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  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    The most important multi-sport
    event of the year has come to an end. The European Games hosted jointly by the
    city of Krakow and the region of Malopolska, brought together the best athletes
    of the continent who competed in 29 sport disciplines. Among the 7,000 participants,
    there were also 150 athletes from Romania who walked away from the
    aforementioned competition with 17 medals, 6 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze.




    Out of the all Romanian
    medalists, we have noticed the performance obtained by table tennis player Bernadette
    Szőcs, who won the first gold in the singles contest and then with the Romanian
    side in the teams’ competition. Together with Ovidiu Ionescu she also reaped
    bronze in the mixed doubles and for her performances in Poland, Radio Romania
    International has designated Bernadette Szőcs ‘Athlete of the Week’.




    Bernadette Szőcs was born on 5 March
    1995 in Târgu Mureş (central Transylvania)
    and took up tennis at the age of 8 with good results in cadets and juniors
    competitions. Bernadette won several medals in European and World competitions
    advancing quickly in international rankings.




    In 2010, demotivated by the lack
    of interest shown by the Romanian sports officials, Bernadette wanted to leave
    the country and compete for Norway but she eventually changed her mind. In 2016,
    at the European Championships in Budapest, she came third in the mixed doubles
    with Ovidiu Ionescu. A year later she won her first European title with the
    Romanian side in Luxembourg. In 2018 in Montreux, Switzerland, she won the
    Top-16 tournament, a competition, which brings together the best players on the
    continent. A year later in Nantes, France, she again became European champion
    with the Romanian team. In Munich, last
    year, she reaped the European title in the doubles event together with Austrian
    player Sofia Polcanova, an athlete born in the Republic of Moldova. She also
    walked away with silver from the mixed-doubles, where she competed together
    with Ovidiu Ionescu. She is presently ranking 17th in the world
    standings, where her best performance was in 2019 when she ranked 14th.


    (bill)

  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    The most important multi-sport
    event of the year has come to an end. The European Games hosted jointly by the
    city of Krakow and the region of Malopolska, brought together the best athletes
    of the continent who competed in 29 sport disciplines. Among the 7,000 participants,
    there were also 150 athletes from Romania who walked away from the
    aforementioned competition with 17 medals, 6 gold, 6 silver and 5 bronze.




    Out of the all Romanian
    medalists, we have noticed the performance obtained by table tennis player Bernadette
    Szőcs, who won the first gold in the singles contest and then with the Romanian
    side in the teams’ competition. Together with Ovidiu Ionescu she also reaped
    bronze in the mixed doubles and for her performances in Poland, Radio Romania
    International has designated Bernadette Szőcs ‘Athlete of the Week’.




    Bernadette Szőcs was born on 5 March
    1995 in Târgu Mureş (central Transylvania)
    and took up tennis at the age of 8 with good results in cadets and juniors
    competitions. Bernadette won several medals in European and World competitions
    advancing quickly in international rankings.




    In 2010, demotivated by the lack
    of interest shown by the Romanian sports officials, Bernadette wanted to leave
    the country and compete for Norway but she eventually changed her mind. In 2016,
    at the European Championships in Budapest, she came third in the mixed doubles
    with Ovidiu Ionescu. A year later she won her first European title with the
    Romanian side in Luxembourg. In 2018 in Montreux, Switzerland, she won the
    Top-16 tournament, a competition, which brings together the best players on the
    continent. A year later in Nantes, France, she again became European champion
    with the Romanian team. In Munich, last
    year, she reaped the European title in the doubles event together with Austrian
    player Sofia Polcanova, an athlete born in the Republic of Moldova. She also
    walked away with silver from the mixed-doubles, where she competed together
    with Ovidiu Ionescu. She is presently ranking 17th in the world
    standings, where her best performance was in 2019 when she ranked 14th.


    (bill)

  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    Romania ranked 9th at the multisport European
    Championships hosted several days ago by Munich. Athletes from our country
    walked away with eight gold medals, two silver and five bronze from the aforementioned
    competition. Most of the medals were won by Romania’s rowers in the
    competition’s first week. In the second week, hammer thrower Bianca Ghelber,
    canoeist Catalin Chirila and table tennis player Bernadette Szocs reaped gold
    for Romania.




    Table tennis player Bernadette Szőcs, silver medalist in the
    mixed doubles contest together with Ovidiu Ionescu has been designated Athlete
    of the week by Radio Romania International.




    Bernadette Szőcs was born on March 5th 1995 in Târgu
    Mureş central Romania and took up table tennis at the age of 8. She managed to
    obtain good results in European and world competitions and these results pushed
    her ahead in world rankings. Because she was refused the support she needed
    from the sport authorities in Romania, in 2010 Szocs considered the idea of
    moving to Norway and competing under the Norwegian flag. Eventually she decided
    to give up her emigration plan and in 2016 at the European Championships in
    Budapest the athlete came third in the mixed doubles together with Ovidiu
    Ionescu and a year later at the championships in Luxembourg she obtained her
    first European title with the Romanian team.




    In 2018 in Montreux, Switzerland she compelled recognition
    in the European Top‑16 tournament, a competition, which brings together the
    best athletes on the continent. A year later in Nantes, France, she became
    European champion again with the Romanian team. She is presently ranking 32nd
    in the world ranking, where in 2019 she occupied the 14th position.




    (bill)

  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    Romania ranked 9th at the multisport European
    Championships hosted several days ago by Munich. Athletes from our country
    walked away with eight gold medals, two silver and five bronze from the aforementioned
    competition. Most of the medals were won by Romania’s rowers in the
    competition’s first week. In the second week, hammer thrower Bianca Ghelber,
    canoeist Catalin Chirila and table tennis player Bernadette Szocs reaped gold
    for Romania.




    Table tennis player Bernadette Szőcs, silver medalist in the
    mixed doubles contest together with Ovidiu Ionescu has been designated Athlete
    of the week by Radio Romania International.




    Bernadette Szőcs was born on March 5th 1995 in Târgu
    Mureş central Romania and took up table tennis at the age of 8. She managed to
    obtain good results in European and world competitions and these results pushed
    her ahead in world rankings. Because she was refused the support she needed
    from the sport authorities in Romania, in 2010 Szocs considered the idea of
    moving to Norway and competing under the Norwegian flag. Eventually she decided
    to give up her emigration plan and in 2016 at the European Championships in
    Budapest the athlete came third in the mixed doubles together with Ovidiu
    Ionescu and a year later at the championships in Luxembourg she obtained her
    first European title with the Romanian team.




    In 2018 in Montreux, Switzerland she compelled recognition
    in the European Top‑16 tournament, a competition, which brings together the
    best athletes on the continent. A year later in Nantes, France, she became
    European champion again with the Romanian team. She is presently ranking 32nd
    in the world ranking, where in 2019 she occupied the 14th position.




    (bill)

  • June 25, 2019 UPDATE

    June 25, 2019 UPDATE

    PARTNERSHIP
    Romania intends to put into
    practice by the end of next year as many Eastern Partnership objectives as
    possible including energy and digital connectivity, participants in a business
    forum staged by the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest on Tuesday said. The event,
    held under Romania’s EU presidency, involved the participation of government
    officials and representatives of the EU business environment as well as from
    Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
    Over 20 events have been staged during Romania’s mandate at the helm of the
    European Union with a view to bringing significant progress in the relation
    between Eastern Partnership countries and the EU members.












    FLAG
    On the National Flag Day on Wednesday, Romania’s Defence Ministry is staging in
    major cities across the country a series of public events devoted to the
    national flag. The National Flag Day, on June 26th was established
    in 1998 to mark the moment during the Revolution of 1848, when the tricolor was
    adopted as a national symbol.










    JUSTICE Romania’s government would no longer issue emergency ordinances
    in the field of justice, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila announced on Tuesday also
    adding the citizens’ opinion would be respected. The Prime Minister went on to
    say that any legislative amendment in this field must be subjected to
    transparent debates together with professional organizations. In a report
    published on Monday, the Venice Commission recommended that the Romanian
    government drastically limit the use of emergency ordinances in justice and seriously
    reconsider the need for setting up a special section for the investigation of magistrates,
    its institutional structure and functioning principles.










    GAMES Romanian table tennis players, Ovidiu Ionescu and Bernadette Szocs
    walked away with silver from the mixed doubles event part of the European Games
    underway in Minsk. On Tuesday night the Romanians were defeated in finals by
    Patrick Franziska and Petrisa Solja of Germany 3-0. Several athletes from
    Romania have so far become medalists at the European Games in Minsk. Laura
    Georgeta Coman became gold medalist in the 10-meter air rifle event. Dacian
    Barna and Andreea Bogati stepped onto the second step of the podium in the
    aerobic gymnastics contest and so did Ovidiu Ionescu and Bernadette Szocs in
    the table tennis contest. Three Romanians, Daniela Poroineanu, Anda Mihaela
    Valvoi and Alina-Petronela Paunescu have obtained bronze medals in the Sambo
    contest of the aforementioned European Games where Romania is being represented
    by a delegation of 123 athletes. Some of these results are counting towards qualification
    for the Olympic Games in Tokyo.






    (translated by bill)