Health Ministry Wants To Cut Staff In Public Health Departments
Romania’s Health Ministry has asked the regional public health departments to come up with three solutions to cut staff.
According to an official document, job cutting measures will not affect the activity of public health divisions. (Curentul)
Romania June Unemployment Rate Dips To 4.96%
Romania’s unemployment rate inched down to 4.96% in June, from 5.03% a month earlier, the country’s employment agency ANOFM said Monday.
In June 2012, the jobless rate was 4.58%, ANOFM data showed.
The total number of unemployed Romanians fell to 438,110 in June, from to 443,985 people in the previous month.
Jobless claims reached 139,243, down from 147,039 in May. (Curentul)
Romania’s Natural Gas Imports Down 41.2% In January-May
Romania’s natural gas imports reached 698,800 tons of oil equivalent (toe) in the January-May period, down 41.2% from the same period in 2012, according to the national statistics institute INS.
Romania’s natural gas output exceeded 3.634 millions toe in the first five months of the year, down by 2,200 toe (0.1%) from the same period in 2012.
The decline is mainly due to better weather conditions, compared to very low temperatures in February and March 2012. (Adevarul)
Number Of Individual Loan Defaulters Up 2.79% In May
The number of individuals defaulting on loans to banks and non-banking financial institutions rose 2.79% to 735,500 on the month in May 2013, according to a report by Romania’s central bank.
The number of bad payers rose by 20,031 on the month in May and declined by 9,119 on the year in May. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Social Democrat Ministers’ Activity To Be Evaluated End-August
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said the activity of social democrat ministers, state secretaries and heads of authorities and agencies will be assessed at the end of August.
Ponta said the evaluation is highly necessary in order to correct any potential mistakes and make changes, if necessary. (Adevarul)