Household Gas Prices Stay Unchanged Until July 1, 2015
The price of natural gas produced domestically and delivered to household consumers will not be raised until July 1, 2015, the Department for Energy said in a press release Wednesday.
The Department added the Government and energy regulator ANRE will draft a new deregulation calendar for the gas market for the period July 2015-July 2021.
Minister-delegate for Energy Razvan Nicolescu had a meeting Tuesday in Bucharest with officials of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the European Commission to discuss the implementation of corporate governance rules in state-owned energy companies and the deregulation of the natural gas market.
Deregulation for non-household consumers will occur on January 1, 2015, as agreed with the European Commission. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Fiscal Council: Third Budget Revision Is Illegal; 2015 Budget Still Under Pressure
The third budget revision for 2014 is breaking the law and shows the government’s incapacity to organize and implement the budget, mainly in terms of investments, while the payment of certain salary rights to state employees will not reduce pressure on the 2015 budget, Fiscal Council said Wednesday.
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Wednesday stated he would never understand the opinion of the Fiscal Council regarding this year’s third budget revision, adding that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Commission (EC) agree with this measure.
The Fiscal Council representatives said the government’s argument regarding the budget surplus after the first ten months is wrong as the budget surplus was not the result of higher-than-estimated revenue, but the result of failing to deal with investment expenditure. (Puterea)
Romanian Supreme Court: Facebook Page Is A Public Space
The personal Facebook profile, although accessed by a restricted number of persons, represents a public space, and not a private one, according to a decision of the High Court of Cassation and Justice.
The court ruled in a case in which a former manager of Mures prefecture was sanctioned by Romania’s National Council against Discrimination for a message posted on his Facebook page.
This case was a first in Romania, where Facebook currently has more than 7 million users.
Targu Mures Court of Appeals had previously established in January 2013 that Facebook page is a public space.
“The Facebook social network can’t be equal, in terms of controlling the posted message, with a mailbox. The personal Facebook profile, although accessed only by friends, is still a public space, as any of the “friends” can distribute the information posted by the page owner, aspects that the plaintiff was aware of,” according to the decision of the Court of Appeals. (Romania Libera)
President-Elect Klaus Iohannis To Be Sworn In Sunday, December 21
Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday decided that the Parliament plenum will meet on Sunday, December 21, for the swearing in of President-elect Klaus Iohannis, Chamber secretary Marcel Ciolacu said.
Ciolacu said the Chamber of Deputies decided to no longer wait for the point of view of the Constitutional Court. On Tuesday, the Parliament asked the Constitutional Court for a point of view regarding the moment when President elect Klaus Iohannis can be sworn in as the mandate of Traian Basescu would end on Sunday when the Parliament is not working. (Jurnalul National)
Chamber Of Deputies Regulate Baby-Sitter Profession
The Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday adopted a legislative proposal for the regulation of the baby-sitter profession, stipulating that the baby-sitters should have an individual labor contract or a self-employed contract for services.
According to the legislative proposal, the baby-sitter will have to respect and promote the child’s interest, without discrimination, to provide personalized and individual care to children, to respect the child’s dignity and take into account the child’s opinion, as the beneficiary of the baby sitter’s services is the child. (Evenimentul Zilei)