June 8, 2022
A roundup of domestic and international news.
Newsroom, 08.06.2022, 14:05
ECONOMY — Romania’s GDP went up by 6.5% in the first three months of the year, as compared with the same period of 2021, and increased by 5.2% in real terms as against the first quarter of this year, the National Statistics Institute has announced today. Romania’s economy is expected to go up by 2.9% this year, the World Bank has said recently in its Global Economic Outlook. The World Bank’s report in January estimated a 4.3% advance of the Romanian economy, but the financial institution has revised its forecast downwards. In 2023, the World Bank is expecting a 3.7% advance of the country’s GDP and a 3.9% increase in 2024.
GOVERNMENT – The Romanian Government will approve in today’s meeting the draft law on the ratification of the Common Aviation Area Agreement between the European Union and its Member States and Ukraine, an agreement signed in Kyiv in October 2021. The purpose of the Agreement is to create a common airspace between the EU, member states and Ukraine, based mainly on similar norms in terms of safety, security air traffic management, environment, consumer protection and social aspects. The Government will also approve the supplementing of the number of vacancies in the sanitary-veterinary units to ensure food safety, so as to effectively manage the situation at checkpoints generated by the crisis in Ukraine.
APPOINTMENT — Moldova’s Superior Council of Prosecutors has appointed Veronica Dragalin as winner of the contest for the position of chief prosecutor of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office. Veronica Dragalin is a prosecutor is the US, where her family had emigrated years before. She studied law at the University of Virginia and is Deputy Prosecutor in the section on public corruption and civil rights in the office of the American prosecutor in the Central District of California. She was nominated for the Young Federal Attorney National Award and the Federal Prosecutor’s Award for Women in Federal Justice. He speaks Romanian, English, Spanish, Russian, German and Italian.
DECISION – The European Parliament and representatives of the member states have reached an agreement that will require all new smart phones, tablets, cameras, portable speakers or hand-held gaming systems sold in the EU to use a common charger by 2024. By 2026, the law will apply to laptops. The move is aimed at cutting down on electronic waste.
DEFENCE – Romania’s expertise could be useful in the process of turning Moldova’s army into a modern, mobile and well equipped institution, Moldovan Defence Minister Anatolie Nosatîi has said today in Bucharest at a joint conference with his Romanian counterpart Vasile Dîncu. Nosatîi has said Romania’s support is appreciated in the context in which Chisinau “is being faced with numerous problems with a negative impact on regional stability”. Romania is firmly expressing its availability and interest in developing cooperation with Moldova’s national army, the Romanian Defence Minister said in turn.
FOOTBALL – Romania’s national football squad was defeated 1-0 by Bosnia Herzegovina on Tuesday evening away from home in the 3rd group of League B of the League of Nations. This is the second consecutive defeat for the Romanians, after they lost 0-2 with Montenegro. Romania ranks last in the group, with zero points. Its last matches will be held on June 11 against Finland and on June 14 against Montenegro, both of on home turf. (EE)
