Education Minister Wants Students To Spend More Time In School
Education Minister Adrian Curaj thinks students should spend more time in school, considering that the entire international experience is based on children spending pretty much time in school.
Curaj says the time spent after school also implies a hot meal in most developed countries and Romania should also consider itself a developed country.
The minister went on saying, however, that when they get home, students should have less homework.
Curaj pointed out the ministry he runs is making a huge investment, which is one of the priority programs on structural funds aimed at investing in the professional-vocational and psychological counselling. (Puterea)
Top Oil Countries Fail To Reach Deal On Production Freeze
Oil producers that supply almost half the world’s crude failed Sunday to negotiate a production freeze intended to strengthen prices.
The talks collapsed after Saudi Arabia surprised the group by reasserting a demand that Iran also agree to cap its oil production.
Oil prices had rallied in recent weeks on speculation that Saudi Arabia might successfully lead an initiative between members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russia, which joined the talks.
A deal would have marked a new level of cooperation between non-OPEC countries and OPEC members that producers hoped would keep prices above January lows of $26 a barrel.
U.S. crude plunged 6.7% to $37.70 a barrel and Brent was down 6.9% to $40.14 a barrel in early Asian trading. (Adevarul)
Roads Authority Caused Massive Loss To State Budget
Starting with December 31, 2015, Romania’s roads authority CNADNR has caused massive loss to the state budget, by losing over EUR350,000,000 due to causing a premeditated void of legal representation in the arbitrations it is involved in.
The arbitrations in which the roads authority is involved are meant to solve the litigations between CNADNR and the foreign entrepreneurs awarded contracts for works on highways and roads in Romania, or between CNADNR and foreign consultants contracted for the supervision of works.
Arbitrations deal with litigations in which the demands of entrepreneurs or consultants usually rise to amounts ranging from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of euros. In such cases, CNADNR resorts to law firms specialized in the field. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Former President Basescu Made A Decision On Running For Bucharest Mayor
Romania’s former president Traian Basescu said he made his decision as regards running for Bucharest general mayor, but he cannot disclose anything for the moment.
Basescu spoke at Romania TV about the abuses in the Romanian legal system, saying there is a ”national security cult which targets the discrimination of the political class”.
He said there are people ordering and some institutions executing this anti-corruption fight aimed at discrediting the political class. Basescu added the Romanian intelligence service SRI is involved, working as an unseen leader, and the National Anticorruption Department (DNA) executes the orders with a view to discrediting political institutions.
Blaga Says Basescu Won’t Run For Bucharest Mayor
Vasile Blaga, co-president of the National Liberal Party (PNL), said former president Traian Basescu will not run for Bucharest general mayor, out of conservation and because his time is gone, despite being a ‘great politician.’
Asked whether he would run for Bucharest mayor, Blaga said he once did it and is no longer willing to do it again.
„I ran for Bucharest mayor back in 2008, but I will not do it for the second time,” said Blaga.
Basescu asked Blaga to run for Bucharest mayor and replace mayoral candidate Marian Munteanu, a former leader of the anti-government protests that took place in 1990 in Romania and were ended violently by the intervention of the miners (the Mineriad).(Adevarul)