On Thursday, president Nicusor Dan had new consultations with parliamentary parties about the future government. PSD said, after talks, that by the end of the day there would be an assumed package of fiscal measures, while USR said it was ready to “fight” next to premier Ilie Bolojan. Later on, Nicusor Dan and Ilie Bolojan met on Thursday night, at Cotroceni, but did not reach an understanding about tax rises, sources from the Presidential Administration declared for HotNews.ro. Political sources say that Bolojan had insisted on VAT increases and conditioned the take over of the prime minister position on the application of that measure. Talks between Nicusor Dan and Ilie Bolojan began at 4.00 p.m. and the PNL leader asked for a VAT increase from 19% to 21% in the ruling program, since it was, in his opinion, the only solution meant to rapidly increase budget incomes. Moreover, according to political sources quoted by TV news, Bolojan told the president that he refused to become premier if the head of state did not accept the 21% VAT rise. But the president opposed that solution and said he had made a promise during the election campaign and would not infringe it. The premier nomination was postponed for the following days. The variant of technocrat premier was brought to the fore by Dan and Bolojan at their meeting on Thursday night. Althought initially new talks among PSD, PNL, USR and UDMR party presidents with Nicusor Dan had been scheduled for Thursday, 9.00 p.m., the meeting was cancelled following the failure of negotiations between president Dan and Ilie Bolojan, according to sources from a party attending the negotiations.
The third breast milk bank in Romania has opened at the Sibiu County Hospital, following a RON 13.5 million (about EUR 2.7 million) investment aimed at modernizing the hospital’s neonatology department. The modernization project, financed through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, included the replacement of old equipment, a 20% increase in the number of […]
President Nicuşor Dan stated on Wednesday, July 30, in a press conference that the current system, which allows magistrates to retire under the age of 50 with a pension higher than their salary, is absurd. He also criticized the Superior Council of Magistracy, or CSM, for the current “disorderly” state of the Romanian justice system. […]
Forty Romanian firefighters and eight fire trucks left for Greece on Wednesday, July 30, to participate in firefighting missions, the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations said. Between August 1 and September 15, Romania will take part in the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) program aiming to support the Greek […]
Integrated facility and property management services provider Nazca has opened its first office outside Italy, its domestic market, in Bucharest. Nazca expects revenues of over EUR 1 million next year in Romania, and in the next 3 years, the growth plan aims to reach EUR 10 million, with target sectors being office buildings, retail, industrial […]
The 19th edition of TIFF Sibiu, one of the local editions of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), the largest film event in the county, will present a program of international films and the latest productions by Romanian fillmakers, who will attend the event. The festival takes place between August 7 and August 10, with […]
Moldovan carrier Flyone will add a route between Bucharest and Munich starting in October. The flights to Munich will be operated on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. This adds to the flights it has connecting the Romanian capital to Tel Aviv, Brussels, and Verona. With these routes, the airline is responding to the constant demand from […]
