BUDGET
The finance ministry has made public the draft state budget of Romania for next
year. The document is based on an estimated GDP growth of 2.8%, an 8% inflation
rate, a growing number of employees and a declining 2.7% unemployment rate. The
ministries set to receive less money include the energy, justice and public
healthcare, whereas the defence, development, transport and education
ministries will receive substantially higher budget appropriations. The ruling
coalition made up of the Social Democrats, and Liberals and the Democratic
Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania intends to endorse the draft budget tomorrow
and send it to Parliament the next day, for discussion next week.
SECURITY Romania has constantly worked to
identify solutions to enhance security at the Black Sea, the Romanian foreign
minister Bogdan Aurescu said in Ankara on Tuesday, when he had
a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Mervlut Cavusoglu. The two officials
discussed the best ave