
\ngeneral Jens Stoltenberg gave assurances that the alliance is constantly
\nstrengthening its presence on the eastern flank. He also said it was too early
\nto speculate about the consequences of the movement of the Wagner troops to
\nBelarus, but emphasised that NATO is ready to defend itself against any threat.
\nWe have sent a clear message to Moscow and Minsk that NATO is there to protect
\nevery ally and every inch of NATO territory, Stoltenberg also said. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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\nministry is today publishing a bill aimed at decreasing the price of food
\nproducts by capping mark-up. The draft emergency order provides for capping the
\nmark-up added by the big food chains to 20% in the case of 14 basic products,
\nincluding bread, milk, yoghurt, corn flour, oil, eggs, meat and vegetables. The
\ndocument provides for caps on mark-up along the entire chain. Processors will
\nthus also be obliged to levy a 20% mark-up, while distributors can only levy a
\n5% mark-up. The scheme is to be implemented for a period of three months and
\nalso applies to imported products. The draft emergency order will reach the
\ngovernment on Thursday, with the first effects of the measures expected to be
\nfelt by the population from 1st August. <\/p>\n
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\nthe European Commission on the positive preliminary evaluation of the second
\npayment request under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, having noted
\nthe fulfilment of 49 of the 51 milestones and targets Romania committed to. In
\nthe case of the remaining two goals, which are concerned with the energy field,
\nthe Commission has suspended payments, which are worth more than 53 million
\neuros. Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu promised Romania would catch up with the
\ntwo milestones delayed in order to cash in on all the funds it has been allocated. (CM)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"