2015 Budget Of County And Bucharest Ambulance Services To Top RON700M
The budget of county and Bucharest ambulance services will exceed RON700 million in 2015, according to a draft order of a minister act put up for public debate by the Health Ministry.
Another RON900,000 reserve will also be set up, as per the draft. (Adevarul)
Foreign-Held Companies Cover 80% Of Romania’s Exports
Over 80% of Romania’s exports are made by companies with foreign ownership, according to experts in the field.
In Romania, 83.25% of exports of goods are made by companies with majority or minority foreign ownership.
“Actually, had Romania relied only on Romanian-held companies, its 2014 exports would have reached the level registered in 1989,” Mihai Ionescu, secretary general of the National Association of Exporters And Importers in Romania (ANEIR), told an interview for EVZ. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Romania’s EU Fund Absorption Rate Seen At 80% By End-2015
Romania’s EU fund absorption rate is expected to reach 80% by the end of 2015, compared to 52% at the end of 2014, according to IT Minister Sorin Grindeanu.
Grindeanu said the Romanian government set as target an absorption rate of 80% for 2015, adding he is convinced the rate will exceed 80%, which translates into several hundred million euros. (Puterea)
Roads Authority Awards EUR6.5M Contract To Revise Feasibility Study Of Sibiu-Pitesti Highway
Romania’s roads authority CNADNR on Wednesday awarded a contract of 29 million lei (EUR6.5 million), VAT not included, to the association of firms Spea Ingineria Europea (Italy) – Tecnic Consulting Engineering Romania, to revise the feasibility study of the Sibiu – Pitesti highway.
The contract will run for 17 months and consists of traffic studies, terrain investigations, design works, assessment of impact on the environment, the cost- benefit analysis, as well as preparing the paperwork for the awarding of future contracts. (Adevarul)
Liberals Plan To Oust Social Democrat Valeriu Zgonea
Ludovic Orban, head of liberal deputies in Parliament, Wednesday said the National Liberal Party (PNL) is in talks with parliamentary groups to form a new majority which will be used to oust social democrat Valeriu Zgonea from the headship of the Chamber of Deputies.
According to Orban, when the position is vacant, liberals will make a decision in this respect in accordance with the Liberal Party’s statutory provisions. (Puterea)