Tag: sanitas

  • January 25, 2024

    January 25, 2024

    TALKS Romanian Prime
    Minister, Marcel Ciolacu is today having a new round of talks with trade
    unionists from the country’s medical system. In the meantime, representatives
    of the Sanitas Confederation, who threatened with an all-out strike, are
    presently picketing the Labour Ministry headquarters. Authorities and trade
    unionists have decided the setting up of a working group consisting of Sanitas
    representatives as well as experts from the ministries of Finance, Labour and
    Healthcare, to analyze specific issues facing every sector and every
    professional category in the field of healthcare and social assistance. Medical
    employees have called for a 20% pay rise. On Wednesday, another trade union
    federation, Hipocrat, announced its response to the unity appeal made by
    Sanitas and kicked off a signature campaign with a view to launching an all-out
    strike.






    CHANGES Mihai Popsoi, the incumbent vice-president
    of Parliament in the pro-western government of the Republic of Moldova, an
    ex-soviet, Romanian-speaking country, has been appointed Foreign Minister to
    replace the outgoing minister, Nicu Popescu, who stepped down. The new
    government reshuffle is to also include a new minister portfolio, that of
    European Integration. Ex-minister Popescu might become chief-negotiator for the
    country’s EU-accession.




    ISRAEL British Foreign Secretary,
    David Cameron, has told the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that
    Britain still believes in the need for a two-state solution after the later
    rejected the allies’ demands for Palestinian statehood. During a meeting in
    Jerusalem, the British official has reiterated his call for an ‘immediate
    humanitarian pause’ in Gaza, by opening more crossing points to allow crucial
    humanitarian aid into the besieged strip. In another development, the United
    States has deplored the recent Israeli attack on a UN shelter in Khan Yunis, the
    south of the Gaza Strip, which killed several people and has called for the
    protection of the UN sites. The Israeli army has announced it surrounded Khan
    Yunis and stepped up its operations against the terrorist group Hamas. According
    to Hamas sources roughly 26 thousand Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been
    killed in the Israeli bombardments and onslaught in Gaza, while the UN has
    cautioned against the famine caused by the latest Israeli-Hamas conflict.






    DRUGS Fighting drug
    trafficking remains a priority in Romania in spite of the extremely complex
    domestic agenda in 2024, Romanian Interior Minister, Catalin Predoiu said in
    Anvers, Belgium during the launch of a new platform aimed at fighting drug
    trafficking in Europe. Networks of domestic and international cooperation are the
    most effective ways to fight drug trafficking, Minister Predoiu says adding
    that Romania’s Police and Border Police as well as the institutions coordinating
    various financial activities, transport and logistics will resort to concrete
    measures aimed at keeping the phenomenon at bay.








    DRILL The biggest military
    drill staged by the North Atlantic Alliance since the Cold War kicked off on
    Wednesday. Roughly 90 thousand troops from the member states will be
    participating in Steadfast Defender 2024, which is due until May this year.
    Through this drill NATO wants to prove its capability of rapidly deploying
    troops from North America or from the other NATO areas in order to strengthen
    Europe’s defence. Steadfast Defender 2024 will be a clear demonstration of our
    unity, strength and determination to protect each other, our values and the
    rules-based international order, says the Supreme Allied Commander Europe,
    general Christopher Cavoli.




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  • Social discontent in Romania

    Social discontent in Romania

    The Romanian coalition government is in a fix, under double pressure, put by both the education and healthcare trade unions which are asking for significant salary increases, and by the excessive budget deficit, which is above the limit allowed in the European Union. The teachers and the non-teaching staff have been on an all-out strike since Monday, which they say could be extended for several weeks, jeopardizing the national exams. So far, the negotiations have failed. The trade unionists want the authorities to find quick solutions for increasing the salaries of all the teaching staff.



    The representatives of students and parents have also had talks with the government. They support the demands of the teachers, but they are worried about the approaching end-of-year exams. The government claims that the solution is the adoption of the salary law. However, the teachers have lost patience, they say that they are tired of promises and demand the adoption of a law that should increase all salaries in the education system until the new law on public sector salaries is drafted by Parliament. The authorities should increase not only the incomes of the beginner teachers but also those of all teaching staff, the trade unionists claim.




    According to Anton Hadăr, the leader of the Alma Mater National Trade Union Federation they are speaking about 260,000 people: We did not receive a satisfactory proposal. Longer-term solutions, i.e. the future salary law, are also being protracted. At this pace, I guarantee you that there will be a strike this entire week, and I think the strike will be extended, not just for a week.



    Social discontent is rising dangerously in the area of ​​healthcare too. Dissatisfied with the fact that the unitary salary law was allegedly not applied correctly, the trade unionists from the Sanitas Federation picketed the Health Ministry. A possible strike by nurses and caretakers will not affect the hospitalized patients, but it will cause the postponement of certain surgical operations.



    The president of the Sanitas Federation, Leonard Bărăscu: The all-out strike does not affect the patients, I can guarantee that, because the sick will receive the best care possible, as before. The problem is that we will have to give up certain surgical operations for chronic patients, that will be canceled or postponed for a few days.



    Healthcare employees want the continuation of employment in the field of Health and Social Assistance, the granting of the basic salaries in the grid to all employees, the calculation of all the increments and the hourly rate for night shifts by reference to the paid salary, the calculation of the food allowance by reference to the current minimum gross salary in Romania and the adequate funding of Health and Social Assistance institutions. On June 8, there will be a warning strike with work being interrupted for two hours, and the all-out strike is scheduled for June 15. (LS)

  • February 8, 2023 UPDATE

    February 8, 2023 UPDATE

    EARTHQUAKE The massive earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday killed around
    12,000 people, according to the latest reports. Two-thirds of the total
    casualties are reported in Turkey. Tens of thousands of people were injured. In
    spite of the freezing cold, rescuers are struggling to find survivors. President Tayyip Erdogan declared
    disaster areas in the 10 provinces affected by the quakes, and introduced a
    3-month state of emergency. Seventy countries have so far provided support in
    the search and rescue operations. Romania joined the international aid efforts
    and sent nearly 120 search and
    rescue specialists, doctors and nurses, as well as search and rescue dogs.
    Many Romanian nationals have contacted the Embassy in Ankara to report the situation there, but few of them
    requested to be repatriated. Turkey is located in one of the world’s
    main seismic areas. In 1999, an
    earthquake occurring in Düzce, in the north of the country, killed over 17,000 people. As regards Syria, Romania is going to provide mostly humanitarian aid,
    following that country’s request to the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.


    PATRIOT Romania has received a second Patriot system, out of the total
    four, that were contracted for the first stage of the country’s Air Force
    equipping programme. According to the defence minister Angel Tilvar, the four
    systems represent the first stage in achieving state-of-the-art ground-based
    air defence capability, which can be fully integrated into the NATO system.
    Patriot systems were first delivered to Romania in 2020, and 2023 is the year
    when the first stage of the equipping programme is to be fully completed,
    according to the Defence Ministry. The Patriot system is one of the most
    advanced air protection systems of the US military arsenal. It is a mobile
    system that usually includes a powerful radar, a control station, a power
    generator, launch stations and support vehicles.


    EU The European Council on Thursday will hold a summit in Brussels to
    discuss the war in Ukraine, the EU economy and migration. A video-conference
    chaired by the European Council President, Charles Michel, was held on Tuesday
    and was also attended by Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, who said talks
    focused on the support granted to Ukraine, consolidating the competitiveness of
    the EU economy and implementing concrete measures of combating illegal
    migration. Although Schengen enlargement is not officially on the agenda,
    President Iohannis might approach it informally in the plenary or during
    bilateral meetings with his counterparts.


    MOTION The Chamber of
    Deputies Wednesday dismissed the simple motion tabled by the opposition against
    the interior minister Lucian Bode. The document signatories accuse Bode of plagiarism
    and blame him for Romania’s failure to join the Schengen area. In Monday’s
    debates on the motion, Lucian Bode argued that the opposition’s claims were
    untrue and prompted by the forthcoming elections.This is the
    second failed motion against minister Bode, after the one in October.


    PROTESTS Members of the Sanitas Trade Union Federation Wednesday held
    protest rallies in Bucharest, for the 3rd consecutive day, picketing
    political party offices. Several hundred unionists from around the country
    protested against the Salaries Law and the under-financing of healthcare
    institutions and social assistance in Romania. The list of demands includes a
    minimum 15% pay raise. The unionists warned that unless the authorities meet
    their demands, further protests may be planned. (E.E., A.M.P.)

  • February 7, 2023

    February 7, 2023

    Earthquake. The powerful earthquakes that shook Syria and Turkey on
    Monday have killed more than 5,000, according to the latest toll made public
    today. Rescue teams are making efforts to save as many lives as possible. There
    are also dozens of thousands of people injured. According to estimates in
    Ankara, 13 million people have been affected in Turkey by the earthquake
    measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, which was followed by lots of aftershocks. Romania
    joined the international support effort for Turkey and sent to Andana 3
    military aircraft with 60 Romanian professional rescuers, doctors and nurses, and
    specialized rescue equipment.




    Protest. The Sanitas Federation continues its protests against the
    Salary Law and the underfunding of medical care and welfare in Romania. The
    list of demands includes higher incomes for all the employees in the healthcare
    and welfare system by at least 15%, to cover inflation, negotiations between
    the Government and stakeholders on the new bill regarding the remuneration of
    personnel paid from public funds, and the provision of a sufficient and correct
    funding system for medical and welfare institutions. A delegation of the Sanitas Federation was
    received at the Government headquarters on Monday, the first day of the
    protest.




    Bill. In Bucharest, senators voted unanimously in favor of a
    legislative proposal to be added to the Criminal Code, under which drivers
    found drunk or under the influence of prohibited substances while driving, as
    well as those who drive without a license, will go directly to prison in the
    situation in which they cause a road accident resulting in casualties. In
    Romania, 100 people die annually in road accidents caused by drivers in such
    situations, said the initiator of the legislative proposal, PSD senator Robert
    Cazanciuc. Every year, approximately 20,000 people are prosecuted for driving
    without a license, under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and after the
    adoption of the legislative proposal, judges will no longer be able to suspend
    the execution of prison sentences. The document will now to the Chamber of
    Deputies, which is the decision-making body in this matter.










    Moldova. A new meeting of the European Union-Republic of Moldova
    Association Council is taking place in Brussels today, chaired by the head of
    European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, and Prime Minister Natalia Gavriliţa. This
    is the most important format of dialogue in the Chisinau-Brussels relationship,
    analysts in Chisinau say. Today’s meeting is the first meeting of this kind
    after the Republic of Moldova (with a predominantly Romanian-speaking
    population), together with Ukraine, obtained the status of a candidate country
    for EU accession in June last year. Cooperation in overcoming the challenges triggered
    by the war in Ukraine, including the energy crisis, the expansion of export
    quotas on the European market for Moldovan producers, and border security are
    just some of the topics that will be addressed in the bilateral discussions in
    Brussels.










    Strike. A general strike and demonstrations are taking place
    again today in France, for the third time in a month, against the increase in
    the retirement age provided for in the new pension law, which has been under
    debate in Parliament since Monday. The Radio Romania correspondent in Paris
    reports that public transport will, however, be less disrupted than in the
    past, so that those who travel will encounter fewer problems. In Paris, there
    are no completely closed metro lines, but some will only run during peak hours.
    As for air traffic, at Paris Orly airport, in the south of the French capital,
    20% of the flights have been canceled due to the strike of the control tower
    employees. At Roissy Charles de Gaulle, in the north, where most flights from
    Romania arrive, activities are expected to run as usual. Important strike mobilizations are announced
    in education, energy, ports, refineries and in the private industrial sector.








    Tennis. The Romanian tennis player Jaqueline Cristian plays, today, against Camila Giorgi from
    Italy, in the first round of the WTA 250 tennis tournament in Linz (Austria),
    with more than 225,000 euros in prize money. On Monday, the Romanian-Spanish
    pair Jaqueline Cristian/Marina Bassols Ribera was defeated by Dalma Galfi
    (Hungary)/Oksana Kalaşnikova (Georgia), 7-6, 6-4, in the first round of the
    doubles event. Also today, in Abu Dhabi, the Romanian Gabriela Ruse takes on
    the Czech Barbora Krejcikova, in the first round of the WTA 500 tournament, with
    prizes worth around 780,000 dollars. (MI)



  • February 6, 2023

    February 6, 2023

    TEAM Romanian president Klaus Iohannis
    has conveyed condolences on Romania’s behalf to Turkey, after the earthquake,
    which has recently hit that country and Syria. Romania is solidary with those
    affected by the tragedy, the Romanian president wrote on Twitter. The government
    of Romania decided to dispatch a specialized intervention team to Turkey, a
    country seriously affected by the powerful earthquake last night. The support
    comes after the international assistance request Turkey launched via the EU
    Civil Protection Mechanism. In another development, the Foreign Ministry
    informs that Romania’s embassy in Ankara has been contacted by a group of 10
    Romanian citizens – a professor and 9 Erasmus students – who were in a town
    affected by the earthquake. The 10 announced they are all right and requested
    consular assistance for repatriation. A 7.8 earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria last
    night killing hundreds and wounding thousands. The earthquake had the epicenter
    close to the Turkish city of Gaziantep, close to the Syrian border wreaking
    havoc on an infrastructure already affected by the war.








    ENERGY
    The Minister of Energy in
    Romania, Virgil Popescu, says the country has no problems regarding its natural
    gas supplies during the present winter season as it has enough quantities in
    store. At present we have 780 million cubic meters more than last winter -
    Popescu said. The Minister held talks with all the big importers of oil
    products in Romania who had diversified their sources in an attempt to avoid any
    shortages. Minister Popescu recalled that next winter, Romania is going to rely
    on no less than a billion cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan, under a
    contract signed a couple of days ago.






    DEBATES Romanian MPs are today debating
    upon the simple motion tabled by the opposition USR and the Force of the Right
    against the Liberal Interior Minister, Lucian Bode amid the forgery allegations
    he is presently facing. The signatories of a document entitled ‘Romania
    deserves better than thieves in public positions’, say the purpose of their
    move is to draw attention to the unacceptable long period of time spent in a
    public position by a man who deserves neither his academic title nor the
    respect of the Romania’s honest workers. The USR and the Force of the Right are
    blaming the minister for the humiliating failure Romania experienced in its
    attempt to join Europe’s border-free area, Schengen, as well as for the rigged public
    tenders for the purchase of cars by the clients of government structures. The
    motion will be voted upon on Wednesday.






    PROTESTS The Sanitas Trade
    Federation in Romania on Monday announced fresh protest rallies in Bucharest, aimed
    at denouncing the low salaries in this field of activity. Trade unionists are
    calling for a 15% pay rise and for a series of debates on the salary law and the
    proper funding of medical institutions. The protesters are going to gather in
    front of the government and start a march through the capital city, which will
    symbolically include several big hospitals in Bucharest.






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  • 27.10.2022 (mise à jour)

    27.10.2022 (mise à jour)

    PNRR – Le Premier ministre
    roumain, N. Ciucă a convenu avec Ursula von der Leyen, présidente de la
    Commission Européenne, qu’il serait possible de remplacer les 9,4 % du PIB alloués
    aux dépenses pour la retraite prévues dans le Plan national de relance et de
    résilience (PNRR) par un autre indicateur calculé en fonction du nouveau
    rapport de la Banque mondiale et d’un indicateur de discipline financière. Ce
    jeudi toujours, le Premier ministre a rencontré la commissaire européenne aux
    Transports, la Roumaine Adina Vălean ainsi que la délégation d’eurodéputés de
    Roumanie. Parmi les thèmes abordés par le chef de gouvernement roumain avec les
    hauts représentants de l’UE et de l’OTAN rencontrés à Bruxelles figurent la
    question brûlante de l’intégration de la Roumanie à l’espace Schengen. N. Ciucă
    a précisé que tous les interlocuteurs présents avaient souligné le soutien dont
    jouissait la Roumanie pour achever son processus d’adhésion à l’espace de libre
    circulation.




















    Chômage – Le taux de chômage
    enregistré en Roumanie, fin septembre, est monté à 2,88%, de 0,03% de moins que
    durant la même période de 2021. Selon les données fournies par l’Agence
    nationale pour l’Emploi, en septembre dernier, le nombre de chômeurs était à la
    hausse, soit de 0,02% de plus qu’en août 2022. La plupart des sans-emplois de
    Roumanie sont âgés de 40 à 49 ans et n’ont pas d’études universitaires.

    Fonds – La Commission européenne a
    versé jeudi à la Roumanie, 2,6 milliards d’euros afférents à une première
    demande déposée par Bucarest dans le cadre du Mécanisme de relance et de
    résilience. Les fonds sont entrés déjà dans les comptes bancaires du pays, a
    fait savoir le Ministère des Investissements. Composée de 1,8 milliards d’euros
    de subventions et 0,8 milliards de prêts, la somme a été attribuée à la
    Roumanie après que le pays a répondu à tous les 14 objectifs assumés. C’est une
    journée historique pour la Roumanie, a affirmé le ministre de tutelle, Marcel
    Bolos, en précisant qu’il s’agit là de la preuve que le pays s’est inscrit dans
    la voie des réformes dans le domaine de la mobilité soutenable, de la
    décarbonisation, de la santé et de l’éducation. La prochaine demande de
    paiement que la Roumanie déposera dans le cadre du Mécanisme de relance et de
    résilience sera de 3,2 milliards d’euros et visera 51 cibles sur les deux
    premiers trimestres de l’année en cours. La Roumanie bénéficie d’une enveloppe
    totale de 29,18 milliards d’euros censée lui permettre de mettre en place le
    PNRR.






    Protestations – Les membres du syndicat roumain Sanitas ont protesté jeudi
    devant les ministères du Travail et de l’Energie, afin d’attirer l’attention
    sur la crise économique qui touche notamment les fonctionnaires à faibles
    revenus. Les protestataires tirent la sonnette d’alarme quant à la flambée des
    prix, notamment des ceux de l’énergie électrique et du gaz. Organisées à
    l’échelle nationale par les membres de Sanitas, aux côtés de l’organisation
    CNSLR-Fraţia, les protestations ont eu lieu à l’échelle nationale et s’inscrivent
    dans un mouvement actuellement en cours dans d’autres pays de l’UE.

    Météo – Il fait beau et doux en
    Roumanie, avec des températures supérieures à la normale saisonnière. Vendredi,
    nous aurons entre 14 et 23 degrés à travers le pays et 21 degrés à midi, à
    Bucarest.

  • 04.10.2021

    04.10.2021

    Covid en Roumanie – Seulement
    huit lits en réanimation étaient encore disponibles dimanche soir dans les
    hôpitaux roumains, après la progression jusqu’à 1 440 du nombre de malades en
    état grave. 21 enfants sont hospitalisés en réanimation. Hier, les autorités
    ont rapporté près de 8 700 nouveaux cas de contamination, dont la plupart dans
    la capitale et dans le département limitrophe d’Ilfov. Côté taux d’incidence, 18
    villes roumaines ont dépassé le seuil des 7,5 cas d’infection par mille
    habitants et à Bucarest ce paramètre touche déjà les 9 cas par mille habitants.
    Les autorités ont rapporté dimanche 150 décès des suites de la Covid 19 en 24
    heures. Les médecins et spécialistes en santé publique avertissent que la
    Roumanie risquait d’atteindre le pic de la 4e vague de la pandémie
    en ce mois d’octobre et pourrait arriver à 20 000 cas d’infection par jour. La
    situation inquiète les médecins qui affirment que le système sanitaire est
    surchargé et les représentants des services d’ambulance à travers le pays constatent
    une croissance inquiétante des appels. Entre temps, une nouvelle tranche de
    vaccins contre la Covid produits par la compagnie Pfizer BioNTech, de 300 mille
    doses devrait arriver aujourd’hui en Roumanie. Les autorités ont annoncé
    dimanche que plus de 30 000 doses de vaccin Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca et
    Johnson&Johnson ont été administrées en 24 heures. Depuis le début de la
    campagne de vaccination le 27 décembre 2020, près de 5 millions et demi de
    personnes ont été entièrement vaccinées.

    Tests de dépistage – Le gouvernement de Bucarest devrait débattre aujourd’hui d’un projet de loi qui oblige le personnel de la Santé et des institution sociales non – vacciné à payer de ses propres fonds les tests COVID nécessaires pour qu’ils puissent dérouler leur activité. A l’ordre du jour pourrait figurer aussi des lois visant à compenser les factures énergétiques et à protéger les consommateurs vulnérables. Par ailleurs, avant la réunion gouvernementale d’aujourd’hui, le premier ministre Florin Cîtu devrait discuter aussi avec les syndicats et le patronat sur la valeur du salaire minimum, qui sera appliquée à partir du 1er janvier 2022. Si les parties arrivent à un accord, ce projet devrait lui aussi figurer à l’ordre du jour de la réunion.

    Sanitas –

    Protestation
    aujourd’hui devant le Gouvernement de Bucarest. Les syndicalistes de la
    Fédération Sanitas, qui défendent les intérêts du personnel de la Santé,
    déplorent la situation grave dans le système sanitaire qui mène à des
    conséquences telles l’incendie de Constanta, dans le sud-est, la réduction des
    droits des salariés et l’incapacité des hôpitaux d’assurer des conditions de
    travail décents. Dans un message publié vendredi sur Facebook, en marge de
    l’incendie produite à l’hôpital des maladies infectieuses de Constanta,
    l’organisation syndicale affirme que les sections de réanimation ne peuvent pas
    être mises en place à tout moment et qu’aucune improvisation n’était permise. Le
    gouvernement roumain ne dispose pas d’une stratégie cohérente, afin de
    résoudre, afin de résoudre le problème de l’infrastructure vétuste des hôpitaux,
    accuse la Fédération Sanitas. Sept malades sont décédés vendredi dans
    l’incendie qui a ravagé la section de réanimation de l’hôpital des maladies
    infectieuses de Constanta.

    Accident – Sept ressortissants roumains, à double nationalité, comptent parmi les personnes décédées suite au crash dimanche d’un avion de tourisme près de Milan, selon le ministère des Affaires Etrangères de Bucarest. Au total 8 personnes, dont un enfant, ont perdu la vie dans cet accident aéronautique. Selon le correspondent de la radio publique roumaine, l’aéronef était piloté par l’homme d’affaires roumain Dan Petrescu, qui possède une de plus grandes fortunes de Roumanie. Il était accompagné par son épouse roumaine et son fils, un jeune homme et une famille avec un enfant d’un an et sa grand-mère. Le petit avion de tourisme, un Pilatus PC-12, devait rallier Olbia en Sardaigne depuis l’aéroport milanais de Linate.

    USR – Le congrès qui a marqué la fin de la fusion entre l’Union sauvez la Roumanie et PLUS s’est achevé dimanche à Bucarest. Le nouveau parti, la troisième force du Parlement roumain et depuis peu de temps en opposition, s’appellera Union Sauvez la Roumanie – USR. Le président est l’eurodéputé Dacian Ciolos, ex-premier ministre technocrate durant la période 2015 – 2016. Tant le président Ciololos que le vice-président Dan Barna, son adversaire à la tête de l’USR ont exclus la possibilité d’une scission du parti après le congrès et se sont proposés de devenir la principale force de la droite aux élections législatives en 2024.

    Rentrée universitaire – Aujourd’hui c’est la
    rentrée universitaire pour quelque 550 000 étudiants des institutions
    d’enseignement supérieur publiques et privées de Roumanie. Plus de la moitié
    des facultés fonctionneront pourtant en système hybride. Dans plus d’un tiers
    des cas, les cours se tiendront en présentiel et peu d’universités ont choisi
    de dérouler des cours exclusivement enligne. Le président de l’Alliance des
    organisations estudiantines de Roumanie, Horia Oniţă, affirme que tous les
    centres universitaires devraient être prêts à passer à tout moment d’un
    scénario à l’autre en fonction de la situation pandémique locale

    Canoë – La Roumanie a terminé les Championnats du monde de Kayak Canoë séniors, jeunesse et juniors déroulé à Bascov dans le département d’Arges, avec une seule médaille – l’or décroché par les frères Adrian et Victor Stepan, dans la compétition de canoë double juniors. La Hongrie s’est imposée dans le classement des médailles avec 11 médailles d’or, 10 d’argent et 2 de bronze, étant suivie par le Danemark, l’Ukraine, l’Espagne, la France et le Portugal. La Roumanie s’est classée quatrième, à égalité avec la Russie.

    Météo – Il fait beau en Roumanie, ou la météo est douce et les températures assez élevées notamment sur l’ouest et le nord-ouest du pays. Sur l’est et le sud-est, le ciel est couvert et des pluies sont possibles alors qu’il est clair sur le reste du pays. Les maxima vont de 16 à 26 degrés.

  • Protests staged by trade unions and employers

    Protests staged by trade unions and employers

    Ever since the first days of the year, a number of
    professional and social categories in Romania took to the streets to voice
    their discontent with the way the center-right coalition Government has been
    managing some of the hot topics on the public agenda. Protesters are asking for
    decent wages, fair pensions, quality public services, fair taxes and the
    rightful application of the legislation. Amidst heated political debates
    regarding the 2021 state budget law, trade unions with the Sanitas Federation
    on Monday staged a rally in front of the Finance Ministry building. They are
    disgruntled with the low budget allocated to healthcare this year, which is
    unfair not just due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, but it is also an immoral
    act against Romanian citizens. Trade unions say healthcare should get 9% of the
    GDP, as all Romanians need a public health system that can save them from
    SARS-CoV-2, treat their chronic illnesses and ensure emergency health
    eservices. One of the protesters explained what prompted him to come to
    Bucharest all the way from Cluj.


    We are unhappy with the inequities stipulated in
    the Government’s budget by slashing bonuses or freezing salaries for various
    categories of workers. At the start of its mandate, the Government promised
    they wouldn’t touch the salaries of health workers or their bonuses.


    Equally discontented are workers in the hospitality
    sector. Employers in this field have called on the Government to pay the compensations
    they were promised last year, considering this sector reported a 70% drop in
    its activity. They also ask the Government not to scrap holiday vouchers for
    public sector employees. Dragos Anastasiu, the coordinator of the Coalition for
    Romania’s Development:


    The industry is suffering right now, and we need
    the support of the number one stakeholder in every company, namely the Romanian
    state. We find it unacceptable to make firm promises, including by introducing
    legislation, without keeping them.


    Finally, trade unionists with the Cartel Alfa
    National Confederation have joined the chorus of protests against the
    Government’s current economic and social policies. The unionists have been
    staging protests since January 14. Cartel Alfa representatives say the burden
    of austerity measures will weigh heavy on workers and pensioners, with
    considerable effects on vulnerable population categories with lower incomes.
    (V. Palcu)



  • Nemulţumiri sindicale şi patronale

    Nemulţumiri sindicale şi patronale

    Încă din primele zile ale acestui an, o serie de categorii profesionale și sociale din România au ieșit în stradă să își strige nemulțumirile față de modul în care actualul Guvern de coaliție de centru-dreapta, dominat de liberalii la putere de la finele lui 2019, gestionează problemele curente, în contextul pandemiei de Covid-19. Români din toată țara cer salarii decente, pensii echitabile, servicii publice de calitate, taxare justă sau aplicarea corectă a legislației.


    În contextul discuțiilor politice aprinse pe marginea legii bugetului pe anul în curs, sindicaliști din cadrul Federației Sanitas au pichetat, luni, Ministerul Finanţelor, în opinia lor, un buget mai mic la Sănătate, într-un an cu pandemie, fiind nu doar o nedreptate faţă de lucrătorii din sistem, ci şi un act profund imoral la adresa cetăţenilor României. Membrii de sindicat susţin că Sănătatea ar trebui să primească 9% din PIB, pentru că românii au nevoie de un sistem public care să-i poată salva de SARS-CoV-2, să le poată trata afecţiunile acute și cronice sau să le asigure tratamentul de urgenţă. Unul din participanții la protest a explicat ce l-a determinat să vină din nord-vestul țării, de la Cluj, tocmai la București:

    Nedreptăţile pe care Guvernul le prevede în legătură cu bugetul şi cu alte scăderi ale sporurilor sau chiar îngheţarea acestora pe diferite categorii de personal, lucru care ne nelinişteşte, deoarece la începutul guvernării acelaşi Guvern promitea că nu se vor atinge de salariile celor din Sănătate, că nu se vor atinge de sporurile acestora.


    Nemulțumiri mari sunt și în sectorul HoReCa. Patronatele din industria turismului solicită Executivului să le achite despăgubirile promise încă de anul trecut, în contextul în care domeniul ospitalităţii a înregistrat un declin de 70% al activităţii și să acorde, în continuare, bugetarilor tichete de vacanţă, pe care Guvernul a decis să le elimine în acest an.


    Dragoş Anastasiu, coordonatorul Coaliţiei pentru Dezvoltarea României: Industria este în suferinţă în momentul de faţă şi are nevoie de sprijinul principalului co-acţionar din fiecare companie, adică al statului român. Este din punctul nostru de vedere inacceptabil să existe promisiuni ferme, făcute inclusiv prin legi, care să nu fie respectate.


    Nu în ultimul rând, corului de sindicaliști profund nemulțumiți de politica economică și socială a actualului Executiv li se alătură colegii din Confederaţia Naţională Sindicală Cartel Alfa, care, până la finele acestei luni, își vor continua protestele stradale începute pe 14 ianuarie. Cartel Alfa declară că povara austerităţii va fi suportată exclusiv de lucrători şi pensionari, răsfrângându-se asupra categoriilor vulnerabile ale populaţiei cu venituri reduse.

  • Nachrichten 10.02.2021

    Nachrichten 10.02.2021

    Haushalt – Der Entwurf des rumänischen Staatshaushalts für 2021 ist fertig und wird noch am Mittwoch veröffentlicht. Laut Premierminister Florin Cîțu geht der Haushalt von einem Defizit von etwa 7% des BIP aus. Der Haushaltsentwurf zielt darauf ab, die Wirtschaft neu auszurichten, die Anomalien in der Gesetzgebung der letzten 4 Jahre zu reparieren, ohne die Einhaltung der Haushaltsziele zu übersehen. Der Premierminister hat auch gesagt, dass der Haushaltsentwurf das Vertrauen der EG, der ausländischen Investoren und der Rating-Agenturen erhalten soll. Um die mit der Europäischen Kommission vereinbarte Defizitzahl zu erreichen, muss die Regierung einige Ausgaben reduzieren. Sie muss Leistungen für Angestellte, Subventionen für unrentable Staatsunternehmen und die Finanzierung politischer Parteien kürzen oder deckeln. Das Kindergeld wird in diesem Jahr unverändert bleiben, und die öffentlichen Renten werden erst zum 1. Januar 2022 erhöht



    Proteste – In Rumänien gehen die Proteste der Gewerkschafter gegen die Lohnpolitik der Regierungskoalition weiter. Heute besetzen die Gewerkschafter von Cartel Alfa die Zentrale der Liberalen Partei in Bukarest, nachdem sie am Dienstag bereits vor dem Finanzministerium protestiert hatten. Auch die Gewerkschafter von Sanitas haben für Donnerstag Proteste angekündigt, da sie mit der angekündigten Kürzung der Sozialleistungen, der Aussetzung der Urlaubsgutscheine für 2021 und der Kürzung des Essensgeldes unzufrieden sind. Der Gewerkschaftsverband Publisind wiederum, der dem Nationalen Gewerkschaftsblock angehört, organisiert heute Proteste vor dem Parlamentspalast sowie vor den Büros der Präfekten im ganzen Land. Sie haben die Proteste seit dem 31. Dezember 2020 gestartet und haben angekündigt, die Protestaktionen auf unbestimmte Zeit fortzusetzen. Der Nationale Verband der Rentner in Rumänien protestiert ebenfalls gegen die Entscheidung der Regierung, die Renten in diesem Jahr nicht zu erhöhen.



    Antrag – Die oppositionellen Sozialdemokraten – PSD, reichen heute in der Abgeordnetenkammer in Bukarest einen einfachen Antrag gegen den Gesundheitsminister Vlad Voiculescu ein, nachdem sie sich mit Vertretern der Berufs- und Gewerkschaftsorganisationen in diesem Bereich und der Patientenverbände getroffen haben. Innerhalb des Gesundheitsministeriums herrschte in dieser Zeit nicht Aktion, sondern Untätigkeit und eine offensichtliche Unfähigkeit, diese Pandemie zu managen, sagte der PSD-Abgeordnete Alexandru Rafila, Rumäniens Vertreter bei der WHO. Der Antrag zum Thema Gesundheit wird nächste Woche debattiert werden.



    Impfstoff – Am Mittwoch wurden in Rumänien in den letzten 24 Stunden mehr als 3 Tausend Neuinfektionen gemeldet. Die Gesamtzahl der Fälle überstieg 752 Tausend, die Zahl der Todesfälle überstieg 19.100. Fast 1.000 Patienten befinden sich auf der Intensivstation. In einer weiteren Entwicklung sind die ersten 14.000 Dosen des Moderna-Impfstoffs in Rumänien angekommen. Diese werden an regionale Zentren und Impfstellen im ganzen Land verteilt. Seit Beginn der Impfkampagne in Rumänien, am 27. Dezember, wurden etwa 140 Tausend Menschen mit dem BioNTech-Pfizer-Impfstoff geimpft. Die beiden in der Europäischen Union erhältlichen Impfstofftypen, Moderna und BioNTech-Pfizer, sind in ihrer Wirksamkeit sehr ähnlich und verwenden eine auf Boten-RNA basierende Technologie. Der Koordinator der Anti-COVID-Impfkampagne Dr. Valeriu Gheorghiţă erklärte, dass in der zweiten Impfphase, die am 15. Januar begann, täglich 40-45.000 Dosen im ganzen Land verabreicht werden könnten.



    Colectiv – Der Dokumentarfilm collective, bei dem Alexander Nanau Regie führte, ist in den Kategorien Dokumentarfilm und Internationaler Spielfilm auf der Shortlist der Academy Awards. Der von Rumänien und Luxemburg koproduzierte Film erzählt die Geschichte der gemeinsamen Bemühungen von Ärzten, Regierungsbeamten und investigativen Journalisten, die gegen Korruption kämpfen und dabei nach dem Brand im Colectiv-Club in Bukarest einen groß angelegten Betrug im Gesundheitssystem aufdecken. Das Feuer fand am 30. Oktober 2015 statt und forderte 65 Opfer. Die Oscar-Nominierungen werden am 15. März bekannt gegeben, und die Gewinner werden bei der Academy Awards Gala am 25. April bekannt gegeben.

  • Protests and the reform of the healthcare system

    Protests and the reform of the healthcare system

    Neglected for too many years, the Romanian medical system needs to be reformed. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed even more glaringly the systems shortcomings: underfunding, insufficient beds for patients, inadequate conditions, under-staffing. That is why, on Monday, almost 100 representatives of the Sanitas trade union federation gathered in front of the government building to protest and cry out their discontentment.



    The trade unionists accuse the authorities of indifference to the systems problems and are asking for pay rises and leveling inequities and also for unblocking the hiring process. They are also asking for a national strategy of investments in the healthcare system.



    Aurelia Constantin, the vice-president of the Sfanta Maria Hospital Organization was among the protesters: “Fortunately, I am working in a well-equipped hospital, but there are hospitals in Romania where no investments whatsoever have been made in 30 years”.



    In turn, Viorel Huşanu from Sanitas Bucharest pointed out that: “We are understaffed, we need more personnel to take care of the COVID-19 patients at least, because everyone knows that you need special equipment for the COVID-19 patients and you spend 4 hours at the most in that hazmat suit.”



    Viorel Huşanu criticizes the authorities for doing nothing all these years for the healthcare system, and so people are dying. He referred to the recent tragedies that have occurred in several hospitals from Romania. A fire broke out last November at the intensive care unit of the Emergency Hospital in Piatra Neamt (in the northeast) that was followed by last weeks fire at the most modern infectious diseases hospital in Romania, Matei Bals from Bucharest.



    In both incidents patients burned to death! The tragedy at Matei Bals hospital made the opposition parties PSD — the Social Democratic Party and AUR – the Alliance for the Union of Romanians to ask for the resignation of the current health minister, Vlad Voiculescu who has announced several measures.



    Vlad Voiculescu: “We will try to render the personnel scheme more flexible and revise the personnel norms, especially in the sections where COVID-19 patients are being treated. This is an emergency. We will create the national fund for patients safety in hospitals. This means a fund dedicated for certain actions, for investments and also for separate funding of certain types of maintenance. These issues are still under debate.”



    The health minister also says they will accelerate the projects for building regional hospitals in Iasi (northeast), Cluj (northwest) and Craiova (south). (tr. L. Simion)

  • February 1, 2021

    February 1, 2021


    INVESTIGATION. Another
    patient, who had been transferred to a different pavilion of the Matei Balş
    Institute following Friday’s fire, has died. The announcement was made by the
    Ministry of Health, which has also mentioned that the patient was suffering from
    a severe form of Covid-19 and had many underlying conditions. A team of
    prosecutors, forensic police and specialists continues field investigations in
    the case of the fire that broke out on Friday at a pavilion of the Matei Balş Institute in Bucharest, where COVID-19 patients were treated in intensive care.
    According to some judicial sources, quoted by Agerpres, at the Homicide Service
    of the Bucharest Police Department, the
    hearings of witnesses will be resumed, including medical staff, but also
    relatives of the eight victims. Investigators are also conducting checks on
    fire protection, electrical maintenance and hospital security services. In this
    case, the prosecutor’s office started an in rem action, for manslaughter.






    VACCINE. A new tranche of COVID-19 vaccine produced by
    Pfizer-BioNTech, the largest so far, has arrived in Romania today. The delivery
    schedule is much delayed, as in all European countries, but the manufacturing
    company has given assurances that, from the middle of this month, the number of
    delivered doses will increase. Authorities in Bucharest have also announced
    that the administration of the Moderna vaccine starts today. So far, more than 670
    thousand people have been vaccinated in Romania. The number of infections with
    the new coronavirus has exceeded 730,000. Most of the patients have been cured,
    but some 18,400 have died. About 1000 patients are hospitalized in intensive
    care units. Abroad, some 8 thousand Romanians have been infected and 151 have
    died of Covid-19.






    PARLIAMENT. Romanian senators and deputies,
    elected in December, start today the first session of the new Legislature. The
    priority is the adoption of the State Budget Law for this year. The representatives
    of the governing coalition formed by the National Liberal Party, the Save
    Romania Union – PLUS Alliance and the Union of Democratic Hungarians in Romania
    want to initiate large-scale reforms in the field of salaries, pensions,
    education and health. In turn, opposition parties have announced that they will
    promote the initiatives they talked about during the election campaign and that
    they will bring more amendments to the Government’s bills.




    PROTEST. In Bucharest, members of the SANITAS Federation are
    protesting today in front of the Government headquarters, to demand respect for
    the rights of employees in the health-care system. The union accuses the
    authorities of indifference and says it is protesting for those who have been
    fighting the virus that caused the pandemic for more than 12 months and for the
    rights of colleagues in vaccination and social assistance centers. Sanitas
    demands compliance with the salary increases planned for 2021, fixing
    inequities affecting the categories of employees with the lowest incomes in the
    system, reporting increases to the basic salary paid for all employees in the
    health system and providing the risk incentive for social workers.




    INCOMES. Most Romanians do not expect their incomes to
    grow in 2021. According to an IRSOP survey, 54% of respondents say their
    earnings will be similar to last year, 17% lower and 27% think their earnings
    will be bigger. Almost two thirds of Romanians believe that prices will rise a
    lot this year, and 30 percent anticipate a slightly more moderate increase.
    Despite the health crisis, last year, 33% of those surveyed managed to save
    money, and in 2021, almost half say they intend to put money aside. The IRSOP
    survey, funded from its own funds, was conducted over January 18 to 28 on a
    representative sample and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5%.




    RUSSIA. The High Representative of the European Union
    Josep Borrell has deplored the massive arrests during Sunday’s protests against
    President Vladimir Putin and for the release of his main opponent, Alexei
    Navalny, as well as what he called the disproportionate use of force against
    protesters and journalists. Borell’s reaction comes shortly before his visit to
    Moscow on February 4-6 to ask for Navalny’s release and to discuss means of normalizing
    relations between Russia and the European Union. The US Secretary of State
    Antony Blinken has also condemned Moscow’s crackdown on anti-government
    protesters. In response, the Russian MFA accused the United States of blatant
    interference in its internal affairs. It was the second round of protests since
    Navalny was detained upon his return from Germany, where he was treated after an
    alleged poisoning that he blames on President Vladimir Putin and the Russian
    security services.




    TENNIS. The Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world
    number two, has qualified for the eight finals of the Gippsland Trophy
    tournament in Melbourne, with 55,000 $ in prize money. Halep has won her first
    match of 2021 against the Russian Anastasia Potapova, 6-4, 6-4. Next, Halep
    will play against the winner of the match between the Australian Destanee Aiava
    and Laura Siegemund of Germany. On Tuesday, the other Romanian in the
    competition, Irina Begu, will play in the second round against Aliaksandra
    Sasnovich of Belarus. (M. Ignatescu)

  • November 17, 2020 UPDATE

    November 17, 2020 UPDATE

    Covid-19 Romania – A new high level meeting was held in Bucharest on Tuesday for assessing and presenting measures aimed at managing the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting was attended by the Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, the PM Ludovic Orban, ministers and officials from the healthcare domain. The PM reiterated one of the main objectives to be reached in a week’s time, namely to increase the number of beds in ICUs by more than 200. He added that the Health Ministry will be among the institutions that will benefit from additional funds upon the budget adjustment. In turn, the President Iohannis announced that the authorities started the organization per se for implementing the anti-Covid-19 vaccination strategy. He explained that the vaccination process will take place in stages, starting with certain groups of the population established according to epidemiological and medical criteria. The first stage includes the medical staff, the people in risk groups as well as the staff working in essential sectors such as education, national security, transports, energy, water and food supply. They also designated a coordinator of the vaccination campaign at national level — a military doctor specialized in infectious diseases. The authorities announced on Tuesday 8,262 new cases of Covid-19 from more than 31 thousand tests. With 186 new deaths reported on Tuesday, the total death toll went beyond 9,200, while the number of patients in ICUs stands at 1,174. Almost 70% of Romanians diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered.



    Fire – Investigators have completed inquiries into the fire that occurred on Saturday at the ICU of the Piatra Neamt County Hospital, treating Sars-Cov-2 patients. The criminal case concerns manslaughter and bodily harm offences, as 10 people died and 7 others were injured. Five of the victims could not be identified and DNA tests were required. Doctor Ioan Cătălin Denciu remains in a serious condition—he tested positive for COVID-19 prior to being transferred to Belgium, and the injuries are more severe than originally thought. The physician has 2nd degree burns on 75% of the body, which he suffered while trying to rescue the patients from the intensive care unit during the fire. The manager of the Piatra Neamţ Hospital has resigned. Joint teams from Public Health Directorates and the General Inspectorate for Emergencies have been conducting inspections, since Monday, in all intensive therapy units across the country, to check electrical installations and the state of medical equipment. The health minister Nelu Tătaru says many hospitals underwent rushed revamping in 2020, and now the authorities have to check whether safety rules were complied with.



    Unions – Members of the SANITAS healthcare workers union Tuesday observed a moment’s silence for the victims of the Piatra Neamt hospital fire, in front of the Government headquarter. SANITAS had scheduled a rally for Tuesday, but the union decided to replace the protest with a commemoration of the victims and of the healthcare workers who lost their lives on the job. Unionists warn that the tragedy may occur again, anywhere in the country, because of the worn out equipment and overworked personnel. They call on civil society to put pressure on politicians to reform the Romanian public healthcare sector. SANITAS officials Monday submitted a list of demands to all county prefect offices.



    Moldova – The Republic of Moldova’s ex-PM, the Pro-European Maia Sandu, is the first woman elected president of the country. In Sunday’s ballot she won 57.75% of the votes, according to the final data announced by the Electoral Committee in Chişinău. The incumbent president, pro-Russian Igor Dodon, who got 42%, announced however he was challenging the result. Maia Sandu’s priorities include ending corruption and public money theft and reforming the political class. The election result is a moral victory of pro-European forces which want genuine change, political commentators in Chisinau say. However, they warn that a tense period may follow, because Igor Dodon’s Socialists hold the largest number of seats in Parliament.



    Gaudeamus – The 27th edition of the Gaudeamus Book Fair organised by Radio Romania since 1994, is taking place online until November 22nd. The event will end on Sunday and will take place exclusively online due to the new coronavirus pandemic. Attending the event are more than 100 companies, among which prestigious book publishers and distributors, music and educational games producers. Hundreds of events can be followed online on gaudeamus.ro, the website of the event, which this year is organised jointly with elefant.ro. Writer Norman Manea, nominated several times for the Nobel Prize for Literature, is the honorary president of this edition of the Gaudeamus book fair.



    Migrants — 41 migrants from Syria, Iraq and Palestine, among whom 6 minors, were discovered on Tuesday by the Romanian border police at the Nadlac 2 border point (in the west). They were hidden in a freight train loaded with moving parts for mechanical equipment, operated by a Turkish citizen. The adults are aged between 18 and 44. The 41 migrants said they wanted to reach western European countries. The border police are investigating the case, and will press charges of migrant trafficking against the Turkish citizen and of illegal border crossing attempt against the foreign migrants. (tr. AM Popescu and L. Simion)

  • Employee Dissatisfaction in the Healthcare System

    Employee Dissatisfaction in the Healthcare System

    Being in the front line in the fight against the new coronavirus, healthcare workers in Romania have repeatedly voiced their dissatisfaction with salaries and working conditions. The trade unionists of the SANITAS Federation took to the streets on Tuesday and picketed the Government headquarters, as a sign of protest against the authorities’ lack of reaction to the requests for financial, human and logistical support submitted to the Executive.



    One week ago, dozens of health and welfare unionists staged a protest called the ‘Exhaustion Rally’, dissatisfied with what they called the authorities’ ‘incoherent crisis strategies’ in tackling the pandemic. On Tuesday, the leaders of the SANITAS Federation had a meeting with government representatives to whom they presented their requests.



    Iulian Pope, First Vice President of the Sanitas Federation: The main claim remains the lack of concern, on the government’s part, for the situation of healthcare workers and I am talking here about the physical and mental exhaustion of the medical staff who have been in the front line since March, I am talking about freezing jobs, I am talking about the lack of adequate and sufficient protective materials during this period and about a predictability that the government does not offer to health workers at the moment. Of course, there are also salary claims.



    After discussions with the leaders of the SANITAS Federation, the Government representatives assured them that they would draw up normative acts by which the 30% rise and the epidemic bonus, ranging between 50 and 85%, would be granted to all the personnel in the health and welfare fields who work with patients confirmed as having Covid-19.



    In turn, the leaders of the ambulance unions canceled the Japanese strike that should have started on Wednesday, after, on Tuesday, they talked with Prime Minister Ludovic Orban and with the ministers of health and public finance about their demands.



    Gheorghe Chiş, president of the ‘Ambulanta’ National Trade Union Federation: Since August 15, the ambulance staff has not benefited from one single leu as incentive or bonus for working in pandemic conditions. Other health-care units, however, have benefited from that and we discussed that issue. We hope that the legislation will be implemented as of November 1, and that a 25% increase will be granted for the operative staff of the Ambulance services. Another sensitive issue raised was the issue of a nurse’s salary. Ambulance nurses are not paid in keeping with the activity they carry out.



    The trade unionists obtained the granting of a pandemic pay rise of 25% and an additional 1,000 medical staff for the Ambulance services. The new posts will be occupied following a contest, for an unlimited period of time, and they will be distributed equally in all counties. (M. Ignatescu)

  • Nachrichten 07.10.2020

    Nachrichten 07.10.2020

    Der rumänische Verteidigungsminister Nicolae Ciuca stattet den USA ab Mittwoch einen fünftägigen offiziellen Besuch ab. Er folgt damit einer Einladung des US-Verteidigungsministers Mark Thomas Esper, kündigte das rumänische Verteidigungsministerium an. Minister Ciuca wird eine Reihe von Treffen mit hochrangigen Beamten des US-Verteidigungsministeriums haben, um Möglichkeiten zur Konsolidierung der bilateralen strategischen Partnerschaft zu erörtern. Der rumänische Beamte wird die Verpflichtung Bukarests bekräftigen, seine Verteidigungskapazitäten durch Ausbildungsprogramme und den Kauf moderner Ausrüstung auszubauen. Er wird auch die Bedenken Rumäniens hinsichtlich der Sicherheitslage am Schwarzen Meer und die Notwendigkeit eines kohärenten Ansatzes hinsichtlich der Verteidigungs- und Abschreckungsstrategie an der Ostflanke der NATO erörtern.



    Seit Mittwoch sind in Rumäniens Hauptstadt Bukarest und in mehreren anderen Orten des Landes neue Restriktionen in Kraft getreten, nachem die Zahl der Covid-19 ist sprunghaft angestiegen. Zu den Maßnahmen gehören das Tragen von Gesichtsmasken im Freien in der Nähe von Schulen, die Schließung von Gaststätten und der Wechsel zu Online-Kursen. In Bukarest wurden Restaurants mit Innenbestuhlung, Cafés und Bars geschlossen, mit Ausnahme der Restaurants in Hotels und Pensionen, die nur ihre Gäste bedienen können. Kinos, Theater und Veranstaltungssäle wurden ebenfalls geschlossen. In einem Umkreis von 100 Metern um Schulen wurden Gesichtsmasken vorgeschrieben. In den letzten 24 Stunden wurden 2958 Neuinfektionen bestätigt.

    Die Weltbank prognostiziert für 2020 einen
    Rückgang der rumänischen Wirtschaft um 5,7%. Dies ist die jüngste
    Aktualisierung ihrer Prognose für Europa und Zentralasien. Die Bank rechnet
    auch mit einer Erholung der rumänischen Wirtschaft um 4,9% im Jahr 2021. Der
    Schweregrad der Rezession und das Ausmaß der Erholung im Jahr 2021 werden von
    der Entwicklung der Gesundheitskrise, der Reaktion der Behörden, den
    Auswirkungen wirtschaftlicher Anreize und den Folgen der in der Europäischen
    Union ergriffenen Maßnahmen abhängen. Die Weltbank schätzt, dass die
    Schwellenländer in Europa und Zentralasien die schlimmste Rezession seit der
    Krise von 2008 erleben werden und bis Ende 2020 einen wirtschaftlichen
    Abschwung von bis zu 4,4% verzeichnen könnten. Die Europäische Bank für
    Wiederaufbau und Entwicklung prognostizierte vergangene Woche für die
    rumänische Wirtschaft in diesem Jahr einen Rückgang um 5% und für das nächste
    Jahr einen Anstieg um 3%.


    Der Nobelpreis für Chemie 2020 wurde gemeinsam an Emmanuelle Charpentier und Jennifer A. Doudna für die Entwicklung einer Methode zur Bearbeitung des Genoms verliehen. Diese Technologie hat einen revolutionären Einfluss auf die Biowissenschaften gehabt, trägt zu neuen Krebstherapien bei und könnte den Traum von der Heilung vererbter Krankheiten wahr werden lassen. Der am Dienstag angekündigte Nobelpreis 2020 für Physik wurde geteilt: Die eine Hälfte ging an Roger Penrose für die Entdeckung, dass die Bildung schwarzer Löcher eine robuste Vorhersage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie ist, und die andere Hälfte gemeinsam an Reinhard Genzel und Andrea Ghez für die Entdeckung eines supermassiven kompakten Objekts im Zentrum unserer Galaxie. Am Montag wurde der Nobelpreis für Physiologie oder Medizin gemeinsam an die Forscher Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton und Charles M. Rice für die Entdeckung des Hepatitis-C-Virus verliehen. Die Empfänger des Nobelpreises für Literatur und Frieden werden diese Woche ebenfalls bekannt gegeben. Der Träger des Nobelpreises für Wirtschaft wird am 12. Oktober bekannt gegeben.



    In Rumänien haben Mitglieder des Sanitas-Gewerkschaftsverbandes am Mittwoch zu einem landesweiten japanischen Streik aufgerufen, um ein Zeichen für die Situation im Gesundheitswesen zu setzen und die Regierung zur Einhaltung ihrer Versprechen zu bewegen. Der Sanitas-Gewerkschaftsbund, der über 100.000 Mitglieder zählt, drohte seit letzter Woche mit einem Streik, falls der Premierminister nicht mit der Verbandsführung zusammentrifft, um die Probleme im Gesundheitssystem zu erörtern. Gewerkschafter haben eine Reihe von finanziellen Forderungen für das medizinische Personal, das Coronavirus-Patienten betreut. Sie fordern auch die Einstellung von mehr Personal in den medizinischen Abteilungen und geeignete Schutzausrüstungen.



    Die Intensivierung der Partnerschaften des öffentlichen Sektors angesichts der immer weiter um sich greifenden Bedrohungen durch die Internetkriminalität war das Thema der 8. INTERPOL-Europol-Konferenz über Internetkriminalität am 6. Oktober. Auf der eintägigen Konferenz, die zum ersten Mal online stattfand, nahmen mehr als 400 Cyber-Experten aus Strafverfolgungsbehörden, Privatwirtschaft, internationalen Organisationen, CERTs und Wissenschaft an Diskussionen über neue Cyber-Bedrohungen, Trends und Strategien teil. Jüngste Erkenntnisse von Interpol und Europol haben deutlich gemacht, dass Cyberkriminelle auf der ganzen Welt in der Lage waren, aus der globalen COVID-19-Pandemie Kapital zu schlagen und die Gesundheitskrise in eine Chance zu verwandeln, sagte Europol in einer Pressemitteilung nach der Konferenz. Gleichzeitig hat die Pandemie die digitale Transformation beschleunigt und die Abhängigkeit der Menschen von Konnektivität und digitalen Werkzeugen erhöht. In einer Welt, in der mehr als 4,5 Milliarden Menschen online sind, läuft mehr als die Hälfte der Menschheit Gefahr, jederzeit Opfer von Cyberkriminalität zu werden, sagte INTERPOL-Generalsekretär Jurgen Stock.