Romania has a cancer mortality rate above the European Union average of about 7%, said on Monday the president of the Senate and leader of the National Liberal Party (PNL) Nicolae Ciuca, at the debate "Cancer among women - directions for action to improve prevention, early diagnosis and early access to treatment", held at the Senate, in the context of World Cancer Day, marked on February 4.Ciuca mentioned that there have been "a number of undue delays" in the implementation of the National Cancer Prevention and Control Plan, expressing the hope that these will be overcome this year."Romania has taken a number of steps to improve cancer control measures for women. In recent years, resources have been allocated and efforts have been made to develop screening programmes for cervical and breast cancer, with pilot programmes financed with European funds. However, there have also been a number of undue delays in the implementation of the National Cancer Prevention and Control Plan, which I hope will be overcome in 2024," said the Senate president.He added that the Liberals have advocated for an increase in the funds allocated to Health, and that the ministry's budget for 2024 is 40 percent higher than in 2023. Nicolae Ciuca said that the Health minister has pledged to start the first screening programmes in 2024.The president of the Senate also highlighted the importance of fighting some "prejudices" in our society related to vaccination and disease prevention measures.
Romania’s main trade union confederations are preparing coordinated protest actions and considering a general strike in response to the government’s new fiscal and austerity measures, Economica.net reported. The decision was made during a meeting of union leaders evaluating the impact...
The Coalition for the Digital Economy, which brings together companies such as Uber, Glovo, Wolt, Bolt, Bringo, and Lime, in response to Ziarul Financiar's claims that the drivers of the ride-hailing operators are avoiding taxes and social security contributions, assured that this is not the case. ...
Romanian energy group OMV Petrom (BVB: SNP) will decide by the end of September on the special dividend, based on the progress of the investment projects, the impact of the present and future fiscal reforms implemented by the government, and the market conditions, the company's CFO Alina Popa explained, quoted by Cursdeguvernare.ro. ...
Romania’s teachers’ unions announced on August 5 that education minister Daniel David has pledged to ask prime minister Ilie Bolojan to drop some of the most contested measures from the government’s first package of reforms, Hotnews.ro reported. The...
Although the Romanian government is preparing two additional extensive reform packages, targeting mainly the spending cuts and a higher efficiency in the public administration, the 7% of GDP target for this year will not be met, with a level above 8% of GDP more likely, according to a research report by UniCredit Romania. "Yet, we […]
Deputy prime minister Tanczos Barna stated on August 4 that Romania’s second package of deficit-reduction measures cannot move forward without addressing magistrates’ pensions, Economedia.ro reported. He warned that failure to reform the system would jeopardise...
