Tag: vacancies

  • January 11, 2024 UPDATE

    January 11, 2024 UPDATE

    Vacancies — More than 7,600 vacancies in the healthcare system were unblocked, on Thursday, by the Romanian government and vacancy-filling contests will be organized in the medical units that have a staff shortage. Of these, 2,500 positions are for doctors. Also, 365 people can be employed in the ambulance services, said the Health Minister, Alexandru Rafila. As a result, all major hospitals that need doctors, nurses and orderlies will be able to quickly hire staff. Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu stated that there will be no financial problems, especially since this year the Health Ministry has a budget higher by 40% than in 2023. The Romanian healthcare system is facing a serious shortage of specialized staff, doctors and nurses.



    Ports — The European Commission approved a state aid worth 126 million Euros for investments in Romanian ports through which Ukrainian exports pass. The measure comes against the background of the increase in the transit of goods exported from Ukraine, which poses logistical problems for the activity in the Romanian ports on the Danube and the Black Sea. The financial aid for each company in these ports cannot exceed 10 million Euros or 65% of the eligible costs of the projects. The executive vice-president of the European Commission, Margrethe Vestager, says that the 126 million Euros will help Romania eliminate the blockages created in ports by the large volume of goods exported from Ukraine. Since last year, most of the Ukrainian export has been made through Romania, after Russia blocked its transit through the Black Sea.



    STRIKFORNATO – Romania and Lithuania have joined the NATO Striking and Support Force (STRIKFORNATO). Romania thus became the 15th member of the most powerful NATO naval force, the Defense Ministry reports. The accession is “all the more important as this year marks two decades since Romania joined NATO”, Defense Minister Angel Tîlvăr says. Cooperation between the Romanian Naval Forces and STRIKFORNATO started over a year ago, as Romanian officers took part in activities and missions carried out by the STRIKFORNATO Command. The NATO Striking and Support Forces Command focuses on high-precision strikes, carrier battle groups, expedition units and strike groups made up of cruisers, destroyers and frigates. Its mission is to ensure security in the Black Sea region, an area of strategic importance to NATO.



    MCM Black Sea — Romania, Turkey and Bulgaria signed, in Istanbul, the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the establishment of a Task Force to Counter the Sea Mines in the Black Sea, MCM Black Sea. The Romanian Defense Minister, Angel Tîlvăr, emphasized that the aggressiveness and contempt of the Russian Federation towards the norms of international law make the Black Sea not only a regional problem, but also one with global consequences. He also said that it is the responsibility of the three countries, as riparian states and NATO members, to make every effort for the safety of this sea, with the support and involvement of the allies. The establishment of a group was initiated by Turkey last year, in August. The activities are completely peaceful and are not directed against any country.



    Protests — The representatives of the Romanian transporters who protested, on Wednesday, on several roads in the country, were received, on Thursday, at the Government, for discussions. Their grievances are mainly related to the prices of Liability Car Insurance policies and the increase in excise duties for fuel. The protest was not assumed by any professional organization, but the Federation of Romanian Transport Operators offered to mediate the dialogue between truck drivers and the authorities. Farmers also joined the transporters Wednesday protest. Discussions will continue next week.

  • January 6, 2024

    January 6, 2024

    MEDICAL SYSTEM – The College of
    Physicians in Bucharest warns against the critical shortage of medical
    personnel and calls on the authorities to lift the freeze on vacancies in the
    medical system. At present, the system faces a severe shortage of healthcare
    professionals, particularly in Bucharest, where some 900 vacancies are
    unfilled. In a press release, the Administration of Hospitals and Medical
    Services also warned that neglecting the crisis and the draconic cuts to
    hospital budgets endanger patients’ lives.




    WAR IN GAZA – Hezbollah has
    launched dozens of missiles against a military base in northern Israel,
    describing the attack as retaliation to the killing of the 2nd-highest
    ranking leader of Hamas in a surgical strike on the southern outskirts of
    Beirut. Israel however did not claim responsibility for the attack. On the
    other hand, the UN coordinator for Gaza warned the territory has become uninhabitable.
    Three months since the horrific 7 October attacks, Gaza has become a place of
    death and despair. […]Its people are witnessing daily threats to their very
    existence – while the world watches on, the UN Under-Secretary-General for
    Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths has said. In turn, UNICEF said that
    after three months of war, malnutrition and disease in the Gaza Strip creates
    a deadly cycle that threatens over 1.1 million children.




    CELEBRATION – On January 6,
    Orthodox Christians celebrate the Baptism of Jesus, seen as his manifestation
    to the world as the Son of God. In the Roman-Catholic Church this day is known
    as the Epiphany, which also commemorates the visit of the Magi, and the wedding
    at Cana. Christians attending mass on this day receive holy water, a symbol of
    the baptism of Jesus in the waters of Jordan.




    STATISTICS – Romanians have
    become the most numerous national minority in Germany, according to official
    statistics published by local authorities. Over 2015-2022, the number of
    Romanians now living in this country doubled, to reach nearly 900,000.
    Romanians thus outrank Poles, who are almost quite as numerous, and the Italian
    national minority, totaling some 650,000 people. The latest official data
    published last year by the Romanian Foreign Ministry indicates that some 5,7
    million Romanians are currently living abroad.




    VISIT – Spain’s Prime
    Minister Pedro Sánchez is expected to visit Romania for talks on the double
    citizenship. Sources within the Spanish Government says a new agreement will
    set the terms for obtaining the Romanian-Spanish citizenship, while the Spanish
    official is expected to visit Romania to sign the document. An invitation was
    allegedly extended by Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu on the sidelines of last
    year’s visit to Malaga. Some 629,000 Romanians are currently living in Spain,
    and will be targeted by this measure. The initiative was discussed on the joint
    government session hosted by Castellón
    de la Plana in November 2023, which also laid out a timetable and set up
    bilateral committees working on this project. Spain currently provides double
    citizenship only to citizens of France and Portugal.




    HANDBALL
    – The Romanian men’s handball team defeated Argentina 30-23 in its second match
    in the Yellow Cup, hosted by Winterthur. In the other match played that day, Switzerland
    trounced Bosnia Herzegovina 39-21. On Thursday, Romania lost to Switzerland
    37-31. Yellow Cup is the final test before the European Championship hosted by
    Germany over January 10-28. The first two teams in each group advance to the
    main group phase. Romania had last played in the European Championship in 1996.
    (VP)



  • August 16, 2019 UPDATE

    August 16, 2019 UPDATE

    Tiganesti transmitter – The short wave transmitter located in Tiganesti, near Bucharest, which broadcasts RRI’s programs, has been provisionally mended by RADIOCOM, the broadcasting service provider. Therefore, you can tune in again to RRI’s broadcasts on the short wave frequencies announced.



    Nominations — The Romanian PM Viorica Dancila announced that she would forward next week to President Klaus Iohannis her proposals for the ministries whose interim leadership expired on August 15. The PM said the nominations for the vacant positions of deputy prime minister and minister will be discussed in a meeting of the Social Democratic Party’s executive committee before being forwarded to the president of the state. At present, Romania has interim ministers at the helm of the education and interior ministries and an interim deputy prime minister for economic issues.



    Vote — As many as 9 thousand Romanians from aboard have registered for the postal vote through the portal www.votstrainatate.ro, 20 days after the website was launched — the Permanent Electoral Authority has announced. According to a communiqué the Authority made public on Friday, the figure exceeds the total number of registrations for the postal vote reported at the 2016 parliamentary elections. The website was created by the Permanent Electoral Authority to have a better record of the Romanians who left the country and to helpe them be better informed in relation to the voting process in the run up to the November presidential election. The Ministry for the Romanians abroad has announced that over 5 million and a half Romanians have left the country. Together with the Romanians in the historical communities, the total number of Romanians living outside the country’s borders nears 10 million.



    BRUA — The BRUA gas pipeline that will convey gas from the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea to Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria will be finalized in December 2020, with a one-year delay. The information is carried by the Transgaz company’s financial report for the first 6 months of the year. Last month the economy ministry announced that Transgaz already finalized half of the pipeline and that the three compressor stations are 80%-90% completed. Phase I of the BRUA project needs a total investment of almost 500 million Euros. The EU provided a grant of 179 million Euros for building this gas pipeline. The Romanian state, through the economy ministry, holds almost 60% of the shares in Transgaz. The rest are traded on the stock exchange.



    Greece weather — All the Romanians who have asked for the support of Romania’s diplomatic corps officials from Greece were brought back on the continent safe and sound from Samothrace — Samothraki island, shows a communiqué of the Romanian Foreign Ministry issued on Friday. No other requests for help have been reported at the Romanian embassy in Athens or at Romania’s General Consulate in Thessaloniki. Greek authorities have announced the situation on the island is back to normal. As many as 1,500 tourists of whom lots of Romanians remained stranded for a week on the island of Samothrace in northern Greece after several means of transport linking the island to the continent ran out of order because of the bad weather. (translation by L. Simion)