Save The Children Organization Donates Neonatal Incubator To Giulesti Maternity Hospital
Less than a month since the Bucharest Semi-marathon, the Save the Children Romania donated on Wednesday to the Clinic Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology „Prof. Dr. Panait Sarbu” (known as the Giulesti Maternity Hospital) in Bucharest, a high performance neonatal incubator worth EUR10,000.
The incubator will be used for the caring of premature babies and it was acquired with the money raised by VIPs and runners participating in the competition alongside the Save the Children Romania team.
In 2014, the Save the Children Romania also offered the neonatology unit an intensive care incubator worth EUR16,400. (Romania Libera)
Health Ministry Urges County Health Departments To Publish Professional Certificate Data Online
Romania’s Health Ministry called on the County Public Health Departments to publish on their own websites, until June 15, all data as regards taking over and the stage of documents required by the medical staff to urgently deal with delays in issuing the respective papers.
Considering the delays and inconveniences caused to the medical staff as regards the issuance of professional certificates, the Health Ministry on Wednesday decided that all County Public Health Departments must publish on their own websites, until June 15, all data regarding the stage of documents required by physicians, as well as those responsible with their management, the ministry said in a statement. (Adevarul)
OMV Petrom, Romgaz And Transgaz Subject To EC Inspection In Potential Natural Gas Export Hindering Case
Officials of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition and of the Competition Council in Romania on June 6 carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of Romgaz, OMV Petrom and Transgaz, key players in the natural gas sector.
“The Commission has concerns that the companies involved may have violated EU antitrust rules that prohibit cartels and restrictive business practices and/or the abuse of a dominant market position. The Commission is investigating potential anticompetitive practices in the transmission and supply of natural gas in Romania, in particular relating to suspected anticompetitive behavior aimed at hindering natural gas exports from Romania to other Member States,” the European Commission recently said in a press release.
The European Commission officials were accompanied by their counterparts with the Romanian competition authority, which is a first. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Decision On Hidroelectrica’s Exit From Insolvency Put Off Until June 15
The Bucharest Court delayed by one week its decision regarding the exit from insolvency of state-owned hydropower producer Hidroelectrica, said lawyer Remus Borza, the representative of Hidroelectrica’s legal administrator Euro Insol.
Thus, a decision in this respect is expected on June 15.
Hidroelectrica is controlled by the state through the Ministry of Energy and has been insolvent since early 2014.
In 2013, Hidroelectrica started legal proceedings against several energy traders, including Energy Holding, claiming “several hundred million lei” for damages caused by the below-market prices in the bilateral electricity contracts signed with the company. According to a report by Hidroelectrica’s legal administrator Euro Insol, the company lost RON4.8 billion (EUR1.1 billion) between 2006 and 2012 by signing bilateral energy deals at below-market prices.
In 2015, Hidroelectrica budgeted investments of EUR1.3 billion for the next five years. (Adevarul)
Social Democratic Party Changes Chamber Of Deputies’ Regulation
The Social Democratic Party (PSD) has amended the Regulation of the Chamber of Deputies to make easier the replacement of Chamber Speaker Valeriu Zgonea.
Former prime minister Victor Ponta is likely to take the helm of the Chamber of Deputies.
The new regulation provides that the Chamber Speaker automatically loses his position when the political party which proposed him for the respective position withdraws its political support.
The new Chamber Speaker will be elected with a majority of votes cast by deputies and each parliamentary group has the right to propose a candidate. (Evenimentul Zilei)