Liberal Head: 25% Net Wage Raise Is Another Big Lie Of PSD-ALDE Ruling Coalition

Liberal leader Ludovic Orban said the “artificial” increase in wages of private sector employees risks affecting tens of thousands of companies, adding the wage raises promised in the central administration prove to be a new “big lie” of the PSD-ALDE government.

“This is PSD’s attitude toward Romanians working hard to make a living, namely, disdain and mockery. And all this comes one year after a 7% economic growth…”, the liberal leader also said. (jurnalul.ro)

Number Of Cases Involving Child Pornography Doubled In 2017, Says Save The Children Romania

The number of cases involving child pornography doubled in 201a7 compared with 2016 and reached over 1,600, a study conducted by Save the Children Romania shows.

The study shows that 15% of child pornography victims are aged under 5, 70% of victims are aged between 6 and 10 and 14% of them are aged between 11 and 15, while 91% of last year’s victims were girls, an increase compared with 57% share they had registered in 2016.

The same document reads that 69% of children witnessed cyberbullying, 33% saw sexually-related images on the Internet and 5% of children admitted they were asked to send a photograph or video that showed their private parts. The Bureau for Investigating Child Pornography Crimes through Computer Systems (IGPR) head Elena Savu said that Skype and Facebook are the most common means of sending such materials.

IGPR said that last year saw over 230 cases of child pornography cases, out of which 197 were solved. Agents conducted over 200 searches and discovered over 5 million photo and video files, while over 300 people were criminally investigated. (cotidianul.ro)

Liberal MP: “Romania Has A Fragile Economy, It May Not Escape A New Crisis

Florin Citu, head of the Senate’s committee for economic matters, said Romania has a fragile economy and it may not escape the effects generated by the collapse of big stock markets, which will reflect in the depreciation of the leu and the increase in prices.

„We are facing a difficult situation because we have our own crisis in Romania, involving inflation, higher interest rates and deficits, a fragile economy (…), but we may not escape a new crisis. The main effects will reflect in the depreciation of leu, the increase in prices and interest rates and subsequently, in an economic slowdown. (…)”, Citu told Mediafax.

According to Citu, should Romania face a shock similar to that in 2008, then, „the fall will be deeper”.(romanialibera.ro)

Indonesia Declares Deadly Papua Measles Outbreak Over; Romania Still Struggling

Romania is not the only country that has been facing a measles outbreak for some time. The difference is this phenomenon has already disappeared in some regions of the world.

For instance, a deadly measles-and-malnutrition outbreak that killed scores of children in Indonesia’s remote Papua province is over, authorities said.

Official figures showed a total of 72 children died while hundreds more were sickened as a result of the “extraordinary” outbreak, which hit several isolated communities in Papua’s Asmat district between September 2017 and February 4, local officials said.

No new measles cases had been identified following the deployment of military and medical teams to the region last month. No figures were given for the number of children sickened but earlier official figures said the number topped 800.

By comparison, in Romania, the total number of measles cases confirmed exceeded 10,500, of which 38 deaths, and the crisis is far from being over. (puterea.ro)

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