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  • Fed Cup: România a ratat calificarea la turneul final

    Fed Cup: România a ratat calificarea la turneul final

    România a fost învinsă de Rusia cu 3-2 în meciul din play-off-ul Grupei Mondiale a Fed Cup, sâmbătă, în Sala Polivalentă din Cluj-Napoca, ratând calificarea la turneul final. Jaqueline Cristian şi Gabriela Ruse au pierdut meciul de dublul în fața echipei formată din Blinkova/Ana Kalinskaia în două seturi, 6-3, 6-2.



    Jaqueline Cristian (197 WTA) a învins-o pe Veronika Kudermetova (38 WTA) cu 7-5, 6-3, la debutul său în echipa de Fed Cup a României, în al patrulea meci de simplu. În primul meci de sâmbătă, rusoaica Ekaterina Alexandrova (28 WTA) a învins-o pe Ana Bogdan (90 WTA) cu 7-5, 3-6, 7-5.



    Ana Bogdan a câștigat, vineri, în fața Veronikai Kudermetova cu 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1, după ce Elena Gabriela Ruse (166 WTA) a pierdut cu 6-1, 6-4 meciul cu Ekaterina Alexandrova.



    Echipa naţională de tenis a României a întâlnit în 7 şi 8 februarie, în Sala Polivalentă din Cluj-Napoca, selecţionata Rusiei în Grupa Mondială a Fed Cup. Meciul a contat pentru calificarea la turneul final al Fed Cup de la Budapesta, din 14-19 aprilie.



    Simona Halep, Irina Begu şi Monica Niculescu nu au făcut parte din echipa României. Jucătoarele au renunţat la convocare pentru a se concentra pe turneele WTA în vederea calificării la Jocurile Olimpice de la Tokyo.

  • April 30, 2019

    April 30, 2019

    ELECTIONS – The campaign for European Parliament elections, scheduled for May 26, continues in Romania. 13 political groups are in the running: governing ruling coalition members Social Democrats and the Alliance Liberals and Democrats and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, which has a collaboration protocol with the coalition. From the parliamentary and non-parliamentary opposition, in the running are the National Liberal Party, the USR-PLUS Alliance, the National Popular Party, Pro Romania, a Social Democratic splinter. From outside Parliament, in the running are the UNPR, the National Unity Bloc, and the United Romania, PRODEMO, the Romanian Socialist, and the Independent Social Democratic parties. Three independents have also declared their candidacy. Romania will send 33 EuroMPs to Parliament. The 33rd MP can only take office after the Brexit comes into effect. Romanians abroad can go to 441 polling stations, most of them in Italy, Spain, and neighboring Moldova. On that same day, Romanians are called to vote in a justice referendum called by President Klaus Iohannis.



    JUSTICE — Deputy Prime Minister and interim Minister of Justice Ana Birchall suspended on Monday the procedures to select a new General Prosecutor in Romania, as well as that for selecting the deputy prosecutor with Eurojust, the agency dealing with criminal cooperation between EU member states. She said that the procedures will resume soon. On April 10, the Justice Minister announced new procedures for selecting the General Prosecutor, after Minister Toader turned down all four candidates. According to the law, the minister forwards proposals for general prosecutors, which have to be approved by the Superior Council of Magistracy, and by President Iohannis.



    PONTIFF – Hundreds of thousands of Romanians have registered on-line to attend the masses that Pope Francis will officiate in the country. They will be joined by faithful from neighboring Hungary, Serbia, and Ukraine. Also, they are joined by pilgrims from remote countries, such as Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa, Niger, Madagascar, Australia, Israel, Canada, Namibia, and Reunion. Pope Francis will go on a three day apostolic circuit, starting on May 31. He was invited to the country by President Klaus Iohannis and the local Catholic Church. The Pontiff will visit Iasi, a major city with a significant Roman Catholic population, and Blaj, the spiritual capital of Romanian Greek Catholics. While there, the Pope will beatify seven bishops killed in Communist political prisons. He will also consecrate the Franciscan shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc, a majority Hungarian locality. In 1999, Romania was the first majority Orthodox country in history to be visited by a Pontiff, Pope John Paul II.



    HOLIDAY – Many Romanians continue their mini-holiday between Easter celebrations and the May Day holiday. The Christian faithful continue Easter celebrations, in their third day. At the Romanian seaside, 250 police officers have been mobilized. Dozens of regional transportation police are keeping watch in railway stations in Constanta County, where most resorts are. According to the Border Police, over 195,000 Romanian and foreign citizens have crossed the border in the last 24 hours, using around 48,000 vehicles.



    TENNIS — Romanian tennis player Ana Bogdan, 132nd seeded, qualified in the eighth finals in the WTA tournament in Rabat, Morocco, with a quarter million dollar total prize money, after defeating French player Alize Cornet, 54th seeded, 6-3, 6-3. This is her most important victory this year, and she moves on to play British Johanna Konta, 47th seeded, and Chinese Yafan Wang, 56th seeded. Ana Bogdan is also scheduled to play in the doubles in Rabat, alongside Bulgarian Isabela Shinikova, facing off against the Romanian/ Swiss pair Andreea Mitu/ Timea Bacsinszky.



    LIGHTING — Exactly 162 years ago, Bucharest introduced public lighting using kerosene lamps. On 30 April, 1857, the Romanian capital became the first city in the world with such lighting. According to historians, the kerosene was made in the first industrial refinery, the Gas Factory in Ploiesti. 14 years later, in 1871, Bucharest had over 785 kerosene lamps. In early 20th century, the city had over 3,000 kerosene lamps, 990 mineral oil lamps, 400 natural gas lamps, and 200 electric lamps.

  • Sport Club RRI: Tenis – În FedCup, România întâlneşte Cehia

    Sport Club RRI: Tenis – În FedCup, România întâlneşte Cehia

    Actualitatea sportivă, în aceste zile, este
    dominată de tenisul feminin. Echipa de Fed Cup a României întâlneşte în weekend,
    la Ostrava,
    deţinătoarea trofeului, Cehia. Partida contează pentru primul tur al Grupei
    Mondiale. Meciul se va disputa pe suprafaţă dură, în Ostravar Arena, o sală cu
    o capacitate de 6.350 de locuri.


    Jucătoarele Simona Halep, numărul 3
    mondial, Mihaela Buzărnescu, care ocupă locul 29 în ierarhia WTA, şi Ana Bogdan, locul 105, se află, de luni, la
    Ostrava. Împreună cu ele au făcut deplasarea Florin Segărceanu, căpitanul
    nejucător, şi antrenoarea Alina Tecşor. Să notăm că din echipă mai fac parte Monica
    Niculescu şi Irina Begu, care au cucerit, duminică, titlul în proba de dublu a Openului
    Thailandei. La simplu, Monica ocupă locul 106 în clasamentul mondial, iar
    Irina, locul 75.


    Karolina Pliskova, numărul 5 în clasamentul
    WTA, va fi liderul echipei Cehiei. Conform paginii oficiale de Twitter a Fed
    Cup, citată de Agerpres, căpitanul nejucător al Cehiei, Petr Pála, le-a mai
    convocat pentru acest meci pe jucătoarele Katerina Siniakova, numărul 1 în
    clasamentul de dublu WTA, Barbora Krejcikova, numărul doi în ierarhia mondială
    de dublu, şi Marketa Vondrousova,
    numărul 73 WTA. Va lipsi din lotul Cehiei Petra Kvitova, numărul 2
    mondial, finalista de anul acesta de la Australian Open. Ea a hotărât să nu
    joace în meciul de Fed Cup cu România din pricina programului încărcat.


    Cehia şi România s-au întâlnit în Fed Cup,
    ultima oară, în 2016, la Cluj, iar echipa oaspete a câştigat cu 3 la 2. Din
    2011, Cehia a câştigat de şase ori competiţia, ratând doar trofeele din 2013,
    când s-a impus Italia, şi 2017, când a triumfat selecţionata Statelor Unite.

  • Tennis Player Ana Bogdan

    Tennis Player Ana Bogdan


    Romanian tennis player Ana Bogdan had a very good run in the tournament, reaching as far as the semi-finals. For this remarkable achievement, we have designated Ana Bogdan Athlete of the Week on RRI.




    The Romanian player was seeded seventh in the main draw in Bogota. In the first round she ousted Mariana Duque-Marino of Columbia, 6-1, 7-6. The round of 16 pitted the Romanian against Ana Blinkova of Russia, whom the Romanian defeated at the end of three sets, 1-6, 7-6, 6-4. In the second set’s tiebreak, Ana Bogdan saved a match point. In the quarterfinals, the Romanian knocked out Daniela Seguel of Chile in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1. In the semis however she lost 6-3, 6-2 to Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia.




    This was the second consecutive semi-final for Ana Bogdan in the WTA circuit, after last week she had reached the semi-finals of the Monterrey tournament in Mexico. Her performance at Bogota earned Ana Bogdan a 11,500-dollar check and 110 WTA points. Bogdan climbed 10 places in WTA standings, now ranking 66th.




    Romania right now has 6 players in the world’s top 70 players: Simona Halep, no. 1, Sorana Carstea, 34th placed, Irina-Camelia Begu, 38th ranked, Mihaela Buzarnescu in 40th place and finally Monica Niculescu, ranked 64th.


    Let us also note that Ana Bogdan was born in Sinaia on November 25, 1992.


  • January 19, 2018 UPDATE

    January 19, 2018 UPDATE

    Air quality. In a final push to find solutions to address the serious problem of air pollution in the European Union, Commissioner for Environment, Karmenu Vella has invited ministers from 9 Member States to convene in Brussels on Tuesday, January 30, the European Commission announced on Friday. The 9 Member States, namely the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and the United Kingdom, face infringement procedures for exceeding agreed air pollution limits. The meeting gives an opportunity to Member States to prove that additional adequate steps will be taken to redress the current situation without delay and comply with European law. EU legislation on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe, sets air quality limits that cannot be exceeded anywhere in the EU, and obliges Member States to limit the exposure of citizens to harmful air pollutants. Despite this obligation, air quality has remained a problem in many places for a number of years. In 23 out of 28 Member States, air quality standards are still being exceeded — in total in over more than 130 cities across Europe. The 9 Member States invited to the meeting are those, which have already received a Reasoned Opinion and for which the next stage in the infringement procedure would be a referral to the Court of Justice.




    Flu. The Romanian healthcare minister Florian Bodog called on family doctors to continue to monitor the situation of flu vaccination in January, particularly in the case of people at risk, given that the flu season has begun later than last year. Florian Bodog says over 700,000 people have received their flu vaccines so far, with almost 300,000 free doses still being available. Two people have died this year because of flu, a teenager and a 69-year-old woman.




    Government. The executive committee of the Social Democratic Party, the senior partner in the ruling coalition in Romania, is to meet on Monday to form a new government. President Klaus Iohannis has accepted the proposal of the Social Democratic Party and their ruling partners, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats, to task the Social Democrat MEP Viorica Dancila with the formation of a new government. The Social Democrats leader Liviu Dragnea says Parliament will meet in extraordinary session so that the new cabinet can be sworn in on the 29th of January. Early this week, the Social Democrat Prime Minister Mihai Tudose resigned after losing his partys political support. On Friday, the Minister for European Funds, Marius Nica, decided to also tender his resignation.




    Social media. 47% of enterprises in the European Union used at least one type of social media in 2017, the highest percentage being recorded in Malta, with 74%, according to Eurostat data published on Friday. 35% of Romanian enterprises used social media in 2017, more than in Poland, 27%, Latvia, 30%, and Bulgaria, 34%, and slightly less than in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Across the European Union, the percentage of enterprises using social media went up from less than a third in 2013 to almost half in 2017. Eurostat notes that social networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn are the most widely used by EU enterprises.




    Australian Open. The Romanian pair Irina Begu and Monica Niculescu reached the third round in the womens doubles at the Australian Open, after a 3-set victory over the Australian pair Jessica Moore and Ellen Perez. The Romanian-Ukrainian pair Raluca Olaru and Olga Savchuk lost, however, to the all-Czech pair Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova. In the mens doubles, the Romanian-Dutch pair Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer are still in competition. On Saturday, Simona Halep and Ana Bogdan play in the womens singles third round. Halep, who is world no. 1 and first seed in Melbourne, faces the American player Lauren Davis, while Ana Bogdan takes on another American player, Madison Keys.




    Weather. Tens of thousands of homes, mostly in south-eastern Romania, are without electricity following a snowfall in recent days. Tens of schools have been closed in several counties in the south and east. The sea ports of Midia and Mangalia and the river port of Constanta South-Agigea and Bara Sulina have been reopened for navigation. Precipitation, mainly rain, is reported in the west, north and centre of the country, and snow in the mountains, as well as wind at high altitudes. (Translated by Elena Enache)

  • Nachrichten 17.01.2018

    Nachrichten 17.01.2018

    Präsident Klaus Iohannis hat am Mittwochabend die von den Sozialdemokraten vorgeschlagene Europa-Abgeordnete Viorica Dăncilă zur Ministerpräsidentin ernannt. Dabei berief er sich auf die Verfassung, die Entscheidungen des Verfassungsgerichts und die parlamentarische Arithmetik“. Die Sozialdemokraten hätten eine Mehrheit im Parlament, begründete Iohannis seine Entscheidung. Der Posten des Regierungschefs war nach dem Rücktritt des Sozialdemokraten Mihai Tudose frei geworden. Die eigene Partei hatte dem Ministerpräsidenten nach einem internen Konflikt die politische Unterstützung entzogen. Die Nationalliberale Partei und die Union Rettet Rumänien aus der Opposition hatten im Vorfeld ihre Absicht bekanntgegeben, die Nominierung nicht zu unterstützen. Neuwahlen seien nach ihrer Ansicht eine mögliche Lösung. Die Partei der Volksbewegung, ebenfalls in der Opposition, schlug den Parteivorsitzenden Eugen Tomac und den Europa-Abgeordneten Siegfried Mureşan als mögliche Premierminister vor. Der Ungarnverband wollte den Standpunkt des Präsidenten zur Kandidatur der Sozialdemokratin Viorica Dăncilă abwarten. Die Fraktion der im Parlament vertretenen Minderheiten war nach eigenen Angaben lediglich mit einem Informationsauftrag in die Beratungsrunde gegangen. Man hoffe, dass in sechs Monaten keine weitere Beratungsrunde für die Bildung einer neuen Regierung notwendig sein werde, hieß es.



    Die wöchentliche Sitzung der rumänischen Regierung ist am Mittwoch von dem Interims-Premier Mihai Fifor geleitet worden. Er beschloss dabei, den Chef der Rumänischen Polizei, Bogdan Despescu, des Amtes zu entheben. Die Entscheidung wurde vor dem Hintergrund des Skandals um einen des sexuellen Missbrauchs an Kindern beschuldigten Polizeibeamten getroffen. Fifor ernannte für sechs Monate den Quästor Cătălin Ioniţă zum Polizeichef. Zwischen der Innenministerin Carmen Dan und dem ehemaligen Premier Mihai Tudose war ein Konflikt entfacht, der mit dem Rücktritt von Tudose endete. Die Kollegen des beschuldigten Polizisten hätten diesen geschützt, hieß es in den Medien.



    Der rumänische Generalstabchef Nicolae Ciucă hat sich am Mittwoch in Brüssel an der Konferenz des militärischen NATO-Ausschusses auf Verteidigungsebene beteiligt. Laut einer Mitteilung des Verteidigungsministeriums in Bukarest ging es dabei um die Sicherheitsanforderungen an der NATO-Südgrenze und den Beitrag der Allianz zur Stabilisierung der Sicherheit, die Mission in Afghanistan sowie die Rolle der NATO bei der Reform des Sicherheitssektors im Irak. Der militärische Ausschuss kommt zwei Mal im Jahr in Brüssel zusammen, um die NATO-Operationen und Missionen zu analysieren.



    SPORT: Die rumänische Tennisspielerin Irina Begu (40. WTA) ist am Mittwoch in der zweiten Runde der Australian Open in Melbourne ausgeschieden. Sie unterlag der kroatischen Spielerin Petra Martic mit 4:6 und 6:7. Am Donnerstag (Ortszeit) werden weitere drei rumänische Spielerinnen in der zweiten Runde antreten. Simona Halep tritt gegen Eugenie Bouchard aus Kanada an, Sorana Cîrstea spielt gegen die Tschechin Lucie Safarova und Ana Bogdan kämpft gegen Yulia Putintseva aus Kasachstan. Im Damendoppel qulifizierten sich Irina Begu, Monica Niculescu, Raluca Olaru und Sorana Cîrstea für die zweite Runde des Tourniers. Begu und Niculescu besiegten das kroatisch-deutsche Paar Mirjana Lucic-Baroni/Andrea Petkovic mit 6:7 (6), 6:3, 6:2. Das Paar Cîrstea/Beeatriz Haddad Maia (Brasilien) besiegte mit 6:2, 6:2 das Paar Veronika Kudermetova (Russland)/Aryna Sabalenka (Weißrussland). Olaru und die Ukrainerin Olga Savciuk gewannen mit 6:3, 6:3 gegen das ukrainsiche Duo Putintseva/Katerina Kozlova.

  • Sport Club RRI – Românii la Flushing Meadows

    Sport Club RRI – Românii la Flushing Meadows

    Tenisul se află, în aceste zile, pe prima pagină a actualităţii sportive. La Flushing Meadows, în apropiere de New York, se desfăşoară ultimul turneu de Mare Şlem al anului. Open-ul Statelor Unite, cel mai important concurs din tenisul mondial care se dispută pe ciment, a adus la start cei mai valoroşi jucători ai momentului, atât la masculin, cât şi la feminin.



    Anul acesta, trei românce au reuşit calificarea în turul secund. În prima manşă, Ana Bogdan a trecut de Sorana Cârstea, o altă jucătoare din România, cu 0-6, 7-5, 6-2. Monica Niculescu a eliminat-o pe cehoaica Barbora Strycova, cap de serie numărul 18, cu 6-3, 6-7, 6-1, iar Simona Halep a învins-o pe Kirsten Flipkens, din Belgia, cu 6-0, 6-2. In turul doi, miercuri – confruntare directă între Bogdan şi Niculescu. Joi, Halep va juca împotriva cehoaicei Lucie Safarova.



    La masculin, din nou, România nu a avut niciun sportiv pe tabloul de simplu. La dublu, Florin Mergea, numărul 15 mondial, a ratat turneul din motive medicale, astfel că singura speranţă de a vedea un român în fazele finale se numeşte Horia Tecău. El este însă în mare formă, a ajuns în finala de la Jocurile Olimpice, alături de Mergea, apoi a jucat finala la Cincinnati împreună cu olandezul Jean-Julien Rojer. Tot alături de Rojer, la US Open, Tecău compune perechea cap de serie numărul 5.



    Este de menţionat faptul că, de-a lungul vremii, cele mai mari performanţe româneşti la US Open s-au înregistrat, totuşi, la masculin. Ilie Năstase a câştigat turneul masculin de simplu, în 1972, iar în 1975 s-a impus, la dublu, alături de Jimmy Connors.

  • Semana deportiva 8 de junio de 2015

    Semana deportiva 8 de junio de 2015

    Tenis



    La tenista rumana Monica Niculescu gana en Francia, el torneo celebrado en Marseille, que reparte 100.000 dólares en premios.

    Niculescu superó en la final a la francesa Pauline Parmentier, en 2 mangas, por 6-2 y 7-5, en un partido que duró 2 horas y 2 minutos.

    Parmentier era octava favorita y puesto 95 mundial.



    Niculescu, segunda favorita en Francia, participa en el torneo sobre hierba que arrancó este lunes en Nottingham,Reino Unido, y que reparte 226.750 dólares en premios.


    Niculescu (de 27 años), la Nº 67 mundial, chocará en primera ronda con Varvara Lepchenko (EE.UU.), tercera favorita.


    Monica Niculescu ha derrotado a Lepchenko (de 29 años), la Nº 34 WTA, en ambos previos enfrentamientos directos: 6-1 y 6-2 en 2008 en la primera ronda en Montreal y 6-3 y 6-1 en 2010, también en Montreal, primera ronda.



    La jugadora rumana Ana Bogdan fue derrotada por la estadounidense Jessica Pegula por 6-3, 2-6 y 6-4, este sábado, en la segunda ronda clasificatoria para el cuadro principal de individual femenino del torneo WTA de s-Hertogenbosch (Holanda), dotado con premios de 226.750 dólares.


    Ana Bogdan, de 22 años, la Nº 178 en el ranking mundial, cedió en 2 horas ante Jessica Pegula, de 21 años y puesto 382 WTA.



    La tenista rumana Diana Buzean se impuso en la final del torneo Futures cedlebrado en la ciudad rumana de Galati, (este), dotado con premios totales de 10.000 dólares, este sábado al derrotar a su compatriota Irina Maria Bara, por 6-3, 4-6, y 6-3.


    El título de dobles femenino fue para la pareja rumana formada por Oana Georgeta Simion y Gabriela Talabă, terceras favoritas que se impusieron por 4-6, 7-5, y 10-8 a Daniela Ciobanu (República de Moldavia ) y Camelia-Elena Hristea (Rumanía).



    Rugby



    La selección de rugby en VII de Rumanía perdió los 3 partidos disputados este sábado en el torneo celebrado en Moscú en la Grand Prix Series, la primera ronda eliminatoria para los Juegos Olímpicos de Río de Janeiro.


    Rumanía fue vencida por Francia por 38-0, por País de Gales por 24-21 y por Georgia, 24-14.


    Francia se situó en la primera posición en el Grupo A, con 9 puntos, seguida por País de Gales con 7 puntos, Georgia, 5 puntos, y Rumanía, 3 puntos.


    Las 2 próximas etapas del circuito Grand Prix Series tendrán lugar en Lyón (Francia) y Exeter (Reino Unido).



    Balonmano



    La selección rumana de balonmano femenino derrotó a la selección de Serbia por 32 a 26 (17-13), este sábado en Kraljevo, en el partido de ida de la repesca para el Campeonato Mundial de 2015 que tendrá lugar en Dinamarca.


    Cristina Neagu fue la máxima goleadora para nuestra selección, con 11 goles.


    El partido de vuelta se disputará el próximo13 de junio en la Sala Polivalenta de Cluj-Napoca.


    El mundial de balonmano se celebrara en Dinamarca, del proximo 5 al 20 de diciembre.