CNA Calls On Iohannis Not To Pass Bill Banning Pharmaceutical Ads On Radio And TV
The National Audio-visual Council (CNA) urged President Klaus Iohannis not to pass into the law a bill banning advertisements for medicines and pharmacies on radio and TV.
„I think it (the bill, e.n.) is of utmost importance and we can barely envisage its consequences. I consider it necessary, before its promulgation, to send a letter to President Klaus Iohannis, asking him to send the bill back to Romania’s Parliament and grounding our request on our negative opinion,” said CNA member
Lorand Turos.
Medicine producers will not be allowed to advertise their products on TV and radio anymore after Romania’s Senate passed a bill that bans explicit drug ads on TV and radio, on Monday, December 15.
Patients should take drugs based on doctors’ suggestions, and not according to what they hear on radio or TV, according to the bill’s initiator, senator Alexandru Vegh.(Adevarul)
Tarom Expects RON49M Loss This Year, Mulls Staff Cuts
Romanian state-owned airline Tarom expects a loss of RON49 million this year, from a loss of RON110 million in 2014, and plans to cut staff, the company said in a statement Tuesday.
The company’s turnover will reach EUR300 million this year and in 2017 the latest, the company will have operating profit, Tarom representatives stated.
Tarom management is working on new strategies to boost efficiency and will reevaluate the entire portfolio of the company.
TAROM currently employs approximately 2,000 people. The airline, founded in 1954 and placed under the authority of the Transport Ministry, has a fleet of 24 Airbus, Boeing and ATR aircraft and operates over 50 destinations. (Adevarul)
Private China Firm To Take Control Of Unit Of Kazakh State Oil Company
Private Chinese firm CEFC Energy has agreed to take control of a unit of Kazakhstan’s state oil and gas company which mainly owns assets in Europe.
The agreement was part of a package of deals between the two countries, worth a total of $4 billion, signed on Sunday and Monday in Beijing in sectors including oil and gas, petrochemicals, uranium mining and telecommunications.
CEFC China Energy Company Ltd will acquire 51% of KMG International (KMGI), a fully-owned unit of Kazakh state oil and gas firm KazMunayGaz KMGZ.KZ, according to a statement from the little-known Chinese firm and two senior sources there. One of the sources valued the deal at $500 million to $1 billion. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Romanian State Defrauded Of Billions Of Euros For Years
In the first eleven months of 2015, the fiscal inspection within the tax authority ANAF filed 3,060 criminal case requests, triggering total damages of RON10.04 billion (EUR2.28 billion), after checking upon 55,948 taxpayers.
Moreover, following checkups at public institutions, the Court of Accounts inspectors found that the state was defrauded of nearly EUR2 billion.
The Court of Accounts head, Nicolae Vacaroiu, said inspectors are taking all necessary measures to recover the above-mentioned amounts. This year, a total EUR100 million was recovered following checkups, without the need of criminal investigations. (Puterea)
Lawmakers Adopt Bill Establishing Special Pensions For MPs
Senators and deputies on Tuesday adopted a bill which establishes special pensions for lawmakers, depending on their terms in office.
The bill sets that only three terms will be considered.
The bill excludes lawmakers sentenced to prison time for acts of corruption during their terms in office, and also those accused of other crimes, among which outrage, disturbance of possession and qualified damage. (Puterea)