Swearing-in ceremony for the newly-appointed Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu
President Klaus Iohannis has signed into law today the decree appointing Vlad Voiculescu as Health Minister, following a proposal made by PM Dacian Cioloş. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to take place at 2 PM this afternoon at Cotroceni Palace. Afterwards, Prime Minister Dacian Cioloş has scheduled a working visit at the Health Ministry headquarters, starting 3 PM.
The new minister Vlad Voiculescu has been involved in several social projects, one of them allowing cancer patients to receive cytostatic drugs missing from the Romanian market from different volunteers abroad, Radio Romania reports.
Press statement by President Iohannis on several normative acts
Public Procurement laws have been signed into law by President Klaus Iohannnis, who appreciated the fact that the Parliament understood the importance of the normative act and decided to speed up the procedures. In a press statement at Cotroceni Palace, the President also announced he decided to send back for reexamination amendments brought to the Education law concerning sanctions of plagiarism in PhD theses. The head of state argued the amendments do not establish a legal framework meant to truly stimulate performance and encourage academic excellence.
President Iohannis also talked about the hospital disinfectants crisis and pointed out that issues in the healthcare system are going to be discussed in a meeting of the Supreme Council of National Defense next Friday, Radio Romania reported.
ANRE asks the Goverment to freeze natural gas prices for household consumers
The National Regulatory Authority for Energy – ANRE has requested the Cabinet not to apply the 10% increase in natural gas prices for household consumers, as it had been agreed with the European Commision and the IMF. Price on the international market reached 63 Ron (14 Euros) megawatt hour and it is listed even lower on the national stock exchange, according to ANRE president Niculae Havrileţ, who said the increase would force a 66 Ron (14.7 Euros) megawatt hour price on the population. The Regulatory Authority for Energy is therefore proposing certain measures:
Niculae Havrileţ: Using the free market philosophy for household consumers, prorogation of the agreed calendar for one year or at least 3 months until October 1st or an adjustment of the calendar. Let’s say freeze the 60 Ron price for one additional year in order to still be in tune with the regulated market zone. The most recent price qualifies for the range of the market zone.
Sibiu International Theatre Festival to become „one of Europe’s most interesting hubs of the performing arts”
More than 450 events are scheduled to take place in three-weeks time at the 23rd edition of Sibiu International Theatre Festival (FITS), according to a statement made today by the festival’s director Constantin Chiriac who also announced the presence of many art and theatre celebrities. The organisers consider FITS is due to become „one of Europe’s most interesting hubs of the performing arts”.
The press conference at the French Institute was also attended by the Romanian public radio’s President Ovidiu Miculescu who emphasized the importance of this event, comparable with similar ones in Europe, like Avignon or Edinburgh theatre festivals.
Ovidiu Miculescu: When Romania is being praised, there are two things we hear about: Sibiu International Theatre Festival and Enescu Festival. Here is how this theatre festival managed to come into prominence over the years in Europe and worldwide, to deliver performance and prove that Romania is capable of generating extremely valuable, state-of-the-art events.
American and Romanian soldiers participate at common march in Focsani city
More than 200 US soldiers are participating in a common march with Romanian military personnel from the 282nd Mechanized Brigade of the Romanian Land Forces in Focsani city. The American and Romanian soldiers are going to attend sports events and tomorrow they will display military technique and equipment. The US soldiers are going to continue their march towards Cincu Base aiming-field in Brasov County and will also cross the cities of Brasov and Ploiesti, Radio Romania reports.
Unionists of luggage handling company in Henri Coanda International Airport to go on strike
Trade unionists of the luggage handling company operating in Henri Coanda International Airport have announced a warning strike between 1:00 and 3:00 PM this afternoon, unsatisfied mainly with their working hours schedule. However, representatives of the airport do not expect flight delays as there are three similar service operators and the management of the protesters’ company is also going to ensure the necessary personnel, RADIO ROMANIA reported.
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