A law firm has been chosen to represent Romania in Brussels in the Pfizer case
A law has been chosen to represent Romania in Brussels, in a case brought against our country by the anti-COVID vaccine producer Pfizer. The health minister, Alexandru Rafila, mentioned that the first hearing has been scheduled in just a couple of days:
Alexandru Rafila: The Romanian government approved that the finance minister represents the Romanian state in this commercial case. As far as I know, the procedure of selection of a company to represent the Romanian stat in Brussels in this case has concluded, therefore we are on the right track. It’s important that things happen as fast as possible these days, considering that the first hearing will be on February 20th. But the finance minister is ready to offer the entire series of information and documents necessary to the law firm to represent Romania in this law suit.
Pfizer sued several states, including Romania, because they did not buy all the anti-COVID vaccines they had ordered in 2021, based on a contract closed by the European Commission. Minister Alexandru Rafila underscored that he is not responsible for the order and that our country managed to some of the doses.
The Romanian Tourism Fair at Romexpo
The Tourism Fair continues at Romexpo, in the Romanian capital. On display, more than 100 agencies from around the country and abroad – all bringing attractive offers and discounts.
George Cioceanu, representative of the National Associations of Tourism Agencies: As far as offers are concerned, the foreign part is very well represented, from Turkey, Grece, Spain, Italy, to more exotic destinations. For example, there is Albania, who is present more and more on the tourism market in Romania.
The Tourism Fair also presents technologic solutions to improve facilities in the hospitality industry. The event will end on Sunday.
Romania is in the top five of the most sedentary countries in the world
Two out of three Romanians don’t practice any kind of physical activity and Romania is in top five of the most sedentary countries in the world. Only 18% of Romanians have physical activity and only 2% actively go to a gym.
The data presented by the president of the Romanian Sports Institute, Adrian Socaciu, who completed these with statistical data about accessing games on electronic platforms. According to information from Agerpres, almost eight million Romanian play on smartphones, computers, consoles or tablets, but less than half of them say they pay for the apps and most of them prefer to download the games from unofficial platforms. The situation has been presented during a new action integrated in the law education program “Be a lawyer in your school”, that aims to familiarize children and young people with the risks to commit crimes and ways to prevent that. The event, taking place in Bucharest, focused on presenting a realistic perspective on sports and rules for high-performance, but also on the influence of computer games and legal implications of gaming.
Alexandra Ioniță
