INS: One In Five Youths Leaves Romania
Over 12% of Romanian citizens left the country and, over the last ten years, the increase was more accelerated, with the age groups of 25 to 39 seeing a percentage of over 20%, according to the Social Monitor, which took over statistical data from INS.
Since Romania’s accession to the European Union, On January 1, 2007, each year, an average 110,000 Romanians have left the country each year. Over 1.4 million migrants were registered in 2007, whereas now, there over 2.5 million citizens with residence in Romania, but who actually left abroad for a period longer than a year.
Even at age groups of 60 to 85, the migration rate reaches up to 5%, and, among children aged 0 to 19, the migration rate is 6%. (jurnalul.ro)
3.7 Earthquake In Vrancea Seismic Area
An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale occurred Friday night in Romania’s south-eastern Vrancea seismic area, the Earth Physics Institute said.
The tremble originated at a depth of 140 kilometers.
Another quake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale occurred Thursday night, in Buzau county (Vrancea). It originated at a depth of 142.6 km.
This year’s strongest earthquake measured 3.9 on the Richter scale and occurred on February 4, in Buzau County. (puterea.ro)
Frosty Weather Prompts Romania To Import Natural Gas Heavily
Over the past few days, Romania has imported up to a third of the daily consumption of natural gas in order to successfully cope with the frosty weather. These are the biggest daily imports of natural gas of the last five years, sources in the energy sector said.
The daily natural gas consumption reached nearly 65 million cubic meters and it was covered from the local output (approximately 27-28 million cubic meters), gas extracted from deposits (nearly 14-15 million cubic meters) and imports, which reached even 22 million cubic meters (namely, 33% of consumption), which is the biggest natural gas quantity imported on a single day, over the last five years. (jurnalul.ro)
Romania Introduces Sole Tax Form
Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici announced the introduction of a sole tax form for Romanian earning income from other activities. The new tax form merges seven other tax forms and has a single page.
„Seven tax forms were merged into a single tax form and can be submitted within a single deadline. It has only one page. We estimated one million taxpayers who must submit this tax form. There is only one submission deadline and one payment deadline (…)”, the minister also said. (puterea.ro)