No honours for former officials or aides of Romania’s former Communist regime
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has signed into law a draft stipulating that medals, orders or any other state honours cannot be awarded to former Communist officials, aides or informers of Romania’s Communist secret police, the former Securitate. The draft is expected to amend the previous law on the matter. Recipients should be “people of high moral standards beyond any doubt”, the new law pointed out.
Hundreds of kilos of pyrotechnic materials seized by police in southern Romania
265 kilos of pyrotechnic materials were seized by police of the Weapons, Explosives and Hazardous Substances Directorate in southern Romanian county of Giurgiu on Thursday. The products were illegally owned by a commercial company in the county, accoding to a statement issued by Giurgiu Police Inspectorate. All pyrotechnic materials were seized with police opening a criminal case on the matter. Illegal fireworks are a huge Europe-wide problem as their unregulated distribution causes considerable safety risks.
Emergency call issued by Romania’s USR center-right party
An emergency campaign should be launched in order to inform parents about importance of vaccinating children to prevent measles, mumps and rubella epidemics. An appeal on the matter was launched by the opposition center-right party of Save Romania Union (USR) on Thursday. The party points out the refusal rate is higher in urban areas. USR calls on the country’s Health Ministry to firmly reject antivaccine rhetorics and release credible data on the issue. Hiring additional medical personnel must become a priority in order to ensure access to medical services in vulnerable communities, USR pointed out.
Alexandru Danga
