Romania Targets 5%-6% Economic Growth Over Medium Term With Fiscal Discipline
The Romanian government targets a 5%-6% annual economic growth over a medium term, by keeping fiscal discipline, so that Romania would narrow the gap with other European states, Finance Minister Ioana Petrescu stated Tuesday.
The Romanian government targets a 5%-6% annual economic growth over a medium term, by keeping fiscal discipline, so that Romania would narrow the gap with other European states, Finance Minister Ioana Petrescu stated Tuesday.
“Romania targets an annual economic growth of 5%-6% over a medium term. We need this growth to narrow the gap with the rest of Europe and I think that, if we continue these measures which stimulate the business environment, we will be able to achieve this goal, by keeping fiscal discipline,” Petrescu told “The EU-SouthEast Europe Summit”. (Adevarul)
ACL: Victor Ponta Should Resign And Give Up Candidacy For President
The Christian Liberal Alliance (ACL) asked the Prime Minister Victor Ponta to resign and give up his candidacy for President due to the approaches of the members of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which are not in accordance with the rule of law, according to PNL spokesperson, Alina Gorghiu.
“ACL considers that this would be necessary as a sign of respect towards the Romanian society and a minimum sign of common sense that the PM should still have,” Gorghiu stated.
According to ACL spokesperson, on Monday and Tuesday, justice was hindered in the Chamber of Deputies, as deputies were unable to rule on preventive arrest for deputy Ion Dinita while the decision in the case of deputy Ioan Adam was postponed. (Puterea)
Ponta: Sova, Vanghelie, Ghita Suspended From PSD
The president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Victor Ponta, announced Tuesday, after the party’s meeting, that Dan Sova, Marian Vanghelie and Sebastian Ghita were suspended from all the positions in the party.
Dan Sova was suspended from the position of vice-president and spokesperson of PSD, Marian Vanghelie from the position of PSD vice-president, while Sebastian Ghita was suspended from the position of president of PSD online organization and member of PSD National Executive Committee.
“(…) These people should take responsibility for things which are not directly related to the electoral campaign, thus, they are suspended from all the positions in the party. (…) I want PSD to continue to be the strongest, the most disciplined, the most responsible party in the country,” Ponta told a news conference. (Adevarul)
ANAF Blocks Accounts Of Temporary Employment Companies
Romanians working abroad could lose their jobs while 300 recruitment companies could be closed down, as the Romanian tax authority ANAF ordered the blocking of their accounts “based on a subjective interpretation of labor legislation”, according to the National Association of Temporary Employment Companies (ANIMT).
ANIMT asked for a dialog with authorities to avoid the disappearance of 300 companies in the sector of temporary employment, which negatively impacts hundreds of thousands of workers and their families, according to Stephane Tison, general manger of recruitment company Power Interim and founder of ANIMT. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Doctors of Sabyc Clinic Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison In Human Egg Trafficking Case
The Supreme Court issued a final ruling in the human egg trafficking case at Sabyc fertility clinic, the first such case in Romania, after nearly five years of trials.
In February 2010, Harry Mironescu, head of Sabyc clinic, his son, Yair Miron, secretary of the clinic, Cecilia Borza, Israeli doctors Natan Lewit and Genia Ziskind, and the former head of National Transplant Agency (ANT) Victor Zota and his wife Rosana Maria Cristina Turcu, were sent to court in the ovule trafficking case.
Tuesday, Harry Mironescu, Natan Lewit and Genia Ziskind, Cecilia Borza and Yair Miron were sentenced to three years in prison, while Victor Zota and Rosana Turcu were given a suspended sentence of three and six months, respectively. (Puterea)