The number of positions occupied in public institutions and authorities in Romania was, in February 2024, 1,289,965, with 1,827 less compared to January 2024, almost 64% of them being in the central public administration, according to the data published by the Ministry of Finance (MF).Out of the total of 825,045 employees in the central public administration, 608,320 worked in institutions fully financed from the state budget (+285 employees, compared to January 2024).The highest number of filled positions was recorded in the Ministry of Education, respectively 302,656 (+276 filled positions), the Ministry of Internal Affairs - 123,275 (-176 filled positions), the Ministry of National Defense - 74,097 (-29 filled positions), the Ministry of Finance - 24,796 (-33 filled positions) and the Ministry of Health -18,186 (-54 filled positions).According to the source, 9,240 positions were occupied in the institutions fully financed from the social insurance budget, 27 less than in January 2024, in those subsidized from the state budget and from the unemployment insurance budget, a number of 44,403, down by 100, while 163,082 were filled positions in institutions fully financed from own revenues (-1,118).At the same time, in February this year, 464,920 people (+297) worked in the local public administration, of which 285,278 in institutions fully financed from local budgets (+465) and 179,642 in institutions fully or partially financed from own revenues (-762).
Romania was formally designated the 43rd country to join the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP) on Friday, January 10. According to the Romanian ambassador to Washington, Andrei Muraru, Romanian citizens will be able to travel to the US without the need for a visa starting March 31, 2025. "Romania becomes the first country in the […]
Cluj-Napoca, the city in Romania with some of the highest rents and a fast-growing IT industry, is closer to banning smoking in playgrounds and parks after mayor Emil Boc expressed his support for the measure. The mayor cited the prioritization of public health as the reason behind such a ban. He mentioned that he has […]
Romania's Sibiu County Emergency Clinical Hospital will receive a robotic system to prepare cytostatic drugs needed by cancer patients, along with other equipment, after the County Council obtained funds from the European Regional Development Fund. With an estimated value of EUR 1 million, the "Robotic Composition System for Sterile Preparations of Cytostatic Drugs" is among […]
Romania’s government adopted in its January 10 meeting a decision granting an extra day off to public sector employees at the beginning of May. Thus, Friday, May 2, will be an official day off for public sector workers, linking the legal holiday of May 1 (Labor Day) with the weekend (May 3-4). This...
The Ministry of Environment announced that 2024 was the hottest year in the history of Romania's meteorological records. Red alerts for heat waves began in June of 2024, with the longest consecutive periods of persistent and intense heat waves, six consecutive days, between July 13-18 and August 15-20. "The year 2024 is the hottest year...
Supporters of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu gathered outside the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, which houses the Constitutional Court, on January 10, demanding a rerun of the second round of the presidential elections. The protest, dubbed "The Great Judicial Union," was initiated by Georgescu, who called on his supporters to challenge the election annulment, as […]
