Employment Agency To Organize 224 Professional Training Programs
Romania’s National Employment Agency will organize, in April this year, 224 professional training programs for 4,324 people who benefit, under the law, from free-of-charge professional training services.
Most professional training courses will be organized in Bihor (for 702 people), Hunedoara (210 people), Covasna (207 people), Vaslui (200 people) and Neamt (170 people). (Puterea)
Over 4,000 Job Openings At Top Employers Fair
Over 4,000 job openings will be provided to people with higher education at the Top Employers Fair organized Friday and Saturday at the Palace Hall in capital Bucharest.
According to organizers, companies provide job openings for both people with less experience and people with relevant professional experience.
The labor market seems to have revived this year, especially for people working in the sectors of IT, sales, engineering, services and fast-moving consumer goods.
IBM, Bitdefender, Kaufland, HP and BCR are among the top employers present at the fair. (Adevarul)
Transport Ministry To Send Final Version Of General Transport Master Plan To EC By April 9
Romania’s Transport Ministry will send to the European Commission, by April 9, the final version of the General Transport Master Plan, which will also include the Commission’s recent changes.
The Commission’s most important recommendations consist in obtaining a political agreement on the document, prioritizing projects depending on economic performance and affiliation to the Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T) and concluding performance contracts with the beneficiaries (Romania’s roads authority CNADNR and state-owned railroad company CFR), as well as with naval transport operators.
The public loan worth EUR7.3 billion announced by the government, which will be used to finance some of the infrastructure projects, must not have a negative impact on Romania’s budget deficit commitments, the Commission said. (Romania Libera)
Government Scraps Planned Increase In Taxes On Residential Property, Land And Vehicle
Romania’s government has eliminated from the latest update to the draft Tax Code the planned increase in taxes on residential property, lands and vehicles, allowing local authorities to raise local taxes by up to 50%.
Social security contributions paid by employees and employers will be reduced starting 2018, according to the latest update to the draft Tax Code,
Wednesday, the government approved the drat Tax Code and Tax Procedural Code, which will be sent to Parliament to be introduced on the agenda early next week. (Adevarul)
Liberal And Socialist Parties In Talks To Sign Governing Agreement
Officials of the National Liberal Party and the Romanian Socialist Party set off talks aimed at signing a governing program.
The Liberal Party said Thursday that following talks between liberal vice-presidents Teodor Atanasiu and Catalin Predoiu and the leaders of the Romanian Socialist Party, it was decided that if the two parties managed to see eye to eye, a governing agreement would be signed.
The two parties decided to set up work teams to discuss the governing program, on chapters. (Romania Libera)