Weather Forecast: Rain And Snow Across Romania On Tuesday And Wednesday
Meteorologists issued an alert forecasting rain and snow in almost all regions across Romania. Also, 15 counties were under a code yellow code for fog, Monday morning.Between February 7 (2 a.m.) and February 9 (6 a.m.), there will be precipitation in all regions. Precipitation will exceed 15 — 20 liters per square meter locally and 30 — 40 liters/sqm in some areas in the regions of Moldavia, Dobrogea, Muntenia, as well as in mountain areas.
The code yellow alert for fog is valid for all counties. In the counties of Iasi, Vaslui, Botosani and Galati, visibility will drop below 200 meters locally and below 50 meters in some areas. (Adevarul)
Seventh Day Of Protests In Victoria Square About 15,000 people protested against the Government, in Bucharest’s Victoria Square, on Monday evening, according to some official sources.The demonstrators demanded the Government’s resignation. They were holding placards reading: “In democracy, thieves stay in jail,” “Grindeanu Government — country traitors,” “Resignation,” “We don’t recognise laws passed by mobsters!,” “The thief not caught isn’t an honest merchant,” “You want pardon? Take forced labour!.”
The protesters were chanting slogans such as: “Resignation!,” “Thieves,” “Down with the Government!,” “Dragnea, don’t forget, Romania is not yours,” “We’ll be here every day.” (Evenimentul Zilei)
Guarantee Budget Left For First Home Program Reaches Nearly RON175M The guarantee budget left for government-guaranteed mortgage lending First Home program reaches nearly RON175 million.The guarantee ceiling enables the granting of loans worth a total RON351 million, the Finance Ministry said. This amount would be enough to cover some 2,000 apartments.
„The Finance Ministry drew up a draft government decision whereby it proposes a guarantee ceiling of RON2.5 billion for 2017. The draft was put up for public debate and will be subject to approval by the government,“ the ministry said in a statement. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Former Deputy PM Vasile Dincu Says Liviu Dragnea Is In Great Danger Former deputy prime minister Vasile Dincu said social democrat head Liviu Dragnea, who also is president of the Chamber of Deputies, is in great danger triggered by the negative tension over the last years.Dragnea recently said: “I am a balanced person,” adding one can get drunk with power and lose their head after being alone against everybody.
Dragnea also said he plans to use the power he holds in a good way.(Evenimentul Zilei)
Chamber Of Deputies Speaker Liviu Dragnea Speaks About Laws In Justice System The head of the Chamber of Deputies, Liviu Dragnea, said the laws in the justice system should be debated upon very quickly by the Parliament’s committees for legal matters.Dragnea also said he did not believe in public consultations that take only one day “from morning to evening.” He added this kind of debates should also be held in other sectors and gave as example the prevention law and the amendments to the Tax Code and the Tax Procedure Code. (Puterea)