The deputy director of the National Agency Against Trafficking in Persons (ANITP), Maria Cristina Stepanescu, states that Romania continues to be a country of origin for victims of trafficking in human beings.She participated, on Tuesday, at the "Henri Coanda" International Airport, in the launch of the "Healthy Choices for a Safe Future" national campaign against human trafficking."This is more than unfortunate. Between January and June, 252 victims of human trafficking were identified. At the same time, when it comes to prevention of human trafficking, in the same period, the first six months of this year, the efforts of the National Agency Against Trafficking in Persons led to the implementation of 75 national prevention campaigns and projects," said Maria Cristina Stepanescu.She added that the anti-trafficking messages posted on the institution's Facebook page reached over 5 million users."Our initiatives were also addressed to the online environment, to the users of social networks (...), the posts containing anti-trafficking messages and useful recommendations made on the Agency's Facebook page, saw an impact of over 5 million users. During the same interval, 78 training sessions were held for specialists who come into contact with victims or potential victims of human trafficking, attended by 1,900 specialists, including: police officers, prosecutors, social workers, doctors, teachers," pointed out the deputy director of ANITP.
Real estate developer STC Partners has finalized the acquisition of a plot of land in Pipera, on the northern edge of Bucharest, where it will develop the residential project Quartier Pipera. The plot has a surface area of over 1.6 hectares and will host more than 450 homes. Quartier Pipera will start construction in Q2 […]
Electroputere VFU Pașcani, part of the group of private railway companies Grampet, presented on June 19 the diesel multiple unit (DMU) named Leon. The train, designed and made by Electroputere VFU Paşcani, is the first DMU entirely made in Romania in the last 80 years, the company explained. The three-car DMU has 145 seats, including […]
The mountain biking trails on the Postăvarul Massif, in central Romania, will open earlier than initially estimated. First visitors can already use the trails this weekend. The opening comes after several weeks of intense work to remove dozens of fallen trees from the mountain biking trails and to arrange them. Starting Saturday, on weekends, the […]
Forvis Mazars, the international audit, tax and advisory services partnership, announced the launch of its International German-Romanian Desk, an initiative aimed at addressing the demand for integrated cross-border tax and legal support between Germany and Romania on Thursday, June 19. According to the company, the Desk combines a highly qualified German team of lawyers with […]
Simtel (BVB: SMTL), an engineering and technology group listed on the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, announced on Thursday, June 19, that the Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority has approved the base prospectus for a corporate bond program of up to EUR 30 million. The program allows Simtel to issue bonds in multiple tranches […]
Romania's efforts to stabilize its fiscal position and finalize a new ruling coalition have been delayed after president Nicușor Dan rejected a proposed VAT rate increase central to a budgetary corrective package agreed by the four pro-Western parties,
