Airbus Helicopters Romania Seals Deal With Finland For H215 Helicopters
Airbus Helicopters Romania (AHRO) signed a contract with Finland for bringing Super Puma helicopters to the Brasov-based plant for modernization and transformation into H215 helicopters, the latest version of Puma, as the production of H215 model will be postponed for 2019.
According to Serge Durand, AHRO manager, the first two Super Puma helicopters will be brought for modernization at the plant in Ghimbav Brasov in October-November 2017.
The production of H215 model at the plant in Ghimbav will be postponed by 2019 due to the lack of orders, as it takes 16 orders to start the production in Romania, Serge Durand said. The company currently has orders for H215 helicopters from Germany, Chile and Spain. (mediafax.ro)
UBER: Taxi Law Amendments Won’t Affect Company’s Services
The representatives of Interior, Transport and Communications Ministries had talks with the representatives of ride-sharing platforms on Thursday; UBER announced that the taxi law amendments would not affect its service.
”During the talks related to the recent events, we were given assurance that the amendments to the taxi law would not affect UBER service or the partner drivers to any extent. UBER is not a taxi service, a fact that was also agreed by the representatives of the government. We salute the openness of the Romanian government, which expressed its intention to define and regulate ridesharing services in line with the recommendations of the European Commissions and we are confident that actual steps will be taken in the upcoming period,” the company posted on its Facebook page. (mediafax.ro)
Dragnea: General Prosecutor’s Office Should Not Play “Like That” With The Parliament
PSD president Liviu Dragnea said Thursday, referring to the investigations on the 2009 elections, that the General Prosecutor’s Office should not play “like that” with the Parliament.
“I believe the regulation (of the parliamentary investigation committee, e.n.) should be carried out in accordance with the decisions of the Constitutional Court and the Constitution, so that nobody would make a mockery of a parliamentary investigation committee,” Dragnea said. (mediafax.ro)
President Promulgates Law Banning MPs To Hold Management Positions In Commercial Companies
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has promulgated the law according to which MPs are not allowed to hold management position in commercial companies.
According to the law, deputies and senators are incompatible with the positions of chairman, deputy chairman, manager, administrator, member of the Board of Directors or censor in the companies regulated under Law 31/1990, operating as commercial companies. (mediafax.ro)
Multiorgan Transplant Center To Be Built At Sf. Maria Hospital
Bucharest general city hall and Bucharest district 1 city hall signed a partnership for building a new center at Sf. Maria hospital that will operate liver, pancreas and lung transplants.
The main objectives of the project are “carrying out transplants under modern conditions, similar to those provided by the European and international transplant centers, with teams of well-trained specialists; ensuring the citizens have a good health condition and quality of life; providing access to complex medical services; guaranteeing the quality and safety of the medical activities; increasing the level of professional satisfaction of the doctors due to the new working conditions; a better health of the population”. (mediafax.ro)