Nearly 9,500 Police Officers Deployed At Schools For Start Of New School Year

A total 9,417 police officers will be deployed on Monday at kindergartens, schools and high schools across Romania to ensure public order at the opening ceremony of 2017-2018 school year, according to the Romanian General Police Inspectorate (IGPR).

A total 7,210 public order police officers, 1,064 road police officers, 773 criminal investigation police officers, 92 prevention police officers and 278 police officers from other units will be deployed at kindergartens, schools and high schools across the country. (mediafax.ro)

Bucharest City Hall Plans To Increase Number Of Vouchers For Bikers

The Bucharest City Hall has reintroduced on the agenda of the Bucharest General Council a draft decision aimed at supplementing by an additional 25,000 the number of vouchers granted within the project „Bikers in Bucharest”.

The draft had been rejected during the council’s previous meeting.

The council’s upcoming meeting is scheduled on Monday, September 11. (mediafax.ro)

Moderate 3-Degree Earthquake In South-Eastern Romania

An earthquake of 3-degree magnitude on the Richter scale took place Sunday night in Buzau county, in Romania’s south-eastern Vrancea seismic area.

The tremble originated at a depth of 128.1 kilometers and the towns closest to the epicentre of the quake are Nehoiu (1km), Valenii de Munte (36km), Intorsura Buzaului (39km), Slanic (43km), Urlati (43km).

The biggest quake registered in Romania lately was on August 2 in Vrancea county. It was measured at 4.9 degrees on the Richter scale and it originated at a depth of 132 km. (mediafax.ro)

Finance Minister: Thousands Of Firms To Apply Split VAT As Of October 1, 2017

Finance Minister Ionut Misa told an interview for ZF that „thousands of companies“ want to apply the split VAT starting October 1, 2017, being lured by a measure reducing the profit tax by 5%.

The Romanian government adopted, through an ordinance, the introduction of separate VAT payment accounts for companies in a bid to reduce tax evasion in the field.

Business owners and associations in Romania, as well as fiscal consultants, are opposing the government’s plans to introduce separate VAT payment accounts for companies, arguing this would raise companies’ costs. (mediafax.ro)

PSD Head: Defence Minister Nominee To Be Unveiled Tuesday

The name of the new Defence Minister will be unveiled on Tuesday, after the enlarged session of the National Standing Bureau of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), and the nomination will be subsequently referred to Romania’s President of Romania, said PSD Chairman Liviu Dragnea.

The Defense Minister nomination will be also presented to Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, Chairman of PSD’s junior ruling partner, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE), Dragnea also said. (mediafax.ro)

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