Monday, July 8, 2024

Another intense and long-lasting heat wave will affect Romania

Another intense and long-lasting heat wave will affect our country, the thermal discomfort will be particularly accentuated, and the temperature-humidity index will locally exceed the critical threshold of 80 units. Meteorologists announce that the mass of warm air from the north of Africa will make this week and the nights become tropical. It won’t be cooler in the mountains either, because the threshold of a summer day will be exceeded, said the director of ANM, Elena Mateescu. According to ANM, the rainfall deficit will continue throughout July and will manifest itself in the first week of August, especially in the eastern half of the country.

The pass rate in the first session of the baccalaureate exam is 76.4%

The pass rate for the first session of the baccalaureate exam is 76.4%, up 3.6 percent from last year. The highest graduation rates were recorded in the counties of Cluj, Galați, Brăila, Bacău, Brașov, and the lowest in Ilfov, Harghita, Giurgiu, Mehedinți, Teleorman. 39 candidates completed the written tests with an average of 10.

The government wants to postpone the provisions of the ordinance regarding drug testing of drivers

In Thursday’s meeting, the government will postpone the provisions of the ordinance regarding drug testing of drivers, say sources from the Victoria Palace. According to them, the Institute of Forensic Medicine will enter into an accelerated program of equipping with DrugTest devices with funds from the World Bank. Moreover, the auctions will also be organized by the World Bank so that there is no suspicion. According to the same sources, quoted by RRA reporter Petruţa Obrejan, the value of the investments in the IML will be over 40 million euros including VAT./aboboc

Adelina Boboc – RADOR