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  • September 13, 2020

    September 13, 2020

    COVID-19 The government in Bucharest is expected to endorse on Monday a
    decision on extending the state of alert on Romania’s territory against the
    background of the latest developments in the pandemic. Romania presently
    registers a daily number of infections of 13 hundred and the total number of
    infections since the beginning of the pandemic has exceeded 102 thousand with a
    death toll of 41 hundred. 126 Romanians have been killed by the virus abroad.
    The number of infections worldwide has almost reached 29 million and 924
    thousand people have died, data released by the Johns Hopkins University has
    revealed. The US is the most affected country with more than 6.6 million cases
    and over 198 thousand fatalities. India has registered more than 4.7 million
    cases and 78 thousand dead. Brazil comes next with 4.3 million infections and
    more than 131 thousand deaths. The situation is worrying in many European countries,
    France has exceeded 10 thousand infections a day while in Spain, the first week
    of school has ended with thousands of infections, which led to the isolation of
    several classes. France and Spain were together with Italy and the UK the most
    affected countries in the first months of the pandemic.








    SCHOOL A new school year is due to begin in Romania on Monday under conditions
    adjusted to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Courses will be taking
    place according to the latest epidemiological developments. Most of the
    country’s schools, over 12 thousand, have been considered to be in the green
    zone where students are allowed to go to courses. Rotating schedules are in
    place at the nearly 5 thousand schools currently in the yellow zone, while
    online courses have been made available for students at those nearly 240 in the
    red zone. According to Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, local authorities and
    schools have at their disposal 175 million Euros to buy tablets for online
    courses. According to the Romanian official, money has been earmarked for
    buying masks and disinfectants in schools. Furthermore, Orban has given
    assurances the authorities are ready to intervene in any situation, which might
    appear in an epidemiological context after the beginning of the school year.


    MESSAGE Romania’s
    president Klaus Iohannis has conveyed a message on the Firefighters Day
    celebrated on September 13th in Romania, saying that in these days, when the
    world is facing the Covid pandemic, firefighters have again shown
    professionalism and courage, determination and sacrifice in order to contribute
    together with other state institutions to the citizens’ safety and health. The
    president has mentioned the responsible way in which firefighters have continued
    to do their jobs and fight calamities and natural disasters, being an essential
    support institution, a guarantor of normality, the right to life, private
    property and health inside communities.










    TENNIS Romanian
    tennis player Patricia Tig has qualified for the finals of the WTA tournament
    in Istanbul after a 6-3, 6-3 win against Tereza Martincova of the Czech
    Republic. The Romanian player is due to take on Eugenie Bouchard of Canada in
    the finals. Bouchard comes after a 6-3, 6-2 win against Paula Badosa Gibert of
    Spain in the semis. This would be Tig’s third WTA finals after the ones in Baku
    in 2015 and Bucharest in 2019. Her prize closet includes a WTA 125K title in
    Karlsruhe last year.








    (translated by bill)







  • Succese sportive româneşti

    Succese sportive româneşti

    După aproape un sfert de secol, echipa feminină a României revine în elita tenisului mondial. Din 1992 n-au mai fost româncele printre primele opt selecţionate ale lumii, iar calificarea în aşa-numita Grupă Mondială a Fed Cup a fost una entuziasmantă pentru suporteri. România a învins Canada, în deplasare, la Montreal, cu scorul general de 3-2, după ce a fost condusă cu 0-1, a răsturnat scorul la 3-1 în meciurile de simplu şi l-a pierdut pe cel de dublu într-un moment în care acesta mai conta doar pentru palmares.



    Sâmbătă, Francoise Abanda adusese primul punct pentru gazde, după 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 cu Irina Begu, care-a jucat accidentată. Alexandra Dulgheru a restabilit egalitatea, trecând cu 6-4, 6-4 de Eugenie Bouchard. O victorie clară, care-a smuls strigăte de satisfacţie nu doar în România, nu doar în tribuna de la Montreal, plină de români cu drapele tricolore, ci şi printre internauţii neutri de pe mapamond, oripilaţi, în ajun, de stupidul refuz al canadiencei de a-i strânge mâna adversarei sale la conferinţa de presă.



    Duminică, Bouchard, numărul şapte mondial, a pierdut, cu 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, şi în faţa Andreei Mitu, care nu figurează nici măcar în primele o sută de jucătoare din lume. Partida a fost tranşată de Alexandra Dulgheru, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 cu Abanda, astfel că înfrângerea perechii Andreea Mitu-Raluca Olaru în faţa cuplului Gabriela Dabrowski-Sharon Fichman n-a mai schimbat deznodământul.



    Presa de specialitate subliniază că echipa condusă de căpitanul nejucător Alina Cercel-Tecşor a obţinut acest succes – pe care-l califică drept senzaţional sau eroic – neputând conta pe cea mai bună jucătoare a sa, Simona Halep, numărul trei mondial, care-a decis să nu participe la meciul selecţionatei, invocând agenda foarte încărcată cu turnee individuale în Europa. Ajunsă în sferturile de finală ale Fed Cup, România e, acum, în acelaşi eşalon valoric cu puteri ale tenisului feminin: Cehia, Franţa, Rusia, Germania, Italia, Olanda şi Elveţia.



    Suporterii români au jubilat, tot duminică, şi la Montpellier, în Franţa, unde Andreea Munteanu, o copilă de 16 ani, a câştigat medalia de aur la bârnă, iar Marius Berbecar argintul la paralele, la Campionatele Europene de gimnastică artistică. Subfinanţată, aşa cum subliniază comentatorii, lipsită şi de aportul celebrului antrenor Octavian Bellu, care s-a retras de la lotul feminin, gimnastica românească încă produce campioni, pe măsura istoriei jalonate cu zeci de medalii olimpice, mondiale şi europene. Iar specialiştii pronostichează rezultate şi mai bune la următoarea ediţie a întrecerilor continentale, din 2017, care va fi organizată la Bucureşti.

  • Nachrichten 20.10.2014

    Nachrichten 20.10.2014

    BUKAREST: Antikorruptions-Staatsanwälte haben die Strafermittlungen gegen den Sprecher der mitregierenden Sozialdemokratischen Partei, Dan Şova, aufgenommen. Der derzeitige Senator wird der Vorteilsgewährung verdächtigt. In demselben Fall von vermuteter Korruption wurde bereits auch gegen den sozialdemokratischen Abgeordneten und Fraktionschef Viorel Hrebenciuc ermittelt. Die Staatsanwaltschaft behauptet, dass Hrebenciuc versucht habe, Şova hinsichtlich der Verabschiedung eines Amnestiegesetzes für Korruptionsfälle zu beeinflussen. Im Gegenzug sei Şova das Amt des Parteivorsitzenden der Sozialdemokraten in Aussicht gestellt worden. Davor hatte die auf Korruptionsfälle spezialisierte Staatsanwaltschaft DNA einen Antrag auf Untersuchungshaft gegen Viorel Hrebenciuc und einen weiteren sozialdemokratischen Abgeordneten, Ioan Adam, gestellt. Gegen die beiden war bereits in einem anderen Fall wegen illegaler Rückgabe von Waldgrundstücken ermittelt worden. Der dabei dem Staat entstandene Schaden soll über 300 Millionen Euro betragen.



    BUKAREST: Die Ex-Premierminister Italiens und Griechenlands, Enrico Letta und George Papandreu, haben am Montag auf die wichtige Rolle Rumäniens in Südosteuropa hingewiesen. Die beiden hielten jeweils einen Vortrag zur Eröffnung einer Konferenz zu regionalen Themen am Montag, die von der britischen Zeitschrift The Economist in Bukarest organisiert wurde. Der stellvertrende Au‎ßenminister der Moldau, Iulian Groza, bezeichnete dabei Rumänien als natürlichen Anwalt seines Landes innerhalb der EU. Das Nachbarland sei einer der Hauptträger von Reform- und Infrastrukturprojekten in der Moldau, so Groza. Bei dem Treffen sind Sachverständige, Top-Unternehmer und politische Amtsträger anwesend. Auf der Gesprächsagenda stehen wichtige Themen wie die Energie, Infrastruktur, das Finanz- und Banksystem, die Telekommunikations- und Informationstechnologie.



    MOSKAU: Russlands Au‎ßenminister Sergei Lawrow hat am Montag mit der Unabhängigkeit der abtrünnigen Republik Transnistrien gedroht, sollte die Moldaurepublik der NATO beitreten oder sich mit Rumänien vereinigen. Moskau werde das Recht Transnistriens auf Selbstbestimmung unterstützen, sagte er in einer Ansprache vor Aktivisten der Regierungspartei Einiges Russland” am Montag. Lawrow habe damit die EU vor den negativen Auswirkungen einer Umsetzung des ukrainischen Szenarios in der Moldau gewarnt, so der Radio-Rumänien Korrespondent in Moskau. Transnistrien hatte sich 1992 nach einem blutigen Konflikt und der Intervention russischer Streitkräfte auf Seiten der Separatisten de facto von der Moldau losgelöst.



    SPORT/TENNIS: Bei den WTA-Finals in Singapur hat die Rumänin Simona Halep das Auftaktmatch der Turnier-Debütantinnen gegen Eugenie Bouchard aus Kanada gewonnen. Sie setzte sich im zweiten Spiel der sogenannten Roten Gruppe mit 6:2 und 6:3 durch. Der Sieg der 23-Jährigen aus Constanţa stand schon nach 69 Minuten fest. Die French-Open-Finalistin Halep profitierte von den zahlreichen unerzwungenen Fehlern der Wimbledon-Finalistin Bouchard, die das Spiel mit einem Doppelfehler beschloss. Davor hatte die Titelverteidigerin aus den USA, Serena Williams, in einer ansehnlichen Begegnung die Serbin Ana Inanovic mit 6:4 und 6:4 bezwungen. In der Wei‎ßen Gruppe spielt an diesem Dienstag French-Open-Siegerin Maria Scharapowa aus Russland gegen die Dänin Caroline Wozniacki, danach trifft die Wimbledonsiegerin Petra Kvitova aus Tschechien auf die Polin Agnieszka Radwanska. In der Roten Gruppe geht es am Mittwoch mit den Begegnungen Williams-Halep und Bouchard-Ivanovic weiter.