On Wednesday, the Senate plenary rejected a bill according to which it is mandatory for the staff of some public and private units to present the COVID-19 digital certificate at the workplace.The bill was rejected by 67 to 60 votes, with two abstentions.According to the version proposed by the initiators, parliamentarians from the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR), the draft law states that the certificate is proof of the fulfillment of one of the following requirements: the completion of a full SARS-CoV-2 vaccination scheme more than 10 days before; recovery from the disease and being between the 15th and the 180th day after the confirmation of the infection with this virus; a negative result of an RT-PCR test (taken no more than 72 hours before) or of a rapid antigen test (taken no more than 48 hours before).The non-observance of the obligations incumbent on the legal persons represents a contravention and is sanctioned with a fine from 50,000 lei to 100,000 lei, the bill also stipulates.The provisions would not have applied to the authorities and institutions within the judicial authority, to whom the provisions of Law no. 114/2021 on some measures in justice in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic would have applied instead.The legislative proposal regarding the establishment of some measures in health care, during the state of alert, for the personnel in some public and private units was sent for debate and adoption to the Chamber of Deputies, decision-making forum in this case.
The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) has explained that the legal obligation to publish asset and interest declarations on the website of the National Integrity Agency (ANI) violates the right to private life, according to the reasoning of a decision published on June 11. The decision was issued on May 29 and prompted protests from […]
Iulius Group announced plans to develop a third proximity retail center under the Family Market brand in Tomești commune, Iași county, with an estimated investment of EUR 28 million. Construction is scheduled to begin by the end of 2025, with completion expected in the last quarter of 2026. The new development will feature a leasable […]
The negotiations among the four main pro-Western parties in Romania, carried out in Bucharest without the presence of president Nicusor Dan for the past two days, failed to reach even limited agreement on the ruling strategy primarily on the fiscal consolidation package amid radical requests expressed by the Social Democratic Party (PSD) that indicate an […]
A coalition of eleven Romanian business associations, including Concordia, the Foreign Investors Council, Romanian Business Leaders, and various bilateral chambers of commerce, has issued a joint appeal calling on political parties to maintain the country's current tax framework and prioritise structural reform over immediate tax increases. The business groups argue that the focus should be […]
President Nicușor Dan announced Wednesday evening, June 11, that Romania's Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT) will discuss how to tackle the rapid spread of disinformation online, emphasizing the need for swift responses to false narratives that circulate widely in just a matter of hours,
The largest film festival in the country kicks off this weekend in Cluj, while Bucharest has numerous music festivals going on.
