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.
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JTI Romania is the Top Employer for the 12th year in a row, being ranked third amongst 44 companies locally awarded, after an assessment conducted by the Top Employers Institute. The company was rated for about 20 criteria such as leadership, talent acquisition, on-boarding, digital HR, work environment, career development, learning, ethics & integrity, diversity, […]
Romanian defense minister Angel Tîlvăr stated that the contract for the Patriot system, which will replace the one ceded by Romania to Ukraine, is expected to be signed in February. The minister commended the decision of the United State government to approve the delivery of three Patriot systems to Romania. Raytheon stated it will collaborate […]
Romanian companies are entering 2025 with cautious optimism, focusing on managing risks and controlling costs, according to the Deloitte 2025 Romania CFO Survey conducted at the end of last year among approximately 130 Chief Financial Officers (CFOs). Most of the Romanian CFOs predict an increase in revenues for this year (58%), but their share has […]
Several employees of the Romanian Senate began protesting and booing while the president of the upper Chamber was announcing that staff restructuring would be implemented to reduce public spending. Ilie Bolojan, president of the National Liberal Party and head of the Senate, announced a reduction in the organizational chart from 796 positions to 618 positions. […]
The members of the Romanian angel investor network TechAngels put EUR 2.757 million in direct investments in tech startups in the second half of 2024, almost triple the amount invested in the year's first half. The investments for the entire 2024 rose to EUR 3.777 million, a 25% year-on-year increase. The rounds backed by TechAngels […]
