Half Of Romanians Face Spinal Cord Disorders
At least half of Romanians are facing spinal cord dysfunctions and most problems are caused by obesity, according to news agency Mediafax.
“Everybody talks about the problems obesity causes to the heart, lungs and blood vessels, but we tend to focus less on the locomotor system and, implicitly, on the spinal cord, which are the first affected by excess fat,” doctor Ion Manea told a press statement.
Manea said at least half of population faces spinal cord disorders which are nearly 50% caused by the fact that the articulations of the spinal cord and of the lower limbs constantly bear the weight of that part of the body placed above them and also the force of the muscles. An overweight person is like a normal person who constantly carries 15, 25 or 50 extra kilograms, depending on each person’s surplus. (Romania Libera)
AFIR No Longer Receives Financing Requests For Vegetal Sector
The Agency for Rural Investment Financing (AFIR) no longer receives financing requests for the vegetal sector within the sub-measure “investments in agricultural exploitations,” because it reached a record high of 120% of the available allocations worth EUR72.02 million.
“Considering that the 120% level of the available allocations has been reached, the submission of projects for the vegetal sector stops automatically, without the technical possibility of reopening it in certain cases, until the opening of a new session,” AFIR said in a statement.
It also said it still receives financing requests for the other sectors (animal husbandry, mountainous zone and family farms) within the sub-measure 4.1 Investments in agricultural exploitations. The session for the submission of financing requests is open until October 30. AFIR announced it received 281 projects for financing through the sub-measure, worth a total EUR108.64 million. (Adevarul)
Romania Private Lending Rises 1.2% in August
Romanian private lending rose 1.2% in real terms in August compared with July, to RON213.87 billion, according to central bank data.
Private loans in Romanian lei increased by 2.5% in real terms on the month in August, while foreign currency-denominated loans declined 0.5% when expressed in lei and 1% when expressed in euros.
Compared with August 2014, non-government lending grew 2.1%, as leu-denominated loans grew 17.2% and foreign currency loans dropped 10.9% when expressed in lei and 11.3% when expressed in euros.
Deposits of non-government resident customers grew 0.9% on the month in August, to RON231.2 billion, the data showed.
At the end of August, government credit amounted to RON86.64 billion, a 1.3% increase compared with July and a 9.7% increase in real terms compared with August 2014. (Puterea)
Several Organizations Call For Concrete Actions In Adopting Correspondence Voting
Several non-governmental organizations have called on political parties to take concrete measures for the adoption of a law regarding the correspondence voting.
Organizations reunited under the campaign ‘Politics without barriers’ criticized all political parties, as well we President Klaus Iohannis for ”demagogy” during debates on the correspondence voting.
Liberal lawmaker Mihai Voicu recently resigned from the position of president of the Parliament electoral code commission after social democrats and liberals failed to reach a consensus on the correspondence voting. This situation unjustifiably triggered a crisis which delays the adoption of a law regarding the correspondence voting. (Romania Libera)
Robert Negoita No Longer Runs For President Of Social Democratic Party
Bucharest district 3 mayor Robert Negoita announced Wednesday evening that is no longer running for president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD).
Negoita said he made this decision because his party fellow Liviu Dragnea decided to run for this position. He also said he is part of Dragnea’s team and supports him, along with the party’s Bucharest branch.
On September 22, Negoita told a press conference that he decided to run for president of PSD. He said back then that the party is in a “delicate” situation, considering that Victor Ponta, its former head and the country’s prime minister, was indicted and its interim leader Liviu Dragnea has been sentenced in a national referendum case. (Adevarul)