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The chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Marcel Ciolacu, estimates that the income of public workers will be slashed by 25% and that a decision in this sense could be taken during a government sitting, scheduled for Wednesday. "Ms. Turcan (Minister of Labor, Raluca Turcan) made these slashes in 2010 as well, when she was a PDL (Liberal Democratic Party, ed. n.) member.

Prime minister Ludovic Orban said on Friday in southern Craiova that Romania's economy "is on the rebound", showing that data published by the National Statistics Institute (INS), according to which the economy registered a decline of 12.3 pct in the second quarter of this year compared to the first quarter, are better than the pessimistic forecasts made by economists.

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban announced Friday that the government will adopt a decision to increase pensions by 14 percent, adding that rising retirement benefits was a "difficult decision", but that the Executive commits to this measure and provides guarantees that the amounts will be effectively paid. "The health crisis has caused an economic crisis.

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Monday evening that the reopening of air traffic is not a decision to be adopted by the Romanian authorities, but it will be made at European level. He argues that, currently, there is a debate at the European Union level on this topic, and Romania participates in the discussions.

Interior Minister Marcel Vela admitted on Wednesday that the state of emergency could be replaced after 15 May with a state of alert at national level. He told a broadcast on Realitatea Plus private television station that the purpose of this demarche is to protect public health. "Yes, a state of alert might follow next.

Health Minister Nelu Tataru said in Piatra Neamt on Friday that the ministry's specialists estimate the coronavirus epidemic in Romania to peak between April 20 and April 25. On a working visit at the Piatra Neamt County Emergency Clinical Hospital he specified that a possible decrease in the number of new COVID-19 cases could occur in late May, early June.

Firefighter Iulian Rotariu with the Botosani Emergency Situations Inspectorate has won on Monday the first stage of the ultra-marathon called "The Ultra Asia Race," which takes place in Vietnam, between 9-12 March. He managed to win the first stage on a distance of 30 km between Pa Co and Xam Khoe, arriving in two hours and 51 minutes.

Firefighter Iulian Rotariu with the Botosani Emergency Situations Inspectorate has won on Monday the first stage of the ultra-marathon called "The Ultra Asia Race," which takes place in Vietnam, between 9-12 March. He managed to win the first stage on a distance of 30 km between Pa Co and Xam Khoe, arriving in two hours and 51 minutes.

AGERPRES special correspondent Cristian Lupascu reports: Commander Ingo Korzetz of the German contingent deployed to the Camp Castor in Gao commended, in an interview to AGERPRES, the Romanian servicemen deployed within the UN mission in Mali (the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali - MINUSMA) for their professionalism, saying that without their medical evac

Gao, Feb 26 - AGERPRES special correspondent Cristian Lupascu reports: The presence of the Romanian airlift helicopter detachment "Carpathian Pumas" in Mali shows that the Romanian Army "remains a guarantor of military diplomacy and more", said Commander of the Joint Forces Command, Major General Dorin Ionita, who coordinates the Romanian troops in the theaters of operations.