Romanian Senate Passes Emergency Ordinance 9 Which Affects Public Finance Law
The Romanian Senate on Monday passed emergency ordinance 9 (OUG 9/2017), which eliminates thresholds for the expenses of public authorities; the Chamber of Deputies, which is the decisional body, will further debate the bill.
OUG 9 suspends the implementation of certain articles in Law 500 until January 1, 2018, which could cause chaos in the institutions which are appointed as credit release authorities.
According to the emergency ordinance, city halls or other public institutions can sign contracts without any amount limit and without being held criminally liable. (Romania Libera)
Tensions Between Klaus Iohannis And Liviu Dragnea Seem To Calm Down
The recent tensions between Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and Liviu Dragnea, the president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), seem to have calmed down lately.
After the war related to emergency ordinance 13/ 2017, the relations between President Klaus Iohannis and PSD leader, Liviu Dragnea, seem to have moved to a new stage. The President postponed the anti-corruption referendum, while PSD gave up the talks related to the presidential immunity and postponed the referendum regarding the traditional family. (Romania Libera)
UDMR Member Laszlo Borbely Named State Counselor
One of the most experienced Romanian politicians, Laszlo Borbely, a member of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), was appointed as state counselor by Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu.
Borbely has been a deputy for 26 years, between 1990 and 2016 and was a member in most of the governments starting with 1996. He was state secretary, minister delegate for transport, and development and environment minister.
Laszlo Borbely was, alongside Marko Bela, former UDMR president, and UDMR senator Verestoy Attila, one of the most important Hungarian politicians in the history of the party. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Agriculture Support Agency Starts Authorization For Payment Of Farmers
Romania’s agriculture support agency APIA announced on Monday that it started the authorization for the payment of farmers who asked for support in the zootechnical sector.
The amount assigned to the seven support schemes totals EUR311.6 million (RON1.387 billion). According to the agriculture support agency, farmers will get EUR108.9 million (RON485.38 million) through the support scheme in the meat sector. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Intensive Care Unit Of Bucharest Burn Hospital Reopened
The Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit of Bucharest Burn Hospital was reopened Monday after nearly eight months, following upgrade works.
“The Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit (ATI) of Bucharest Burn Hospital was reopened. The City hall of District 1 finished the works at mid-January. The checkups carried out by Public Health District Authority lasted for nearly one month. The section can be used starting today,” district 1 mayor Dan Tudorache said.
The Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit of Bucharest Burn Hospital was closed in July 2016 following media reports about a woman who died after she received a wrong type of blood during a blood transfusion and a patient whose wounds were full of maggots. (Romania Libera)