Press magazine – 3th May 2023

Between April 28 - 30, 2023, the final stage of the "Central and Eastern European Moot Competition", a prestigious student scientific competition on European Union law, in its 29th edition, organized by Juris Angliae Scientia, took place in Dubrovnik (Croatia) - British Law Centre, in cooperation with the Court of Justice of the European Union, with the support of other institutions of the European Union, the Center for European Legal Studies from Cambridge University and Clifford Chance.

In the final stage of the competition, 18 teams qualified, including the one from the Faculty of Law of the Western University of Timisoara. Access to this stage was based on the written memos prepared by the participants.

The rector of UVT, Marilen Gabriel Pirtea: "Initiation into practice of legal sciences, especially in the very current field of European Union law, requires in-depth exercises and simulations, in national and international competitions, which students from the Faculty of Law of UVT approach with more and more success. The achievement of these very good results by the team of the Faculty of Law, within the "Central and Eastern European Moot Competition", brings a new confirmation of the competitiveness of the Timisoara school of legal sciences and contributes to the consolidation of its tradition in the first league of the most important training centers for legal specialists throughout the country."

Friday, May 5, from 9:00, the Youth House in Timișoara hosts "A new generation of young European entrepreneurs in the creative and cultural sector", an event to present the results of the DIYouth project - Digital Youth Training on Creative & Cultural Digital Entrepreneurship.

In 2023, Timişoara, as the European Capital of Culture, has undertaken to promote intercultural dialogue, the involvement of citizens in the life of the city and the promotion of cultural entrepreneurship and creative industries. The available funds, the public interest generated by this program, the numerous cultural events represent business opportunities for those active in cultural and creative industries: film, television, radio, music, books, press, design, architecture, advertising, video games, etc.

In this sense, the event is open to all those interested in the creative and cultural sector: new and future young entrepreneurs, teachers, trainers, representatives of companies and public authorities. In its framework, presentations and discussions will take place regarding the specificities of entrepreneurship in cultural and creative industries.

The event will take place on Friday, May 5, from 9:00 a.m., in the lobby of Casei Tineretului, str. Aries, no. 19. Registration of participants is done online at https://forms.gle/2GSNr4cjwFs5z4od6, until May 3. The number of places is limited. Each participant will receive a certificate of participation.

The community of the University of Bucharest is called to vote, on May 10, to decide how to appoint the rector of the higher education institution for the 2023-2027 mandate. The options are, according to the legislation in force, public competition or general elections.

right Notice, through this referendum "the elections are thus triggered for all management structures of the University of Bucharest, at the level of the rectorate, faculties and departments, for the 2023-2027 mandate".

All full-time teaching and research staff at the University can vote, along with all student representatives in the UB Senate and Faculty Councils. Voting takes place in three sections, between 8 a.m. and 20 p.m. on May 10.

Between 2011 and 2022, Romania's young population decreased by over 1 million inhabitants, from 5,51 million to 4,49 million, writes the rector of the National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Remus Pricopie, in a message on National Youth Day. He also says that in the last 10 years, 100.000 young people have permanently moved to other countries and appeals to the political class to give more chances to young people, involving them in the decision-making process at the central level.

"It is easy to expect young people to follow our demands, but the truth is that we must also follow their demands and create the conditions for them to want a future in Romania", Pricopie writes.

"National Youth Day is a moment of joy and celebration, but also of awareness of the fact that the future is built not only for young people, but together with young people.

Teachers and education employees will receive vacation vouchers for at least the next 4 years, according to ministerial order no. 4.072/2023, signed on April 26, obtained by Edupedu.ro. Vouchers will be issued again this year only electronically, just like last year. The date of granting these benefits is not specified, but the order has not yet appeared in the Official Gazette.

The amount of 1.450 lei is taxable in the month in which the benefit is granted, and according to the Fiscal Code, the income tax is 10% in this case. Specifically, employees who receive these vouchers must pay 145 lei in tax.

In past years, these benefits were granted in June, except for 2021, when they were suspended due to the pandemic. According to the consulted document, those who do not want to receive have 30 days to submit a request for it, from the publication of the minister's order in the Official Gazette. This would mean that in May these procedures will be carried out and most likely in June the cards would be fed.

"Consistent sanctions were introduced in the committee's discussion. We want to discourage the phenomenon of both offering and buying such works. It is absolutely necessary that the integrity of all types of finalization, bachelor's, master's, doctorate works is ensured and that is why the sanctions are dissuasive for any attempts of this type. In fact, I believe that technological progress will help us to discover such attempts much more effectively", said Deca at the Parliament Palace, when asked what she thought about the sanctions introduced in the law for people interested in buying master's or doctoral theses.

Asked how these sites dealing with the sale of bachelor's, master's or doctoral theses will be discovered, Deca said: "They are known in the academic world. In many cases there are also announcements or flyers that are distributed in academic communities. It is, I think, quite easy, in a first phase, for those ethics commissions at the university level to report themselves and raise this issue. We also have provisions that clarify exactly what is the risk to which they are subject. I think it is good to publicize these things, because the Romanian higher education cannot produce performance, cannot respond to the needs of society, if it does not respect the norms of ethics and integrity".

The Education Commission of the Chamber of Deputies adopted on Tuesday several amendments to the draft law on higher education, in the "legal responsibility" chapter, at the proposal of the PSD deputies.