BUDGET PM Marcel Ciolacu said on Thursday that there will be no new
\ntaxes next year and that the Romanian government will have money by fighting
\ntax evasion. According to him, in October, revenue collection to the state
\nbudget reached a record level, around EUR 8. By keeping the same pace and
\nmaintaining non-essential expenses under control, the PM added, by the end of
\nthe year we will meet the deficit target agreed with the European Commission.
\nThe statement comes after, recently, the Liberal leader Nicolae Ciuc\u0103 argued
\nthat Romania cannot afford an increase in taxes next year and that funding
\nsources must be found to support the draft pensions law.<\/p>\n
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POVERTY
\nOne in 5 Romanians was affected by poverty in 2022, the National Statistics
\nInstitute reported. The number of people in need was 4.2 million, slightly
\nbelow the figure reported in the previous year. The highest poverty rate was
\nreported among youth up to 24 years of age, with the poverty rate for
\nhouseholds with children and youth 5.2% higher than in households without dependent
\nchildren and youth. The National Statistics Institute also said that, without
\npension and other welfare payments, nearly half of the population would have
\nbeen below the poverty threshold, and the situation would have been even worse
\namong the elderly.<\/p>\n
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VISIT
\nRomania and Tanzania have agreed on mutual student grant programmes. The
\npresident of Romania, Klaus Iohannis had a meeting with his counterpart, Samia
\nSuluhu Hassan in the capital city Dar es Salaam on Friday, and discussed the
\ndevelopment of this country’s relations with the EU. Tanzania may count on
\nRomania as regards promoting and encouraging its relations with the EU, president
\nIohannis said after the meeting. He presented Romania’s view on giving a fresh
\nimpetus to the country’s relations with African states, based on the recently
\nadopted National Strategy for Africa. Iohannis also said agreements were
\nreached on bilateral cooperation in areas like education, civil protection,
\nagriculture, forestry, IT and cyber security. In turn, the president of Tanzania
\nannounced that Romania decided to provide 10 grants for students from Tanzania,
\nwhich in turn will be providing 5 grants to young Romanians who wish to study
\nthere. Two memorandums were also signed on disaster risk management and
\ncooperation and research in agriculture. The president of Romania is on a tour
\nin Africa, which began on Tuesday in Kenya. On Saturday, Klaus Iohannis will be
\nreceived by the president of Zanzibar, Hussein Mwinyi, and then he will travel
\nto the Republic of Cabo Verde, for talks with president Jose Maria Neves. The
\ntour concludes on November 23 in Senegal, with political consultations with
\npresident Macky Sall.<\/p>\n
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MILITARY The Romanian
\ncompany Aerostar, based in Bac\u0103u, eastern Romania, Friday signed a cooperation
\nagreement with Derco Aerospace (a member of the US group Lockheed Martin),
\nconcerning technology transfer for the repair of F-16 aircraft equipment operated
\nby the Romanian Army. Attending the event was NATO’s deputy secretary general
\nMircea Geoan\u0103. He said NATO was interested in 2 goals-expanding the defence
\nindustry in all member states and creating an innovation ecosystem for dual-use
\nindustries (civilian and military), benefiting the newer NATO member states.
\nThe agreement was signed just days after the opening of the first European F-16
\ntraining centre, at the Fete\u015fti air base in the south-east of Romania, and capitalises on 26 years of cooperation between Lockheed Martin and Romania.<\/p>\n
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FOOTBALL
\nRomania’s national football team are in Hungary for a match against Israel on
\nSaturday evening, in Qualifying Group I of the 2024 European Championship to be
\nhosted by Germany. Because of the war at home, the Israelis had to postpone
\ntheir October-November matches, and to play abroad the matches scheduled at
\nhome. Romania completes the qualifying stage on Tuesday, in Bucharest, with a match
\nagainst Switzerland. Undefeated in the first eight matches, Romania has 16
\npoints and is behind group leader Switzerland on goal difference. Next comes
\nIsrael, with 11 points, and Kosovo, with 10 points. The two top-ranking teams
\nin each group go to the final tournament. Romania last qualified for a final European
\ntournament in 2016 and for a World Cup in 1998. (AMP)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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