Sources: Senatului României (Bucureşti) and Romanian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Romania's Chamber of Deputies has passed a bill by 209 votes for, four against, and two abstentions, which makes January 24, the day when Romania celebrates the Union of the Romanian Principalities, a non-working public holiday in Romania for both the private and public sectors, by amending the Romanian Labour Code. [full story]