Pupils Allowed To Have Voting-Right Representatives In School Administrative Boards
Romanian senators adopted a bill amending the education law and allowing pupils to have representatives with voting right in school administrative boards.
The Senate had the final say on the matter.
The bill, which will be further passed into law by Romania’s President, sets that pupils’ representatives in school administrative boards must be 18 years old. Thus, only high school students will enjoy this advantage because primary school pupils will still be represented by parents in school administrative boards. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Parents In Romania Refusing Vaccination For Their Children May Be Sanctioned
Parents in Romania refusing vaccinations for their children may be punished by authorities which plan to draft a bill regulating vaccination, considering that more and more Romanians refuse immunizations for their children.
The reason behind the bill is that vaccine coverage in Romania stays below the level recommended by the World Health Organization, of 95%, for deadly diseases such as diphtheria, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, polio and Hepatitis B.
Health Minister Nicolae Banicioiu said many fatal diseases that have been eradicated through vaccination may reappear due to refusal for immunization. (Adevarul)
EC May Approve RON100M State Aid For Complexul Energetic Hunedoara Next Week
The European Commission is likely to approve next week a state aid of RON100 million for Romania’s energy holding Complexul Energetic Hunedoara, which will allow the company to buy greenhouse gas certificates and thus avoid fines from European forums, according to Mediafax.
“Complexul Energetic Hunedoara is a big polluter, therefore, it must purchase greenhouse gas certificates or it will be slapped with a huge fine. The energy holding does not have the money, therefore, it was decided to receive a state aid needed to buy these certificates. The Commission was notified in this respect and is expected to approve the state aid next week,” said Romania’s Competition Council head Bogdan Chiritoiu.
The Romanian government plans to give CE Hunedoara an individual state aid representing a six-month loan worth nearly RON100 million (EUR22.67 million) from the privatization fund, according to a draft drawn up by the Energy Ministry. (Romania Libera)
ACEA: New Car Registrations In Romania Up 8.3% In January-March
New car registrations in Romania rose 8.3% to 14,452 units in the first quarter of 2015, from 13,345 units in the year-earlier period, while sales of Romanian Dacia cars in the EU grew 5.1% to 95,414 units in the mentioned period.
In March, new car sales in Romania climbed 17.1% to 5,358 units, from 4.577 units in the same month in 2014, according to data released Thursday by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).
The EU auto market advanced 8.6% on the year in the first three months of 2015, to 3.52 million units, due to a positive evolution of large markets.
In January-March this year, new car registrations grew 32.2% in Spain, to 267,137 units, 13.5% in Italy, to 428,464 units, 6.8% in Great Britain, to 734,588 units, 6.4% in Germany, to 757,630 units. Portugal had the biggest growth in Europe, of 36.1%, to 46,212 units, followed by Spain with 32.2%, and Ireland with 29.6%, to 64,671 units.
At the opposite end were Austria, where new car registrations dropped 7.5%, to 75,154 units, Poland with a 6.1% decline, to 91,670 units, and Finland, with a 3.8% decrease, to 29,355 units.
Dacia registrations in the EU rose 5.1% to 95,414 units, in January-March 2015, from 90,796 units in the same period a year ago. ACEA estimates Dacia had a market share of 2.7% at the end of the first quarter, down from 2.8% at the end of March 2014. (Puterea)
Liberal Party To Endorse Drafts Put Forward By Liberals
The National Liberal Party’s spokesman Ionut Stroe said Thursday that, at upcoming talks with President Klaus Iohannis, the party will endorse the draft acts initiated by liberals as regards expats’ exercising the right to vote.
The planned drafts also target the simplification and acceleration of parliamentary procedures. (Puterea)