PNL Finalizes Draft Law On Postal Voting
National Liberal Party (PNL) finalized the draft law regarding postal voting, which will be sent to all parliamentary groups, including the Chamber of Deputies speaker, Valeriu Zgonea, and Prime Minister Victor Ponta.
PNL co-president, Alina Gorghiu, stated that the initiative was really necessary following the events at November presidential elections.
“We believe we have the obligation to legislate postal voting and double the number of MPs abroad, given the voting revolution last November,” Gorghiu said.
In his turn, PNL vice-president Mihai Voicu said that the law was created so that the elector should spend no money voting. (Puterea)
Romania Was Reimbursed EUR678M By EU This Year
Romania was reimbursed around EUR678 million by the European Commission since the beginning of the year, for applications sent last year and at the beginning of 2015.
This brings Romania’s EU fund absorption rate to 53%. Of total reimbursements, EUR299 million were for the transport program and around EUR158 million for the human resources development program. Other funds went to the regional program (EUR137 million), technical assistance (EUR17 million) and the environmental program (EUR68 million). (Curierul National)
Competition Council: Price Comparison Project Will Be Implemented
The price comparison project will be implemented irrespective of the opinion of the representatives of big retail chains, Romania’s Competition Council head Bogdan Chiritoiu stated.
Chiritoiu added that the project would be in line with similar European measures.
Adrian Manolache, representative of Romanian retail association AMRCR, said there are several issues related to this project, such as potential agreements between chain stores.
The project targets correct information on the lowest prices at basic consumer goods and the stores where they can be bought from, through an online platform that would display updates of basic food product prices. (Puterea)
Agriculture Ministry: National Rural Development Program To Be Approved Next Month
The Romanian Agriculture Ministry announced that, next month, authorities will approve a version of the National Rural Development Program (PNDR), including EU funds that could be used for cattle farms, among others.
Most of cattle breeders say that cattle farms are no longer profitable, as their main problem is the retail sale market. Nevertheless, cattle farms benefit from EU funds.
According to the representatives of Agriculture Ministry, the funds for farmers in 2015 mainly target the lowering of the gap between producer and end consumer, while funds will also focus on family farms. (Adevarul)
ANPDCA: Most Of Romanian Children Adopted From Bucharest In 2014
Most of the children were adopted last year from capital Bucharest, according to the National Authority for Child’s Rights Protection and Adoption (ANPDCA).
In 2014, over 800 children were adopted at national level and another 13 were adopted by foreign families. Prahova and Dolj counties are next in the classification, with 43 and 36 adopted children, while Maramures, with three adopted children, and Bacau, with one child, are at the opposite pole. Although Romanian authorities say that Romania has 4,000 adoptable children, only 1,700 families were authorized for adoption. (Adevarul)