President Klaus Iohannis said Thursday, with respect to Adina Florea’s nomination for the leadership of the country’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), that there is a negative opinion in this respect from the top judicial watch dog CSM, warning he will not accept any step back in the fight against corruption.
Prosecutor Adina Florea, the Romanian justice minister’s nomination for leadership of the country’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA), told MEDIAFAX on Thursday that she also applied for the new Section for Investigating Judicial Crimes, in case she will not be appointed to the office.The Constanta prosecutor said that she will not run for chief-prosecutor of the recently established body, adding that she will accept the DNA office if she will be appointed by President Klaus Iohannis.
“If my candidacy for DNA will be accepted, I will continue my activity there, I can’t do it both there and here (within the new section, ed.), it’s not possible. This is an office of implementation, while my DNA candidacy is for a leadership office, they are not related. They are totally different,” the prosecutor told MEDIAFAX.
Florea added that she will stay in her current role as Constanta Appeal Court prosecutor until her nomination will be accepted.
The newly-formed section will investigate possible criminal offences committed by magistrates while in office, and was established through one of the controversial recently-enacted judicial bills.
Florea’s chances for DNA leadership also hit seemed to decrease on Thursday, as President Klaus Iohannis requested an inquiry into the nomination, due to it receiving a negative review from the country’s top judicial watchdog CSM.
President Klaus Iohannis can choose to reject her nomination, case in which Justice Minister Tudorel Toader must propose another nomination, this time without the possibility of refusal. (romanialibera.ro)
Raluca Olaru And Darija Jurak Qualify For Doubles Final, In Moscow Romanian-Croatian pair Raluca Olaru and Darija Jurak on Thursday qualified for the finals of doubles event of the tennis tournament in Moscow (WTA), offering total prizes of $932,866, after defeating Nighina Abduraimova (Uzbekistan)/Ana Kalinskaia (Russia), 6-3, 6-4.It took Olaru and Jurak an hour and 10 minutes to achieve victory, getting back on track in the second set after the rival pair had been in the lead with 3-0 and 4-2.
In the finals, Olaru and Jurak will compete against the pair Alexandra Panova (Russia)/Laura Siegemund (Germany), defeating the pair Kristina Mladenovic (France)/Galina Voskoboeva (Kazakhstan) with 2-6, 6-3, 10-5.
Olaru and Jurak secured a $27,075 worth prize and 305 WTA doubles ranking points.
It will be the 18th WTA doubles final in Olaru’s career. (romanialibera.ro)
PwC: Salaries in Private Sector Grew 6.4% in 2018Salaries in the private sector in Romania grew by an average 6.4% in 2018, slightly above the planned levels of 5.7%, according to PwC Romania’s PayWell study on salaries and benefits.
Salary increases above market average were granted in industry (8.9%) and retail (6.7%). The banking sector (5.4%), leasing (4.6%) and the pharmaceutical industry (4.8%) registered below-average salary increases.
By staff categories, the biggest salary increases were for skilled and unskilled laborers – 7.7%. Among all analyzed staff categories, management levels had the lowest salary increases, of little under 6%.
Compared with previous editions of the PayWell study, salaries in the private sector continue to rise.
The average salary increase was 3.7% in 2016 and 5.1% in 2017. All sectors of activity posted bugger salary growth compared with 2017 and growth in the banking sector more than doubles, from a 2.1% raise in 2017 to 5.4% in 2018.
For 2019, employers estimate lower salary growth, of 4.6% on average. Employers planned a 6.5% growth in salaries for employees in manufacturing, while growth for other categories of staff will not exceed 5% next year.
Apart from salaries, 53% of employers offer fixed bonuses to their employees on certain occasions, particularly in industry and retail, where 68% and 73% of employers, respectively, offer such bonuses. Employers in other sectors tend to prefer performance bonuses.
In 2018, the number of companies offering benefits that impact employees’ work-life balance has increased compared with 2017, and 55% of employers offer flexible working hours, 50% involve employees in social responsibility actions, and 26% offer subscriptions to online libraries.
The report analysed 97 companies in banking, leasing, pharmaceuticals, industry, retail and hotels. (romanialibera.ro)