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Arhivă lunară | mai, 2009

Realismul olandez şi imigraţia

Olanda a elaborat in 2006 un test de integrare pentru imigrantii care doresc sa se instaleze pentru multa vreme in Tarile de Jos. Nicolas Sarkozy, pe atunci ministru de Interne, dadea exemplu aceasta masura, scrie cotidianul francez Le Monde in editia de marti. Regulile de “inburgering” (integrare civica) sunt cele mai severe din Europa. Aprobate [...]

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Coreea de Nord: diplomaţie radioactivă

Coreea de Nord se foloseste de bomba atomica in acelasi fel in care restul lumii se foloseste de un ceas desteptator, noteaza intr-un editorial cotidianul britanic The Guardian, subliniind ca testul nuclear de luni al Phenianului ar fi putut fi menit sa fie un ceas desteptator pentru urechile administratiei americane. Este a doua oara in [...]

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Bruxelles, placa turnantă a spionajului internaţional?

Bruxelles-ul este un cuib de spioni. Sfârsitul Razboiului Rece nu a redus activitatea serviciilor secretos straine in capitala belgiana, ci, dimpotriva, a multiplicat actiunile si obiectivele sale. Si este atât de intensa incât Comisia Europeana a difuzat de curând o nota interna intre directorii sai cerând luarea de masuri in fata tentativelor repetate si numeroase [...]

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Motivul pentru care cimpanzeii nu se îmbolnăvesc de Alzheimer

Oamenii de stiinta au observat de mai mult timp un fenomen curios in rândul primatelor – oamenii se imbolnavesc de incurabila maladie Alzheimer, in timp ce cimpanzeii, cei mai apropiati veri pe scara evolutiva ai oamenilor, nu fac aceasta boala, informeaza HealthDay News. Si mai inexplicabil este faptul ca, atât cimpanzeii cât si alte primate [...]

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Scientologia, o “biserică” controversată

Scientologia isi bazeaza actiunea pe “dianetica”, “stiinta a sanatatii mintale”, potrivit fondatorului sau, Ron Hubbard, care ar permite accesul la fericire prin purificarea elementelor negative ale mintii, scrie revista franceza Le Point. Creata in 1954 in Statele Unite de Ron Hubbard, autor SF, Biserica de Scientologie are in prezent “milioane de membri si 6.000 de [...]

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Apogeul prostiei în infrastructură: un pod care “dă peste trenuri”

Apogeul prostiei în infrastructură: un pod care “dă peste trenuri”

- Anul: 2009. Ţara: România. Lucrare: pasaj suprateran pe şoseaua Pipera – Tunari. Termen iniţial de execuţie: noiembrie 2008. Termen nou de execuţie: iunie 2009, nu se va respecta. Cauza întârzierilor: erori de proiectare în cascadă. . Linia ferată Bucureşti-Constanţa va fi închisă în curând două săptămâni, probabil în plin sezon estival. Folosind ruta ocolitoare, [...]

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Liderul social-democraţilor cehi. ţinta preferată pentru ouă

Liderul social-democratilor cehi (CSSD – Ceská strana sociálne demokratická – Partidul Social Democrat Ceh), Jiri Paroubek, este de mai multe zile tinta atacurilor aruncatorilor cu oua, veniti sa tulbure mitingurile electorale ale partidului, scrie luni ziarul ceh Lidove Noviny. Cu ocazia unui miting electoral al partidului, care a avut loc luni in localitatea Litomerice (nord-vest), [...]

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Fourth edition of International Congress E-health 2009 in Bucharest

Romanian Minister of Health Ion Bazac and the Bucharest general mayor Sorin Oprescu on Tuesday are to participate, together with guests from seven European countries, in the opening of the E-health 2009 International Congress in Bucharest. 4th edition of this Congress the Hilton Hotel in Bucharest is going to host for two days was dedicated [...]

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FADERE suggests plan for Romanians’ return from Spain

Federation of Romanian Associations in Europe (FADERE) urged the Romanian authorities to work out a plan on Romanians’ return home from Spain. According to a release, FADERE representatives will suggest to Prime Minister Emil Boc the elaboration of a plan on Romanians’ return home from abroad. According to the same release, some 300,000 Romanians in [...]

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Ruling coalition leaders meet at Victoria Palace

The leaders of the ruling coalition (made of the Social Democratic Party – PSD and the Democratic Liberal Party -PD-L) are meeting in an extraordinary meeting at the Victoria Palace (Government’s hqs), on Tuesday, when they are to discuss mainly issues related to appointments in several ministries and in the deregulated services throughout Romania and [...]

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LIDL paves way for discount chain in Romania

LIDL discount food chain is paving its way for the entrance on the market in Romania by seeking store spaces, according to the representatives of this retailer. “Currently, we do not have a store under construction. We focus our efforts on the space acquisition in towns with more than 30,000 inhabitants”, said LIDL Romania representatives, [...]

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Autostrada Iaşi-Târgu Mureş, lăsată “la coadă” de ministrul Berceanu

Autostrada Iaşi-Târgu Mureş, lăsată “la coadă” de ministrul Berceanu

- Radu Berceanu, ministrul Transporturilor şi Infrastructurii, a anunţat că Autostrada Iaşi-Târgu Mureş, cunoscută mai nou ca Autostrada Nordului, nu face parte din priorităţile Guvernului pentru acest mandat. . Berceanu doreşte un program naţional, care să se întindă, pe două etape: prima până în 2013, iar a doua în intervalul 2013-2020. Conform acestui plan, autostrada [...]

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Sarbu: Romania’s irrigation system could be operational on 760,000 hectares this year

The Romanian irrigation system could be operational on 760,000 hectares this year, by 200,000 hectares more than at present, if the required funds of 100 million lei are available, Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development Ilie Sarbu told on Tuesday. ‘We have the possibility to commission the irrigation system on another 200,000 hectares in [...]

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Online traders aim at drawing clients of traditional retailers

Predictions on the online market are still difficult to make despite the passing of nearly half of this year, according to the players on the relevant market, while the projections range from a 30-percent drop to double figures against 2008 amid the speculation of the new opportunities generated by the bankruptcies reported on the traditional [...]

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President Basescu: Parallel energy projects, a big problem

The fact that the energy projects of Russia and the European Union (EU) remain parallel represents one of the main problems affecting the relationship between the two sides, Romanian President Traian Basescu stated on Tuesday at the Europe – Russia Economic Forum held in Bucharest. ‘One of the main problems related to the cooperation between [...]

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Basescu: Russia is most important – and most trying – EU neighbour

Romanian President Traian Basescu says the European Union should accept Russia as it is and ask for predictability and a minimum economic efficiency instead. ‘Russia is the biggest and the most important European Union neighbour, but also the most trying, since the list of disagreements is rather long. Russia is the EU’s third-biggest commercial partner, [...]

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PM Boc: Government is doing whatever is needed in times of crisis

Government is doing whatever is needed in times of crisis, and the adopted measures succeeded to limit the economic downturn effects, stated on Tuesday Premier Emil Boc. “Whatever we have been doing we ought to keep doing in difficult times. We succeeded to avoid social slippages, maintained an investment friendly climate, as much as we [...]

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Only 10 percent of Romanians have private health insurance

Only 10 percent of the Romanians currently have a private health insurance or a subscription to a private clinic, according to the data presented on Tuesday by president of the insurance company Signal Iduna Romania Sinziana Maioreanu during a seminar on private health insurance. In Bucharest the persons having private health insurance account for 9.2 [...]

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Restaurantul Mc Donald’s din Iaşi, ameninţat cu demolarea

Restaurantul Mc Donald’s din Iaşi, ameninţat cu demolarea

- Conducerea Regionalei CFR Iaşi le-a pus gând rău „furnizorilor de boli digestive” de la Mc Donald’s - CFR-iştii cer despăgubiri de 500.000 de lei pentru folosirea terenului din piaţa Gării, plus penalităţile aferente. În caz contrar, celebrul loc cu hamburgheri va fi demolat. . Regionala CFR Iaşi a somat în instanţă conducerea restaurantului să [...]

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Termene mai reduse şi scutiri de taxe la Cadastru

- Ca urmare a semnării unui protocol de colaborare între Oficiul de Cadastru şi Publicitate Imobiliară (OCPI) Iaşi şi Camera Notarilor Publici Iaşi, termenele pentru soluţionarea unor cereri au fost reduse chiar şi la jumătate. . Recepţia tehnică pentru măsurători terestre se va realiza în şapte zile lucrătoare faţă de 21 de zile, iar în [...]

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Third layoff wave at Braila rolling mill

The employees of Laminorul rolling mill of Braila (eastern Romania) have been experiencing the third wave of layoffs, these days, as a result of the financial crisis the economy has been going through. More 29 workers have been given notice, after 56 were laid off in the previous tiers, so that the Laminorul works of [...]

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Anastase supports EU-Russia cooperation, especially in times of crisis

Democrat-liberal Speaker of the Deputies’ Chamber Roberta Anastase on Tuesday at the Europe – Russia Economic Forum held in Bucharest said the lack of cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the Russian Federation is even more visible amid the current economic crisis. ‘Our cooperation must share the same criteria, which are universally valid, in [...]

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PM Boc: Govt. does not intend to introduce any new tax

Prime Minister Emil Boc gave assurances on Tuesday that the Executive does not work out a normative act, which would introduce new taxes or stipulate a higher flat tax or an increased Value Added Tax. “We have no such intention. It is true we do examine and prepare the elimination of the tax on reinvested [...]

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President Basescu: Black Sea should be like a destiny keeping us together

The European Union (EU) and Russia need to reach together the necessary balance and the vision of creating a stable neighbouring area, and the Black Sea should represent a destiny to bring us together and not one to separate us, Romanian President Traian Basescu said on Tuesday morning, in his opening speech at the Europe-Russia [...]

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AP NATO adopts statement on situation in Republic of Moldova

The NATO Parliamentary Assembly (AP) on Tuesday adopted on the occasion of the meeting in Oslo a statement on the situation in the Republic of Moldova, with the document having been proposed for approval by the parliamentary delegation from Romania, reads a release of the deputy representing the Romanian National Liberal Party (PNL) George Scutaru, [...]

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Senate Vice-President Anca Boagiu requests respect in relations between EU and Russia

Vice-President of Romania’s Senate Anca Boagiu told the Europe-Russia Economic Forum on Tuesday that the relations between the two partners should be based on mutual respect, honesty and mutual wish for the relation to make progress. “The future of the relation between the European Union and Russia will depend on how much the two partners [...]

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Start of criminal prosecution ordered against Adrian Nastase

The prosecutors of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) began the criminal prosecution against former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase in two criminal files, following the March 4 relevant decision of the Chamber of Deputies, reads a DNA release sent on Tuesday. According to the DNA release, the prosecutors presented the former PM on May 21, 2009 [...]

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Leadership based on information in attention of Conference of European police

Delegates from 32 countries attend, since Monday, in the works of the 331st conference of the police in the European capital cities, with the event hosted in Bucharest, during which the participants will debate for five days two themes of interest – the leadership of the police based on information, analysis systems and of their [...]

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Special pensions to be recalculated

Special pensions will be recalculated as from 2010, Mihai Seitan, adviser on social affairs to Prime Minister Emil Boc, said on Tuesday at the Victoria Government Palace. He explained that special pensions will be recalculated against the new pension law based on the contributions of those entitled to public pensions. He said the issue was [...]

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Videanu: We have orders for 18,000 MW renewable energy

Romania has orders for 18,000 MW renewable energy from the private sector, given that only a part of Romania’s potential has been capitalized on, Economy Minister Adriean Videanu said Tuesday at the Europe-Russia Economic Forum staged in Bucharest. Videanu stated that Romania can prove it is a balanced factor for the neighboring area in terms [...]

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Romanians from Spain, responsible but not focused on aasistance

ForMin Cristian Diaconescu met on Tuesday, with representatives of the Romanian community from Spain, abut which he said that they are responsible leaders, get involved in projects and not waiting for assistance and support. “We have talked about cultural projects, and I want very much that they get involved, cooperate. They are focused not only [...]

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Chamber of Deputies: Genetically modified organisms may enter market

The deputies passed the draft bill on the approval of the Ordinance 43/2007 on the deliberate introduction of the genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the environment and the market, by 182 votes, two cons and 12 abstentions on Tuesday. The law is aimed at the achievement of a functional system regarding the introduction of the [...]

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ForMin to open at least two new consulates in Italy in 2009

The Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu on Tuesday gave assurances that Romania will open at least another two consulates in Italy this year. His statement fallows the protests of 40 Romanians part of the Romeni di Padova association, in front of Romania’s Embassy in Rome, against the Romanian authorities failing to keep their promises, namely, [...]

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Mircea Geoana: Stong and weak points of economy of Romania

Mircea Geoana, speaker of the Senate of Romania and head of the Social Democratic Party said on Tuesday, at a meeting with businesspeople concerning the programme “First house that the most frequent estimate for the states in the EU 10 group, to which Romania and Bulgaria are added, is that in 2009, Romania will have [...]

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Romgaz-Gazprom joint venture to be set up

The Romanian Romgaz and the Russian Gazprom will set up a joint venture to build several natural gas storage facilities and thermal power plants in Romania, Economy Minister Adriean Videanu said Tuesday at the EU-Russia Economic Forum in Bucharest. The two companies will own the joint venture in equal shares of 50 percent each, Videanu [...]

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NATO Parliamentary Assembly passes resolution on the Republic of Moldova

During its Plenary Session in Oslo on May 26, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly passed a resolution on the Republic of Moldova, document submitted for approval by the Romanian parliamentary delegation, according to a release of the Liberal deputy George Scutaru, member of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. According to the resolution, the NATO PA is: “concerned [...]

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Government aggregate deficit reaches 1.8pc of GDP, January through April

Government aggregate deficit was standing at RON 9.357 billion as of end-April 2009, or 1.8 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Finance Ministry informed on Tuesday. Government’s aggregate revenues witnessed reinvigoration in April, compared with the previous three months, standing at RON 15.2 billion, compared with RON 14.8 billion in January, RON 11.2 [...]

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Romanian-Norwegian project of monitoring sturgeons fitted with satellite transmitters

Romania is conducting a 1.4-million euro project for sturgeon monitoring by satellite. 85 percent of the amount has been granted by the Norwegian Government and 15 percent by the Romanian Government, the Romanian Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development Ministry (MAPDR) announced. The Romanian Agriculture Minister Ilie Sarbu on Tuesday witnessed the attaching of satellite transmitters [...]

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Ambassador Oren David: President Basescu’s visit to Israel, a heyday of bilateral relations

Just short before the official visit President Traian Basescu will be paying to Israel, this country’s Ambassador in Bucharest, Oren David, gave an interview on which occasion he referred to the significance of this fist trip the head of the Romanian state undertakes to Jerusalem, to the areas where bilateral cooperation could still be deepened [...]

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Romania can reproach nothing to itself in the relationship with Republic of Moldova

Romania can reproach itself nothing in its relations with the Republic of Moldova, and the accusations of Chsinau are not related to the policy of the Romanian state, by rather of “the civilization of the one who is making them, said, on Tuesday, minister of Foreign Affairs Cristian Diaconescu, with reference to an attack of [...]

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