News review of the day – Thursday, July 16th 2015

Romanian President will pay a visit to Belgrade on Thursday

Romanian President Klaus Werner Iohannis will pay a visit to Republic of Serbia. The visit agenda includes meetings with his Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolic, with the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and with  Republic of Serbia National Assembly President, Maja Gojkovic.  President Iohannis  will also meet with representatives of the Romanian community living in this country. (RADIO ROMANIA reports)

Activities on Henri Coanda airport will not be disturbed, says minister Liviu Pop

Minister for Social Dialogue Liviu Pop ensures that activities on Henri Coanda airport will not be disturbed, as it happened yesterday when air traffic controllers were on strike from 11:00 to 13:00. „I assure all passengers that they can travel safely from Henri Coanda airport”, said Liviu Pop, „because I saw the good intentions of  Minister Iulian Matache to find common solutions. The end of these negotiations can only be a happy one for everyone”. Minister for Social Dialogue Liviu Pop also said that there are chances to reach an agreement to conclude a Collective Labour Agreement at ROMATSA after the negociations. (RADIO ROMANIA reports)

Fiscal discipline and financial stability should become a state of normality, says Governor of the National Bank of Romania

Fiscal discipline and financial stability should become a state of normality, says Governor of the National Bank of Romania. Mugur Isrescu considers that the application of temporary measures to the detriment of long term development would be an error and future economic policy mission is to preserve the macro-economic balances, hardly restored after the crisis. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis  pointed out that the country’s development should be based on responsibility and sustainability. He added that we can not allow economic or public policy experiments with half measures, especially when they threaten the aspirations of freedom and prosperity in the long term and gave the example of the new Fiscal Code, which he analyzes to decide whether he will enact it or not. (RADIO ROMANIA reports)

Adrian Strugariu