National Pension House Unveils Major Changes For Pension Payment
Romania’s National Pension House announced changes in the pension payment calendar starting July 2018. Changes target pensions paid through the regional pension offices.
The payment calendar changes as follows:
Current payments: between the 1st and 15th of the month, at beneficiaries’ residence; Notified pensioners (those who are not at home at the time pensions are paid), will be able to pick up their pensions and related papers from postal offices, within two working days after the last day of payment of the respective month.
Outstanding payments: between the 11th and 15th of the month, at beneficiaries’ residence. Notified pensioners (those who are not at home at the time pensions are paid), will be able to pick up their pensions and related papers from postal offices, within two working days after the last day of payment of the respective month.
The payment calendar remains unchanged for pensioners who get their pensions through current accounts or card accounts. (puterea.ro)
Forecast Commission Sees Energy Consumption On The Rise In Next Three Years
Romania’s final energy consumption will be on the rise in the next three years, with annual increase of nearly 2.5%, according to the Energy Balance Forecast released by the National Forecast Commission.
Romania’s overall energy consumption is estimated at 25.2 million tons of oil equivalent (toe) in 2018, up 3.1% versus 2017, and at 25.8 million toe in 2019, up 2.5% versus 2018. Between 2020 and 2021, the energy consumption is expected to grow 2.5% and 2.4%, respectively.
The forecast also shows that household consumption will rise slightly, by 0.5% at most annually, but the demand in the economy will rise by 4.4% year-on-year in 2018 and by 3.5% annually until 2021. Energy resources will see slight annual increases of 0.9% in 2018 and 2019, of 0.6% in 2020 and of 0.4% in 2021, respectively.
President Iohannis Set To Run For Second Term
President Klaus Iohannis on Saturday said he will seek a second term in elections next year.
The head of state made this announcement at the “Samuel von Brukenthal” National College in Sibiu, before attending the 40-year high-school reunion with his former classmates. Iohannis had taught Physics at this high school. (evz.ro)
Former PM Ciolos: Early Elections, The Only Way To Re-legitimize Political Class
Former prime minister Dacian Ciolos said early elections “are the only way to re-legitimize the political class,” adding the Dancila Cabinet must go away because “it is incompetent and a disgrace for Romanian professionals.”
“I very much wanted to believe that things will calm down, that the manipulation, the lie and the aggressiveness will cease and that we will go back to normality and decency. I was wrong. We have Dragnea [Social Democratic Party (PSD) head, ed.n.]’s parties, Dragnea’s televisions and Dragnea’s government. We risk becoming Dragnea’s country. The Romania of Iordache [Chair of the Special Parliamentary Committee for the Justice laws package, ed.n.]’s laws, of Nicolicea [social democrat lawmaker, ed.n.] and Serban Nicolae [Senate PSD leader, ed.n.]’s Justice and of Ms. Dancila’s government is an illiterate Romania which lately seems to be ruled in a mafioso style. Romania is that of the many and the honest who want a country ruled for the greater good and not just that of the social democrat head, of the 73 convicts and of those who fear the law. We will take to the streets. We must prevent the adoption of any new legislation which affects the rule of law and the constitutional order. Let us convince Parliament it is there for Romania and not for Dragnea,” Ciolos wrote on his Facebook page.
Ciolos added the current government must leave and the political class must be reformed.
“Dancila’s Government must go away. Not only because it is incompetent and a disgrace to Romanian professionals, but because it is built around the interest of a person who is a proven criminal and not for Romania. Early elections are the only way to re-legitimize the political class. It is the chance to start the reformation of the political class and the chance to bring back to the forefront Romania’s interests and not those of the corrupt,” Ciolos concluded. (puterea.ro)