Bucharest School Inspectorate Publishes School Emergency Evacuation Scheme
The Bucharest School Inspectorate published Tuesday, on its website, a guide for the development of evacuation plans in case of fire or earthquake emergencies in education units.
“In case of emergency, the evacuation will take place within an education unit (the schoolyard) or other nearby location outside the respective education unit. To be well-prepared and able to cope with this type of situations, it is necessary to relocate the school in other secure areas. (…) The management of an education unit must know and find the most secure places within the buildings where pre-school pupils and pre-university and university students can gather, including those with disabilities and/or with locomotor disabilities, didactic, non-didactic and auxiliary staff,” according to the guide, which details the evacuation procedures.
The Inspectorate also published a protocol as regards preparing pre-school pupils and pre-university and university students for emergency situations. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Electronic Health Card System Unoperational For Four Hours Tuesday
The electronic health card system was out of order Tuesday for four hours, but the National Health Insurance House (CNAS) said medical services can still be provided
CNAS said medical services were provided “offline” to patients until the system was fixed.
CNAS head Vasile Ciurchea asked medical services providers to comply with procedures so that patients will not be affected by the deficiencies.
All Romanians insured in the public healthcare system are required to use their national health cards when soliciting medical services as of September 1, 2015. Authorities said the use of the health card became mandatory after months of delays. (Adevarul)
Banks In Romania Got EUR593M Capital Injections In January-September
Lenders in Romania got capital injections of EUR593 million from their parent banks in the first nine months of 2015.
A large capital increase took place in September, when Greek Piraeus Bank fed EUR23.95 million into its Romanian division. Also, Idea Bank boosted its share capital by EUR4.47 million in June. Idea Bank also received this year a capital injection of EUR1.78 million, in September.
Parent banks fed capital of EUR593.83 million into their Romanian divisions in the first nine months of 2015, compared to EUR113.46 million in the same period a year ago.
In January-September this year, the largest capital inflow targeted Volksbank Romania (EUR482.14 million), followed by OTP Bank Romania (EUR39.09 million in January) and by Unicredit Tiriac Bank (EUR38.13 million in June).
A large capital injection was conducted in September by Greek Piraeus Bank (EUR23.95 million). Romanian International Bank increased its share capital by EUR3.15 million in February, while Libra Internet Bank received capital injection of EUR1.12 million in March. (Romania Libera)
Government No Longer Raises Wages Of Finance Ministry Employees
Only few days after issuing an emergency ordinance raising the wages of employees within the Finance Ministry, the government decided to drop the measure, following a spontaneous protest of public workers whose wages are not raised.
Prime Minister Victor Ponta blasted public workers, arguing they only know to demand wage raises. Ponta said he would like to see that the public central or local authorities actually do something as to reducing bureaucracy and taking on more responsibility at work. He concluded saying that wage raises go hand in hand with performance and responsibility.
Trade union representatives recently criticized the decision to increase wages, arguing that Finance Ministry employees already have huge salaries, even three times higher than the average wage of another employee holding a similar position within other ministries.(Adevarul)
Hungarian Minority Party Challenges Postal Voting Bill At Constitutional Court
The Hungarian minority party UDMR and several senators on Tuesday challenged the postal voting bill at the Constitutional Court.
UDMR leader Kelemen Hunor recently said he will talk to lawmakers from other parties in order to raise the signatures necessary to contest the bill at the Constitutional Court.
On October 19, senators adopted the postal voting bill with 117 votes in favour and ten votes against. UDMR lawmakers and Senate Chairman Calin Popescu Tariceanu voted against the bill. The Chamber of Deputies, which was decider on the matter, adopted the bill on October 28.
The bill targets Romanians who live abroad. Postal voting describes the method of voting in an election whereby ballot papers are distributed or returned by post to electors, in contrast to electors voting in person at a polling station or electronically via an electronic voting system. (Evenimentul Zilei)