Weather Report: Romania Under Heatwave This Week
Meteorologists said the weather will be hot across Romania during the August 20-26 week.
Maximum temperatures will range from 27 to 32 degrees Celsius, in Transylvania and Maramures, and from 29 to 30 degrees in other regions.
The weather will be extremely hot across the country during this week and there will be no rain in capital Bucharest.
The weather will also be fine in the mountains, at the beginning of the week, with temperatures reaching highs of 28 degrees Celsius and lows of 16°C. (evz.ro)
Clashes Between Presidential Administration And Finance Minister On Budget Amendment
Romania’s Presidential Administration announced on Tuesday that the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) is still in the process of analyzing a proposed budget amendment draft, to which the finance minister retorted that the Government will pass it with or without the institution’s review.
The Presidential Administration announced in a press release on Tuesday that the CSAT is currently in the process of obtaining its individual member’s approval for a decision on the budget amendment draft, which was presented earlier in the month by PM Viorica Dancila. It also added that it sent an official document in this regard to the Finance Ministry, after minister Eugen Teodorovici sent a letter to CSAT requesting details about the review process.
Following the news, Teodorovici stated the draft will be approved by the Government next week regardless if it obtains the CSAT review or not, pointing out that current legal provisions on budget amendments do not explicitly require the institution’s approval.
The budget amendment draft stipulates budget cuts for multiple ministries, but also for all of Romania’s intelligence agencies and for the Presidential Administration. (puterea.ro)
New Pension Law Brings Amendments To Survivor’s Pension
Romania’s new pension bill brings a series of changes regarding the calculation of a survivor’s pension, setting penalties depending on the years of marriage and conditioning the reception of income by the children of a deceased person.
The bill put up for public debate on the Labor Ministry website stipulates that children are entitled to survivor’s pension until the age of 16 provided they continue their studies within an organized education unit, under the law, until they finish these studies, without exceeding the age of 26; or throughout the entire period of disability of any degree, if the disability occurred until the age of 16.
The surviving spouse is entitled to a survivor’s pension throughout their entire life, until they reach the standard retirement age, provided the period of marriage lasted at least 15 years. „If the period of marriage is lower than 15 years, but at least ten years, the quantum of pension for the surviving spouse decreases by 0.5% for each month and by 6% for each year of marriage in minus”, as per section 2 of article 76. (Adevarul.ro)
Romania Sees RON138.5M Surplus In International Footwear Trade
Romania registered a surplus of RON138.5 million in the international footwear trade in the first five months of 2018, according to data from the national statistics board INS.
Footwear exports rose to EUR536 million in January-May 2018, down 9.6% compared with the same period in 2017, while imports stood at EUR397.5 million in January-May 2018, up 4.2% from the year-earlier period.
In the first five months of 2018, FOB exports exceeded EUR28.092 billion and rose by 8.8% compared with the same period in 2017. CIF imports totalled EUR33.095 billion, up 9.3% year-on-year. (romanialibera.ro)