Consumer Protection Authority Fined Nearly 30 Fast-Food Restaurants In Bucharest
Inspectors of the National Consumer Protection Authority (ANPC) tracked irregularities at several fast-food restaurants in capital Bucharest.
Overall, ANPC inspectors issued 28 fines worth RON147,000 and two warnings, and also ordered measures for a temporary halt in the provision of services for three of the economic operators checked upon, until correcting all deficiencies.
„A total 185.5 kilograms of meat and meat products worth RON8,306 and 63 flat-breads worth RON122 were banned from sale,” according to ANPC. ANPC inspectors also said 38 kg of meat and meat products worth RON1,145 were also temporarily banned from sale. (Adevarul)
Summer Season Officially Starts On June 1
The summer season officially starts on June 1 and the Public Health Department in Constanta released the results of water samplings from across the Black Sea coastline.
This information will be bi-monthly and will be accompanied by icons so that tourists know whether bathing areas fall within the legal values.
„The sampling frequency is bi-monthly (every two weeks), based on a monitoring calendar established at the beginning of every season and sent to the Health Ministry and then to the European Commission. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Energy Ministry: Administration For Nuclear Activities Could Have Been Saved From Bankruptcy
The Energy Ministry recently said Romania’s Autonomous Administration for Nuclear Activities (RAAN), which is on the brink of bankruptcy, could have been saved if the necessary measures had been taken in due time.
RAAN entered insolvency in September 2013, with debts totaling RON1.2 billion, to over 300 companies, as well as to public institutions, local administrations and banks. Insolvency firm Tudor& Asociatii was appointed legal administrator.
The judicial administrator appointed to manage the insolvency and actually save RAAN failed to denounce the damaging contracts concluded by RAAN over the last years and did not intervene at all “to save what could be saved,” according to the Energy Ministry.
On January 28, the Mehedinti Court ruled on the bankruptcy of the Autonomous Administration for Nuclear Activities and designated Euro Insol, Hidroelectrica’s judicial administrator, as provisional judicial administrator. (Puterea)
Former Minister Ioan Rus Says Ciolos Cabinet Is A Failure
Ioan Rus, former interior minister during the Nastase government and former transport minister during the Ponta government, told an interview for Realitatea TV that the current technocrat government run by Dacian Ciolos is a failure.
Rus said the political parties in Romania’s Parliament showed cowardice when they chose to do nothing to change this technocrat government.
”The failure of this government was that nobody wanted to change it. Political parties did not propose to change this government. (Evenimentul Zilei)
President Iohannis Says Diaspora Must Become National Priority
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Sunday sent a message to Romanians everywhere, pointing out that Diaspora must really become „national priority.”
Iohannis said in his message that, on the last Sunday of May, it is celebrated the Day of Romanians Everywhere, a day in which we all feel closer to each other and more united with the ones living far away from the country. (Puterea)