Romania Adopts One Of Harshest Laws In EU Against Smoking In Enclosed Public Spaces
Romania has adopted one of the harshest anti-smoking legislations in the European Union, unlike other European countries, such as Germany.
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies adopted Tuesday the bill which bans smoking in enclosed public places, with 164 votes in favour, 20 votes against and 26 abstentions. The bill has been sent to President Klaus Iohannis for promulgation.
In Slovakia, for instance, people can smoke in restaurants and shopping mall balconies. Outside the European space, Syria is the first Arab country which has introduced harsh smoking bans in enclosed public spaces since 2010, banning even the narghile. Each region in Germany has its own smoking regulations, some harsher and some milder. Most regions allow smoking in special places in restaurants and other public food locations, and even in prisons and psychiatric hospitals. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Road Transporters Protest Thursday Against Soaring RCA Tariffs
Several thousand road transporters from all over the country will be protesting in capital Bucharest Thursday, in front of the Government building.
They will be demanding, among others, that tariffs for mandatory car insurance (RCA) insurance premiums would no longer be hiked, the over-excise duty on fuels be removed as of January 1, 2016 and the renegotiation of a surprising tax on the music played in vehicles.
The protest is organized by the Confederation of Romanian Licensed Operators and Transporters (COTAR), along with five federations and employers’ associations in the transport sector. (Adevarul)
Certes Networks Signs Distribution Partnership With Veracomp
Pittsburgh-based information security company, Certes Networks, has recently concluded a distribution partnership with Veracomp, one of the largest IT distributors in Poland.
Through this partnership, the producer aims to ensure a proper distribution of CryptoFlow security solutions.
Eugen Rusen, Technical Account Director EMEA at Certes Networks, said the choice of Veracomp as distributor in the East-European region is a strategic decision aimed at achieve the company’s medium and long-term goal, namely, to ensure a complete coverage in the EMEA region. (Puterea)
Liberal Blaga Says Social Democrats Are Behind Bill Establishing Special Pensions For MPs
Vasile Blaga, co-president of the National Liberal Party (PNL), said social democrats are behind the bill establishing special pensions for lawmakers.
Blaga added that social democrats thought of such a bill in order to satisfy their lawmakers and pointed out that by adopting this decision, the Parliament lost its credibility even more.
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. (Evenimentul Zilei)
President Iohannis: Colectiv – Most Tragic Lesson Of 2015
President Klaus Iohannis said Wednesday in Parliament that the most tragic lesson of this year is the Colectiv Club fire, which shed light on issues in several systems.
“The most tragic lesson of 2015 is called Colectiv. The event that has pained an entire nation has revealed problems in many systems, some perpetuated for years on end and to which we all — authorities, citizens — at one point or another shrugged our shoulders in helplessness and which we came to tolerate, Iohannis said during his speech in Parliament.
He added there are things that we do not have a moral right to forget and conclusions that must determine us to act and to be more responsible. He concluded saying that corruption kills, that innocent lives can be lost if we do not respect laws and rules and if we, as a whole, as a society, turn a blind eye to breaches of the law. (Puterea)