Bad Weather Triggers Higher Fruit And Vegetable Prices
Low temperatures during this period have a damaging impact on the production of fruit and vegetables, which will see a significant decrease, triggering high prices.Experts say the impact will be seen in the low production this summer, which, in turn, will force Romanians to pay more for fruit and vegetables.
Agriculture Minister Petre Daea said it is too early to make estimations regarding the damages produced by low temperatures and the bad weather. (Adevarul)
Code Orange For Snowfalls And Strong Wind In Most Parts Of Moldavia Until Friday Morning The National Weather Administration (ANM) extended on Thursday the code orange of heavy rains, snowfalls and strong winds for almost all Moldavia region until Friday, at 3 p.m.. According to meteorologists, on Thursday, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., a code orange warning for heavy snowfalls and blizzard comes into force in 12 counties for the north-east and center of the country, namely in Suceava, Iasi, Neamt, Vaslui, Bacau, Galati, Vrancea, Covasna, Harghita, Brasov, Arges (in north) and Sibiu (in south). Moreover, a code orange was issued for heavy rains, snowfalls and layers of snow, wind intensifications in most part of Moldova and Eastern and Southern Carpathians, for the interval 20 April, 3 p.m., and 21 April, 9 a.m. (Evenimentul Zilei) Telecom Operator Orange To Launch Mobile-Only Bank This Summer Telecom group Orange plans to launch in France its new online bank service, Orange Bank, starting July 6, 2017.Beside the expansion to Africa and the Middle East, the new online bank service is a significant growth engine for the French group which aims to attract two million clients in ten years. Currently, the biggest online banks in France, ING Direct and Boursorama, a division of Societe Generale, already have approximately one million clients each.
Orange group, previously known as France Telecom, is present in 209 countries and has 247 million clients, of whom 185 million subscribers to mobile telephony services. Ornage is market leader in Romania, with 10.338 million clients at the end of 2016. (Capital)
PM Grindeanu: Romania Runs Budget Surplus Of Over RON1.64B In 1Q/2017 Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu announced on Thursday that Romania runs a budget surplus of over RON1.64 billion, namely, 0.2 pct of GDP, in the first quarter of 2017. “This is a bad day for all austerity apostles. (…) I received the latest data from the Finance Ministry and not only. (…) For the first three months of the year we have a budget surplus. Specifically, according to the latest estimations of the Q1 budget execution, we’ll have a surplus of over 1.64 billion lei, that is 0.2 pct of GDP.” Total revenues to the general budget will be higher by almost RON4 billion than in the first quarter of 2016, which means an increase of 7.2 pct, Grindeanu said at the beginning of the Government meeting, thus brushing off recent criticism about the government’s fiscal policy. “A number of 62,000 new jobs have been created in the first months of the year, and Romania’s unemployment rate reached a 27-year record low. (…) These are a few arguments that show us and give us confidence that we will achieve the goals we have all committed to. These are things that should please us all, I’d say, regardless of some persons’ particular desires,” added Grindeanu. (Puterea)