Private environment provides 4.5 times more unemployed than the state field.
Mehedinti (14.5 per cent), Vaslui (13.5 per cent), Alba (13.4 per cent) are the counties with the highest level of unemployment, while Bucharest (2.4 per cent), Ilfov (2.6 per cent) and Timis (4.4 per cent) register the lowest rates, reads a press release of the National Employment Agency.
The total number of unemployed exceeds 740,000 persons, of whom the men are more than half.
The unemployment rate exceeded the average of 8.1 per cent, a level comparable only with the year 2003, when the unemployed had risen to 8.6 per cent. In January were registered 31,599 more unemployed (740,982 persons) than in December 2009. According to ANOFM press release, out of the 740,000 unemployed, 605,371 come from the private environment, being 4.5 times more than those laid off by the state units.
According to the estimates of the IMF officials, the unemployment rate could rise this year to 10 per cent in Romania, but it is expected to drop in the second half of the year...
Independent Deputy Dan Pasat announced the Standing Bureau about his affiliation to PDL, while the Social-Democrat Ioan Damian to the group of the independents, the secretary of the Chamber of Deputies, Sever Voinescu announced yesterday, quoted by Agerpres. According to the information filed with the Standing Bureau, Dan Pasat is active in PDL since February 4, while Ioan Damian since February 3 in the group of the independents. Dan Pasat was elected on the electoral lists of PNL, from October until November 2009 he acted in PDL, and then in the group of...
Adrian Nastase, President of PSD’s National Council and one of the candidates with real chances to win the party’s leadership, fears ‘backstage games’ ahead of the February 20 Congress.
Adrian Nastase announced on Monday at the end of the Permanent National Bureau meeting that both the representation criteria and the number of delegates at the Congress will be established at the end of bilateral talks that Liviu Dragnea, the party’s secretary general, is expected to hold with party branch leaders. The talks could take place this week.
According to Nastase, some party branch leaders are not satisfied with the number of delegates and with the selection criteria, asking for the latter to include the results registered in the first...
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The make-up errors and spineless practices of Romanian parties have led them, in the midst of recession, straight into a trap.
Tributary to the bad habit of governing according to the polls (when, in fact, polls should only test responses to the government act) and noticing that the Government’s policies are not popular, the opposition announced that it would promote a no-confidence vote. As they announced it, they have to go through with it! Otherwise they will lose their credibility. Thus, parties act guided by deeds, or, in fact, by words, rather than...
France has agreed to sell a Mistral class warship to Russia, a French official said on Monday, despite concerns expressed by Georgia, the United States and other countries.
Russia wanted to buy the 21,300-tonne helicopter carrier from France to modernise hardware that was exposed as outdated during its five-day war against Georgia in 2008.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was visiting Paris on Monday and told his French counterpart, Herve Morin, that he was concerned about the sale, a U.S. official...
The opposition leader has a narrow lead over PM Tymoshenko in the presidential election. International monitors endorse poll.
KIEV - Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich pressed rival Yulia Tymoshenko to concede defeat yesterday after a narrow victory in a presidential election that could tilt the ex-Soviet state back towards Moscow. With 98.4 percent of votes counted, official figures gave ex-mechanic Yanukovich, whose party is allied to the Kremlin’s United Russia, a margin of 2.8 percentage points over firebrand Prime Minister Tymoshenko, meaning she could not overtake him. Tymoshenko, who called supporters onto the streets in 2004 to overturn a previous Yanukovich...
Moldova poll fails, ruling Alliance on back foot
Moldova’s pro-Western leaders pondered their next move on Monday after a referendum designed to break a political deadlock in the ex-Soviet republic failed due to poor turnout, dealing them a humiliating setback. As opposition Communists in the country of 3.5 million revelled, one leader in the ruling four-party Alliance for European Integration conceded that the referendum, called to decide on whether the country should switch to direct presidential elections, had been “a tactical error”. “Some of...
BNR representatives consider that this modification would give a positive signal over the Romanian economy.
Public finance minister Sebastian Vladescu considers that Romania could shift, after the next evaluation, from a stand-by loan agreement to a “precautionary” arrangement with IMF, which would demonstrated that the Romanian economy steadily recovers. However, Vladescu believes that it is too early to say if this decision can be made soon. “It is too early to say if we shall change the arrangement after the next evaluation. Hopefully, we shall shift to a precautionary agreement, because this would mean that the global economy is recovering and the...
The new draft pension law has been approved by the PD-L Standing Bureau and is pending presentation in the cabinet.
The new draft pension law was yesterday sanctioned by the PD-L National Standing Bureau (BPN) and will be presented in the government, PM Emil Boc announced in a televised press statement. He assured that the bill observes the principle of contribution, it eliminates special pensions and would secure a public pension to all Romanians at the end their professional life, according to HotNews.
Statistics show a total of 4,364 million workers and 4,742 million retired (not including people retired from agriculture) in November 2009. The ratio is 10 workers...
The incoming Minister of Finance, Gheorghe Ialomitianu, has made the announcement that people paying royalties and those working under civil agreements would not have to submit income statements and pay associated contributions. ‘People who get an income from royalties and those working under civil agreements do no longer have to submit the statement and make the payment themselves. The legislation will be changed and the money will be withheld at the source, meaning that the payer will have the duty to sent the contribution to the budget; it is the most...
Behind the appearance of quietness and concentration, the current Boc Government keeps analyzing the draft of the new pension law. The deadline for sending the project to Parliament has been repeatedly deferred, in spite of the IMF and World Bank request to give priority to this legislative act among the measures aimed to cope with the current economic and financial crisis. In order to appease to a certain extent this deviation from the conditions formulated by the bankers as a preamble to the financial loan granted to Romania, Premier Boc has recently “acknowledged” that the first condition for the modernization of the Romanian state is in the future law regarding pensions and salaries.
But the appearances of quietness and concentration disclose an unpredictable bitterness. The supporters of the current governmental coalition and members of the Executive overdo in connection with the fact that we have too many pensioners, while the pension budget shows a deficit....
Andy Murray hobbled out of the U.S. Open on Sunday, beaten 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-3 in the third round by Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka after his ailing body let him down.
Struggling to run at full speed after requiring treatment to his legs, elbow and neck, Murray appeared powerless to stop Wawrinka, who was battling his own injury problems but still played superbly, from pulling off the...
MotoGP is looking to develop improved body protection for riders to help them survive the kind of accident that has killed two teenagers on successive race weekends. Nineteen-year-old Japanese Shoya Tomizawa, a rising talent who won this year’s first Moto2 race, died in Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix after he fell and was hit at around 240kph by other riders close behind.
Only a week...
Romania to play against Turkey or Macedonia for 7th-10th EC polo ranking
Romania’s water polo team will take on the national squad of Turkey or Macedonia for the slots 7th-10th at the European Polo Championship in Zagreb. Romanians finished bottom of group A, missing out Sunday on qualifying into the quarter-finals of the European competition, despite drawing 9-9 with reigning...
From the ‘60s Pop-Art culture to ripped jeans and transparent glossy fabrics, the 2010 season in fashion encompasses them all. Inspired by recession, designers say “everything goes.”
One of the spring 2010’s season absolute champions is the knee- high and over knee sock. Knee high socks - as well as over-the-knee and thigh high socks - are back as a trend, and the options on how to wear them are many. From the sporty to the sparkly, to layerings of socks over tights; a great pair of socks can add volumes to an outfit.
Also, as part of a design trend that looks...
George Clooney outgunned his rivals at the Labor Day holiday weekend box office in North America with a low-calibre opening for his assassin drama “The American,” as the lucrative summer movie going season wound down on a traditionally weak note. According to studio estimates issued on Sunday, “The American” earned $13 million during the three-day period beginning Sept. 3; its tally stands at...
The Venice Film Festival honoured veteran director John Woo at a star-filled celebration awarding him with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, Daily Mail reports. Woo accepted the award from American director Quentin Tarantino, president of the jury for the main competition at this year’s festival, and Hong Kong director Tsui Hark. He dedicated the award to his mother, wife and family. Woo...
Blizzards continued to cause trouble on Romanian roads. Schools remain closed in Bucharest, Calarasi, Teleorman and Galati counties. Dozens of trains were cancelled, sea ports were closed, and many people - even pregnant women - were blocked in their cars
A number of 17 national roads, and the Bucharest-Pitesti and A2 motorways, were closed to traffic on Monday.
Preschoolers and pupils grades 1 through 8 will stay home today too because of inclement weather, the Bucharest School Inspectorate decided yesterday. School classes in Bucharest and 11 of Romania’s counties were also suspended for the same reason Monday. Bucharest School...
A recent analysis of the General Romanian Police Inspectorate (IGPR) regarding the “human trafficking” shows that the main reasons for which Romania is lagging behind in terms of combating the phenomenon appear to be the precarious economic conditions and the information level. “The place of our country on the map of the trading of people is given particularly by the bad...
Armed robbery at Timisoara betting office
A sports betting office in Timisoara was robbed yesterday by a young man who threatened one of the two female employees with a gun and then took off with RON 17,000, Timis Police Inspectorate spokesperson Emil Matei said, quoted by Mediafax. Both female workers at the betting office were locked in the bathroom by the assailant, who is...
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