Mortgage rates linked to IRCC are up 34-40%, those linked to ROBOR are 70-80% higher ●The Netherlands’ response to Romania’s Schengen accession a day before Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s visit ●Total blockade of the energy market. There are no agreements, no one knows what the price of electricity is ●Mirel Banika: Iasi in pilgrimage is a religious “untold”. ●What does the DRI do with the list of pro-Russian agents ●Emmanuel Parvoux, director of the film “Morocco”: “I promised myself that I would never do anything for money again.” ● The pulse of the world at the oldest fair in Romania ●About doubtful historical myths and their authenticity ●Pedestrian crossing painted by a local resident on DN, opposite his house. The police opened criminal proceedings ●“Eat Romanian products!” What is behind the demagoguery: the import of equal population consumption

IRCC-related mortgage rates increased by 34-40% compared to a year earlier. Those related to ROBOR are 70-80% higher

BRD, Raiffeisen and UniCredit Bank, three of the 10 largest banks in the banking system, recorded increases in client rates for mortgage loans in lei, tied to both ROBOR, between 70 and 80%, and IRCC, between 34 and 40%, according to the data. simulations sent at the request of ZF.

The 3-month ROBOR, which was used to calculate variable interest rates on lei loans until May 2019, was just over 1.5% in October 2021 and later reached 7.93% in October 2022.

With the increase in the ROBOR index, the mortgage rates that Romanians took before the introduction of IRCC went up, reaching a growth of 70-80%.

Starting in October 2022, IRCC has taken the first step towards raising mortgage rates to 4.06% from 2.65%, an upward trajectory, write ZF

The Netherlands’ response to Romania’s Schengen accession a day before Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s visit

The Kingdom of the Netherlands, the current official name of the Netherlands, is the latest state that has not clearly defined its position on Romania’s desire to join the European Free Movement Area in 2022.

The ambassador of the Netherlands in Bucharest told Free Europe that at the moment the country he represents does not have any information from which an answer could come about agreeing to Romania’s accession to the Schengen area.

“Free Europe” asked the ambassador of the Netherlands in Romania, Roelof van Ees, what is the official position of his country regarding the accession to the Schengen area. More precisely, if the Netherlands agrees at this moment, in October 2022, for Romania to be among the member states of the Schengen area, writes Free Europe.

Total blockade of the energy market. There are no agreements, no one knows what the price of electricity is

Official data from the Romanian energy market operator OPCOM show that after GEO 119 came into effect on September 1, the market is practically blocked. Only spot operations are carried out. The Centralized Market for Bilateral Contracts – Extended Auction (PCCB-LE Flex) of the Bucharest Energy Exchange saw a single deal in September, according to monthly statistics recently published by market operator OPCOM. It is a very small package of energy, in the range of 1.3 MW, with delivery from October 6 to December 31, 2022, with a total capacity of 2,715 MWh, traded at a price of 2,400 lei/MWh, writes Economy.

Mirel Banika: Iasi in pilgrimage is a religious “untold”.

As I said in the study I devoted to the pilgrimage, “The need for a miracle.” A phenomenon of pilgrimage in modern Romania, pilgrimages are signs of the times, true barometers of changes in society, apart from the most visible aspects, such as waiting in line or touching relics. Personally, for this reason, I come (almost) every year to Iaşi to understand the society, not just the modern religious facts. This year there is tension, the echo of the war on the border of Romania and Europe, the financial difficulties of that period and… demography. We seem to be getting fewer and we are getting old. “There is no waiting,” Banika says in one interview given by Ziar de Iași

What does the DRI do with the list of pro-Russian agents

Defense Minister Vasile Dincu said that in Romania it is impossible not to have politicians under the influence of Moscow, but he believes that they are not “of the first magnitude”.

Minister Dinku did not dare to make a list of parliamentarians who turn to the East, or high-ranking officials with pro-Russian sympathies, whom he probably knows.

Only a warning was issued. Their discovery was entrusted to the officers of the Romanian Intelligence Service, especially since the head of the SRI had just spoken about the country’s risks and opportunities in this difficult period, writes PressHub

Emmanuel Parvoux, director of the film “Morocco”: “I promised myself that I would never do anything for money again.”

These days, director Emmanuel Parvo’s second feature film – Morocco – was released in cinemas across the country.

The world premiere of the film took place at the festival in San Sebastian last fall in the “New directors” section. And the Romanian premiere took place at TIFF, as part of the “Days of Romanian Cinema” competition, and became one of the surprises that impressed the audience.

With a mixed cast that brings to the fore the well-known Šerban Pavla and the actress Emilia Popescu, as well as two young actors at the beginning of their careers, Ana Indrikau and Tudor Kuku, Emanuele Parvo’s film tells us how difficult it is to maintain a balance in our life and how easily it can be destroyed, hence the name “Morocco”, a reference to the game with colored sticks, in which you have to gently move one stick out of the crowd without moving the others. writes Culture to the van

The pulse of the world at the oldest fair in Romania

“Târgul de la Fechetău” has been held in Négren since 1815 officially, but perhaps even earlier, in the second week of October. It is considered the largest fair in Eastern Europe. It stretches over almost 10 hectares at the foot of the mountain, along Crișului Repede, and is very popular.

Vendors and visitors from all over the world gather here, and the City Hall says there are guests from Western Europe, Hungary and even the United States. This year it was held for the first time, after a two-year break due to the pandemic. Perhaps that is why it was the largest fair in its history.

Almost all year long, the people of Transylvania plan their expeditions, hunting for treasures and necessities in the bowels of the Negreni fair. Artists, collectors, intelligentsia, craftsmen and peasants enjoy autumn debauchery together, writes PressHub

h2: About doubtful historical myths and their authenticity

Today we discuss some historical myths, with examples of everything, so that everyone understands what the author wanted to say. If you’ve been paying attention, I’ve been telling you for some time now about that dubious legend that can be found in most of Romania’s fortresses and castles. There should be a fountain where you go. Everything is good and beautiful, because the water is good, especially in the morning, after a long evening with wine aperitifs. The problem is that those wells, all in hair, and there are several dozen of them, were dug by two Turkish prisoners. God, it’s like that everywhere.

We are not told if they are not the same. Some they let go when they were done, only to be caught by others further south. The poor Turks worked like this for two or even three hundred years. Or, if they were different, the creators of the stories would also change the register, write Pictofafte

Pedestrian crossing painted by a local resident on DN, opposite his house. The police opened criminal proceedings

A resident of Bistrita from Salva, Bistrita-Năsăud, himself painted the pedestrian crossing on the DN17C in front of his house. The road connects Bistrita-Neseud and Maramures. The police opened criminal proceedings. DN17C is a secondary national road that connects the settlements of Bystrica (BN) and Viseu de Sousse (MM). It passes between the Rodney Mountains and the Shiblesh Mountains through the Dealul Stefanice Pass with a final stop in the city of Moisei (MM), write the Truth

“Eat Romanian products!” What is behind the demagoguery: the import of equal population consumption

Mr. Marcel Ciolacu, president of the PSD, yesterday urged his fellow citizens to consume Romanian products. He is neither the first nor the last politician to advocate consumption of products produced in Romania.

The call is welcome, but reality shows us otherwise. It is a sad coincidence that on the very day that Marcel Colacu urged consumers to buy Romanian products, the Institute of Statistics published data on Romania’s international trade.

The figures indicate a real disaster in the sense that in the first eight months of this year, the trade balance deficit reached 22 billion euros. This is a huge number, a real record for the last 30 years. In this context, are domestic products enough for us? According to the pace and quantity of imports, it is clear that imports are also many and very diverse, writes RFI