Tag: CFR

  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    During a news
    conference on Thursday Andreea Raducan announced her intention to step down
    from the position of president of the Romanian Gymnastics Federation after
    Romania had blown its chances to qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo next
    year. Romania will only be represented by Marian Dragulescu in the vault event
    and Maria Holbura in the individual all round contest. A former Olympic and
    world champion, Raducan occupied the aforementioned position since august 2017.






    Dinamo
    Bucharest’s saber fencer Bianca Pascu has been designated the best Romanian
    fencer of 2019. Her best performance this year was a bronze medal at the World Championships
    hosted by Budapest in July. Pascu was the only Romanian to have made it to the
    podium in Budapest.








    Now let’s have a
    look at the latest from football as Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday saw the
    matches of the 19th leg of Romania’s first football league. On
    Tuesday in Medias, central Romania, local side Gaz Metan secured a 1-0 win
    against FC Voluntari while FCSB defeated Poli Iasi 2-1.






    On Wednesday in
    Clinceni, southern Romania, local side Academica managed a one-all draw against
    FC Hermannstadt while in Cluj, local eleven CFR clinched a 1-0 win against
    Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe. In Bucharest, Dinamo thrashed Chindia Targoviste 4-1
    while Universitatea Craiova secured a 3-1 victory against FC Botosani. In
    Ovidiu, southern Romania, local team Astra Giurgiu outperformed FC Viitorul
    1-0. CFR tops the table with 38 points followed by Astra with 37 and Craiova
    with 34.






    The Romanian
    women’s handball side on Friday won their match against Hungary 28-27 and has
    thus qualified for the main groups of the World Championship in Japan. Romania
    still stands chances to qualify for the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo.




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  • September 20, 2019

    September 20, 2019

    ELECTION Candidates in the presidential election in November have
    Sunday as deadline to enlist with the Central Electoral Office. Incumbent
    president Klaus Iohannis backed by the opposition National Liberal Party and
    Dan Barna, supported by the USR-PLUS Alliance also in opposition, have enlisted
    today. The country’s incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the ruling PSD,
    Viorica Dancila and the opposition PMP leader Theodor Paleologu submitted their
    applications on Thursday. The first round of the presidential election is due
    on November 10th and the second round two weeks later.










    PROTEST Environmental and human rights organizations have kicked
    off a week of protests in Romania denouncing the lack of effective measures to
    fight climate change. Romania’s capital city Bucharest will today see a protest
    march, due to end in front of the Environment Ministry meant to draw attention
    to pressing climate issues Romania is currently facing and the necessary solutions
    for major pollutants in this country. The move is part of a larger
    international anti-pollution campaign, which will culminate with a massive
    rally in New York on Friday, three days ahead of the UN Climate Summit. A
    report recently published by French scientists shows that global warming is
    faster than it was initially thought.










    FESTIVAL The last three days of the George Enescu International Festival are
    rich in musical events. The ‘Banatul’ Philharmonic Orchestra, based in
    Timisoara, western Romania will today give a concert at the Radio Concert Hall
    in Bucharest, while at the Romanian Atheneum, also in Bucharest, French
    ensemble ‘Les Talens Lyriques’ led by Cristophe Rousset will be performing ‘Julius
    Caesar in Egypt’ by George Frideric Handel. Canadian soprano Karina Gauving
    will play the Cleopatra role in the show. Arnold Schoenberg’s opera ‘Moses and
    Aaron’ will be performed by the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra. The
    George Enescu Festival, which has Radio Romania as co-producer, has brought
    together over 2500 of the world’s best artists who performed in 84 concerts and
    recitals. Bucharest and other Romanian cities as well as cities in five
    countries, such as Germany, France, Italy, Canada and the Republic of Moldova
    have played venue for events part of this festival.








    NATO
    Over 80 servicemen and military gear belonging to Romania’s Air and Ground
    Forces are participating in NATO days hosted by Ostrava, in the Czech Republic.
    Romania has the statute of special partner in this event. NATO Days in Ostrava
    is a public event staged annually, which consists of air shows and exhibitions staged
    by the police and armed forces of NATO participant and partner countries.
    Speaking yesterday in the opening of an exhibition entitled ‘We are Together:
    Romania and the USA in NATO’ at the US embassy in Bucharest, Romanian Prime
    Minister Viorica Dancila said that Romania remains firmly committed to its
    pledge to allocate 2% of its GDP for defense. Dancila went on to say that
    Bucharest would continue to actively and responsibly contribute to promoting NATO values to its neighbours.










    FOOTBALL Romania’s football champions CFR Cluj secured a 2-1 win
    against Lazio Rome in a home match on Thursday counting towards Europa League
    group E. The other group match pitching
    French side Rennes against Celtic Glasgow ended in a draw, one-all. Lazio will
    be playing Rennes and Celtic will be up against CFR Cluj on October 3rd.

    PROSECUTOR Romania’s
    former anti-corruption prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi on Thursday was voted by
    most of the EU ambassadors to become the EU’s first public prosecutor, the EU
    Observer has announced. According to US News, Kovesi, who will become the EU’s
    first anti-fraud prosecutor, got support from the member states in spite of opposition
    from the government in Bucharest.




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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    Romanian pugilist Lacramioara
    Perijoc on Saturday became gold medalist in the 54 kilogram category of the
    European Women Boxing Championship held in Madrid, Spain. The Romanian defeated
    Karina Tazabekova of Russia in the finals.






    Romania’s delegation attending this
    competition included seven athletes and during the last year’s edition of this
    contest held in Sofia, Bulgaria, Romanian boxer Steluta Duta reaped bronze for
    Romania in the 48 kilogram category.






    The World Rowing Championship ended
    on Sunday in Linz Austria. Romania ended the competition with two silver medals
    won by Nicoleta-Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Geanina Radis in women’s double scull
    race and by the men’s four made up of Mihaita Vasile Tiganescu, Mugurel Vasile
    Semciuc, Stefan Constantin Berariu and Cosmin Pascari.






    Seven Romanian teams have also qualified
    for Tokyo Olympics next year. They are the women’s light-weight double scull,
    the women’s and men’s quadruples, the men’s and women’s double sculls, as well
    as the women’s and men’s pair oars.






    The Romanian women’s volleyball
    selection was defeated by the Serbian representative 3-0 in the eight finals of
    the European Championship held in Ankara, Turkey. The en titre champions,
    Serbia, secured the victory in one hour and eleven minutes. Three players in
    Serbia’s lineup, namely Maja Aleksic, Bianka Busa and Silvija Popovic, are also
    playing for Romania’s champions CSM Volei Alba Blaj.






    Last weekend saw the games of the eighth
    leg of Romania’s first football league. On Friday, FC Botosani ended in a
    two-all draw their home match against Academica Clinceni, while Universitatea
    Craiova secured a 2-1 away win against FC Voluntari. On Sunday in Medias, local
    side Gaz Metan obtained a 3-2 win against Poli Iasi.






    Astra Giurgiu clinched a home win
    against CFR Cluj with the same scoreline. On Sunday, Targu Mures, FC
    Hermannstadt defeated Chindia Targoviste 2-1 while FCSB secured a 2-1 against
    Viitorul Constanta. Gaz Metan ranks first in the standings with 18 points
    followed by CFR with 17.




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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    Romanian pugilist Lacramioara
    Perijoc on Saturday became gold medalist in the 54 kilogram category of the
    European Women Boxing Championship held in Madrid, Spain. The Romanian defeated
    Karina Tazabekova of Russia in the finals.






    Romania’s delegation attending this
    competition included seven athletes and during the last year’s edition of this
    contest held in Sofia, Bulgaria, Romanian boxer Steluta Duta reaped bronze for
    Romania in the 48 kilogram category.






    The World Rowing Championship ended
    on Sunday in Linz Austria. Romania ended the competition with two silver medals
    won by Nicoleta-Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Geanina Radis in women’s double scull
    race and by the men’s four made up of Mihaita Vasile Tiganescu, Mugurel Vasile
    Semciuc, Stefan Constantin Berariu and Cosmin Pascari.






    Seven Romanian teams have also qualified
    for Tokyo Olympics next year. They are the women’s light-weight double scull,
    the women’s and men’s quadruples, the men’s and women’s double sculls, as well
    as the women’s and men’s pair oars.






    The Romanian women’s volleyball
    selection was defeated by the Serbian representative 3-0 in the eight finals of
    the European Championship held in Ankara, Turkey. The en titre champions,
    Serbia, secured the victory in one hour and eleven minutes. Three players in
    Serbia’s lineup, namely Maja Aleksic, Bianka Busa and Silvija Popovic, are also
    playing for Romania’s champions CSM Volei Alba Blaj.






    Last weekend saw the games of the eighth
    leg of Romania’s first football league. On Friday, FC Botosani ended in a
    two-all draw their home match against Academica Clinceni, while Universitatea
    Craiova secured a 2-1 away win against FC Voluntari. On Sunday in Medias, local
    side Gaz Metan obtained a 3-2 win against Poli Iasi.






    Astra Giurgiu clinched a home win
    against CFR Cluj with the same scoreline. On Sunday, Targu Mures, FC
    Hermannstadt defeated Chindia Targoviste 2-1 while FCSB secured a 2-1 against
    Viitorul Constanta. Gaz Metan ranks first in the standings with 18 points
    followed by CFR with 17.




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  • July 23, 2019

    July 23, 2019

    UDMR In Romanian capital Bucharest, the
    national Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) and the Parliamentary
    Group of National Minorities are today expected to sign the national political agreement
    for the consolidation of Romania’s European progress, proposed by Romanian
    president Klaus Iohannis. On June 13th the head of the Romanian
    state and the leaders of the main political parties PNL, USR, PMP and Pro
    Romania signed the document. The ruling PSD and ALDE have refused to sign the agreement
    because some proposals made by the two parties were not accepted by the
    president.










    UK The new Prime Minister of Britain is
    expected to be announced today. The Conservatives are to choose between former
    Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and incumbent Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt. It
    would be for the first time in history when the Prime Minister was elected by
    party members and not by Parliament or voters. A spokeswoman for the community
    Executive on Monday announced the European Commission is ready to establish
    working relations with any new British Prime Minister. The United Kingdom is to
    withdraw from the EU on October 31st.










    PSD Leaders of PSD, the main ruling
    party in Romania will today convene in Bucharest to choose their candidate for
    the presidential election in autumn. This candidate is to be validated by the
    Congress on August 3rd. Social Democratic leader Viorica Dancila on
    Monday held talks with the head of ALDE, their coalition partner, Calin Popescu
    Tariceanu and with Victor Ponta, leader of Pro Romania party, about supporting
    a PSD candidate in the presidential race, but these talks ended in a deadlock.
    In early July Dancila said that if the party asked her she might run for
    president in November. Her main party contender would be Bucharest’s incumbent
    mayor Gabriela Firea.








    MEDALS Students from Romania have
    walked away with two silver and three bronze medals from the 60th
    International Mathematical Olympiad held in Bath, Britain over July 10th
    and 22nd, the Romanian National Education Ministry has announced.
    This is the most prestigious competition of this kind and was launched in 1959
    upon the initiative of Romania’s Society of Mathematical Sciences, the first
    edition being staged in Brasov, central Romania in a formula that included
    seven countries. Romania has so far hosted this competition six times, the
    latest being held in Cluj, north-western Romania, last year.










    FOOTBALL Romania’s defending champions
    CFR Cluj on Wednesday take on Maccabi Tel Aviv in a fixture counting towards
    the Champions League’s second preliminary round. On Thursday, three other
    Romanian sides are playing in Europa League’s preliminary round. Winners of
    Romania’s Cup, Viitorul Constanta are up against KAA Gent of Belgium,
    vice-champions FCSB are facing Armenian side Alashkert FC while CSU Craiova are
    pitted against Hungary’s Honved Budapest. The return games are scheduled next
    week.








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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    Romanian athlete
    Bianca Pascu on Saturday won bronze in the saber event of the World Fencing
    Championship. The Romanian was outperformed in the semifinals by Ukrainian Olga
    Harlan, who also became the gold medalist.

    Sunday saw the
    end of the women’s tennis Open, a WTA competition with 250 thousand dollars in
    prize money. The singles event was won by Elena Rybakina of Kazahstan, who
    outperformed Patricia Tig of Romania 6-2, 6-0 in the finals. The doubles
    contest was won by a pair made up of Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovenia and Kristina
    Pliskova of the Czech Republic who defeated the all-Romanian pair Jaqueline
    Cristian/Gabriela Ruse 6-4, 7-6.






    Let’s now have a
    look at the latest in football. Romanian international Nicolae Stanciu on
    Sunday scored his first official goal for Slavia Praga who secured a 5-1 away
    win against FK Teplice in the second leg of the Czech football championship.
    Also on Sunday, another Romanian, Bogdan Mitrea scored for his side, Spartak
    Trnava, which beat Sered 2-0 in a home match counting towards the first leg of
    the Slovakian championship.






    Last weekend saw
    several games counting towards the second leg of the Romanian football
    championship. On Friday in Targu Mures, central Romania, local side Gaz Metan
    secured a 2-0 win against FC Hermannstadt. Then in Ploiesti, southern Romania,
    Viitorul Constanta defeated the newly promoted Chindia Targoviste 1-0. On
    Saturday, FC Botosani clinched a 4-1 home win against FC Voluntari and so did
    CFR Cluj against the newly promoted Academica Clinceni.






    On Sunday Poli
    Iasi obtained a 1-0 win in their home match against Astra Giurgiu. The leg’s
    derby was hosted by the National Arena in Bucharest where local side Dinamo
    Bucharest received Universitatea Craiova. The game ended 2-0 to the visitors
    and during the match, Dinamo’s headcoach Eugen Neagoe fainted and had to be carried
    to a hospital.





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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    Romanian athlete
    Bianca Pascu on Saturday won bronze in the saber event of the World Fencing
    Championship. The Romanian was outperformed in the semifinals by Ukrainian Olga
    Harlan, who also became the gold medalist.

    Sunday saw the
    end of the women’s tennis Open, a WTA competition with 250 thousand dollars in
    prize money. The singles event was won by Elena Rybakina of Kazahstan, who
    outperformed Patricia Tig of Romania 6-2, 6-0 in the finals. The doubles
    contest was won by a pair made up of Viktoria Kuzmova of Slovenia and Kristina
    Pliskova of the Czech Republic who defeated the all-Romanian pair Jaqueline
    Cristian/Gabriela Ruse 6-4, 7-6.






    Let’s now have a
    look at the latest in football. Romanian international Nicolae Stanciu on
    Sunday scored his first official goal for Slavia Praga who secured a 5-1 away
    win against FK Teplice in the second leg of the Czech football championship.
    Also on Sunday, another Romanian, Bogdan Mitrea scored for his side, Spartak
    Trnava, which beat Sered 2-0 in a home match counting towards the first leg of
    the Slovakian championship.






    Last weekend saw
    several games counting towards the second leg of the Romanian football
    championship. On Friday in Targu Mures, central Romania, local side Gaz Metan
    secured a 2-0 win against FC Hermannstadt. Then in Ploiesti, southern Romania,
    Viitorul Constanta defeated the newly promoted Chindia Targoviste 1-0. On
    Saturday, FC Botosani clinched a 4-1 home win against FC Voluntari and so did
    CFR Cluj against the newly promoted Academica Clinceni.






    On Sunday Poli
    Iasi obtained a 1-0 win in their home match against Astra Giurgiu. The leg’s
    derby was hosted by the National Arena in Bucharest where local side Dinamo
    Bucharest received Universitatea Craiova. The game ended 2-0 to the visitors
    and during the match, Dinamo’s headcoach Eugen Neagoe fainted and had to be carried
    to a hospital.





    (translated by bill)

  • July 5, 2019

    July 5, 2019

    BONDS The Romanian Finance Ministry has today issued government bonds for
    population part of a Treasury Programme with interest rates ranging between
    3.5% and 5% a year depending on their maturity date. According to the ministry,
    the interest is 3.50% for bonds due in one year, while those due in two years
    will have an interest rate of 4%. A maturity period of 5 years means an
    interest rate of 5% and subscriptions can be made until July 31st
    2019. Revenue earned by
    individuals in the subscription and holding of government securities is not
    taxed. The ministry has issued Treasury bonds for the population with interest
    rates between 3.5% and 5% per year on a monthly basis since February this year.












    NATO The ex-soviet Romanian-speaking Republic of Moldova wants to
    cooperate with NATO in order to improve its own defence system, the country’s
    new Prime Minister pro-European Maia Sandu told the Alliance’s Secretary
    General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels. According to polls, the Republic of
    Moldova’s entry into NATO is supported only by 20% of its population whereas 60%
    are against it. Sworn in last month, Maia Sandu on Tuesday paid her first visit
    to neighboring Romania at the invitation of Romanian president Klaus Iohannis
    upon which she went to Brussels for talks with NATO and EU officials.












    TENNIS The world’s number 7 tennis player, Simona Halep of Romania, will
    today be playing Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the third round of the Grand
    Slam tournament in Wimbledon. A former world leader, Halep is the only Romanian
    left on the women’s main draw at Wimbledon. Monica Niculescu and Irina Begu
    have qualified for the next stage of the women’s doubles after a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
    win against Daria Kasatkina of Russia and Anett Kontaveit of Estonia. In the
    second round the Romanians will be up against Xinyun Han of China and Oksana
    Kalashnikova of Georgia. A Romanian-Dutch pair made up of Horia Tecau and
    Jean-Julien Rojer have qualified for the competition’s round of 32 where they
    are going to take on Fabrice Martin of France and Hugo Nys of Monaco.












    FOOTBALL Romania’s football champions CFR Cluj and Viitorul Constanta,
    winner of the Romanian Cup, will be meeting in Ploiesti, southern Romania, for
    Romania’s Supercup on Saturday night. CFR have reaped their fifth championship
    title this year, which is also their second consecutive title while Viitorul
    have clinched their first Cup trophy. The two sides will this month be
    representing Romania in the preliminaries of European cups: in the Champions
    League, CFR will be taking on FC Astana of Kazakhstan while in Europa League
    Viitorul will be up against Belgian side Anvers, coached by the former Romanian
    international Ladislau Boloni. Also in the Europa League, FCSB, formerly known
    as Steaua Bucharest, will be playing Milsami Orhei from the neighboring Republic
    of Moldova, while CSU Craiova will meet FK Sabail of Azerbaijan.










    NEVERSEA The city of Constanta, on the Romanian
    Black Sea Coast, is hosting the Neversea Festival, the largest music festival
    in Europe held on a beach. 150 famous artists will be performing for four days
    on the Modern beach before an audience of some 200,000 people. The list of
    guests includes Afrojack, G-Eazy, Jessy J, DJ Snake, Sean Paul, Lost
    Frequencies, Kadebostany, Salvatore Ganacci and Dub FX. Special security
    measures have been put in place to ensure the smooth running of the event. The
    festival’s budget amounts to some 9 million Euros this year.




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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    The world’s
    number 2 tennis player, the Romanian Simona Halep has got through to the quarterfinals
    at Indian Wells in the US. Halep secured a 7-6, 7-5 win against Ukraine’s
    Katerina Kozlova. In another match, Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu sustained a
    2-6, 2-6 defeat by Australian contender Daria Gavrilova.








    Romanian fencer
    Ana-Maria Popescu this past Sunday won the epee Grand Prix in Budapest as in
    the final, Popescu secured a 15-7 win against South Korea’s Young Ming Yang.








    In the 4th
    round of the European Rugby Championship, Romania grabbed a 22-20 win against
    Russia. In the other two matches in the group, Georgia trounced Germany, 52-3,
    while Spain thrashed Belgium, 47-9. Romania is 4th-placed of six
    teams in the group. In the last round, Romania takes on Belgium away from home.








    Now it’s news
    from women’s handball, as in the 2nd group, CSM Bucharest ended the
    match against German opponents Thuringer 23-all. The group’s final rankings saw
    CSM coming in 4th. In the quarterfinals, CSM will be facing the winner
    of group 1, French team Metz.






    Romania’s medal
    tally at the end of the European Under-23 Wrestling Championships held in Novi
    Sad, Serbia, counts seven medals. In the Greek-Roman style, the four silver
    medals went to Florin Tita, in the 55-kilogram category, Razvan Arnaut, in the
    60-kilogram category, Lenard Berei in the 130-kilogram category and Kriszta
    Tunde Incze, in the competition’s women’s version, in the 65-kilogram category.








    Three other
    medals were bronze and went to Romanian women wrestlers, Suzanna Georgiana
    Seicariu in the 53-kilogram category, Andreea Beatrice Ana, in the 55-kilogram
    category and Diana Elena Vlasceanu, in the 76-kilogram category.








    News from
    football. Some of the Romanian League One’s matches have already been played. On
    Saturday, CFR Cluj secured a 3-1 win against Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe, while on
    Sunday, Universitatea Craiova clinched a 1-nil win against Astra Giurgiu. Dinamo
    Bucharest defeat Dunarea Calarasi 2-nil, FC Hermannstadt conceded a nil-2
    defeat to Gaz Metan Medias, while Politehnica Iasi sustained a defeat by FC
    Voluntari, also nil-2. CFR are at the top of the table with 30 points, CSU
    Craiova are 2nd-placed, with 26 points, while FCSB comes third with
    25 points.



  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    The world’s
    number 2 tennis player, the Romanian Simona Halep has got through to the quarterfinals
    at Indian Wells in the US. Halep secured a 7-6, 7-5 win against Ukraine’s
    Katerina Kozlova. In another match, Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu sustained a
    2-6, 2-6 defeat by Australian contender Daria Gavrilova.








    Romanian fencer
    Ana-Maria Popescu this past Sunday won the epee Grand Prix in Budapest as in
    the final, Popescu secured a 15-7 win against South Korea’s Young Ming Yang.








    In the 4th
    round of the European Rugby Championship, Romania grabbed a 22-20 win against
    Russia. In the other two matches in the group, Georgia trounced Germany, 52-3,
    while Spain thrashed Belgium, 47-9. Romania is 4th-placed of six
    teams in the group. In the last round, Romania takes on Belgium away from home.








    Now it’s news
    from women’s handball, as in the 2nd group, CSM Bucharest ended the
    match against German opponents Thuringer 23-all. The group’s final rankings saw
    CSM coming in 4th. In the quarterfinals, CSM will be facing the winner
    of group 1, French team Metz.






    Romania’s medal
    tally at the end of the European Under-23 Wrestling Championships held in Novi
    Sad, Serbia, counts seven medals. In the Greek-Roman style, the four silver
    medals went to Florin Tita, in the 55-kilogram category, Razvan Arnaut, in the
    60-kilogram category, Lenard Berei in the 130-kilogram category and Kriszta
    Tunde Incze, in the competition’s women’s version, in the 65-kilogram category.








    Three other
    medals were bronze and went to Romanian women wrestlers, Suzanna Georgiana
    Seicariu in the 53-kilogram category, Andreea Beatrice Ana, in the 55-kilogram
    category and Diana Elena Vlasceanu, in the 76-kilogram category.








    News from
    football. Some of the Romanian League One’s matches have already been played. On
    Saturday, CFR Cluj secured a 3-1 win against Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe, while on
    Sunday, Universitatea Craiova clinched a 1-nil win against Astra Giurgiu. Dinamo
    Bucharest defeat Dunarea Calarasi 2-nil, FC Hermannstadt conceded a nil-2
    defeat to Gaz Metan Medias, while Politehnica Iasi sustained a defeat by FC
    Voluntari, also nil-2. CFR are at the top of the table with 30 points, CSU
    Craiova are 2nd-placed, with 26 points, while FCSB comes third with
    25 points.



  • לוח זמני הרכבות החדש 2019-2018 – קווים פנים־ארציים

    לוח זמני הרכבות החדש 2019-2018 – קווים פנים־ארציים

    לוח זמני הרכבות החדש 2019-2018 נכנס לתוקף עד ה־14 בדצמבר 2019. “רכבות השלג” יסעו אל ומאתרי הנופש ההרריים המבוקשים ביותר לסקי, כמו לדוגמה אלה הנמצאים בעמק פרהובה (Valea Prahovei) וואטרה דורניי (Vatra Dornei). בנוסף, בתקופה 8 בינואר — 28 בפברואר 2019, הכרטיסים הזמינים ב“רכבות השלג” יוזלו ב־25%, מימי שני עד חמישי. בנוסף, מימי שני עד ראשון, ישנה הנחה של 31% עד 56% עבור כרטיסי נסיעה בעמק פרהובה (בקווים סינאיה — ברשוב וחזור). חברת הרכבות ברומניה לנוסעים מודיעה עוד כי תיכנס לתנועה רכבת בין־אזורית (InterRegio) חדשה בקו ברשוב (Brașov) — פלויישטי (Ploiești) מערב — בוקרשט צפון, עם עצירות בכל אתרי הנופש בהרים. בנוסף לכך הוגדל מספר הקישורים הישירים בקו בוקרשט — פיטשטי (Pitești) — קורטאה דה ארגש (Curtea de Argeș) לרכבות היוצאות ונכנסות לתחנת בוקרשט צפון.



    בקו טימישוארה (Timișoara) — רמטאה מיקה (Remetea Mică) וחזור, תנועת הרכבות תופעל מחדש עם שלושה זוגות רכבות. תופעל מחדש תנועת הרכבות בין בוקרשט וגלאצי (Galați) שבדרום־מזרח, בקו פאוריי (Făurei) — אורזיצני (Urziceni), מה שמקצר את מרחק הנסיעה ב־30 ק”מ ואת זמן הנסיעה בכ־40-20 דקות לעומת הקו הנוכחי בין בוזאו (Buzău) — פלויישטי. באופן זה מובטחים גם הקישור בין האזורים בדרום־מזרח לנמל התעופה הבינלאומי הנרי קואנדה (Henri Coandă) (הידוע גם בשם Otopeni) והגדלת מספר הקישורים בין בוקרשט לנמל התעופה. מדי יום, בקו הרכבות בוקרשט — נמל התעופה וחזור יפעלו 17 רכבות (9 הלוך / 8 חזור).



    כמו כן, אנו מודיעים שש רכבות אזוריות (Regio), שיפעלו בקו בוקרשט — ברשוב וחזור, יכילו קרונות המותאמים להובלת אופניים. בכל הרכבות יהיה ניתן להוביל ללא תשלום אופניים מתקפלים במחלקה ראשונה ושנייה או מגלשי סקי בקרונות המחלקה השנייה, ככבודת יד, בהתאם לחלל הכבודה הזמין, בתנאי שלא יפריעו לנוחיותם של שאר הנוסעים (זוג אופניים מתקפלים אחד או זוג מגלשי סקי לאדם). ברכבות הבין־אזוריות (InterRegio), נוסעים שבכוונתם לעלות לרכבת עם אופניים שלא ניתן לקפלם יוכלו לעשות זאת במידה וברכבת ישנו קרון מיוחד המיועד לקיבוע והובלת אופניים. חברת הרכבות ברומניה לנוסעים מודיעה בנוסף כי יינתנו הנחות מיוחדות בין 20% ל־45% ממחיר נסיעה מלא וילדים ב־104 רכבות בין־אזוריות (InterRegio) בתקופה 9 בדצמבר 2018 — 9 ביוני 2019 ונסיעה על בסיס מנוי בתוקף לרכבות אזוריות (Regio) גם ב־98 רכבות בין־אזוריות (InterRegio) בתקופה 9 בדצמבר 2018 — 9 ביוני 2019. ניתן לרכוש את הכרטיסים באתר האינטרנט, בתחנות הרכבת ובסוכנויות חברת הרכבות ברומניה, בעמדות אוטומטיות לרכישת כרטיסים בתחנות הרכבת וממפיצים מורשים.



    ניתן לקבל מידע עדכני בנוגע ללוח זמני הרכבות בתחנות וסוכנויות חברת הרכבות ברומניה או באתר www.cfrcalatori.ro .בשבוע הבא נציג מידע על קוי רכבות בינלאומיים.

  • Les équipes roumaines de foot, absentes des compétitions européennes

    Les équipes roumaines de foot, absentes des compétitions européennes

    Jeudi soir, les champions de Roumanie CFR Cluj et les vice-champions du FCSB ont raté la qualification dans la phase des groupes de la Ligue Europa. Désormais, aucune équipe roumaine n’est plus présente dans les compétitions européennes. Dans les préliminaires, Craiova et Viitorul avaient également été éliminées. Avec un trophée, le quatrième, remporté après une pause de 6 ans, les joueurs du CFR Cluj nourrissaient d’importantes ambitions au début de la saison européenne et rêvaient même de participer à la phase des groupes de la Ligue des Champions, compétition à laquelle ils s’étaient qualifiés l’année dernière. Ils ont clôturé prématurément la saison internationale par une double défaite, 0 buts à 2 et 2 buts à 3, jeudi à domicile contre les champions luxembourgeois de Dudelange.

    Cet échec des joueurs de Cluj, critiqués par la presse qui a parlé du résultat le plus honteux de l’histoire du foot roumain, peut s’expliquer par des transferts douteux et par le changement même de l’entraîneur. Grâce au CFR, Dudelange est devenu le premier club luxembourgeois à participer à la phase des groupes des compétitions continentales. Pour comprendre combien honteux est ce résultat pour le club transylvain, citons la déclaration de l’entraineur luxembourgeois, Dino Toppmoller. « 8 de nos footballeurs travaillent, ils ont aussi d’autres jobs hormis le foot. Il faut trouver une solution. Désormais, nous devons jouer trois matchs par semaine et ceux-ci doivent réduire leur programme pour que le club puisse évoluer dans les groupes de la Ligue Europa. »


    Un fiasco, c’est également l’échec du FCSB dans les groupes de la Ligue Europa, même si l’adversaire, Rapid Vienne, est un club d’un tout autre calibre et non pas une équipe méconnue en Europe. Le FCSB avait perdu 3 buts à 1 à Vienne, mais les bucarestois avaient décroché le score leur permettant de se qualifier dès la mi-temps, soit 2 buts à 0. Et pourtant, une gaffe d’Andrei Vlad, le jeune et peu expérimenté gardien de but des vice-champions de Roumanie, a offert aux Autrichiens le but de la qualification. Vraisemblablement choqué par la situation, le sulfureux patron du FCSB, George Becali, a même affirmé que l’erreur du gardien de but était en fait une punition divine pour ses propres péchés. Pourtant, les analystes préfèrent les explications plus rationnelles et imputent à M Becali la manière superficielle, parfois chaotique avec laquelle il décide d’acheter et de vendre des joueurs ainsi que les ingérences constantes dans les décisions de l’entraineur visant la composition de l’équipe.

    Pour les clubs roumains, l’absence de la Ligue Europa, compétition où le FCSB s’était constamment qualifié ces dernières années, équivaut à des pertes financières importantes au budget annuel du club. En même temps, le coefficient UEFA de la Roumanie baissera d’un cran, ce qui rendra encore plus difficile l’accès des clubs roumains aux groupes des deux compétitions continentales. L’échec de jeudi ne fait que compléter le tableau sombre du foot autochtone. La sélection nationale avait elle aussi raté l’accès au Mondial de Russie et ne figurera plus parmi l’élite du foot mondial, position qu’elle occupait avec succès il y a deux décennies.

  • Quelles perspectives pour l’infrastructure ferroviaire en Roumanie?

    Quelles perspectives pour l’infrastructure ferroviaire en Roumanie?

    Le transport ferroviaire a une histoire de 150 ans en Roumanie. La première ligne ferroviaire a été inaugurée le 20 août 1854, dans la région du Banat, à l’époque partie de l’Empire d’Autriche-Hongrie. Elle reliait la ville d’Oravita à celle de Bazias, port danubien. D’une longueur de 62,5 km, elle a servi tout d’abord exclusivement au transport du charbon. Ce n’est que deux années plus tard, plus précisément le 1er novembre 1856, que cette première ligne de chemin de fer a été ouverte au trafic des passagers, selon le site cfr.ro.

    Selon la même source, entre 1864 et 1880, la construction du chemin de fer prend son essor également sur le territoire de ce qu’était alors le Royaume de Roumanie, celui que formaient à l’époque la Valachie et la Moldavie. Aussi, la première ligne de chemin de fer du Royaume de Roumanie relie toujours un port danubien, Giurgiu cette fois, à la capitale du royaume, Bucarest. Elle est inaugurée en grande pompe le 26 août 1869. Il s’ensuit un développement rapide des voies ferrées en Roumanie, à l’instar de ce qui se faisait à l’époque dans les autres pays européens.

    A la suite de la Grande Union de 1918, entre le Royaume de Roumanie et les anciennes provinces d’Autriche-Hongrie ou de Russie habitées majoritairement par des Roumains, telles la Transylvanie, le Banat, la Bessarabie et la Bucovine, le réseau ferroviaire de ces provinces rejoint le réseau du Royaume de Roumanie. Avec l’avènement du communisme après la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, le réseau s’étoffe, élément indispensable à l’industrialisation effrénée du pays, souhaitée et mise en œuvre par le régime communiste. La hausse du trafic ferroviaire, la construction de nouvelles lignes, y compris dans les régions rurales, l’électrification des voies existantes occupent une place importante dans les plans économiques quinquennaux du parti.

    Lors du changement de régime fin 1989, la Roumanie pouvait s’enorgueillir de disposer d’un des réseaux de chemin de fer les plus denses d’Europe. Bientôt pourtant, dans le contexte de la transition à l’économie de marché, la compagnie nationale des chemins de fer, CFR, éclate en plusieurs entités : CFR S.A., surnommée « CFR Infrastructure », car administrant le chemin de fer, puis CFR Voyageurs et CFR Fret. Une longue et éprouvante période de déliquescence s’en est suivie. De nombreuses liaisons ferroviaires sont passées à la trappe. Sur de milliers de kilomètres, il n’y a que des restrictions de vitesse pour éviter le pire. Lucian Bode, député du principal parti d’opposition, le PNL, et président de la Commission Transports de la Chambre des députés, fait un état des lieux du transport ferroviaire de nos jours en Roumanie: « Le secteur du transport ferroviaire est aux abois. La situation est très compliquée, alors que nous enregistrons une vitesse moyenne de seulement 18 km/heure pour le fret et de 45 km/heure pour le transport de passagers. Et l’on enregistre, selon les données disponibles sur les 9 premiers mois de l’année 2017, des retards quotidiens de plus de 12.500 minutes, sur l’ensemble du réseau. Lorsque, pour traverser le pays, de la ville côtière de Constanta et jusqu’à la frontière hongroise, le fret prend 7 jours, alors que dans les années 30 du siècle précédent il parcourait la même distance en seulement 4 jours, qu’est-ce que cela donne? Nous enregistrons des pertes économiques énormes. Les utilisateurs du rail souffrent, qu’ils soient opérateurs publics ou privés. Et puis, aussi, on enregistre des pertes de vies humaines, notamment aux passages à niveau. 71 passages à niveau ont été modernisés, sur les 5080 que compte le réseau dans son ensemble. Faites le calcul ».

    Les problèmes que rencontre l’infrastructure ferroviaire ont également été au centre des récentes protestations syndicales. Radmilo Felix, le secrétaire général de la Fédération des mécaniciens de locomotive, aborde cet aspect: « Cela fait des années que nous tirons la sonnette d’alarme. La législation est obsolète et doit être révisée. Par ailleurs, des investissements massifs dans l’infrastructure sont indispensables. On doit moderniser l’infrastructure, accroître la vitesse des trains. Il y a cinq ans, pas un sou n’était investi pour le maintien de l’infrastructure aux paramètres techniques nécessaires. Pendant les cinq dernières années, le gouvernement a commencé à comprendre que cela devenait intenable et a alloué une partie des fonds nécessaires pour l’entretien et les réparations. Actuellement l’enveloppe budgétaire s’élève à près d’un milliard de lei, soit environ 215 millions d’euros. On a réussi à moderniser la ligne vers le littoral, Bucarest – Constanta, et là on peut rouler à 120 à l’heure, mais cela a pris dix ans. »

    Marius Sorin Bota, vice président de la Commission Transports de la Chambre des députés et membre du PSD, parti au pouvoir, avance une explication: « En Roumanie, tout le monde se plaint de la lenteur des travaux, parfois aussi de leur qualité. Dans le domaine ferroviaire, nous ne pouvons pas avancer à ce rythme. Il n’est pas concevable que pendant dix ans rien ne bouge ou presque, et même ce qui a été fait n’a pas été finalisé. Au mois de mai, le gouvernement viendra avec une nouvelle loi d’attribution des marchés publics pour simplifier les procédures. J’espère que cela puisse nous aider à accélérer les choses. »

    Il existe pourtant des solutions pour revitaliser et moderniser l’infrastructure ferroviaire roumaine. Lucian Bode, député du principal parti d’opposition, le PNL, et président de la Commission Transports de la Chambre des députés, suggère quelques pistes de réflexion: « Nous avons cet accès aux fonds européens. Nous avons donc des ressources à disposition ! CFR S.A., la société en charge de l’infrastructure, dispose d’un budget de 1,1 milliards d’euros pour 2018. Lors du collectif budgétaire de l’année dernière, le budget de la société à été diminué de 305 millions de lei, soit de 70 de millions d’euros. Mais nous avons l’argent de l’Europe. Plus de 6 milliards de fonds européens sont destinés à l’ensemble des travaux d’infrastructure. Nous comptons 1,2 milliards d’euros du mécanisme Connect Europe Facility… Et, en réalité, nous sommes parvenus à moderniser seulement 400 kilomètres de chemin de fer en 12 ans… Vous savez, au Kenya, en trois ans, ils avaient réussi en faire autant : 400 Km… Aussi longtemps que lors des appels d’offres, le seul critère pris en compte est le prix le plus bas, la procédure est d’emblée en situation d’échec et la qualité des travaux s’en ressent. Il faut arrêter cela : le prix ne peut plus être le seul et unique critère. Si on arrivait à moderniser les 3.600 Km que compte le réseau ferroviaire principal, les trains pourront se déplacer à 160 à l’heure. Certes, on sera encore toujours loin des vitesses de 540 km/h du TGV français, mais ce sera déjà un acquis ». (trad. Ionut Jugureanu)

  • July 15, 2018

    July 15, 2018

    EU COUNCIL PRESIDENCY – Getting young people involved in the process of preparing for and holding the EU Council Presidency is vital, Romanian Minister Delegate for European Affairs, Victor Negrescu said on Saturday at a news conference about the young people’s participation in public policies. The conference, that focused on drawing up Romania’s agenda at the helm of the EU Council, highlighted topics such as consolidating European instruments for the improvement of the education and training system, equal opportunities for the young people and increasing their capacity to adjust to labor market challenges.




    BREXIT – British Prime Minister Theresa May warned her divided party on Sunday that there may be “no Brexit at all” if they undermine her plan to forge a close relationship with the European Union after leaving the world’s biggest trading bloc. “My message to the country this weekend is simple: we need to keep our eyes on the prize,” May wrote in the Mail on Sunday newspaper. “If we don’t, we risk ending up with no Brexit at all.” Two senior ministers resigned last week in protest at Mays plans for trade with the EU after Britain leaves the bloc next March. May also wrote in the Mail on Sunday article that Britain would take a tough stance in its next round of negotiations with the EU.




    PROJECTS — The Agency for the Financing of Rural Investment will open between July and September this year several sessions for project applications, worth a total of 846 million euros, the Romanian Agriculture Ministry reports. The Agency has so far received, for the 2014-2020 timeframe, applications for financing worth more than 7.20 billion euros and signed over 49 thousand financing contracts for which 3.85 billion euros have been allocated. Under the 2014-2020 National Programme for Rural Development, non-repayable funds from the EU and the Romanian Government are being granted, for the economic and social development of Romania’s rural area. The financial allocation exceeds 9 billion euros.




    MEETING – French president Emmanuel Macron is today holding talks in Moscow with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, ahead of their attending the World Cup final in Moscow, pitting France against Croatia. The meeting takes place a day before the Summit in Helsinki. Macron and Putin will discuss topics related to Iran, Syria and Ukraine, BBC reports.




    ABDUCTION — A Romanian engineer is believed to have been abducted on Saturday from one of Libya’s largest oilfields, local media reports. The Romanian is believed to have been taken hostage alongside another three people, by an armed group. Two of the hostages are said to have been released, but it’s uncertain whether the Romanian is among them. The Romanian Foreign Ministry on Saturday activated a crisis cell to deal with the situation. The Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu said that the top priority was to verify whether a Romanian citizen was indeed taken hostage, what his situation was and what group is involved in the kidnapping. The case is being managed by the Romanian Embassy to Libya relocated in Tunis.




    FOOTBALL — CFR Cluj, Romania’s football champion, won the Super Cup following Saturday’s win over FC U Craiova 1948, 1-nil, away from home. This is CFR’s third Super Cup title. They will be representing Romania in the Champions League preliminaries. As many as three Romanian teams are playing in the Champions League preliminaries, namely, U Craiova, FCSB and FC Viitorul.




    WORLD CUP – France is playing the World Cup final today, against Croatia. For the latter, qualification to the final is a premier. France won the world title in 1998, when it organized the final tournament, and Croatia won the bronze. On Saturday, Belgium defeated England, 2-0, in the third-place playoff of the World Football Championship hosted by Russia, thus obtaining bronze. Belgium already played in a third-place playoff at the 1986 World Cup, when it was defeated by France. A world champion in 1966, England fought for bronze in 1990 but it was defeated by Italy.


    (Translated by Elena Enache)

  • תוכנית הקיץ בתנועת הרכבות – רכבת השמש 2018

    תוכנית הקיץ בתנועת הרכבות – רכבת השמש 2018

    החל מה־29 ביוני יכנסו לפעולה “רכבות השמש” — תוכנית קיץ לתנועת הרכבות של חברת הרכבות ברומניה (CFR Călători). עד ל־9 בספטמבר, מעל ל־40 רכבות יקשרו ישירות מדי יום בין רחבי רומניה לאתרי הנופש בים השחור, דלתת הדנובה וחזרה. 16 רכבות ישירות (כולל הקווים הקשורים) יגיעו לקונסטנצה / מנגליה, ו־17 רכבות יצאו מדי יום מבוקרשט לקונסטנצה, ומתוכן 7 יגיעו למנגליה. בנוסף, ישנם קישורים תכופים עם רכבות הנוסעות בין קונסטנצה ואתרי הנופש. רכבות בין מחוזיות אינטר רגיו (InterRegio) מאובזרות בהתקני מיזוג אוויר, ורכבות הנוסעות מרחקים ארוכים מצוידות בקרונות שינה ומיטות. פרטים לגבי מחירי הכרטיסים ומבצעים ניתן למצוא ב־www.cfrcalatori.ro, בתווית Domestic Traffic / Offers.



    נסיעה מבוקרשט לקונסטנצה, ללא מבצע, עולה 59.6 ליי (כ־13 אירו) ברכבת IR, מחלקה שנייה. במידה ונרכש כרטיס הלוך חזור הנוסע יהנה במקום מהנחה של 10%, ובמידה והכרטיס נרכש באופן מקוון ניתנת הנחה נוספת של 5%. בנוסף, על רכישת כרטיסים לפחות 21 ימים מראש ההנחה הניתנת היא 25% ממחיר הנסיעה. עם מבצע מיניגרופ 5-2 ההנחות הניתנות מגיעות עד 30% במידה והרכישה נעשית באינטרנט.



    במהלך תוכנית הנסיעות לקיץ, לתיירים הנמצאים ברצועת החוף ישנה האפשרות לרכוש נסיעות ברכבות אינטר רגיו, במחירי רכבת רגיו (מחוזית). רכבות החוף, הנוסעות במהירות מוגברת ללא עצירות ביניים מבוקרשט צפון לקונסטנצה וחזרה, מגיעות ליעדן בכשעתיים. משך הנסיעה בשתי רכבות האינטר רגיו האחרות, בקו בוקרשט — קונסטנצה, הוא בממוצע שעתיים ו־20 דקות.



    עבור אלה המעוניינים להגיע לדלתת הדנובה, ישנה רכבת ישירה אינטר רגיו בקו בוקרשט צפון — טולצאה (Tulcea) וחזרה. כמו כן, מדי יום 4 רכבות (2 הלוך 2 חזור) ימשיכו לנסוע בין מדגידיה (Medgidia) וטולצאה.



    עבור אנשים עם מוגבלויות תנועה ישנן מספר הקלות. יש להם אפשרות לנסיעות קלות יותר ברכבת לרצועת החוף וחזור, כשחברת הרכבות ברומניה מציעה להם שירותי סיוע ללא תשלום (הזמנת מקומות מיוחדים, ליווי במתחם התחנה, סיוע בעלייה/ירידה ל/מהרכבת וסיוע על הרכבת). על הנוסעים למלא, 48 שעות לפחות טרם היציאה, טופס הזמין באינטרנט ובדוכני הכרטיסים, עבור רכבות היוצאות/מגיעות מ/אל תחנות הרכבת הגדולות. פרטים בנוגע לקבלת השירותים הללו ללא תשלום, ניתן למצוא בכתובת: www.cfrcalatori.ro .