Romania Recovers Five Dacian Gold Coins, 14 Pieces Of Silver Jewelry
Five Dacian gold coins and fourteen pieces of Dacian silver jewelry, part of a bigger hoard of archaeological treasures recently recovered from Germania, were brought back to Romania on Saturday, according to the National History Museum in Bucharest.
The five Koson gold coins and the pieces of silver jewelry originate from the Sarmizegetusa Regia archeology site in Romania and got into the hands of members of criminal groups through illegal detection and digging.
Sarmizegetusa Regia, the former capital and the most important military, religious and political center of ancient Dacians, was the capital of Dacian state before the Roman invasion. (Jurnalul National)
Romania Instates Code Orange Advisory For Excessive Heat In Eight Counties
Romanian meteorologists issued an orange code advisory for the counties of Arad, Timisoara, Caras-Severin, Mehedinti, Dolj and Olt where temperatures are expected to reach 39-40 degrees Celsius on Monday.
Romanian counties of Olt, Teleorman and Giurgiu will also be under orange code alert for scorching heat Tuesday.
The heat index, which combines air temperature and relative humidity to determine the felt air temperature, will exceed the critical threshold of 80. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Agriculture Ministry Eases Lending Norms For Farmers
Banks in Romania will be able to grant local farmers loans at a maximum six-month reference ROBOR rate of +4% for the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and a maximum ROBOR of +4.5% for the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).
The ceilings are included within an order of Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin, which also sets below 1% fees for banks.
Interest rates and fees are available for loans granted both to beneficiaries of direct payments and to beneficiaries of the first, third and fourth axes of the National Rural Development Program.
Romania’s agriculture support agency APIA will sign conventions with interested banks based on certain conditions, apart from those regarding interest rates.
The reference ROBOR rate is the average interest rate at which banks offer to lend lei on the inter-bank market for loans in Romanian lei. (Jurnalul National)
Gheorghe Funar Elected President Of Greater Romania Party
Gheorghe Funar was elected head of the Greater Romania Party (PRM) within the party’s congress held Saturday in Alba Iulia.
Former leader Corneliu Vadim Tudor was ousted from the party through open voting, within the same congress.
Funar told news agency MEDIAFAX that “PRM has the power to revive.” (Evenimentul Zilei)