President Klaus Iohannis Starts Three-Day State Visit To Turkey On Tuesday
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis is starting a three-day state visit to Turkey on Tuesday.
Iohannis will meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and the local Romanian community.
Iohannis will also have a meeting with Istanbul Province Governor Vasip Sahin, Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas, and the local Romanian community. The visit schedule also includes meetings with Speaker of the Grand National Assembly Ismail Kahraman and Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, the presidential administration said in a statement.
“The general goal of President Iohannis’ visit is to strengthen the bilateral cooperation based on the strategic partnership between Romania and Turkey, signed in 2011,” the statement reads. (Puterea)
Tarom Sacks Its Chief Executive Officer And Chief Administrative Officer
Romanian state-owned airline Tarom sacked its Chief Executive Officer Christian Edouard Heinzmann and its Chief Administrative Officer Tiberiu Ticlea on Monday evening, official sources told MEDIAFAX.
Gabriel Stroe, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, will take over as interim CEO, and Florin Susanu, the company’s Flight Operations Manager, will take over the position of interim deputy CEO, the sources also told MEDIAFAX.
Tarom administrators decided last Friday, March 18, to suspend Heinzmann from his position as CEO, effective March 22, citing faulty management, Transport Minister Dan Costescu said at that time. (Puterea)
Senate Rejects Bill Delaying Enforcement Of Personal Insolvency Law
The Senate rejected with 63 cons and 20 pros a Government Emergency Ordinance putting off the enforcement of the personal bankruptcy law.
A Government representative claimed a new system must be implemented in order to enforce Law 152/2015, which entails the setup of 42 insolvency commissions at regional level and of a central commission.
One of social democrat senators, Gabriela Cretu, asked her party fellows to reject the ordinance, arguing the personal insolvency law would have solved more coherently the problems between people and banks, without the need of a law on debt discharge.
Another social democrat senator, Sorin Bota, blasted the Government for failing to publish the norms needed for the enforcement of the personal insolvency law.
The law regulating the personal bankruptcy procedure for natural persons sets that people unable to pay their debts, through no fault of their own, can reschedule their debts based on a financial recovery plan, over a five-year period. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Healthcare System To Receive Additional RON132M To Solve Salary Inequality
The Romanian healthcare system will receive an additional RON132 million to solve pay inequalities and include certain people in different pay scales.
Trade unions in the healthcare sector, backed by some professional associations, said they would stage a series of protests, which will start with a go-slow strike. Protesters will be on go-slow strike between March 21 and 27, and on March 28, they will voice out their demands in the Chamber of Deputies (at the committee for healthcare issues). On March 31 and April 7, they will start picketing the Labor and Health ministries and between April 11 and 17, they will stage a warning strike. On April 18 they will go on a full-blown strike.
Healthcare employees’ demands target, among others, the enforcement of the provisions of Law 284/2010 regarding a unitary pay system in the healthcare sector as well, the granting of all bonuses, calculated based on the actual wage, as well as the bonus for difficult working conditions, the PhD bonus, as well as observing labor norms, the working time and rest time for all categories of healthcare employees, by reducing, up to the point of eliminating the staff shortage which only leads to piles of work and limited rest time. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Weather Forecast: Moderate Rainfall, Heavy Snow, Strong Wind In Coming Days
Meteorologists said Romania will witness moderate rain, in general, heavy snow in the mountains, strong wind and colder weather in coming days.
Between March 22 (09:00 a.m.) and March 24 (6:00 p.m.), Romania will be facing precipitations.
The eastern and south-eastern part of central region of Transylvania, as well as the northern half of Moldavia, will witness mixed precipitation on March 23 and 24.
Meteorologists also said there will be heavy snowfall in the mountains, mainly in the Southern and the Curvature Carpathians. Also, the wind will intensify temporarily, in most areas, reaching speeds of over 55 km/hour and even 60 km/hour in southern areas and in the mountains. (Adevarul)