Government Reestablishes National Operetta Theatre
The Government on Wednesday approved the reestablishment of the Ion Dacian National Operetta and Musical Theatre of Bucharest by reorganising the Bucharest National Opera.
Culture Minister Corina Suteu wrote in a Facebook post that the decision rectified a mistake of 2013. Three years ago, also under a decision of the government, the Bucharest National Opera House and the Ion Dacian Operetta Theatre merged, with the National Operetta Theatre being disbanded.
“Under a decision passed today, the Ion Dacian National Operetta and Musical Theatre of Bucharest is reestablished, while the National Bucharest Opera House (ONB) is reorganised for a consistent and optimal operation of the two theatres, and also to make sure the specific activities related to operetta and musical, and opera and ballet on the other hand are properly conducted,” the Government says in a press statement. (Puterea)
First Home Program To Continue With No Downpayment For Low-Income Youths
Deputy Prime Minister Vasile Dincu said the government-backed mortgage lending First Home program will continue and it will be optimized so as to enable young families, under certain conditions, to have access to the program without the need of a downpayment.
“(…) Depending on the situation, some young families can have access to the program without having to pay a downpayment, provided a financial analysis of their income reveals such a situation,” Dincu explained.
He added a social investigation can establish exactly what low income means. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Feasibility Study For Potential Highway To Belgrade
Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos said Thursday in western city of Timisoara that a feasibility study will be released in the upcoming period on both sides of the Romanian-Serbian border to see whether or not a highway linking the city to Belgrade, Serbia’s capital city, is feasible.
”We will clearly have to think in a structured manner about the interconnection between Romania and Serbia in the future in terms of infrastructure. I have discussed with the Serbian prime minister also what we can do in the future. We have a transportation master plan already approved, but, unfortunately, does not currently provide for a linking highway to Belgrade, but it provides for a national road on the Serbian side. We will look into the possibility of perhaps adjusting things to the extent that the feasibility study we want to release for both sides of the border in the period immediately ahead shows us that a motorway is justified,” Ciolos told a joint news conference with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic.
Ciolos and Vucic met on Thursday at Timis Prefecture to attend the signing of several joint cooperation projects. (Puterea)
Romanian Central Bank Tweaks 2017 Inflation Forecast to 2.1%
Romania’s central bank has revised up the inflation forecast for next year by 0.1 points, to 2.1%, but kept this year’s projection unchanged at -0.4%, governor Mugur Isarescu told a news conference Thursday.
The central bank board last week approved the quarterly inflation report. Its basic forecast scenario reconfirms the annual inflation rate will remain negative until December 2016 and will return to the bank’s target band mid-2017.
Romania’s annual inflation rate reached -0.6% in September, from -0.2% in August. Save for the temporary effects of a five-point cut in the country’s value-added tax rate, annual inflation would have reached 1% this year and 2.4% in 2017, said Isarescu. (Adevarul)
Electoral Campaign For Parliamentary Elections Starts Friday
The electoral campaign for the parliamentary elections due on December 11 starts on Friday, November 11.
The electoral campaign for this year’s parliamentary elections will be less noisy and will have fewer promotion materials, as the law bans the use of excessive materials.
Under the law, political parties and independent candidates can use only certain types of propaganda materials, such as calendars, fliers and brochures containing the commitments undertaken by political parties. (Adevarul)