Happy Mărțișor. Spring has come at last! While teaching staff started to get vaccinated and the Romanian government donated 20,000 anticorona vaccines to neighbouring Moldova, health authorities are preparing for a third wave of the pandemic. This and more news in this week’s Romanian Dispatch.
Romanian Dispatch #21 (February 20 — 26, 2021)
The Cîţu cabinet approved the draft 2021 state budget, which will now go to parliament for approval. After a visit to Brussels, the prime minister announced that Romania could join the Schengen Area as early as this year and introduce the euro in 2027 or 2028. This and more good news in this week’s Romanian Dispatch.
Romanian Dispatch #20 (February 13 — 19, 2021)
A former Romanian intelligence officer has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for Holocaust denial in the first-ever conviction under the country’s 2002 law.
Read further in The Jerusalem Post.
De afgelopen weken bereikten cryptocurrencies recordhoogtes. Nu is er eindelijk ook goed nieuws rond “OneCoin”, de frauduleuze cryptovaluta van de Bulgaarse entrepreneur Ruja Ignatova, die in het najaar van 2017 in rook opging, evenals de vier miljard euro van investeerders. Vier jaar na haar verdwijning sluit zich het net rond OneCoin en zijn diverse hooggeplaatste medewerkers gearresteerd.
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The Cîţu government finally presented a draft budget for 2021, but it looks like few are happy about it, including his own ministers. Among other things, the budget foresees cuts in the many bonuses and other benefits for public servants. And new data show that Romania experienced a mini-babyboom in December. This and more in this week’s Romanian Dispatch.
Romanian Dispatch #19 (February 6 —12, 2021)
Good morning. After some delay the national vaccination campaign against the SARS-CoV-2 virus has resumed with new supplies of the Moderna vaccin. The 2021 budget should be ready soon, although coalition partners disagree on the direction for sustainable economic growth. And 2021 looks to be a good year for coffee lovers. That and more in this week’s Romanian Dispatch.
Romanian Dispatch #18 (January 30 – February 5, 2021)
Een voormalige Roemeense inlichtingenofficier is veroordeeld tot 13 maanden gevangenisstraf wegens ontkenning van de Holocaust in de allereerste veroordeling op grond van een wet uit 2002.
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