​PSD and PNL also buy the local press piece by piece. The Bistrita-Năsăud case ●Heirs forced to compensate for damages caused by relatives – the case of the former president of the INSVoineagu ●The most expensive New Year’s Eve in the country, in sector 3. Negoiță takes 1.3 million lei from the budget ●Justices of the peace are the only ones to whom the paid special pensions can be transferred. The great remain privileged ●Valeriu Tabera: “This is the first time we are slaughtering cows in the midst of a milk crisis!” ●CSM disables prosecutors’ access to the database with criminal cases

​PSD and PNL also buy the local press piece by piece. The Bistrita-Năsăud case

Romanian parties did not buy only televisions and national publications with money from the budget. PSD and PNL have eliminated criticism of themselves at state expense and from the local press. Buying individually.

Most county councils in the country and hundreds of town halls pay millions of euros for “advertising”. In fact, this money promotes the politicians who own the local government and buys the silence of journalists.

Few people resist the temptation. And journalists who insist on doing their job properly are either under pressure from politicians and businessmen with state orders, or are marginalized by their “tainted” colleagues. writes PressHub

The heirs are forced to compensate for the damages caused by the ancestors – the case of the former president of the INS

Virgil Voineagu, who died in February 2021, was president of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) from 2005 to 2013. In January 2013, he was removed from his post by then Prime Minister Viktor Ponta. A year later, in 2014, an audit by the Accounting Chamber at the INS revealed “deviations from legality and regularity” in the use of public funds and in the management of the estate, which caused losses estimated at 255,000 lei.

Virgil Voineagu’s contribution to the damages was approximately 82,000 lei. The National Institute of Statistics is asking the Bucharest court to compel the former head of the institution to pay damages. In 2018, Virgil Voineagu wins in the first instance, but an appeal follows. Since his death is in 2021, the heirs of the deceased are involved as defendants in the case.

In November 2022, the Court of Appeal of Bucharest ruled in favor of the Institute of Statistics, therefore the defendants are obliged to pay damages, as well as legal interest, starting from 11.06.2015. writes JustNews.ro

The most expensive New Year’s Eve in the country, in sector 3. Negoiță takes 1.3 million lei from the budget

The mayor’s office of the 3rd district announces the organization of the only open-air New Year’s event in the capital, in Titan Park. Delia, Voltaj and Guess Who are the headliners, and there will be a multimedia projection show and fireworks at the end of the year. The whole business costs 1.32 million lei from the budget of sector 3, and the contract was concluded not through an open tender, but through a simplified procedure.

The show at Titan Park will start on December 31 at 8:00 p.m., admission is free. For the 10th year in a row, “Sector 3” is holding a New Year’s party in the open air. writes the Bulletin de Bucharest

Justices of the peace are the only ones to whom the paid special pensions can be transferred. The great remain privileged

The draft law on special pensions does not introduce the principle of contribution. Magistrates are the favorites because they are the only ones with a pension of 80% of the total salary. The law may have problems with the Central Committee, as it introduces a recalculation of pensions paid exclusively to justices of the peace.

Under pressure to complete the phase of the National Plan for Recovery and Resilience (PNRR) on special pensions by December 31, the government has drafted a bill that covers all categories of beneficiaries of these pensions. The draft, developed by the Ministry of Labor, is in the process of approval by the government, after which it will be sent to the parliament, writes Free Europe

Valeriu Tabera: “This is the first time we are slaughtering cows in the midst of a milk crisis!”

“Here I blame the state institution for what means misfortune in the livestock industry of Romania. And the year 2022 is a disaster from the point of view of animal husbandry in Romania. I have an acute milk crisis for the first time. When slaughtering dairy cows in conditions of a milk crisis. This is completely abnormal. Because the farmers do not have food, but this is not the only problem.

It is impossible to reach 20 counties without taking milk for schools (Romania’s school program, which provides free milk to students, does not). For many years we have neglected primary milk production, the price is low on the farm and very high in the shops. For many years, the price was lower than 1 lei,” said Valeriu Tabera, according to the materials of AgroIntel

On the border of Poland and Belarus, the migration crisis continues imperceptibly (report)

“Someone may be smart, and some may not. Some are naive, others are extremely brave. Many are afraid. Some come with children, others alone. They are people from other parts of the world, it is true, but they are really no different from you and me. It’s that simple,” says Marta in the middle of a swampy forest on the Polish-Belarusian border.

We must be careful where we step. Outside, it’s -2 degrees Celsius, the blizzard is getting stronger, snow covers ponds and swamps. “Welcome to Louisiana,” cheers Martha, one of two local women who have become activists.

Marta Anna Kurzynets and Regina Skibinska are 48 years old and moved from Warsaw to the villages on the border with Belarus. “I’m a second-hand dealer,” Marta answers when we ask her what she does. Regina is a journalist who left the city a year ago. writes PressOne

CSM disables prosecutors’ access to the database with criminal cases

Judges of the High Council of Magistrates (VCM) want to deprive prosecutors of access to the court’s database. The ECRIS application is administered by the Ministry of Justice.

Despite the fact that they have only two weeks left until the end of their mandate, the judges of the Central Ukrainian Court of Justice included in the agenda on December 22 the approval of the Regulation on the internal procedure of the courts, writes PressHub

Interview with Ms. Ana-Maria Goylav and Mr. Petre Guran

Ms. Goylav and Mr. Guran founded and coordinate two projects through which they try to strengthen classical education, which they see as the only alternative to mainstream forms of modern education. These are two projects: the Bunești School, which combines applied architecture with the discussion of big philosophical themes and questions and has been under construction for fourteen years, and Arheia, a public experiment in home education in Bucharest that started two years ago. In today’s interview, we discussed these two educational projects and, implicitly, more general issues of modern educationwrites Syntopic