September 15, 2021 UPDATE

september 15, 2021 update A roundup of domestic and international news

Covid-19. The number of new cases of Covid-19 registered in one day is on the rise in Romania, with 4004 registered on Wednesday, in some 44,000 tests. 83 related deaths were also reported, as well as 696 patients in intensive care. New outbreaks are also reported across the country. Authorities have started to put in place additional protection measures in those places where the incidence of 2 cases per one thousand inhabitants has been exceeded. On the other hand, the vaccination pace remains low, despite repeated calls made by specialists. The Delta variant, which is starting to become dominant, is spreading more rapidly than the previous ones. Authorities expect the number of infected people to keep growing.


Electricity. The Romanian state will compensate electricity bills for about 13 million people who have a monthly consumption between 30 kWh and 200 kWh, Energy Minister Virgil Popescu announced on Wednesday. He stressed that the measure would not benefit those falling under the Law on Vulnerable Consumers, which means about half a million households, who would receive financial aid from the government to cover part of their bills. Popescu also stated that he was not a supporter of capping prices, after, previously, Prime Minister Florin Cîţu had said that the option was being considered. "Price capping means discouraging investors from coming to Romania to produce energy and extract gas", the minister said. Minister Virgil Popescu has also stated that the energy market is ready for winter, and Romania will not run out of gas, as rumored recently in the public space.


Motion. The Romanian Constitutional Court is to announce when it will debate the notification filed by the Liberal Prime Minister Florin Cîţu regarding the existence of a legal conflict between Parliament and Government with regard to the no-confidence motion tabled by USR-PLUS (former number two in the governing coalition) and AUR (nationalist, in the opposition). A deadline was set for Wednesday for the parties to submit their views to the Court. In the view of the Permanent Bureaus of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, in the case of the no-confidence motion there is a conflict of a constitutional nature. However, the President of the Senate, Anca Dragu (USR-PLUS), and the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Ludovic Orban (PNL), do not agree with this point of view so they sent separate documents to the Court. Ms. Dragu claims there is a political conflict that the Government wants to turn into a constitutional one. The predominantly Liberal executive claims that the no-confidence motion did not have the minimum number of valid signatures and that the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies did not inform the Government about the document on the same day it was tabled. AUR demanded that the debate and vote on the motion be included on Parliament's agenda and announced that it would go on parliamentary strike until a timetable was set. Entitled "Dismissal of the Cîţu Government, Romania's only chance to live!", the motion of no-confidence accuses the prime minister of plunging Romania into a serious economic and social crisis.


Internet. Romania has dropped three places in a global ranking of countries with the fastest fixed internet, based on over one billion speed tests. Romania reached the 29th place in the global hierarchy, down from the 26th position occupied last year. On the other hand, Romania climbed to the second place in the regional ranking based on the speed of fixed internet services, being overtaken only by neighboring Hungary


Football. The Romanian football champion, CFR Cluj (northwest), plays, tomorrow night, away from home, its first match in Group D of the Conference League, against FK Jablonec, of the Czech Republic. CFR Cluj, the only representative of Romania in the European competitions, is the championship leader and has won the last 4 titles. FK Jablonec ranked 3rd in the Czech championship last season. In the other Group D match, the Danish team Randers FC receives the visit of the Dutch team AZ Alkmaar. (MI)


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