Romania Annual Inflation At -0.2% In August
Romanian consumer prices increased 0.07% on the month in August, taking the annual rate to -0.2% from an annual rate of -0.8% in July, the country’s statistics board said Monday.
Food prices were down 0.09% on the month in August, as were service prices, but non-food items cost 0.26% more compared with July, the data showed.
Compared with August 2015, food prices increased 1.96%, while non-food prices dropped 1.42%, and service prices dropped 1.04%.
Romania’s central bank expects inflation to reach -0.4% by year-end and sees it at 2% in 2017. (Adevarul)
Energy Ministry Mulls Granting RON62M Loan To National Uranium Company
Romanian Energy Ministry notified the European Commission that it wants to grant a state aid of RON62 million to the National Uranium Company (CNU), in two tranches, in an attempt to save the company.
The loan targets the covering of the minimum expenses for supporting the company’s operations over a six-month period.
“CNU situation has seriously worsened in the past years. It lacks liquidities, but it can be saved. (…) We have been talking for years about the need to open a new mine which should have provided the raw material for producing nuclear fuel necessary for the operation of nuclear power plant in Cernavoda and would have contributed to the stability of the National Energy System,” official sources told PUTEREA newspaper. (Puterea)
Klaus Iohannis: Romania Can Only Have A Political Government After Local Elections
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis stated on Monday that, after the parliamentary elections, Romania can only have a political government.
“A country must have a political Government. The fact that, during this period of crisis, we proposed a politically unaffiliated person and I asked Dacian Ciolos to propose a politically independent government was a solution for a limited period of time. I think that, after the elections, we can only talk about a political Government,” Klaus Iohannis stated.
The Romanian President added that “we cannot talk about destabilization” if some of the ministers in the Ciolos Cabinet want to run for a seat in Parliament. (Romania Libera)
Most Of Jobs For Students Are In IT Sector
According to bestjobs.eu, students can choose between 442 remote jobs, 167 part-time jobs and 50 internships, totaling 659 jobs.
Most of the jobs for students are in the IT sector (JavaScript, Java, C++, PHP.). Internships are mainly in HR, IT or marketing sectors, most of them in Bucharest (26), Timisoara (9) or Iasi (4). Students who also want to attend classes can opt for part-time jobs for the positions of assistant manager, call-center operator, sales agent, client adviser, in cities like Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi, Brasov or Timisoara. (Puterea)
Only Three Regional Hospitals Of 27 To Be Built With EU Funds
The Romanian government has failed to solve the issue of the EU funds for hospital infrastructure, as it only gets 1.5% of the EU funds for 2014-2020 period.
Thus, only three regional hospitals of 27 will be built with EU funds.
In May, following Hexi Pharma scandal, former government spokesperson, Dan Suciu, announced that Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos would consider the health sector as the priority of his mandate. Nevertheless, they did nothing to correct the allocation of EU funds for priority axes 2014-2020. Thus, the allocation of EU funds for hospital infrastructure does not support the PM’s commitment related to the priority for the health sector. (Evenimentul Zilei)