AUGUST 9, 2021 UPDATE

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Newsroom, 09.08.2021, 20:15

CLIMATE Romanian president Klaus Iohannis on Monday said the latest UN
report on climate change must be an alarm signal for everybody adding that he
would get actively involved in all the processes aimed at solving the climate
crisis. The Romanian president says that firm action is needed and that must be
coordinated at national, European and international levels in order for the right
public policies to be implemented. The magnitude and fast pace of these
human-induced changes do not allow us to postpone decisions and measures to
curb their dramatic effects, president Iohannis wrote in a Facebook message. According
to the UN latest report on climate published on Monday, mankind will be facing
a significant rise in temperatures, heavy rainfalls in some areas and drought
caused by greenhouse gases. The UN experts believe the tendency is affecting
every inhabited area while some changes, such as increased sea levels, are to
be seen for hundreds and even thousands of years. ‘It is unequivocal’ the
report says, ‘that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land’. Scientists
say that if carbon emissions are halved by 2030, their devastating effects can
be stopped. Britain is to stage a major conference on climate change in Glasgow
over October 31st – November 12th.

FIRES 45
Romanian firefighters continue their mission in the Spatari area on the Greek
island of Evia. The intervention is facilitated by six fire engines, two tanks,
and six rescuers whose mission is to ensure the supply of trucks with water and
use chainsaws to create corridors that help contain the fires. According
to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, Romanian firefighters use
drones to monitor new fire outbreaks. These are the deadliest fires in Greek
history and have devastated northern Evia, burning down more than 35,000
hectares of pine forest and hundreds of homes. Thousands of residents and
tourists have been evacuated by sea from the affected regions. In another
development, two planes of Romanian Air Forces have joined the firefighting
efforts in neighboring North Macedonia, a country also affected by forest
fires. The Romanian firefighters accomplished three missions on Monday and nine
missions since their deployment three days ago.

AID A
plane belonging to Romania’s Air Forces on Monday carried to Tunisia approximately
180,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine produced by Astra Zeneca, as well as antigen
tests and sanitary materials, to help manage the pandemic in that country,
the Romanian Defense Ministry announced. Romania was among the states that
received a request for international assistance from the Tunisian government,
by activating the European Civil Protection Mechanism. This mechanism
coordinates the response to natural and man-made disasters at EU level,
enabling coordinated, effective and rapid assistance to support affected
populations.

BUDGET In
Bucharest, the Liberal Prime Minister Florin Cîţu continues, this week, talks on
budget adjustment, with his ministers, but also with the leaders of the ruling
center-right coalition. According to the draft, the Ministry of Health will
receive the largest amount, followed by the Ministry of Finance and the
Ministry of Development. On the other hand, the Ministry of Labor, the Court of
Accounts and the Senate will get less. The Prime Minister has reiterated that
additional funds will be received only by ministries that reported a good
budget execution in the first six months of the year. For his part, the Deputy
Prime Minister Dan Barna, from USR-PLUS, has expressed his conviction that an
adjustment formula will be found that will guarantee investments in the coming
months of this year as well.

(bill)