August 26, 2018

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Newsroom, 26.08.2018, 13:14

ProEtnica Over 600 representatives of the national minorities are
participating in the 16th edition of the ProEtnica Intercultural Festival,
which is due to end today in Sighisoara, central Romania. During the event,
which has been staged under the European Year of Cultural Heritage, almost 50
folk ensembles and representative groups for 20 national minorities in Romania
have performed on the stages of Sighisoara, the only inhabited medieval town in
Europe. ProEtnica has also included a science section, film screenings, art
exhibitions by artists belonging to various ethnic groups as well as artisan
workshops. Radio Romania is a media partner of the event.

VOUCHERS Holiday vouchers granted to state employees in Romania starting
this year have significantly boosted the country’s tourism sector, which is
expected to see 3.2 billion Euros in turnover this year alone. According to a survey
conducted by a consulting company, the country’s hotel industry has seen an
almost 40% growth in the past five years, with a turnover growth of 1.2 billion
Euros in 2017. Turnover figures in hotel industry are expected to exceed this
sum in 2018. Against the background of increased consumption restaurants are
expected to double the figures they reported five years ago. Over 16 thousand
companies are active in Romania’s hotel & restaurant industry.

SWINE
FEVER The process of
culling animals at Romania’s largest pig breeding facility is due to begin on
Monday. The measure has been decided after the swine fever virus was detected
at the farm on Saturday. The facility, located in the county of Braila, in
south-eastern Romania has a reported production of 140 thousand animals.
Another outbreak has been reported at a different pig breeding unit also located
in Braila, where they already started culling animals. Swine fever outbreaks
have been reported in a quarter of Romania’s counties, particularly in the
country’s south-eastern and north-western regions. 120 thousand pigs have
already been culled whereas the National Pro Agro Federation has called on the
Romanian authorities that the situation caused by the swine fever outbreaks,
which are currently wreaking havoc on the country’s pork production be tackled by
the Country’s Higher Defence Council.

WEATHER The National Meteorology Administration on Sunday has issued a
code yellow alert for heavy rains and unsettled weather in 25 Romanian counties
in the country’s center, north, west and south-west. The code is valid until
Monday night. Torrential rains and thunderstorms are expected in some of the
aforementioned regions. The weather is presently hot in almost all the Romanian
regions with highs ranging from 26 to 35 degrees and a noon reading in
Bucharest of 29 degrees.