Romanian government expected to assume responsibility for 2020 draft budget and social welfare plan
The Government of Romania is expected to asssume responsibility in parliament for the country’s 2020 draft budget and social welfare plan. The move also includes the 114 Emergency Ordinance on Monday.he government would take Monday accountability to Parliament for the draft state budget and the social security for next year, but also changes tp the Emergency Ordinance 114/2018 – a government ruling which fundamentally changed fiscal and regulatory framework in the Romanian energy sector. The meeting is scheduled at 16:00 on Monday – a deadline for for lawmakers to submit changes to the three laws. Cabinet ministers adopted the next year’s draft budget at a meeting on Wednesday.The government expects the deficit to fall to 3.6% of the GDP next year and 3.3% in 2021 from an estimated 4.4% this year, but remain above the EU’s 3% limit until 2022. The European Commission has estimated Romania’s deficit will hit 6.1% of GDP in 2021, if no additional measures are taken.
Western city of Timişoara marks Romanian Revolution”s 30th anniversary
December 19, 1989 is the day marking the birth of the Romanian Democratic Front, the first ever organisation of anti-Communist protesters before the fall of Romania’s Communist ruler Nicolae Ceauşescu on December 25, 1989.. A strike in factories of the western town of Timişoara marked the start of the Romanian Revolution – a civic unrest putting an end to the country’s Communist regime. December 19 is also the day in 1989 when the country’s government tried to hide away a bloodshed already claiming tens of deaths. Timişoara’s Western Universtity will host o conference concerning the 1989 events also presenting a book on the so-called Timişoara Proclamation, a 13-point document put forward on March 11, 1990 by Timişoara participants in 1989 Revolution.
Sibiu”s Radu Stanca Theatre on tour in Brussels
Radu Stanca Theatre of the Romanian central town of Sibiu is on a tour in Belgium. While in Brussels on Thursday, the Romanian artists will perform in Silviu Purcărete’s Scarlet Princess, a play by Tsuruya Nanboku IV, the son of a 19th century dry-cleaner when he joined a famous kabuki troupe to then become one of the most famous writers of his time. The Scarlet Princess is a play about obsessive passions, murders and vengeance. And that’s why Silviu Purcărete, great master of the Romanian theatre, chose to stage this story, using his great talent for images and irony. The show is seen as a major theatre event of Europalia. Since 1969, EUROPALIA has been organising art biennales around changing host countries. Europalia Romania also hosts a Brâncuşi exhibition.
Alexandru Danga, RADOR
