Romania Opens Its Largest Blood Transfusion Center
Romania has opened its largest center for blood transfusion, said doctor Doina Gosa, manager of the Bucharest Blood Transfusion Center.
Blood collection in Romania rose 12% in 2013, but it still cannot cover the growing need for blood at hospitals. Half of around 300 blood donors per day, in Bucharest, are rejected due to health problems. (Adevarul)
Volunteer Activities To Count As Professional Experience
Romanian senators adopted Monday a bill allowing volunteer activities during student years to count as professional experience.
According to the bill, which will abrogate the law on volunteerism adopted in 2001, volunteers will receive from the host organization a certificate acknowledging the skills and competences gained through volunteering.
According to the latest Eurobarometer survey, Romania has reached around 4.4 million volunteers since 2010, which accounts for 20% of the country’s population and translates into one of Europe’s lowest participation rates in volunteering.
The bill regulating volunteer activities in Romania was put forward mid-July 2013 by social democrat MP Mihai Sturzu. (Curentul)
Chamber Of Deputies Passes Farmland Bill
Romania’s Chamber of Deputies adopted Tuesday with 256 “pros,” 51 “cons,” and 20 abstentions a bill regulating the sale and purchase of farmland.
Deputies admitted most of President Traian Basescu’s objections included in his request to reexamine the bill.
Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin said Basescu’s objections were taken into account in order to further simply the sale of plots of land located outside town. (Adevarul)
Access To Financing Of Young Entrepreneurs In Romania Is Very Difficult
Most Romanian entrepreneurs (90%) said the access to financing of young entrepreneurs (aged under 40) is very difficult.
In Romania, only one in 100 youngsters decide to start up a firm, compared to one in four in the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary.
The main reasons are the lack of money and bureaucracy, according to an Ernst & Young survey.
Romania offers several programs meant to support youths willing to start up a business. Moreover, young entrepreneurs can use solutions less known in Romania, such as crowdfunding and angel investors. (Curierul National)
BNR: Repaying In Lei Loans Taken In Foreign Currencies Would Push Banks Into Bankruptcy
The repayment in Romanian lei of loans taken in foreign currencies, with rates being calculated at the exchange rate on the day of signing the lending contract, would simply trigger crisis in Romania’s banking system and push banks into bankruptcy, a central bank official said.
Nicolae Cinteza, head of the central bank’s Supervisory Department, told senators in the budget-finance committee that such a case was registered only in Croatia. (Curentul)