Bigger salaries for 5.700 employees in the Finance Ministry
Base pay for nearly 5.700 employees of the Finance Ministry, National Agency for Fiscal Administration, General Directorate for the Administration of Big Taxpayers and National Agency for Public Procurement will increase by an average 22%, according to a press realease by the ministry. The measure is motivated by complex activities in the aforementioned institutions and the urge to offer stability to this category of personnel. The raise has been included in the latest budget amendment in 2015 and interrelated with each employee’s duties or possible risks determined by inadequate remuneration.
Co-operation between Romania and Spain within NATO, main theme of FM’s two-day visit to Madrid
During a two-day visit to Spain, Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu had talks with officials in Madrid on subjects concerning co-operation between Romania and Spain within NATO and the situation of the Romanian community in Spain. Attending an international conference organized by the so-called „Club of Madrid”, Minister Aurescu presented a common initiative of the two countries regarding the setting up of an International Court against Terrorism.
The Romanian FM also met his counterpart José Manuel García-Margallo and visited the NATO Air Base in Torrejón de Ardoz.
Bogdan Aurescu: As we already know, by the end of the year, the military base in Deveselu will become operational in Romania. Alongside US ships dislocated in Rota Naval Station performing patrolling missions in the Mediterranean, we will end the second phase of the European Phased Adaptive Approach. This will allow us to integrate the Deveselu base into NATO’s ballistic missile defense system next year altogether with other voluntary contributions of the member states. And this is important as we are going to be able to work on declaring the Initial Capability of the NATO BMD system during the Summit in Warsaw.
Second place for Romania in Deloitte’s top of fast growing technology companies in Central Europe
Romania comes second after Poland in a top ranking fast growing technology companies in Central Europe by Deloitte, based on a four-year increase in incomes. Our country has 10 companies in this top with an average growth of over 500%. The results illustrate remarkable progress registered by Romania over the last few years in the technology industry, according to Deloitte partner Alina Mirea.
Alina Mirea: This year’s Technology Fast 50 in Central Europe practically includes 10 Romanian companies which is an honour for us knowing we have such entrepreneurs that have succeeded in bringing their companies to this high level. The results only confirm what we hear from the market, as we already knew technology, software and IT industries in Romania are ranking high in Europe. So, the top confirms this quite advanced position.
Most Romanian companies in the Deloitte Top 50 are developing computer applications and the best positioned one, with rank 6, offers online electronic payment services.
Appeal made to the National Health Insurance House to keep financing robotic surgeries
Bucharest has hosted a new day of the International Congress in Robotic Surgery, a prestigious scientific event organized for the first time in Romania. Professor and Medical Doctor Irinel Popescu who has led the congress works stated that Fundeni Clinical Institute performed 1.000 of the total 1.700 robotic surgeries with the help of seven Da Vinci robots installed in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and Timisoara. He has made a call on the National Health Insurance House of Romania to finance again robotic surgeries especially in cases of prostate cancer which proved to have the best results. Currently, co-payment from patients who undergo robotic surgeries for cancer cases or spleen, pancreas, stomach and liver resections can reach thousands of Euros.
Radio Romania organizes Open Doors Day on the eve of its 87th anniversary
The Romanian public radio opened the doors of its headquarters today to visitors in Bucharest and those of its regional stations countrywide on the eve of the 87th anniversary of the institution, marked on November 1st since 1928. During the first half of the day, the public had the opportunity to see the studios and meet the broadcasters in person. The series of events dedicated to the anniversary will continue this evening with a special concert scheduled at 7 PM at the Radio Hall, featuring conductor Adrian Morar and violin soloist Cristina Anghelescu.
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