Tomac Seeks Parliamentary Support For Correspondence And Electronic Voting
PMP president Eugen Tomac sent an open letter to Liberal Party leader Alina Gorghiu asking for support on his legislative initiatives to introduce correspondence voting and electronic voting.
The bills have already been submitted to Parliament. Tomac said in his letter support on voting bills would give liberals a chance to prove they care about their voters. (Puterea)
Industry, Telecom Sector Lift Romania’s GDP In 2014
Industry and information and communication services helped Romania’s economy grow 2.9% in 2014, despite a weak performance of the financial sector and constructions, data from the statistics institute showed.
Romania’s gross domestic product grew by 2.9% in real terms last year compared with 2013, to 669.5 billion lei (EUR150.8 billion), according to provisional data released by the statistics bureau.
In the fourth quarter alone, the GDP was up 0.5% compared with the previous quarter in seasonally-adjusted data, the statistics reading said. Compared with the same period of 2013, the fourth-quarter GDP was up 2.5% in seasonally-adjusted data and 2.6% higher in non-adjusted data. The figures are unchanged from a flash estimate released last month. (Adevarul)
Nearly 40% Of Businesses In Romania Are Run By Women
Nearly 40% of businesses in Romania are run by women, as owners or majority shareholders. The biggest number of businesses run by women are in retail and consultancy.
The largest number of businesswomen is found in Bucharest (26,255), Cluj (7,284), Constanta (6,870), Timis (6,099) and Bihor (5,316).
Most women who are majority shareholders of a business are Romanian (143,365), but there are also businesswomen from China (144), Germany and Italy (over 200), the Republic of Moldova (72), Austria (39), Turkey (38), France (34), Hungary (27) and the United States (24).
(Puterea)
Nearly 90% Of School Children Will Continue To Take Religion Class
A vast majority of students will continue to take religion class in school after their parents signed them up for the subject by Friday.
There are nearly 3.1 million students enrolled in the pre-university school system, of whom 2.36 million are eligible to study religion. According to data centralized by the Education Ministry, 89.75% of students have opted to take religion class. (Adevarul)
Children’s Hospitals Report Strep Infections On The Rise
Children’s hospital have registered numerous cases of streptococcus A throat infections these days.
The bacteria, which causes scarlet fever, is “flourishing” in this period in kindergartens and schools. Doctors registered hundreds of cases of illness caused by the streptococcus A bacteria over the past few days.
“We’ve had days with as many as 300 children diagnosed with strep infections, but they were mostly strep throat infections. This bacteria causes scarlet fever, but fortunately there have been few children to develop this illness,” said the head of the Marie Curie children’s hospital in Bucharest. (Evenimentul Zilei)