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October 4, 2017

Cartel Alfa unionists hold rally against changes in social security payment system

October 4, 2017
October 4, 2017

, 04.10.2017, 13:41

UNIONS – One of Romanias largest trade union confederations, Cartel Alfa, is holding in Bucharest today a protest rally in front of the Government headquarters in Bucharest. The unionists main reason for discontent has to do with the transfer of social security payments from employers to employees. On the other hand, they demand a restart of negotiations and the closing of collective bargaining agreements at all levels. Unionists are also unhappy with the Law on public sector salaries and the Social Dialogue Act. According to Cartel Alfa, some 10,000 people are to take part in the rally. During September 25 to 29, similar protests were held in several other Romanian cities.




PARLIAMENT – The Chamber of Deputies in the Parliament of Romania is discussing and voting today on a simple motion tabled by the National Liberal Party and Save Romania Union, in the Opposition, on the subject of transport infrastructure. The debate had been scheduled for Tuesday, but was postponed at the request of PM Mihai Tudose, who announced Parliament that the Transport Minister Razvan Cuc was taking part in a joint meeting of the Governments of Romania and Bulgaria. Entitled ‘Romanias transport infrastructure is controlled by Social Democratic Party interests. Disillusion, demagogy and discouragement, the motion is aimed at dismissing Minister Razvan Cuc, accused of faulty management and lack of professionalism, as well as of blocking several major infrastructure projects.




BANKS – The National Bank of Romania moved in the interbank market and lent a rough 2 billion euros to commercial banks, at 1.75% interest. The central bank did this after on Tuesday the 3-month Robor index, based on which most interest rates on loans in the national currency are calculated, had gone up for the 15th consecutive day, to 1.8%, the highest level since November 2014. We have more on this after the news.




GERMANY – The reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990, paved the way for the unification of Europe as a whole, the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday night, at a dinner given by the Embassy of Germany in Bucharest. Himself a member of the German ethnic community in Romania, the President emphasised that the bilateral relation was a solid, strategic one, based on concrete achievements and on the will to build together a better European future. Iohannis also said that Romania, a Francophone country with a substantial German cultural heritage, must stand united with the French-German engine of the European Union.




SPAIN – The European Parliament is discussing today, in an emergency session, the crisis in Spain further to Sundays Catalan independence referendum. The European Commission said repeatedly that this was a Spanish domestic politics issue, but Catalan officials insisted for EU mediation in the matter. The head of Catalonias Government, the secessionist Carles Puigdemont, said the region would proclaim its independence within days. According to the Radio Romania correspondent in Spain, King Felipe has given the okay for suspending Catalan autonomy. He accused the authorities in Barcelona of lack of loyalty, and reiterated that Sundays vote was illegal.




TENNIS – Romanian tennis player Simona Halep (2 WTA) has today managed a major victory against the Russian Maria Sharapova (104 WTA), 6-2, 6-2, in the eighth-finals of the Beijing tournament, which has 6.4 million US dollars in total prize money. This is Simonas first win against Sharapova in 8 matches. Now, Simona Halep has a new chance to become no 1 in the world, overtaking Spains Garbiñe Muguruza, who withdrew from the tournament in the first round. Also today, in the 16th-finals, another Romanian player, Monica Niculescu (65 WTA) has been defeated by the Chinese Shuai Peng (25 WTA), 6-3, 6-2. The third Romanian player in this tournament, Sorana Cirstea (44 WTA), is playing on Thursday, also in the eighth-finals, against the Czech player Karolina Pliskova (4 WTA).


(translated by: Ana-Maria Popescu)

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