Union members take to the streets: 200,000 state employees are made redundant. A Eurostat study published yesterday confirmed the difficult situation in Romania: second rank in the EU regarding poverty. Elsewhere in the news, union requested the political class to consider making banks pay for the economic crisis' effects. Further in the news, after one year and a half of financial restrictions, people in Romania can now get credits from banks. Last but not least, Romania tops 25 countries exporting prostitutes.
Union members take to the streets: 200,000 state employees are made redundant, Cotidianul reads. "Cartel Alfa" union leader Bogdan Hossu said union members will protest next week, asking the Government to support technical redundancy. The Finance Ministry in Bucharest will be their main target for about an hour and a half. Around one hundred people will protest daily. Hossu says the unions will be joined in their efforts by patronages.
A Eurostat study published yesterday confirmed the difficult situation in Romania: second rank in the EU regarding poverty, Romania Libera reads. So far, the Romanian Government has decided to sack 15,000 people in the Education system, 3,000 in the social assistance department - the administrative staff - 17,000 people currently working for the public administration will lose their jobs and over 10,000 people in the rail sector this year.
19% of the Romanian population cannot afford having a meal with meat every two days, 76% cannot pay for a one-week holiday per year, 25% do not enough own resources to pay for an adequate house heating and 49% cannot buy and maintain a car. According to the study, 23% of the Romanian population risked falling under the thin red line of poverty at the end of 2008. The only EU country to top Romania in this matter was Latvia - 26%.
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