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  • February 9, 2025 UPDATE

    February 9, 2025 UPDATE

    VOTE Over 2 thousand Romanian eligible voters residing abroad have so far registered on the website of the Permanent Election Authority to cast their ballot by mail in the presidential election due in May this year. The registration deadline is March 20th and, according to official figures, most registrations came from Germany, Britain, Switzerland, France and Spain. Romania will be hosting presidential election on May 4 and 18. We recall the first presidential round was invalidated by the Constitutional Court in December last year due to interferences in the election process.

    TALKS Romania’s Senate will next week be hosting talks with representatives of real estate agencies, notary public, and the National Agency for Cadastre. The MPs want to include in the legislation regulations for the better protection of those who want to buy houses from real estate developers. Three draft laws have already been submitted to Parliament in this respect. The move comes after hundreds of people affected by the Nordis fraudulent scheme have called for amendments to the legislation. The former PSD MP, Laura Vicol, her husband Vladimir Ciorba who is also the main shareholder in the Nordis Group, and other three persons have been placed in preventive detention in connection with the aforementioned file. The investigation is focusing on natural persons and companies accused of having raked in more than 195 million Euros from customers without giving them the apartments they paid for.

    CUP Romania’s national fifteen has qualified for World Cup 2027 after a 31-14 win on Saturday against the Belgian side in Rugby Europe Championship. Romania has thus ensured its 10th participation in the World Cup. Only in 2019, Romania was not allowed to attend the competition because it used an ineligible player in the qualifiers. In its debut match in Rugby Europe Championship 2025, Romania secured a 48-10 home win against Germany. Our players will be having their last match at home against Portugal on February 15. Romania ranks first in the standings with nine points followed by Portugal, Germany and Belgium. The first two sides are qualified for World Cup 2027.

    SPORTS CS Gloria 2018 Bistrita Nasaud, a women’s handball side from northern Romania, was outperformed by Slovenian side Krim Ljubljana 28-25 on Saturday in an away match counting towards group A of the Champions League. After that game, Gloria has few chances to qualify for the play-offs. In the same group on Sunday, CSM Bucharest defeated the Croatian side RK Podravka. In the competition’s group B, Rapid Bucharest was outperformed 24-30 by Ludwigsburg of Germany in an away game. In tennis competitions, the Romanian-Italian pair Jaqueline Cristian/Angelica Moratelli has conceded defeat to Magali Kempen of Belgium and Ana Siskova of the Czech Republic in the doubles finals of the tennis tournament Transylvania Open (WTA 250), a competition hosted by Cluj-Napoca, in north-western Romania, with more than 275 thousand dollars in prize money.

    112 Over 100 head offices of public institutions and private companies in Romania will light up in red on Tuesday to mark the European Day of the Emergency Number 112. According to its initiator, the Special Telecommunication Service, the move is aimed at drawing people’s attention to the essential role played by the unique emergency number and encouraging citizens to use it responsibly. The abusive use of the number can hinder the rapid intervention of the specialized teams where they are actually needed. Last year through the combined efforts of intervention institutions such as the police, paramedics, firefighters and others, the number of non-urgent 112 calls dropped by one million as compared to the previous years. Emergency operators received 9.7 million calls out of which 60.45% accounted for emergencies.

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  • Sports UPDATE

    Sports UPDATE

    SPORTS CS Gloria 2018 Bistrita Nasaud, a women’s handball side from northern Romania, was outperformed by Slovenian side Krim Ljubljana 28-25 on Saturday in an away match counting towards group A of the Champions League. After that game, Gloria has few chances to qualify for the play-offs. In the competition’s group B, Rapid Bucharest was outperformed 24-30 by Ludwigsburg of Germany in an away game. In tennis competitions, the Romanian-Italian pair Jaqueline Cristian/Angelica Moratelli has conceded defeat to Magali Kempen of Belgium and Ana Siskova of the Czech Republic in the doubles finals of the tennis tournament Transylvania Open (WTA 250), a competition hosted by Cluj-Napoca, in north-western Romania, with more than 275 thousand dollars in prize money.

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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    The Romanian women’s handball side CSM Bucharest on Sunday made it to the third place of the ranking of the Champions League Group A. On Sunday, the Romanians secured a 29-27 win against Danish side, Nykøbing Falster. Cristina Neagu scored 7 goals for CSM while Crina Pintea added six more. In the same group on Saturday, Storhamar Handball Elite outperformed Krim Mercator Ljubljana, 29-28. On Saturday, Gloria Bistriţa-Năsăud conceded a 26-23 home defeat to Ferencváros Budapest and is presently ranking 7th in the group.

    On February 8, Gloria will be up against Krim Ljubljana in an away match, while a day later, CSM will be playing Podravka Koprivnica in Bucharest. In Group B, Rapid lost 26-28 to Danish side Team Esbjerg. Romania’s vice-champions are presently ranking 7th in Group B and will be playing German side Ludwigsburg in an away game on February 9.

    In the EHF European League’s Group A, Dunărea Brăila managed their third consecutive win: 26-22, in Buzău against German side Thüringer and is presently topping the group. They will be taking on Thuringer in Germany in a fortnight.

    Another Romanian side, SCM Ramnicu Valcea, which tops Group B, on Saturday clinched a 32-29 win against the Norwegians from Sola. SCM will be playing Sola in Norway on February 8.

    Last weekend saw the matches of the 23rd leg of the Romanian Football Superleague. Here are some results.

    On Friday, Gloria Buzău clinched a 3-0 home win against Unirea Slobozia, whereas the game in Bucharest pitching Dinamo against Universitatea Cluj ended in a goaless draw. On Saturday Hermannstadt secured a 2-0 away win against, Poli Iaşi, while in Bucharest, local side Rapid outperformed Universitatea Craiova one-nil. On Sunday, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe obtained a 2-0 home win against Oţelul Galaţi, and  FCSB defeated UTA Arad 1-0. The leg’s last games on Monday: Petrolul Ploieşti versus FC Botoşani and CFR Cluj versus Farul Constanţa. Universitatea Cluj and FCSB are topping the ranking each with 41 points, followed by Dinamo Bucharest with 38.

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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    Romania obtained two silver medals at the European Table Tennis Championships, which ended in Linz, Austria on Sunday.

    Both medals were won by Bernadette Szocs in the women’s singles and doubles. In the doubles, the Romanian and Austrian Sofia Polcanova were outperformed by the Czechoslovakian pair Hana Matelova / Barbora Balazova 3-2.

    In the singles finals, the Romanian player lost to her colleague in the doubles, Sofia Polcanova, who won the match 4-1.

    Corona Braşov has qualified for the third round of the Ice Hockey Continental Cup after a 6-3 win against the Lithuanian side Energija Elektrenai.

    The game took place on the Olympic Skate Rink in Brasov, which hosted the Group D matches in the competition’s second round.

    In the other match on Sunday, the Latvian side Mogo secured a 5-2 win against the Hungarians from Ferencvaros. Corona tops the ranking and goes further into the competition, the F group, which also includes the Danish side Aalborg Pirates, Katowice of Poland, and the French side Brûleurs de Loups of Grenoble.

    All the three women’s handball sides which played in the Champions League last weekend were outperformed by their opponents. On Saturday, in group B, Rapid Bucharest lost at home 31-34 against the French side Brest Bretagne, which was their fourth defeat in a row. In Group A on Sunday, Norwegian side Storhamar secured a 23-25 home win against Gloria Bistriţa-Năsăud and Metz of France, secured a 32-31 away win against CSM Bucharest. CSM ranks fourth in the group while Gloria comes 7th. At the end of the group stage, the first two sides in the group will go into the quarter finals.

    The sides ranking third, fourth, fifth and sixth are playing tie matches to reach the quarterfinals whereas the sides ranking 7th and 8th are leaving the competition.

    FCSB on Sunday won the historical derby of the Romanian football when they outperformed Dinamo Bucharest 2-0, in the Superleague’s 13th leg.

    On Friday, Universitatea Cluj clinched a 2-0 home win against Oţelul Galaţi, while in Buzau, southern Romania, local side, Gloria, obtained a 3-0 win against Hermannstadt. On Saturday in Sfântu Gheorghe, central Romania, local side Sepsi secured a 1-0 win against UTA, and the game in Ploieşti, southern Romania, pitching Petrolul against CFR Cluj ended in a goaless draw. Also in a goaless draw ended the game in Craiova, between the local side Universitatea and FC Botoşani.

    Monday will see the leg’s last games, Poli Iaşi versus Unirea Slobozia and Rapid Bucharest versus Farul Constanţa. Universitatea Cluj tops the ranking with 26 points followed by Universitatea Craiova with 21.

  • Sports Flash

    Romania’s basketball side U-BT Cluj-Napoca was outperformed by Slovenian squad Olimpija Ljubljana, 93-86 in a home match. The game counted towards the first leg of Group B of the EuroCup competition. U-BT’s best player was American Zavier Simpson, 16 points and 9 decisive passes. In the competition’s second leg, U-BT Cluj-Napoca will be taking on the French side Bourg-en-Bresse.

    There is no good news coming from the women’s basketball contests either. CSM Constanţa failed to qualify for the women’s Euro-league after having lost 71-52 to Casademont Zaragoza in the second round of the competition’s preliminary leg. The Spanish had also won the first game in Constanta 75-57. CSM will continue in the second European competition EuroCup Women, together with another Romanian side, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.

    Romanian volleyball side Corona Braşov qualified for the second leg of the Champions League after a 3-0 home win against Radnik Bijeljina of Bosnia on Wednesday night.

    Corona’s best player was the Serbian Dušan Stojsavljević, with 13 points. Corona had also won the match in Bosnia also 3-0 and is going to take Schönenwerd of Switzerland in the competition’s next stage.

    Răzvan Sava made his debut in the lineup of the Italian side Udinese in the home match they won 3-1 against second-leaguer Salernitana, in Italy’s Football Cup. The goalkeeper of Romania’s under twenty-one selection compelled recognition at the end of the second half of the game, when he managed to save a penalty shot. Sava came to Udinese this summer from CFR Cluj and signed up for five years.

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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    Romania participated with six athletes in the Paralympic Games that ended in Paris on Sunday. These are Alexandru Bologa and Daniel Vargoczki in judo contests for the visually impaired, Eduard Novak and Theodor Matican in cycling races Camelia Ciripan and Bobi Simion in table tennis. Bologa became gold medalist in the 73 kilogram category and Ciripan walked away with silver from the individual contest. Thanks to their results, Romania came 63rd in the nations ranking, which was dominated by China.

    We continue with handball as the women’s competition of the Champions League has just kicked off.

    Two Romanian sides met in Group A on Saturday, and Gloria Bistrita secured a 30-26 home win against CSM Bucharest. The best players of the Transylvanian side were the Russian Valeria Kirdiiasheva, the Spanish Seynabou Mbengue Rodriguez, and Asuka Fujita of Japan, with six goals each. Elizabeth Omoregie scored most of the goals for the Bucharest side.

    Also in Group A, on Saturday, Slovenian side Krim Ljubljana, compelled recognition against Podravka Koprivnica, 24-23, and Ferencváros clinched a 31- 22 home win against Danish side Nykøbing Falster. On Sunday in Norway, Storhamar and the French side Metz ended their game in a 29-all draw. Gloria will be taking on Metz in an away game and CSM will be playing Storhamar in Bucharest.

    The other Romanian side in the competition, Rapid Bucharest, secured a 32-27 home win against Buducnost Podgorica of Montenegro in a match counting towards Group B. Serbian player Anđela Janjušević was Rapid’s best player with 8 goals scored. In the other Group B games held on Saturday, the Hungarian side Győr clinched a 28-26 win against the Danish from Esbjerg, while the French squad Brest Bretagne outperformed the Norwegians from Vipers Kristiansand 30-27. On Sunday, Odense defeated in Denmark the Germans from Ludwigsburg, 28-22. Rapid will next be up against Vipers Kristiansand in an away match on September 14.

    Romania’s new rugby champions are SCM USV Timişoara, which secured a 22-21 win in Bucharest on Sunday against CSM Ştiinţa Baia Mare in the finals of the National League. The champions won through a try and five penalty shots.

    In the match for the third position Steaua secured a 36-30 win against archrivals Dinamo. This is the sixth national title Timişoara has won so far.

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  • Sport Club RRI

    Sport Club RRI

    At least three women handball sides from Romania have made headway in the
    European Cups. In the Champions League, CSM Bucharest stands good chances to
    directly qualify for the quarterfinals if it outperforms Danish side Odense in
    the away game they are going to play on Sunday. Odense ranks second in Group A,
    two points ahead the Romanian champions, but this advantage can be cancelled in
    case of a Romanian win. The first game opposing the two sides in Bucharest, in
    September went to the Romanians 28-24.




    Another Romanian side, the vice-champion Rapid Bucharest also stands good
    chances to qualify for the competition’s next stage. Rapid ranks seventh in
    Group B, a point less than the Hungarian side Ferencvaros. In the event of a
    home win on Sunday against Danish side Esbjerg and if Ferencvaros loses to
    Metz, in France, Rapid goes into the play-offs for the League’s quarterfinals. Both
    sides that represented Romania in last year’s competition were stopped in their
    tracks in the quarters.




    In the EHF European League, a leg before the end of the groups competition,
    Romania already boasts two sides in the quarterfinals. The first Romanian side
    to have assured its place in this stage of the competition was Gloria Bistrita
    with an away win against French team Nantes, their main Group C opponent. On
    Saturday, the Romanians will be up against German side Bensheim / Auerbach. In
    the quarters, Gloria may be playing either the Norwegian side Sola or the Spanish
    side Malaga.




    Dunărea Brăila qualified last Saturday, after a win against the group’s
    leader Thuringer of Germany. At the end of this week, Dunărea will be up
    against Chambray Touraine in France. After the final ranking configuration, in
    the quarterfinals, Dunarea will be playing the Norwegians from Storhamar or Podravka
    Koprivnica of Croatia. The third Romanian side in the European League, CSM
    Târgu Jiu, is hankering for a win after five consecutive defeats. CSM will be
    playing at home on Sunday the Hungarian side Mosonmagyaróvár.


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  • October 30, 2023 UPDATE

    October 30, 2023 UPDATE

    MOTION The
    Chamber of Deputies in Bucharest on Monday debated a simple motion to censor
    Finance Minister Marcel Bolos, part of the Social Democratic- National Liberal
    coalition cabinet. The opposition parties USR and Force of the Right, which
    introduced the motion, believe he is responsible for increased taxation, as an
    effect of applying fiscal measures that the government took responsibility for
    in Parliament recently. The signatories also say that the main reason for the
    budget deficit is the explosion in state spending, and draw attention to the
    fact that measures taken by the government would not resolve the situation. USR
    MP Claudiu Nasui, former minister of the economy, said that the new taxes hurt
    small businesses, which will be forced to reduce their workforce, and bring up
    prices for goods and services, which will have an immediate impact on the
    population. In reply, Marcel Bolos said that Romania is at a crossroads, and
    that concrete and sustainable measures are needed to overcome this hurdle. The Finance
    Minister said that, absent this, there is a risk of losing access to European
    funds. The vote for this simple motion is set for Tuesday.






    VISIT The vice president of the European Commission for Values and
    Transparency, Vera Jourova, held talks in Bucharest on Monday with the Romanian
    president Klaus Iohannis. High on the agenda were the rule of law, the reforms
    in justice, Romania’s accession to Schengen, the support for Ukraine and the
    situation in the Middle East. She earlier met Justice Minister Alina Gorghiu
    with whom she talked about the recommendations in the report on the rule of
    law, the pension law, measures for the right way of assuring human resources,
    proposed measures for digitization, AI and fighting online crime. In an
    interview to the national radio station, Jourova said Romania is doing well
    with the legal system, but there are new laws, which must be implemented so
    that citizens may have access to a well prepared judicial system.












    ISRAEL The Israeli army has
    announced that it struck targets in Syria and Lebanon, in response to rocket
    fire coming from these countries. In another development, new rocket attacks
    launched from the Gaza Strip targeted, today, the south of Israel, the most affected
    being the city of Netivot, where a residential block was hit, writes The Times
    of Israel, noting that there were no victims. Palestinians in the north of Gaza
    also said there had been intense air and artillery strikes as Israeli troops,
    backed by tanks, launched a ground assault on the enclave. The Israeli military
    say they have hit more than 600 targets in recent days, killing dozens of
    terrorists and continuing to expand its ground operations in Gaza. After the
    attacks of the Islamist group Hamas on October 7, more than 1,400 people have
    been killed in Israel. On the other hand, Hamas authorities in Gaza say that
    the toll of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes has exceeded 8,300.




    HANDBALL The Romanian women’s
    handball champions, CSM Bucharest, secured a 29-24 away win against Buducnost
    Podgorica of Montenegro in the Champions League’s Group A, on Sunday. The Romanians
    obtained their third victory in this European season. After six stages, the
    Romanian champions are in the 4th position with 6 points, in a group
    dominated by Gyor Audi of Hungary. In the competition’s next stage, CSM, on
    their home turf will be up against the Hungarian side Debrecen, on November 11.
    On Saturday, in the competition’s Group B, vice-champions Rapid Bucharest outperformed
    Krim Ljubljana from Slovenia, 27-22. In the next round, they will be playing at
    home the Norwegian side Vipers Kristiansand, on November 12.


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  • October 30, 2023

    October 30, 2023


    Visit. The Vice-President of the European Commission for Values ​​and Transparency, the Czech Vera Jourova, is on a formal visit to Bucharest today. She has met with the minister of justice, Alina Gorghiu, for talks on the rule of law and justice reforms, where Romania is in a good place, as she told Radio Romania. “There are still new laws that must be implemented in practice and this must be done not for Brussels, but for the Romanian people, in order to have access to a very well prepared judicial system”, the European official also stated. Vera Jourova will also meet with president Klaus Iohannis, Prime-Minister Marcel Ciolacu and several ministers, to discuss topics such as the digitalization projects included in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, artificial intelligence and combating disinformation. Vera Jourova will also participate in a meeting on digital technology and will visit the European Cybersecurity Competence Center.



    Motion. The Bucharest Chamber of Deputies is debating, today, a simple motion against the Minister of Finance, Marcel Boloş, from the PSD-PNL coalition Cabinet. The Save Romanian Union and the Force of the Right Party, which filed the motion, consider him responsible for the increase in taxes, as a result of the application of fiscal measures for which the Government recently assumed responsibility in Parliament. The vote on the simple motion is scheduled for Tuesday.



    Gaza. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian civilians are in urgent need of fuel, food and water. The Palestinian Red Crescent announced on Sunday evening that the Israeli army had bombed several times around one of its hospitals in Gaza, causing damage and endangering patients and civilians who had come there to take refuge. At the same time, thousands of people broke into warehouses and aid distribution centers in the south and center of the Strip, taking basic food. 33 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid entered, on Sunday, through the Rafah crossing point on the border with Egypt. It was the largest convoy to enter the besieged Palestinian territory since the limited resumption of humanitarian aid deliveries. “Preventing the access of humanitarian aid” to the Gaza Strip could constitute a “crime”, said, on Sunday, in Cairo, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, after visiting Rafah.



    Israel. The Israeli army has announced that it struck targets in Syria and Lebanon, in response to rocket fire coming from these countries. In another development, new rocket attacks launched from the Gaza Strip targeted, today, the south of Israel, the most affected being the city of Netivot, where a residential block was hit, writes The Times of Israel, noting that there were no victims. Palestinians in the north of Gaza also said there had been intense air and artillery strikes as Israeli troops, backed by tanks, launched a ground assault on the enclave. The Israeli military say they have hit more than 600 targets in recent days, killing dozens of terrorists and continuing to expand its ground operations in Gaza. After the attacks of the Islamist group Hamas on October 7, more than 1,400 people have been killed in Israel. On the other hand, Hamas authorities in Gaza say that the toll of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes has exceeded 8,000.



    Handball. Romanias womens handball champion, CSM, defeated Buducnost Podgorica of Montenegro 29-24, away from home, in group A of the Champions League, on Sunday. The Bucharest team scored its third victory in this European season. After six stages, the Romanian champion is in 4th place, with 6 points, in the group dominated by Gyori Audi of Hungary. In the next stage, CSM will play at home against the Hungarian team Debrecen, on November 11. On Saturday, in group B of the competition, the vice-champion Rapid Bucharest defeated Krim Ljubljana from Slovenia, 27-22. In the next round, they will play at home against the Norwegian Vipers Kristiansand, on November 12. (MI)


  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    For the first time this season,
    all the three Romanian ice hockey sides in the regional competition Erste
    League – ACSH Gheorgheni, Corona Braşov and Sports Club Miercurea Ciuc obtained
    victories in their home matches on Thursday. ACSH, the defending champions, clinched
    a 5-2 win against DEAC Debrecen. Corona Braşov outperformed Dunaujvarosi
    Acelbikak 4-2. And Sports Club Miercurea Ciuc secured their first win this
    season 4-3 against Ferencvaros Budapest.




    Romanian swimmer David Popovici, holder
    of the world record in the 100 meter freestyle race, will compete this weekend
    in the Marek Petrusewicz Memorial held in Wroclaw, Poland. The competition is
    part of Popovici’s training for the European Short Course Championship in Otopeni,
    close to Bucharest, over December 5-10. In Wroclaw, the trainee of coach Adrian
    Rădulescu will be competing in four events, in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle
    races, as well as in the 50 meters butterfly event. On October 7 and 8, David
    Popovici competed in the short course Michel Bally Memorial, held in Nyon, Switzerland
    from where he walked away with four gold medals in the freestyle races of 50,
    100, 200 and 400 meters.




    In Group B of the Champions
    League, Romanian women’s handball side Rapid Bucharest will be playing
    Slovenian side Krim Ljubljana in a home game. With only three points in the
    present edition of the aforementioned competition, after a victory a draw and
    three defeats, Rapid ranks only 6th in the group. In Group A, on
    Sunday, CSM Bucharest will be playing in Montenegro local side Buducnost
    Podgorica. The Romanian champions are now ranking fourth in the group with four
    points.




    This weekend will be seeing the
    football games counting towards the 14th leg of the Romanian
    Superleague. Two games on Friday, when FC Voluntari plays Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe
    and Dinamo Bucharest plays Politechnica Iasi. On Saturday in Galati, eastern
    Romania, local team Otelul will be playing Hermannstadt, while in Ploieşti, southern
    Romania, the local team Petrolul will be up against FCSB of Bucharest. On
    Sunday, FC U Craiova 1948 play, on their own turf, UTA, while Rapid Bucharest
    will be up against Universitatea Craiova in a home game. Monday will see the
    leg’s last games: FC Botoşani versus Universitatea Cluj and CFR Cluj versus Farul
    Constanţa. FCSB tops the table with 30 points followed by CFR with 27.


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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    The WTA 250 women’s tennis tournament
    in Cluj-Napoca, western Romania, ended on Sunday with the victory of German
    tennis player Tamara Korpatsch who defeated Elena Gabriela Ruse in the finals 6-3,
    6-4. The best result she got this year has also brought the Romanian 20,226 dollars
    and 180 WTA points, whereas Korpatsch got 34,228 dollars and 280 WTA points.




    Both the Romanian handball sides playing in
    the Champions League have been defeated by their opponents. On Saturday,
    Romania’s champions CSM Bucharest lost on their own ground to French side Brest
    Bretagne 30 – 28. Cristina Neagu was the best Romanian scorer with 8 goals
    scored. In Group A, CSM ranks fourth with four points and will be up against
    Buducnost Podgorica in Montenegro.




    In Group B, Rapid Bucharest was
    thrashed by French side Metz 33-22. The best scorer of the Romanian side was
    Serbian Andela Janjusevic, with four goals scored. With only three points in
    the present edition of the aforementioned league, after a win, a draw and three
    defeats, Rapid ranks only 6th in the group and will be up against
    Krim Ljubljana in a home match.


    In the regional ice hockey competition
    Erste League, ACSH Gheorgheni secured a 6-0 home win against Hungarian side Jegesmedvék
    of Miskolc. In Brasov, local side Corona lost to the competition’s leader Újpest
    Budapest, 1-2. Also on their own ground, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc, lost 4 – 6 to
    Hungarian side Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia.




    Last weekend saw the matches of
    the 13th leg of the Romanian Football Superleague. On Friday in
    Oradea, UTA Arad versus Rapid Bucharest ended in a two-all draw. On Saturday,
    in Sibiu, central Romania, local side Hermannstadt clinched a 4-0 win against
    Dinamo Bucharest, while in Ovidiu, southern Romania, local team Farul Constanta
    and Universitatea Cluj ended their match in a one-all draw.


    On Sunday in Iasi, the match
    pitting local side Politehnica against FC U Craiova 1948 ended in a one-all
    draw whereas Petrolul Ploieşti secured a 3-1 away win against Universitatea
    Craiova. FCSB versus FC Voluntari ended in a goaless draw.


    Two matches to take place on
    Monday: Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe plays FC Botoşani and CFR Cluj takes on Oţelul
    Galaţi. FCSB tops the ranking with 30 points, followed by CFR with 26.


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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup


    Gold, silver and bronze for Romania at the World Kayak-canoe Championships. In Duisburg, Germany, athletes from Romania stepped onto the podium three times. On Friday, Catalin Chirila became gold medalist in the single canoe race of 500 meters. On Saturday, he reaped silver in the Olympic 1,000 meter race and also qualified for the Olympic Games in Paris next year. In the double canoe race of 1000 meters, Oleg Nuţă and Ilie Sprincean won the bronze medal on Saturday, while ranking sixth in the 500 meter finals on Sunday, a result which secured them plane tickets to Paris. Romania has so far had 10 athletes qualified for the upcoming Olympics.


    Unfortunately Romania has left the European Womens Volleyball Championships after being outperformed 3-1 by France in the round of 16. However, being among Europes first 16 volleyball sides is a performance as compared to our sides latest shows. Two years ago Romania came last but one in the aforementioned competition, ranking 23rd. The best Romanian performance in this event happened in 1963, when our players became bronze medalists on their own ground.


    Lets have a look at the latest from womens handball. CSM Bucharest won Romanias Supercup after a 31-22 win against Rapid Bucharest on Sunday. Cristina Neagu scored most of the goals for CSM, six. In the Supercups second final, Dunarea Braila outperformed CSM Targu Jiu 35-33.


    US Open, the years last Grand Slam tournament, kicks off at Flushing Meadows with five Romanian players on the main draw. Among them Elena Gabriela Ruse, who qualified after a 7-6, 6-3 win against Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine. The others are Sorana Cirstea, Irina Begu, Ana Bogdan and Patricia Tig.


    Last weekend saw the football games counting towards the seventh leg of Romanias Superleague. On Friday in Galati, local side Otelul and FC Voluntari ended their game in a draw, 2-all. Rapid Bucharest secured an away 5-3 win against FCU Craiova 1948 while in Cluj, western Romania, local side CFR clinched a 3-1 win against FC Botosani. In Bucharest, local side Dinamo ended in a one-all draw their match against Petrolul Ploiesti. On Sunday in Ovidiu, southern Romania, local side Farul Constanţa obtained a 2-0 against Universitatea Craiova.


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  • Romania’s magistrates are protesting

    Romania’s magistrates are protesting

    Magistrates with several courts and
    prosecutor’s offices in Romania on Wednesday ceased work as the imminent amendments
    to the pension legislation could affect the independence of the judiciary.


    Under these circumstances, only the
    urgent criminal cases such as international kidnapping, placement and
    investment, adoptions, public custody, protection orders will be judged. The Superior
    Council of the Magistrates (CSM) has announced it has been notified and
    unconditionally supports the position expressed by the magistrates, as this
    situation of severe gravity is fundamentally bearing on the independence of the
    judiciary and the statute of the magistrates with direct consequences upon the
    act of justice.


    The highest representatives of the legal
    system, CSM recalls, had a meeting with the representatives of the executive
    and legislative power whom they briefed upon the impact of the legislative
    amendments over the justice system, which is already being confronted with an
    acute shortage of personnel against the ongoing uncertainty regarding the
    statute of the professionals in the field.


    On the other hand, the CSM says it
    does not stand against the pension reform and is concerned with finding the
    best normative solutions aimed at streamlining this process.


    The country’s new Justice Minister, Alina
    Gorghiu, has reacted to the radical measure the magistrates resorted to, saying
    that she respects their right to free speech. She also said that dialogue is
    the solution to any problem facing the legal system not the protest.


    The principle according to which no
    pension can exceed the salary is a moral one and the Romanian society has been
    waiting for this pension reform to be implemented, Alina Gorghiu says. The
    pension reform, which is only to a small extent based on the contribution made
    during the period of activity, and which the magistrates mainly benefit as well
    as other professional categories, is a landmark in the country’s Plan of Recovery
    and Resilience. Romania’s failure to comply with the provisions of the
    aforementioned plan, would be tantamount to losing 3 billion Euros.


    The PSD – PNL ruling coalition wants
    to gradually increase the retirement age for prosecutors and justices up to 65
    years and the pensions to be calculated based on the incomes along the years
    not in the last year of activity. The reform in the field would also mean higher
    taxes for the pensions above a certain level as well as the elimination of the public
    service pensions for a series of auxiliary categories such as the specialized personnel
    around the judges and prosecutors, the personnel with specific executive
    positions within the diplomatic missions as well as the personnel around the
    public Parliament servants.


    The number of the beneficiaries of
    public service pensions in May this year exceeded 10 thousand, half of them
    being magistrates. And in their case, the average pension exceeds 4,000 Euros, the
    largest part of which being funded from the state budget.


    (bill)

  • Protestili a magistraţlor

    Protestili a magistraţlor


    Magistraţii ditu ma multe instanţe şi parchete ditu România ş’dănăsiră, ñiercuri, activitatea, di itia că iminenta alăxeari ali legislaţie tu ligătură cu pensiile di serviciu pot s’aducă zñie ti independenţa ali justiţie. Tru aesti condiţii, va si s’giudică maş urgenţele, ntră cari cazurile penale cu arestaţi, arăkiri internaţionale di cilimeañi, plasamentu, adopţii, custodie publică, ordinu di protecţie. Consiliul Superior ali Magistratură dimăndă că ia act şi ndrupaşti nicondiţionat minduita spusă di magistraţ, tru noima că aestă catandisi easti di ună gravitate ahoryea şi agudeaşti fundamental independenţa ali justiţie şi statutlu a magistraţlor, cu consecinţe directe tră actulu di justiţie. Nai ma analţă responsabili ditu sistemul judiciar, aduţi aminti CSM, avură ună andamasi cu reprezentanţăllii a putearillei executivă şi legislativă, a curi lă părăstisiră impactul pi cari poati s-lu aibă alăxerli lnegislative pripuse ti sistemlu di justiţie, cari di cabaia kiro easti tru ună xiki di personal, tru contextul di perpetuari a incertitudinillei mutrinda statutlu a profesioniştilor ditu domeniu. Di altă parte, CSM spuni că nu s’ncuntreadză ti reformarea a pensiilor di serviciu şi easti cu mintea ta s’află nai ma uidisiti cearei normative tră s’da hăiri a aluştui proces.


    Năulu ministru ali Justiţie, Alina Gorghiu, avu reacţie la misura radicală loată di magistraţ spunănda că tiñiseaşti ndreptul aluştoru la libiră exprimare, ama nkiseaşti di la premisa că dialoglu easti ceareia ti ndzidzeari iţi problimă a sistemlui judiciar, nu protestul. Prinţipiul sinfunu cu cari niţi ună pensie nu poati s’năstreacă tiñia di cafi mesu easti unlu moral, iara societatea românească aşteaptă aestă reformă a pensiilor di serviciu, lugurseaşti Alina Gorghiu. Reforma-a pensiilor cari au la thimelliu maş tru ună ñică misură contribuţia ditu perioada activă şi di cari s’hărsescu prota ş-prota magistraţlli, ama şi alti categorii profesionale, easti jalon tru cadrul a Planlui Naţional di Redresare şi Rezilienţă. Nibăgarea tu practico a lui duţi la kirearea di cătră România a 3 miliardi di euro. Coaliţia di guvernământu PSD – PNL va ta s’crească preayalea-ayalea ilikia di pensionari tră giudicători şi procurori până la 65 di añi, iara pensia s’hibă calculată pi thimellilu a veniturilor ditu ma mulţă ani, nu maş ditu atelu ditu soni an di activitate.


    Reforma tru domeniu nica nsimneadză impozitarea a pensiilor cari trec di un tadi nivel şi eliminarea pensiilor di serviciu tră ma multi categorii cum easti personalu di specialitate asimilat giudicătorlor şi procurorlor, personalu ncadrat pi ipotisi di execuţie speţifiţi ditu misiunile diplomatiţi şi personalu asimilat cu funcţionarlli publiţ parlamentari. Numirlu beneficiarilor di pensii di serviciu năstriţea, meslu mai a alustui anu, 10.000, giumitate hiindalui ditu arada a magistraţlor. Tru cazlu a lor, pensia medie năstreaţi 20.000 di lei, dimi 4000 di euro, nai ma mari parte hiinda tu fortuma di la buget.


    Autoru: Stefan Stoica


    Armânipsearea: Taşcu Lala



  • Protestele magistraţilor

    Protestele magistraţilor

    Magistraţii
    din mai multe instanţe şi parchete din România şi-au suspendat, miercuri, activitatea,
    pe motiv că iminenta modificare a legislaţiei referitoare la pensiile de
    serviciu ar aduce atingere independenţei justiţiei. În aceste condiţii, se vor
    judeca doar urgenţele, între care cazurile penale cu arestaţi, răpiri internaţionale
    de copii, plasament, adopţii, custodie publică, ordin de protecţie. Consiliul
    Superior al Magistraturii a transmis că ia act şi susţine necondiţionat poziţia
    exprimată de magistraţi, în sensul că această situaţie este de o gravitate
    deosebită şi lezează fundamental independenţa justiţiei şi statutul
    magistraţilor, cu consecinţe directe asupra actului de justiţie. Cei mai înalţi
    responsabili din sistemul judiciar, aminteşte CSM, au avut o întâlnire cu
    reprezentanţii puterii executive şi legislative, cărora le-au prezentat
    impactul pe care l-ar putea avea modificările legislative propuse asupra
    sistemului de justiţie, care deja se confruntă cu o lipsă acută de personal, în
    contextul perpetuării incertitudinii cu privire la statutul profesioniştilor din
    domeniu. Pe de altă parte, CSM spune că nu se opune reformării pensiilor de
    serviciu şi e preocupat de găsirea celor
    mai adecvate soluţii normative pentru a da eficienţă acestui proces.

    Noul
    ministru al Justiţiei, Alina Gorghiu, a reacţionat la măsura radicală luată de
    magistraţi afirmând că respectă dreptul acestora la liberă exprimare, dar
    porneşte de la premisa că dialogul este soluţia rezolvării oricărei probleme a
    sistemului judiciar, nu protestul. Principiul conform căruia nicio pensie nu
    poate să depăşească salariul este unul moral, iar societatea românească
    aşteaptă această reformă a pensiilor de serviciu, consideră Alina Gorghiu. Reforma
    pensiilor care se bazează doar într-o mică măsură pe contribuţia din perioada
    activă şi de care beneficiază în principal magistraţii, dar şi alte categorii
    profesionale, este jalon în cadrul Planului Naţional de Redresare şi Rezilienţă.
    Neîndeplinirea lui ar atrage pierderea de către România a 3 miliarde de euro. Coaliţia
    de guvernământ PSD – PNL vrea să crească treptat vârsta de pensionare pentru
    judecători şi procurori până la 65 de ani, iar pensia să fie calculată pe baza
    veniturilor din mai mulţi ani, nu doar din ultimul an de activitate.

    Reforma în
    domeniu ar mai presupune impozitarea pensiilor care trec de un anumit nivel şi
    eliminarea pensiilor de serviciu pentru o serie de categorii cum ar fi
    personalul de specialitate asimilat judecătorilor şi procurorilor, personalul
    încadrat pe funcţii de execuţie specifice din misiunile diplomatice şi
    personalul asimilat funcţionarilor publici parlamentari. Numărul beneficiarilor
    de pensii de serviciu depăşea, în luna mai a acestui an, 10.000, jumătate
    provenind din rândul magistraţilor. În cazul lor, pensia medie depăşeşte 20.000
    de lei, adică 4000 de euro, cea mai mare parte fiind suportată de la buget