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.
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 […]
