Sanitas Federation Says Medical Staff Will Get Meal Tickets In 2016 Too
Employees in public hospitals, physicians, medical assistants and nurses will enjoy all salary rights in 2016 as well, including meal tickets and double payment for the amount of time they work on legal holidays.
The announcement was made by unionists of the Sanitas Federation and comes in the context in which the government recently said that public sector employees will not receive meal, gift or vacation vouchers and other bonuses in 2016 either because of the existing risk of fiscal slippages.
Romania’s government on Wednesday approved the state budget plan for next year, which targets a budget deficit of 2.8% of gross domestic product and considers an economic growth projection of 4.1%. The budget plan, which raises investment spending and sees 1.6% growth in revenue due to improved tax collections, now requires a vote in Parliament. (Adevarul)
Erste: BNR May Cut Mandatory Reserves On RON Liabilities In 2016 Due To Higher Government Funding Needs
Romania’s central bank may choose to lower the mandatory reserves on RON liabilities in 2016 because the liquidity in the money market might dry up in early next year due to higher government funding needs, according to Erste analysts.
“Next year, we could witness two conflicting moves coming from the central bank. On one hand, we could see a rise in the key rate; on the other hand, the central bank may choose to lower the mandatory reserves on RON liabilities. While the former is solely related to the prospective development of local prices, brisk private consumption, the positive output gap, etc., the latter is linked to the liquidity conditions in the money market. The liquidity in the money market might dry up in early 2016 due to higher government funding needs,” a report of Austria’s Erste Group Bank, owner of Romania’s largest lender BCR, reads.
Romania’s government on Wednesday approved the state budget plan for next year, which targets a budget deficit of 2.8% of gross domestic product and considers an economic growth projection of 4.1%. The budget plan also raises investment spending and sees 1.6% growth in revenue due to improved tax collections. (Romania Libera)
Minister Hopes Romania’s EU Funds Absorption Rate For 2007-2013 Will Reach 70%
Romania’s European Funds absorption rate for the 2007 – 2013 financial framework currently stands at 60%, EU Funds Minister Aura Raducu said Thursday, adding she is hoping the rate will reach 70%.
The minister said an exact figure will be made public in February.
Raducu pointed out that it is a pretty difficult period now, at the end of the nine years of the program when “a lot of things must be done, among which thousands of payments to beneficiaries.” (Adevarul)
Alina Gorghiu Tells President Iohannis She No Longer Wants To Run Liberal Party
Alina Gorghiu, co-president of the National Liberal Party, has recently told President Klaus Iohannis, that she cannot reform the party and would rather quit the party.
At the second round of consultations between Liberal Party’s co-presidents Vasile Blaga and Alina Gorghiu, honorary president Mircea Ionescu Quintus and Iohannis, just before the creation of the new Ciolos Cabinet, Gorghiu reportedly said she would step down as co-president of the party, according to people close to the talks.
Gorghiu said she finds it very difficult to reform the party, the way the civil society and Iohannis had requested. Iohannis supposedly asked her to ponder before making such a big decision. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Implementation Of EU Association Agreement May Positively Impact Transnistria
The implementation of the European Union Association Agreement in the Republic of Moldova could have a positive impact on the “general situation” concerning Transnistria, said Romanian Foreign Affairs Minister Lazar Comanescu
The minister said the progresses that must be made with respect to frozen conflicts are very important, especially when it comes to Transnistria.
Comanescu said he is hoping the implementation of the EU Association Agreement might strengthen Moldova’s territoriality. (Adevarul)