The government approved, on Thursday, the Decision for the establishment of the minimum gross basic salary in the country guaranteed in payment, which provides for the increase of its level to 3,700 RON monthly (1 euro = 4.9763 RON), starting on July 1, 2024, compared to 3,300 RON as it is currently, the minister announced Labor and Social Solidarity, Simona Bucura-Oprescu, in a press release."The initiative is meant to bring a better life to employees in Romania and to reduce working poverty. The increase in the national minimum wage guaranteed in payment means bringing the remuneration closer to the level required by the EU Directive 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union. In addition, from the experience of the past years, the increase in the minimum wage also brought a vertical increase in the majority of wages, not only for the minimum ones," declared Simona Bucura-Oprescu.Thus, the hourly rate will be 22,024 RON/hour for a normal work schedule of 168 hours/month on average.At the same time, the increased net value of the minimum gross salary in the country is 2,363 RON, for a deduction of 300 RON, the net increase being 284 RON."In Romania, approximately 760,000 employees currently benefit from the guaranteed minimum gross salary, i.e. around 14% of the total number of active employees. 1,871,266 employees will benefit from the increase of the minimum basic salary to 3,700 RON. This does not apply to employees in agriculture and the food industry, categories for which the legal provisions in force apply," the press release states.
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu will be part of the jury that will judge the films in the main competition of this year’s Venice Film Festival - Venezia 82. The jury, headed by American director Alexander Payne, includes French director and screenwriter Stéphane Brizé, Italian director and screenwriter Maura Delpero, Iranian director and writer Mohammad Rasoulof, Brazilian actress, writer, and […]
Romania continues to face significant prison overcrowding, according to the Council of Europe’s latest data, released on Friday, July 18. The 2024 Annual Penal Statistics on Prison Populations (SPACE I) show that Romania is among six countries in Europe with severe overcrowding, housing 116 inmates for every 100 available places. The report, which...
Chris Hemsworth returns to Disney+ in August with a new season of the National Geographic documentary series Limitless, this time focused not just on longevity, but on discovering how to live better. Titled Limitless: Live Better Now, the three-part season follows Hemsworth through physical, emotional, and mental challenges across six countries, with one standout episode […]
The Black Sea 200 Regatta 2025, Romania’s first non-stop offshore regatta with a 200 nautical mile route, takes place between July 21 and 27. Now in its first edition, the event brings together more than 10 boats from Romania and Bulgaria, according to the organizers. The endurance course will start and finish in the Romanian […]
The National Environmental Guard has fined an illegally operating zoo in Dâmbovița county, southern Romania, a total of RON 120,000 following a joint inspection that uncovered serious violations, including the lack of environmental authorization and inadequate conditions for wild animals kept in captivity. The zoo was reportedly charging RON 50 per person for entry and […]
The National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC) and engineering company Enevo Group have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen cybersecurity in Romania’s energy sector. The partnership aims to test and develop monitoring and alerting technologies for cyberattacks, and to improve national response coordination to incidents affecting critical infrastructure, the companies said. The agreement focuses on sharing […]
