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[00:00:00] surroundings is on
[00:00:03] the Romanian coast, especially during holidays, in July and August when
[00:00:07] Romanians stay for at least four or five nights, if not
[00:00:10] more, and in the case of spa resorts, when tourists go for
[00:00:14] recovery and for treatment.
[00:00:17] Otherwise, that's it, even if more and more Romanians have started
[00:00:20] to choose three, four or five nights in the mountains and in the case
[00:00:24] of rural tourism, most stay for a
[00:00:27] weekend or at most two nights. You
[00:00:30] emphasized, you emphasized at the beginning that we should attract more
[00:00:34] foreign tourists and you gave the example of Bulgaria, but specifically what should
[00:00:37] hoteliers and authorities change so that
[00:00:40] Romanian tourism becomes attractive? Well,
[00:00:43] first of all, we need a much more coherent promotion strategy. We have something
[00:00:47] to offer, but about 30 million euros should be invested
[00:00:51] annually in promotion. We need a coherent strategy, perhaps also a new
[00:00:54] tourist brand, because 16 years have already passed
[00:00:57] since the previous brand. The famous brand with the leaf, it's good
[00:01:01] that we had it because it was still the first tourist brand and
[00:01:04] with a brand book, but I think we should create a more
[00:01:08] modern brand, we would need a
[00:01:12] destination management organization at national
[00:01:14] level, based on a real public
[00:01:17] private partnership, concrete tourist products to
[00:01:21] promote, travel agencies participate in international
[00:01:24] fairs, the Ministry of Tourism also has
[00:01:27] stands, but it is not enough, the budget is unfortunately
[00:01:31] small, even if it is double compared to last year, now it is
[00:01:34] almost 5 million euros budget for
[00:01:37] marketing
[00:01:39] and tourism promotion, but again, we need a much larger
[00:01:42] budget, and the results would be very good, billions of
[00:01:47] way. We are not yet talking about euros could come in additionally to the national budget by attracting
[00:01:50] foreign tourists, an increase in the incoming
[00:01:54] chapter, attracting foreign tourists year on year, somewhere around 7-8% after
[00:01:57] the pandemic, but from a little.
[00:02:00] We have about 2.5 million foreign tourists, the potential would be at the current
[00:02:04] time 6-7 million, we would have where to receive them, we would have where to
[00:02:07] accommodate them, yes, the numbers look good, but there
[00:02:11] are also other numbers that do not look as good, it was a difficult year for
[00:02:14] Romanian tourism, at least in terms of
[00:02:18] revenue, there are economic pressures that hoteliers
[00:02:21] obviously feel, those from Horeca
[00:02:25] as a whole feel them, and people feel them in
[00:02:28] their pockets. The question is for 2027 what expectations
[00:02:32] do you have, I know there were several requests
[00:02:35] addressed to the government to do
[00:02:39] something about holiday vouchers, for
[00:02:41] example. Yes, it would count a lot if holiday
[00:02:45] vouchers returned to their initial
[00:02:47] value of 1600 RON per voucher, it would be good to offer
[00:02:51] greater facilities for the private sector,
[00:02:55] respectively tax exemptions, because the private sector also
[00:02:58] offers vouchers. "It's a false perception that the private sector doesn't
[00:03:02] offer them, there were corporations, large companies that offered them,
[00:03:06] including tourism companies, in 2021, for example, they only offered
[00:03:10] vouchers in the private sector,
[00:03:13] expectations are not necessarily very optimistic, at the current
[00:03:17] pace, there might be a continued increase in incoming, but
[00:03:19] again, still from a
[00:03:22] rather small number, it deserved much
[00:03:26] more, and regarding domestic tourism,
[00:03:29] it remains to be seen for now, early booking reservations have started
[00:03:33] for the Romanian coast and for other external destinations, but now we are referring
[00:03:36] to domestic tourism to see
[00:03:40] how they will evolve in the next
[00:03:43] months, expectations are not necessarily very optimistic, but
[00:03:47] it remains to be seen.
[00:03:49] We are also closely watching what will happen in the next period. Traian Bădulescu, ANAT spokesperson,
[00:03:53] thank you for this phone
[00:03:55] intervention.
[00:04:06] Romanians' savings capacity is increasingly vulnerable to
[00:04:10] the growing pressures on the family budget, this in
[00:04:14] conditions where the increase in monthly costs constantly reduces the amounts
[00:04:17] available after covering essential expenses. Studies
[00:04:20] show that less than half of Romanians still manage to save
[00:04:24] very small amounts, while approximately 40% borrow almost
[00:04:28] monthly to cover expenses.
[00:04:30] Our colleague Luiza Târcă from TVR Timișoara joins us with additional
[00:04:34] information. Luiza, good
[00:04:35] to see you.
[00:04:38] Good to see you. The latest data from the National Institute of Statistics
[00:04:42] shows that almost 85% of
[00:04:46] a family's monthly income went in the second
[00:04:49] quarter of this year towards current
[00:04:52] expenses needed in that month, with
[00:04:56] 635 RON more than in the first
[00:05:00] quarter of the year. We talked to several people to see
[00:05:03] how they manage financially and we met
[00:05:07] young people qualified with higher
[00:05:09] education who, one of them said:
[00:05:12] that she lost her job and changed four
[00:05:16] jobs this year, another person who has a job
[00:05:19] and besides that is involved in several projects for
[00:05:23] supplementary income to be able to support herself, we also met
[00:05:26] older people who say that they would not manage without
[00:05:30] the help of their children, in this
[00:05:32] context there are some
[00:05:36] people, almost half of Romanians who, as you have
[00:05:40] seen, manage to save very little money, and not
[00:05:43] always monthly, and people who do not manage to save
[00:05:47] at all. In these conditions, specialists explain that,
[00:05:51] although we are going through a difficult financial period, it is
[00:05:54] all the more important to save money, even
[00:05:58] if we no longer manage to save larger amounts, as it
[00:06:01] used to happen before, and
[00:06:04] for this it is very important
[00:06:07] to review the budget for that month, the budget allocated
[00:06:11] to expenses and to cut those expenses that are not
[00:06:15] necessary, to avoid impulsive
[00:06:18] purchases and to postpone those acquisitions that are not
[00:06:21] urgent. Also extremely important
[00:06:25] is the emergency budget, those savings that
[00:06:28] we make for unforeseen situations,
[00:06:32] for urgent situations, when the car breaks down for example and
[00:06:35] repairs are needed if the washing machine breaks down
[00:06:39] or if an emergency medical intervention is needed.
[00:06:42] And insurance does not cover all costs or does not cover
[00:06:46] costs at all, and the safety
[00:06:49] budget, that budget, that money that we set aside
[00:06:52] equivalent to three or four salaries or
[00:06:55] monthly incomes so that
[00:06:58] we are covered in case we lose our income, to
[00:07:01] have three or four months at most
[00:07:05] to find solutions.
[00:07:09] Drivers who want to buy hybrid cars from China might have
[00:07:13] to wait longer for some brands and models. The warning comes from
[00:07:16] car dealers, after the European Union and China reached an agreement to
[00:07:20] reduce exports to the common market. The measure was expected by
[00:07:23] major European car manufacturers in conditions where the market share of
[00:07:26] Chinese hybrid cars has increased significantly in recent
[00:07:30] years.
[00:07:33] Gheorghe Ion is from Ploiești and would like to buy a Chinese
[00:07:36] hybrid car. He came to the Bucharest Auto Show to see what offers
[00:07:40] dealers have. He says he has several reasons why he opted for
[00:07:44] manufacturers from China. First of all, the price seems more
[00:07:47] accessible than cars from Europe, they seem more accessible in terms of
[00:07:51] price. They offer a greater number of kilometers
[00:07:55] for electric autonomy than what we were used to on the European
[00:07:58] market. In recent years, Romanian drivers have become increasingly
[00:08:01] interested in Chinese cars. Only in
[00:08:04] September, out of over 1100 new cars registered in our
[00:08:08] country, almost 1900, which means approximately 17%
[00:08:12] of the total, belonged to Chinese brands. More
[00:08:16] than that, a major Chinese car manufacturer climbed to fourth place in
[00:08:20] sales. This is shown by the latest official statistics.
[00:08:23] And in Europe, the market share of vehicles from China has grown
[00:08:27] substantially. For Plug-in hybrid cars, it increased from
[00:08:30] 2% in 2024 to
[00:08:32] 25% in the first 6 months of this year. So
[00:08:36] authorities have taken measures to protect local industry.
[00:08:40] The European Union reached an agreement with.
[00:09:12] probably large Chinese manufacturers will buy
[00:09:15] factories in Europe, so
[00:09:18] that they have a production line in Europe as well. It could
[00:09:22] stimulate future sales, because
[00:09:25] existing customers might purchase
[00:09:29] current models. The buyer will always have
[00:09:32] the final say, because as long as the commercial offer is more
[00:09:35] competitive, the buyer will set
[00:09:38] the trend. Representatives of the European automotive industry expect
[00:09:42] that the commercial agreement will temper the sharp increase in imports from
[00:09:46] China.
[00:09:49] In these difficult times, even sweets are no longer cheap. Europe enters
[00:09:52] the new season with the lowest sugar production in the last nine
[00:09:56] years, and this once again puts pressure on shelf prices.
[00:10:00] According to USDA, the European Union is expected to produce
[00:10:03] approximately 13 million tons of sugar,
[00:10:06] almost 19% less than last season.
[00:10:10] The area cultivated with beets dropped to 1.2
[00:10:13] million hectares due to drought and reduced
[00:10:16] crops. The problem is simple: Europeans consume around
[00:10:19] 15.7, 15.9 million tons,
[00:10:23] which is more than what the common bloc produces. The difference must
[00:10:27] be covered by imports, and when you depend more on the external
[00:10:30] market, the price becomes more sensitive to exchange rates, transport and
[00:10:33] international quotations. Romania, paradoxically, is doing somewhat better in
[00:10:37] terms of harvest, the area cultivated with beets increased from approximately
[00:10:41] 1400 to 18000 hectares, which is almost
[00:10:44] 30%. And the European Commission estimates a yield of
[00:10:47] 40.4 tons per hectare. Production could
[00:10:50] reach almost
[00:10:52] 747
[00:10:55] tons of beets, more than last year, but more
[00:10:59] beets in Romania does not automatically mean cheap sugar. The European
[00:11:02] market counts enormously, and Romania is in a region where
[00:11:06] sugar was already more expensive than the EU average, around
[00:11:09] 547 euros per ton compared to approximately
[00:11:12] 500 euros on the European market in the summer months. And
[00:11:16] major producers warn that prices could rise again if European
[00:11:19] supply continues to fall. The largest
[00:11:22] European sugar producer says that the market could return to
[00:11:26] growth, precisely because of lower
[00:11:29] production.
[00:11:32] Odorless goat milk, researchers from Botoșani say they have
[00:11:35] found the solution, after almost 10 years of experiments they managed to obtain a
[00:11:39] new breed of goats with fatter milk, but with a taste and smell that will be
[00:11:43] to the liking of the most reluctant consumers. The animals could
[00:11:46] soon reach farms all over the country after the homologation of the new
[00:11:50] breed. At first glance they look like ordinary
[00:11:54] goats. In reality they are the result of carefully
[00:11:57] controlled experiments, since 2017, local goats
[00:12:01] have been crossed with males from the Anglo-Nubian
[00:12:03] breed. At the Popăuți research station
[00:12:06] there are now specimens from the third generation, obtained in this
[00:12:12] a breed, we are only talking about a population now.
[00:12:15] The main characteristic we are working on
[00:12:18] now is
[00:12:22] milk production, improvement. The idea of
[00:12:25] having a biological
[00:12:27] creation
[00:12:33] specific to the
[00:12:37] climatic
[00:12:38] zone
[00:12:41] and
[00:12:43] a breed created in our area came to me from the very first years, because here
[00:12:47] I had found a lot of goats undefined as a breed. The most
[00:12:51] important achievement of this project is the quality of the milk.
[00:12:55] They aimed to increase the fat content, important for
[00:12:58] cheeses, but especially to eliminate the specific
[00:13:01] taste and smell that keep some consumers
[00:13:04] away. If I were to
[00:13:07] milk goat milk from this
[00:13:10] Anglo-Nubian breed and give it to a
[00:13:13] consumer to drink, without telling them where it came from, they certainly wouldn't
[00:13:16] realize it was goat milk. The project
[00:13:20] was initiated with the station's own funds, but the promising
[00:13:24] results attracted the financial support of the Academy of Agricultural
[00:13:27] Sciences and the Ministry of Agriculture. Researchers
[00:13:30] hope that this new biological creation will be approved
[00:13:34] soon and reach farms across the
[00:13:36] country. In Alba Iulia, more and more
[00:13:40] vestiges of the ancient Roman colony are emerging. Archaeologists have uncovered
[00:13:44] buildings, paved roads, floors and statuettes that
[00:13:47] sketch the story of an ancient city, whose secrets we do not yet fully
[00:13:51] know. On the outskirts of Alba Iulia,
[00:13:55] locals from the Partoș neighborhood can see new evidence of life
[00:13:59] from almost two millennia ago in the colony of
[00:14:02] Aurelia Apulensis emerging daily. Archaeologists
[00:14:05] have discovered buildings, roads paved with sandstone
[00:14:09] slabs, traffic arteries, coins and artifacts dating from the
[00:14:12] second and third centuries AD. The province of Dacia
[00:14:16] experienced an extraordinary
[00:14:19] development, then many
[00:14:21] settlements received urban status.
[00:14:25] The province of Dacia was a strictly militarized one, almost
[00:14:28] 10% of the empire's
[00:14:32] army was stationed here in the province of Dacia. One
[00:14:36] of the remarkable discoveries is a marble
[00:14:39] statuette. It is a fragmentary statuette of the god Asclepius
[00:14:43] that we found in one of the rooms in this building, he was the god of medicine in
[00:14:47] Roman times. Here at Apulum it is known
[00:14:50] that there was an Asclepieion,
[00:14:54] meaning a temple hospital where the
[00:14:57] sick were treated, especially from the province of Dacia,
[00:15:01] the case of a veteran
[00:15:05] from the fifth legion who regained
[00:15:08] his sight in this temple
[00:15:11] hospital is known. The area researched in this site exceeded 6000
[00:15:15] square meters, which makes it one of the most extensive
[00:15:18] ancient urban sites. Local authorities plan
[00:15:22] to set up an archaeological park dedicated to
[00:15:25] the ancient Roman colony, which could transform
[00:15:29] the area into a new cultural and tourist attraction for Alba
[00:15:31] Iulia. It's time to see what important events
[00:15:35] happened in history on October 12.
[00:17:30] Brașov, due to the noise produced by military aircraft, frequent training
[00:17:34] flights and overflights of military helicopters near residential
[00:17:38] areas have provoked strong reactions from residents,
[00:17:42] as well as the intervention of local political representatives. Senator Irineu Darău brought
[00:17:46] to the attention of environmental authorities and the Ministry of Defense the complaints
[00:17:49] of citizens disturbed by noise pollution, requesting the identification
[00:17:52] of alternative flight routes. Army representatives emphasize that
[00:17:56] these aerial exercises are absolutely necessary for
[00:18:00] maintaining operational readiness and national security in the current
[00:18:03] regional context. Dialogue between authorities and the local
[00:18:07] community continues, as technical solutions are being sought to reduce
[00:18:11] the impact of noise on the population, without affecting strategic
[00:18:15] defense
[00:18:15] missions.
[00:18:21] 9:48 minutes, let's take a look at today's agenda, a busy
[00:18:25] day for the former independent candidate in the presidential elections. Călin Georgescu
[00:18:29] is taken to Diicot, where IT searches continue, then he will arrive at
[00:18:33] the Bucharest Tribunal where he requests the replacement of preventive arrest with the measure
[00:18:36] of judicial control. And at 12 o'clock he is expected at the Court of
[00:18:40] Appeal, where a new term is scheduled in the case in which he is accused of
[00:18:44] attempted coup d'état. Hope Build 2026
[00:18:46] begins, a project in which solidarity is transformed into
[00:18:50] six houses built in just five days. Several hundred
[00:18:53] volunteers will work side by side so that six families finally have a
[00:18:57] place to call home. The attention of the academic world turns
[00:19:01] today to Stockholm where the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
[00:19:05] will be announced. The distinction rewards important scientific contributions in
[00:19:09] the field of economics and has been awarded since 1969
[00:19:12] at the initiative of the Central Bank of Sweden, in memory of Alfred
[00:19:15] Nobel. The laureate is designated by the Royal
[00:19:18] Swedish Academy of Sciences. And with this information,
[00:19:22] Telejurnal Matinal has come to an end. We are Laura Fronoiu and Marius Popa and we
[00:19:25] thank you for your attention. At the precise time new information will be brought to you by our
[00:19:29] colleague Ioan Petru. We will see you tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock sharp on TVR 1 and
[00:19:32] TVR Info. Until then, have a good day.
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