Posta Romana No Longer Cashes In ENEL Electricity Bills
Romanian state-owned postal company Posta Romana will no longer cash in, starting Tuesday, September 20, the electricity bills issued by electricity suppliers Enel Energie and Enel Energie Muntenia, held by Italian group Enel.
“Starting Tuesday, September 20, the agreements for cashing in electricity bills, concluded between Enel Energie, Enel Energie Muntenia and Posta Romana, for the payment in cash of electricity bills issued by Enel, will be terminated following a unilateral decision of Posta Romana to no longer extent the existing contract,” Enel informed. (Adevarul)
Government Readies New Fiscal Measure
The Romanian Government is considering scrapping a measure obliging a person who obtains income from multiple sources to pay the contribution to the health budget for each amount obtained.
The announcement was made by Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos on a social media account after a taxpayer complained that a person gaining both salary and pension must pay 5.5% from both incomes to the health budget.
Ciolos said this situation was “a legislative aberration and the government was considering correcting it.”. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Emergency Ordinance On Mandatory Car Insurance Policies Published In Official Journal
The emergency ordinance regarding mandatory car insurance policies (RCA) was published Monday evening in the Official Journal, without substantive changes.
One of the provisions stipulates freezing prices of RCA insurance policies for a six-month period. The ordinance also includes provisions which stipulate, among others, that an RCA contract can be concluded for one month or the multiple of one month, a contract can be suspended at the request of an insured person if the respective person had their driving license suspended or their vehicle is immobilized, and the possibility for the injured person to get compensations from their own insurance company and for the latter to recover its money afterwards.
Transporters in Romania accused multinational insurance companies and ASF of planning to throw them into bankruptcy by boosting RCA prices. Calculations presented by the Confederation of Romanian Licensed Operators and Transporters (COTAR) show that prices of RCA insurance policies are two up to fourfold higher than they should. (Puterea)
Poll: Social Democrats Climb To 49%, Liberals Fall Below 15% In Bucharest
A BCS opinion poll conducted by sociologist Bruno Stefan shows a dramatic situation for liberals led by Alina Gorghiu and Vasile Blaga.
According to the poll, the Social Democratic Party (PSD) stays strong with 40%, while liberals are close to be left behind by Nicusor Dan.
When it comes to people’s confidence, liberals fare worst, as the ranking is led by Gabriela Firea, Victor Ponta, Calin Popescu Tariceanu, Nicusor Dan and Traian Basescu. Liberal leaders Vasile Blaga and Alina Gorghiu rank next to last.
The opinion poll was conducted on 1,029 people aged over 18, living in capital Bucharest, between September 2 and 14, 2016. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Over 12,000 Visitors At Seventh Edition Of Park(ing) Day
RFI Romania organized on Friday, September 16, the seventh edition of environmental event PARK(ing) Day.
PARK(ing) Day 2016 translated into more than 12,000 visitors, 300 square meters of lawn, more than 150 flowerpots, dozens of straw bales and a radio studio from where RFI Romania broadcasted live.
The event was organized by RFI Romania in partnership with Apa Nova Bucuresti and backed by the Bucharest City Hall through Arcub, by Romstal, Seneca Anticafe and Chelgate Romania.
PARK(ing) Day is an annual open-source global event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public places. The project began in 2005 and has evolved into a global movement, with organizations and individuals creating new forms of temporary public space in urban contexts around the world. The mission of PARK(ing) Day is to call attention to the need for more urban open space, to generate critical debate around how public space is created and allocated, and to improve the quality of urban human habitat … at least until the meter runs out! (Evenimentul Zilei)