{"id":124824,"date":"2021-06-26T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/the-week-in-review-21-27-june-124824.html"},"modified":"2024-02-19T10:49:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T08:49:20","slug":"the-week-in-review-21-27-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/the-week-in-review\/the-week-in-review-21-27-june-id124824.html","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Review 21 – 27 June"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

New
\nRelaxation Measures starting July 1st<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Against the latest significant drop in the infection
\nrate with the novel coronavirus (under 100 in the past 24 hours) the government
\nin Bucharest has endorsed a new series of relaxation measures. So, private
\nevents will be attended by a larger number of people, restaurants, cafes and
\nclubs will remain open for more hours, while sporting facilities are allowed to
\nfunction at 50% of their capacity. Hotels and guest houses as well as other
\naccommodation facilities are allowed to function at their full capacity.
\nOutdoor fairs and similar events will also be allowed. In another development,
\na quarter of the Romanians above 12 years old have been vaccinated, while
\nothers are presently immune after having suffered from the disease in the past.
\nExperts believe that herd immunity will be obtained after 2 out of 3 Romanians
\nhave got the jab and authorities are presently targeting the young people, urging
\nparents to vaccinate their kids. They also want to step up the vaccine rollout
\nin the countryside as only 4.7 Romanians have fully vaccinated and authorities
\naren’t satisfied with the figures. <\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Valeriu Gheorghita, the physician in charge of
\nRomania’s vaccine rollout, says that authorities expect a higher number of
\ninfections in the colder season but a significant increase could be avoided if
\npeople got the vaccine in larger numbers in the next couple of months.
\nAccording to the Romanian official, vaccination is a prevention measure and
\nRomanians shouldn’t get the vaccine only when the number of infections is high.
\nRomanian president Klaus Iohannis has also admitted that the people’s interest
\nin vaccination has diminished. <\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

Klaus Iohannis: The vaccine rollout has been a success and
\nwe have practically stopped the pandemic in its tracks. Now that we are having
\na smaller number of cases, the interest in getting the vaccine has diminished.
\nSo, our success somehow can be seen in this low interest, but I still believe
\nthat vaccination is vital. <\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n


<\/strong><\/p>\n

The
\ngovernment led by Florin C\u00ee\u021bu faces its first no-confidence vote<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Six months after its inauguration,
\nthe Florin C\u00ee\u021bu Government faces the first motion of no confidence filed by the
\nmain opposition party in Romania on Wednesday. The Social Democrats accuse the
\ngovernment of implementing measures that have led to the impoverishment of the
\npopulation and a free fall of the economy. They recall the freezing of
\npensions, salaries and child allowances and criticize the way in which the
\nexecutive drafted the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, under which, they
\nsay, the population will pay more to benefit from European funds. The Social
\nDemocratic Party also accuses the lack of effective measures for the economic,
\nhealth-care and education sectors. According to PSD First Vice-president, Sorin
\nGrindeanu, the Romanians have become poorer in the past six months. <\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

Sorin
\nGrindeanu: The Romanians have become poorer in the
\npast months and it’s only in the mind of Prime Minister Citu that they are
\nfaring any better. Prices in electricity and gas have almost doubled while 70%
\nof the Romanians believe the country goes in the wrong direction. <\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

The leadership of the Social
\nDemocratic Party considers that the move has chances of success and says that,
\ncurrently, they are negotiating with parliamentarians from other parties to
\nsupport the motion. In response to the statements made by the Social Democrat
\nleader Marcel Ciolacu, according to which negotiations are underway, including
\nwith several parliamentarians from the governing coalition, the USR-PLUS
\nco-president Dan Barna says that no senator or deputy of his party will support
\nthe motion. <\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

Dan
\nBarna: We
\nhave not been contacted and I doubt that Mr. Ciolacu has any hope, other than
\nas a joke, that any USR-PLUS parliamentarian would support this motion that
\nthey have announced. This is the role of the PSD, to remain in opposition,
\nalways ready, and I agree with this line. <\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

The
\nno-confidence motion is to be voted and debated upon on Tuesday. <\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n


<\/strong><\/p>\n

New
\nFacilities in the Public Pension System<\/strong> <\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

A
\nlaw on purchasing seniority in work was promulgated by Romanian President Klaus
\nIohannis on Tuesday. The law establishes the legal framework for completing, by
\nthe persons who do not have the quality of pensioner yet, the contribution period
\nin the public pension system necessary for granting an old-age pension, an
\nearly retirement pension or a partial early retirement pension. Among the potential beneficiaries are
\nthe millions of Romanian expatriates, looking for a better life, usually in
\nWestern Europe, and who have incomplete contributions to the Romanian pension
\nfund. There are also people in the country with incomplete work seniority
\neither because, at some point, they remained unemployed or because they chose
\nto free-lance, found various undeclared jobs and no longer paid contributions
\nto the pension system. Those interested can
\nbuy a maximum of six years of seniority prior to reaching the standard
\nretirement age. The payment of this social security contribution can be
\nmade in a single instalment or monthly, until August 31, 2023.<\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n


<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flooding
\nand Extremely Hot Weather in Romania<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

Romania
\nwas in for a-typical summer weather this week, which kicked off with a series
\nof yellow and orange flood warnings, torrential rain and thunderstorms mainly
\nin the country’s eastern regions. Even red flood warnings have been issued for
\nseveral rivers there. Heavy rainfalls have caused damage to households and numerous
\nhectares of farmland while road traffic has been disrupted. The week ends with
\na first red warning for hot weather and high discomfort indexes in several
\ncounties in western Romania where temperatures soared to all-time highs of
\n38-40 degrees centigrade. Orange alerts for extremely hot temperatures have
\nbeen issued for the country’s western and central regions and yellow alerts for
\nthe rest. The Health Ministry has called on public health authorities in
\nvarious counties across Romania to take all the necessary measures to reduce
\nhealth risks caused by the hot weather. First-aid centers fitted with
\nair-conditioning and trained personnel have been opened in many areas. <\/p>\n


\n <\/p>\n

(bill)<\/p>\n


\n
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\n
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