Tuesday, October 31, 2023

The first F16 fighter jets, which the Netherlands will donate to Ukraine, will arrive in two weeks at the training center created in Romania

The first F16 fighter jets, which the Netherlands will donate to Ukraine, will arrive in two weeks at the training center created in Romania, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced. In a video conference call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy posted online, Rutte stressed that the terrorist attack on Israel, what is happening now in Gaza and everything that follows from the situation in the Middle East must not, cannot and will not it distracts the Netherlands from the Ukrainians’ fight against Russian aggression. Reuters recalls that, in turn, Denmark, Norway and Belgium have announced that they will supply Ukraine with F16 fighter jets.

The government will approve new minimum wage values for the construction, agriculture and food industry sectors

The government will approve today, in an extraordinary meeting, the new minimum wage values for the construction, agriculture and food industry sectors. The increase will be more than 14 percent on paper, because the employees in the three sectors will not feel anything. The increase in wages is only aimed at people not losing income with the elimination of the exemption from the payment of health insurance that comes into force tomorrow. According to official data, 590,000 employees in construction, agriculture and the food industry are paid the minimum wage.

The regulation on electric scooters for rent could be voted on by the Capital City Hall on Tuesday

Today, the Capital City Hall is making a new attempt to vote on a regulation on electric scooters for rent. The document prohibits, among other things, the use of scooters on the sidewalk, imposes a minimum age of 14 years for scooter users, and helmets would be mandatory until the age of 16. New rules also appear for companies that rent scooters. They will pay a fee of 5,000 lei per year. The regulation also imposes mandatory insurance policies for accidents and GPS-type location systems for monitoring the movement./aboboc