Tariceanu Says ALDE Will Join Rally Organized By PSD
Calin Popescu Tariceanu, Senate Chairman and head of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE), on Sunday said ALDE members will join the planned rally organized by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) against abuses in the justice system.
Bucharest general mayor Gabriela Firea had said a huge rally will be organized on June 9 in Bucharest to uphold the government run by Prime Minister Viorica Dancila.
Similar rallies are also expected in other localities across Romania. (romanialibera.ro)
Tariceanu: ”This Stupid Joke Hurt My Political Image”
Senate Chairman Calin Popescu Tariceanu was acquitted by the Supreme Court judges in the case in which he was charged with perjury, although anticorruption prosecutors had requested Tariceanu be sentenced to three years in prison.
The ruling is not definitive.
Tariceanu told Antena3 that he was mostly affected by President Klaus Iohannis labelling him ”penal”, which hurt his image in front of foreign politicians.
Tariceanu also said the revocation of chief anticorruption prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi is not a political issue, but a legal matter. (cotidianul.ro)
Bucharest Stock Exchange: Stock Deals Value Up 75% Last Week
The value of deals with shares on the main segment of the Romanian capital market rose over 75% last week, to RON209.65 million, although there were only three trading session during this period.
Between May 28 and June 1, 2018, a total 8,950 deals with 107.83 million shares were registered and the capitalization of the companies listed was RON163.34 billion.
Banca Transilvania holds the top spot this week too in a ranking of the top traded companies, with RON65.94 million, followed by BRD – GSG, with RON50.33 million, and SIF5 Oltenia, with RON37.06 million. Romgaz and OMV Petrom place fourth and fifth, with RON25.95 million and RON10.63 million, respectively.
The overall value of stock deals has exceeded RON5.104 billion in 2018 and the market capitalization of RON163.347 billion.
Romania Imports EUR84.8M Worth Of Daily Products, Eggs In January-February 2018
Romania imported dairy products and eggs worth EUR84.8 million in the first two months of 2018, up by 4.1% against the year-earlier period, while exports increased by 25.2% to EUR21.4 million, according to the data centralized by the country’s statistics board INS.
Although the exports of dairy and egg products saw a significant advance in January and February 2018, the value recorded was almost four times lower than that of imports of such products. Thus, the trade deficit on this segment amounts to EUR63.4 million.
Romania imported a quantity of 131,315 tons of raw milk in 2017, up by 0.9% (1,130 tons) from 2016, and collected a quantity of cow milk from farms of 1,028 million tons, up by 8% (1.02 tons) than in the previous year, according to INS data.