Romania Under Code Yellow For Heavy Rain Until Tuesday Morning
Meteorologists have issued a code yellow warning for atmospheric instability and heavy rain, in 28 counties across Romania, until Tuesday morning.
Between June 27, 10 a.m. and June 28, 10 a.m., the atmospheric instability will be temporarily accentuated in mountain areas, in the regions of Banat, Crisana, Maramures, Transylvania, western Olteniei and northern Moldavia, as well as in some areas and in other regions. Weather authorities forecast heavy rain, windstorms and even hail in certain areas. The amount of water is expected to exceed 25 liters per square meter and even 50-60 liters per sqm in some areas.
The heat index will be around the critical threshold of 80 units.
The code yellow alert targets the counties of Timis, Arad, Bihor, Satu Mare, Maramures, Salaj, Cluj, Alba, Hunedoara, Caras-Severin, Mehedinti, Gorj, Sibiu, Mures, Bistrita Nasaud, Harghita, Suceava, Botosani, Neamt, Bacau, Brasov, Covasna, Vrancea, Buzau, Prahova, Dambovita, Arges and Valcea. (Puterea)
Lack Of Sleep Affects Memory, Study Finds
A group of scientists of the McGill University in Montreal has proved the lack of sleep has a negative impact on a person’s memory.
The study speaks about the rapid eye movement sleep (REM sleep), a unique phase of mammalian sleep characterized by random movement of the eyes, low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly.
This phase is also known as paradoxical sleep (PS) and sometimes desynchronized sleep because of physiological similarities to waking states, including rapid, low-voltage desynchronized brain waves. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Three-Month Reference Interest Rate For Loans In Lei Rose 12%
The three-month reference interest rate for leu-denominated loans grew 12% in just one day.
Friday, June 24, was a rough day for financial and currency market, after Britain voted to leave the European Union. National banks across Europe intervened to protect national currencies and Romania’s central bank made no exception. On the interbank market, the Romanian leu had depreciated to 4.56 units per euro Friday morning, but the central bank announced an exchange rate of 4.53 versus the euro Friday at noon, which showed its intervention.
According to the Finance Ministry, the national, regional and international financial markets face volatility on the short term, while, on the medium term, the impact on the evolution of the economic indicators is expected to be moderate. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Romania Plans To Freeze Natural Gas Prices Until April 2017
The Romanian Government wants to “freeze” natural gas prices until April 2017 and this proposition shall be analysed by the country’s energy regulator ANRE.
According to a draft decision published on the website of the Energy Ministry, the natural gas price liberalization calendar will be halted until March 31, 2017, which means household gas prices remain unchanged.
ANRE is going to analyse until March 1, 2017, within an annual monitoring process, the acquisition price of locally produced natural gas for households and thermal power producers, as per the draft. (Puterea)
UDMR And PMP Had Fruitful Talks
Despite modest scores obtained at the local elections held on June 5, small political parties such as the People’s Movement Party (PMP), the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) were essential in forming majorities in county councils.
While ALDE, following an agreement with social democrats, formed majorities only alongside the Social Democratic Party (PSD), PMP and UDMR maximized their gain alongside PSD and the National Liberal Party (PNL).
PMP managed to form no fewer than nine majorities in county councils – Constanta, Prahova, Neamt, Caras Severin, Timis and Maramures alongside PSD and in Alba, Arad and Ilfov alongside PNL.
In turn, UDMR won two counties on its own – Harghita and Covasna -, but they also joined six other majorities – Bihor, Salaj and Mures alongside PSD and Arad, Brasov and Satu Mare alongside PNL. (Puterea)