Trade Unions In Healthcare Threaten To Block Activity Countrywide

The activity in sanitary units countrywide could be blocked unless the amendments brought to the framework law on the salary system of the staff paid from public funds are not debated on accepted, considering that the current version of the law leads to severe imbalances in the sanitary system.

Unionists pointed out that all increases and amendments will become effective as of January 1, 2018, but only for physicians and medical assistants, as if the other staff categories do not deserve the same rights.(Puterea.ro)

 WannaCry: Adylkuzz Has Potential To Be Far Worse Than Ransomware Attack

Another major global cyberattack is underway, and it could be even bigger than the weekend’s WannaCry ransomware attack last week.

Independent cybersecurity researcher Troy Hunt said the so-called Adylkuzz attack appears to be exploiting the same vulnerabilities the WannaCry ransomware attack did. Mr Hunt told The World Today it appeared Adylkuzz actually began to exploit computers when the vulnerability was announced almost one month ago.

And while WannaCry was busy making “such a big noise” and was easily observable by everyone, Adylkuzz was working away quietly in the background.

The ransomware that has affected systems in more than 150 countries recently, WannaCry, made headlines last week, but it does not seem to be more virulent or more expensive than other ransomware. (Adevarul.ro)

Eurostat: Romania Posts Highest GDP Growth In The EU In 1Q/2017

Romania saw the biggest economic growth rate among European Union member states, in the first quarter of 2017, compared with the previous quarter and with the same period a year before, the EU’s statistics office Eurostat said in a report on Tuesday.

Romania’s gross domestic product grew an annual 5.7% in the first quarter, a flash estimate from the country’s statistics board INS showed Tuesday. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2016, Romania posted 1.7% GDP growth in the first quarter, the data showed.

Finland places second by GDP growth on the year in the first quarter (+1.6%), being followed by Latvia (+1.5%).

In terms of first-quarter GDP growth, Romania (+5.6%) is followed by Poland and Lithuania (each posting GDP growth rates of 4.1%). Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.5% in both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28 during the first quarter of 2017, compared with the previous quarter.

Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 1.7% in the euro area and by 2.0% in the EU28 in the first quarter of 2017, after +1.8% and +1.9% respectively in the previous quarter. (Gandul.info)

Former PM Ponta Voices Out Stance On PSD’s Potential Candidate At Future Presidential Elections

After the recent opinion poll which placed Bucharest mayor Gabriela Firea and Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu above President Klaus Iohannis in terms of confidence, former prime minister Victor Ponta drew his own conclusions and issued a gloomy scenario for the party he is part of.

“If we rely on surveys, it has to be Mrs. Firea. If she refuses it has to be Grindeanu. However, there still is plenty of time until 2019. We shall see. I was not interested in running for president in 2014 either, but the party asked me to do it,” Ponta told an interview for Romania TV. (Puterea.ro)

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