{"id":855159,"date":"2025-01-26T13:45:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T11:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=855159"},"modified":"2025-01-26T15:29:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T13:29:43","slug":"january-26-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-26-2025-id855159.html","title":{"rendered":"January 26, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BUDGET<\/strong> Romania\u2019s 2025 draft budget will be presented to the government and submitted to Parliament for approval in the following days. The Executive intends to submit it for voting by senators and deputies right in the first week of the future Legislature, which gets underway on February 3. The present budget construction targets a 7% GDP deficit as compared to 8.6% last year and in order to achieve that goal, the government has already decided to freeze any pay rise and indexation for state budget employees as well as any pension indexation aimed at adjusting to the inflation rate. Central public institutions and state companies are also to be reorganized and streamlined. The aforementioned austerity measures have caused discontent and a series of protests.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PNL<\/strong> Liberals have today validated the former PNL president Crin Antonescu, as the ruling coalition\u2019s joint candidate for the presidential election slated for May. Antonescu must also get validation from the ruling partners \u2013 PSD and UDMR, which is to be followed by a joint event aimed at launching Antonescu in the presidential race. The first and the second rounds of the presidential election have been slated for May 4 and 18, after the Constitutional Court\u2019s cancellation of a first round in December. The Court based its ruling on a report issued by the country\u2019s Higher Defence Council, which referred to foreign interference in the election process. The aforementioned allegations have not been confirmed by legal investigators yet. Tens of thousands Romanians have taken to the streets calling for the resumption of the December election, whose cancellation they believe was unjustified.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HEIST<\/strong> The Dutch police have published the first images with the initial moments of the burglary at the Drents Museum in Assen, from where thieves stole priceless Romanian jewelry in the early hours of Saturday morning. The footage shows that the thieves used explosive to blast their way into the museum. Investigators, who have called on the Interpol to help with the investigation, have announced the discovery of a suspect burnt vehicle, which could be related to the robbery. The thieves have left with three Dacian spiral bracelets and the exhibition\u2019s central piece \u2013 the decorated Helmet of Co\u0163ofene\u015fti, which are dating back almost 25 hundred years ago. All these artefacts belonged to Romania\u2019s National History Museum, being the most valuable in an exhibition entitled \u201dDacia! The Kingdom of Gold and Silver\u201d opened at the Drents Museum in July last year, and which was supposed to have its last day today. During a phone call with president Klaus Iohannis, the Dutch Prime Minister, Dick Schoof, has given assurances that the police are doing everything possible to identify the thieves and recuperate the treasure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>REACTION<\/strong> The General Prosecutor\u2019s Office in Bucharest has announced the opening of a criminal file in the case of the Assen heist. The investigation is being carried out by prosecutors with the Higher Court Prosecutor\u2019s Office and Romanian police experts. The ancient artefacts stolen from Drents must be quickly recovered and safely returned to Romania \u2013 Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu says. The chair of the Culture Committee with the Chamber of Deputies, Mihail Neamtu, has also called for an ample investigation into the way in which the Dacian treasure was exposed and jeopardized. The stolen artefacts are an incommensurable loss for Romania and the Romanian authorities jointly with their Dutch counterparts have the obligation to make all possible efforts to recover and bring them to Romania right away, says the opposition USR.<\/p>\n<p>(bill)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BUDGET Romania\u2019s 2025 draft budget will be presented to the government and submitted to Parliament for approval in the following days. The Executive intends to submit it for voting by senators and deputies right in the first week of the future Legislature, which gets underway on February 3. 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