FOODSTUFFS The cap on mark-ups for
\nbasic foodstuffs will be extended by another 90 days, under a draft emergency order posted on the
\nhome page of the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry. Nine other products
\nwill be added to the list, including tomato broth, margarine, yeast, sour cream.
\nOn August 1 a government order took effect, under which prices for 14 basic
\nfoodstuffs were capped, following discussions with processors, distributors and
\nretailers. PM Marcel Ciolacu said the cap on basic foodstuffs contributed to
\nreducing the inflation rate below 9% last month. <\/p>\n
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FAC The Romanian foreign minister Lumini\u0163a Odobescu takes
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EDUCATION Public education staff in Romania are to receive
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RALLIES Protesters took to the streets on Sunday as well
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THEATRE Bucharest is hosting the National Theatre
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\nRomania will continue to contribute to improving regional and Euro-Atlantic security,
\nincluding, among others, as a stability pillar at the Black Sea, president
\nKlaus Iohannis Monday told the participants to the opening ceremony of the
\nfully operational NATO Multinational Corps South-East command centre in Sibiu,
\ncentral Romania. The president mentioned that in 2018, at the NATO Summit in Brussels, he
\ncommunicated Romania’s intention to add a land corps to the Allied command and
\ncontrol structure in Romania, in order to strengthen the planning and operation
\nof NATO’s forces and structures in Romania-the NATO Force Integration Unit, the
\nMultinational Division South-East Command and the Multinational Brigade
\nSouth-East. Mr. Iohannis also said that strengthening NATO’s deterrence and
\ndefence posture at the Black Sea remains a top long-term objective. The
\nMultinational Corps South-East in Sibiu is part
\nof the NATO force structure and ensures the command
\nand control of Allied land operations in any situation, including crises and
\nwar, to bolster the NATO deterrence and defence posture in Romania and
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\npart today in the Foreign Affairs Council meeting held in Luxembourg. According
\nto the Romanian foreign ministry, the agenda includes talks on the situation in
\nIsrael and the region following the terrorist attacks of Hamas, Russia’s
\naggression against Ukraine and the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The
\nEU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, will also discuss his visit to China, on October 12 to 14, the Belgrade – Pristina Dialogue, and the Sahel region.
\nOn the sidelines of the meeting, Lumini\u0163a Odobescu will take part in the
\nEU-Central Asia ministerial meeting. <\/p>\n
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\nthese days the annual bonus obtained following the strike at the end of the
\nprevious academic year. Over 326,000 employees in the sector will benefit from
\nthis annual bonus, amounting to EUR 300 for teaching staff and EUR 100 for
\nadministrative staff. The government has also decided to extend the deadline
\nfor the submission of educational voucher applications, through which EUR 100
\nvouchers are given once a year to an estimated 410,000 underprivileged children
\nfor the purchase of clothes and school supplies. <\/p>\n
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\nacross Europe, to support either the Palestinian or the Israeli cause and the approx.
\n200 hostages taken by Hamas. In London, 20,000 people demanded the release of
\nthe people kidnapped by the Islamists, after the previous day nearly 100,000
\ndemanded an end to the slaughter in Gaza. In Paris, nearly 15,000 protested
\nagainst Israel’s shelling civilian areas, with similar rallies in Sarajevo and Istanbul,
\nwhile in Geneva the families of the hostages contacted the headquarters of the
\nRed Cross and the High UN Commissioner for Human Rights. In Germany, president
\nFrank-Walter Steinmaier and PM Olaf Scholz pleaded for the eradication of antisemitism.<\/p>\n
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\nFestival until October 30th. The theme chosen for this year’s edition is Laboratories
\nof the Sensitive. The plays chosen for the festival were selected out of over
\n150 performances that premiered in the 2022-2023 season in state and
\nindependent theatres in Romania. (AMP)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"