Social Democrat Head Changes Stance On Justice Minister Shuffling
Social democrat head Liviu Dragnea has changed his statements regarding a potential reshuffling of Justice minister Tudorel Toader.
Dragnea said he did not propose Toader’s reshuffling and that there was never talk on the matter within the PSD-ALDE ruling coalition or within PSD.
Dragnea recently said the minister assessment process is underway and a meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (CEx) is to be set upon the return of Prime Minister Viorica Dancila from Strasbourg.Dragnea pointed out that the activity of each and every minister will be assessed and CEx members will voice out their opinions on the matter. Asked whether there already is a black list of ministers, Dragnea said there was not any such list. (evz.ro)
Strong Temperature Oscillations In October
The weather will show strong temperature oscillations in early October, as the weather will be much warmer compared with normal temperatures for this period.
Maximum temperatures will range from 15 to 22 degrees, with the highest values in western Romania, and minimum temperatures will range from 5 to 15 degrees.
On Tuesday, the weather will get warmer, in most regions. Maximum temperatures will range from 18 to 25 degrees and minimum temperatures will range from 4 to 14 degrees. (evz.ro)
Juventus Risk Penalty For Racist Koulibaly Chants
Italian champions Juventus could be hit with a partial closure of their Allianz Stadium after racist chanting was heard aimed at Napoli’s Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly during their game at the weekend, it was reported on Monday.
Massimiliano Allegri’s side won 3-1 to move six points clear of Carlo Ancelotti’s southerners in front of a record crowd of 39,552 in Turin for a league match.
Gazzetta dello Sport reported that all three Italian Football Federation (FIGC) observers in different parts of the stadium reported hearing Koulibaly targeted by the chanting.
Fans were also reported to have called Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti ‘a pig’, an insult which goes back to his coaching days at Juventus from 1999 to 2001.
As a result, the ‘Curva Sud’ could be closed for at least one game when the disciplinary report is released on Tuesday. (romanialibera.ro)
Central Bank Conducts This Year’s Seventh Repo Operation To Stop ROBOR Rise
Romania’s central bank on Monday gave banks 9.7 billion lei (EUR2.08 billion) in the seventh repurchasing agreement operation this year, in a new attempt to stop the increase of interbank rates.
On September 24, 2018, after a two-week break, the central bank resumed repo auctions, giving banks RON6.5165 billion.
The repo operation is an operation whereby the central bank temporarily buys government paper lenders held in exchange for cash, under the agreement that the lenders will repurchase the assets in question later at a price set on the date of the transaction.
The central bank has conducted five other repo operations this year. It injected the highest amount, RON12.2 billion, on August 27, in the biggest repo operation in almost six years. Only the repo in early October 2012 was higher, RON12.6 billion.
The three-month money market interest rate used to calculate interests for consumer loans in lei stagnated at 3.17% a year on Monday (October 1), central bank data show.
The six-month money market rate, which is used to calculate interests on leu-denominated mortgage loans, grew to 3.40% on Monday, from 3.39% on Friday.
The nine-month interbank rate, which is used to calculate interests on loans in lei attracted by commercial banks from other commercial banks for a nine-month period, stayed put at 3.48% on Monday.
The twelve-month index remained unchanged at 3.53% on Monday. (romanialibera.ro)