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EnviMin: Preventing conflicts with large carnivores included in 10-million-euro project
Minister of the Environment, Waters and Forestry Tanczos Barna, said in Oradea on Monday that there are funds for preventing conflicts with large carnivores under a 10-million-euro project funded by the Ministry of European Investment and Projects (MIPE) that will start during the week.
WWF Romania's Marius Berchi: Environment Ministry should invest in measures to prevent human-large carnivore conflicts
Measures to prevent human conflicts with large carnivores have proven their efficiency and usefulness, therefore the Environment Ministry should invest in such measures, Marius Berchi, manager of the EU-funded LIFE EuroLargeCarnivores project implemented by WWF Romania said on Friday after a visit to sheepfolds in the Padis highland area.
Updated list of high epidemiological risk countries: UK, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal - in red zone
On Thursday, the National Committee for Emergency Situations (CNSU) updated the list of countries/territories depending on the cumulative incidence rate of COVID cases, in order to establish the need for a quarantine measure being enforced on the persons arriving to Romania from these countries, with UK, The Netherlands, Cyprus, Spain, Portugal being in the red zone.
Mioara Costin released upon request as state counsellor
Mioara Costin has been released upon request from the position of state counsellor with the Chancellery of the Prime Minister by a decision of Prime Minister Florin Citu. The decision was published in the Official Journal on Thursday.
Hospital manager: Obligating medical staff to vaccinate or test periodically will generate issues
The manager of the Sfantu Gheorghe County Emergency Hospital, Andras Nagy Robert, believes that obligating medical staff to vaccinate against COVID-19 or testing periodically at their own expense could generate problems in the health system.
COVID-19 vaccination campaign/ 25.599 people immunized in last 24 hours; 11,224 - with first dose
In the last 24 hours there were 25,599 vaccine doses administered, of which 17,621 - Pfizer, 6,153 - Johnson&Johnson, 1158 - Moderna and 667 - AstraZeneca, according to a briefing sent by Romania's National COVID-19 Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV). CNCAV shows that during the same interval, 11,224 people were vaccinated with the first dose and 14,375 with the second dose.
Barna, on special pensions: In the context of coalition's clear position, viewpoint of person proposed as Ombudsman is secondary
Deputy Prime Minister Dan Barna, co-chair of Save Romania Union - Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity (USR PLUS), said on Wednesday that a proposal to abolish or cap special pensions would be put forward in the autumn and that in the context of a clear coalition decision, the individual viewpoint of the person proposed as the Ombudsman is a secondary one.
PM Citu called on prefects to go out in field in areas affected by floods, to urgently request additional resources
On Sunday, Prime Minister Florin Citu called on the prefects to go out in the field in the areas affected by the floods and told them that if they need additional resources, they must urgently request them.
ForMin Bogdan Aurescu to attend meeting of foreign ministers of EU member states
Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu will attend, on Monday, the meeting of the foreign ministers of the EU Member States (Foreign Affairs Council), which will take place in Luxembourg.
GCS: 53 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection; in over 19,000 tests performed in last 24 hours
A number of 53 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been registered in the last 24 hours, following 19,00 tests performed nationwide, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reported on Sunday. These are cases that have not previously tested positive, says GCS. By Sunday, 1,080,256 cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus were confirmed in Romania.