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September 25, 2022 UPDATE

GRAIN 211 ships carrying 4.7 million tons of agricultural products have
so far left Ukraine under an agreement brokered by the United Nations and
Turkey to unblock Ukrainian sea ports, the ministry of infrastructure in
Ukraine has announced. The agreement signed on July 22nd in Istanbul
provides for setting up safe corridors for the transport of Ukrainian grain.
Ukraine’s grain exports slumped after the Russian invasion in late February and
the blockade on the country’s Black Sea ports, driving up global food prices
and prompting fears of shortages in Africa and the Middle East. Ukraine, a
major grain producer and exporter, used to have monthly grain shipments up to 6
million tons before the war. After the Russian invasion, Ukraine had to shift
to the road and river transport infrastructures to ship its grain to Eastern
Europe, but the quantities exported have been significantly lower due to some
logistic shortcomings.

MEDALS Romanian rowers walked away with four gold medals from the World
Championships in Racice, the Czech Republic. The winners are the lightweight
single women’s scull, the men’s double scull, the women’s double scull and the
women’s eight. The Romanian delegation participated with 11 boats and managed
to qualify in nine finals. In the medals’ standings Britain ranks first
followed by Italy and Romania. At the previous edition of the aforementioned
competition in Ottensheim, Austria, the Romanian men’s four and women’s double
sculls obtained two silver medals.

VISIT Over September 26-28, Romania’s Prime Minister, Nicolae
Ciuca is paying a visit to Tokyo to participate in the state funeral staged in
the honor of the country’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. According to a
government communiqué, the former Japanese Prime Minister made a significant
contribution to lifting the bilateral relations between the two countries to
the degree of a strategic partnership during the visit he paid to Bucharest in
2018, being the first Japanese Prime Minister to have visited Romania. Japan
is one of Romania’s main partners in Asia both at political and economic level
and there are all the prerequisites to transform this bilateral relation spanning
more than one century into a privileged relation at the level of strategic
partnership, Prime Minister Ciuca has said. On the sidelines of his visit to
Tokyo, the Romanian official will be received by his Japanese counterpart Fumio
Kishida and will be having talks with the delegation of the Japan-Romania
Parliamentary Friendship League chaired by Ichiro Aisawa and with Hosoda
Hiroyuki, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan.

REFUGEES Roughly 10,400 Ukrainian nationals entered Romania on Saturday,
6.3% more than in the previous day, the Romanian border police have announced.
Since February 10th, over 2.4 million Ukrainians have entered
Romania most of them transiting it. In the past 24 hours, the Romanian
authorities have issued 77 residence permits for the Ukrainian citizens. According to the
Interior Ministry in Bucharest, 70 thousand such permits have been issued since
March 18th. Since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, roughly
44 hundred Ukrainians have applied for asylum in Romania.

IT Romania has this week become European champion in the
2022 Junior Informatics Olympiad. According to the Society for Excellence and
Performance in Computing, students from Romania won two gold, four silver and
one bronze medal at the aforementioned competition staged online by Ukraine,
which brought together 170 competitors from 132 countries. The winners are
students from the cities of Bucharest and Ploiesti in southern Romania and
according to the teachers training them Romania is the only country that has
managed to win gold in every edition of the aforementioned competition.

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25 September 2022
Sports Roundup

Playing on their own turf, the Romanian national women’s volleyball side
secured a 3-1 win against Croatia in a group A game for the preliminaries of
the European Championship of 2023. Croatia had won the first game with the same
score. Romania ranks first in the group’s standings with 9 points followed by
Croatia also with 9, Israel with 3 and the Faroe Islands with zero points. The
first two sides are qualified for the final tournament next year. Romania’s
next game is a home one against the Faroes on September 7th while
four days later they will be taking on Israel in an away game.

Romania’s male water polo side lost to Montenegro 13-8 in the play-offs
of the European Championships underway in Split, Croatia. Romania will be
playing Israel in the semifinals in order to occupy one place between the 9th
and 12th teams in the ranking. Our women’s side also lost to Hungary
22-0 and will be up against Slovakia for one of the 9th and 12th
positions.

Romania’s swimmers have triumphantly ended the World Junior Championships
in Lima with another gold medal. In the finals of the 50 meter freestyle race,
Bianca Costea came first in 25 seconds and 35 hundredths. The other medalists
were David Popovici, Vlad Stancu, Patrick Sebastian Dinu, Stefan Cozma and
Alexandru Constantinescu.

Romania also boasts 9 medals, five gold and four silver at the European
Rowing Under 23 Championships held in Hazewinkel, Belgium. The medalists were
the men’s coxed four and the women’s four, the women’s quadruple sculls, the women’s
and men’s eights. The women’s coxed four became silver medalist in the aforementioned
competition and so did the men’s pair, the men’s four and the women’s double
scull.

Now let’s have a look at the results of the 9th leg of Romania’s
first football league. CS Mioveni has obtained a one-nil win against Sepsi Sf.
Gheorghe, Universitatea Cluj ended in a one-all draw their game against FCU Craiova,
and so did the game pitching UTA Arad against Chindia Targoviste. FC Voluntari
versus Rapid Bucharest ended nil-one while Petrolul Ploiești outperformed FC
Botoșani 2-1.

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5 September 2022
Sports Roundup

Playing on their own turf, the Romanian national women’s volleyball side
secured a 3-1 win against Croatia in a group A game for the preliminaries of
the European Championship of 2023. Croatia had won the first game with the same
score. Romania ranks first in the group’s standings with 9 points followed by
Croatia also with 9, Israel with 3 and the Faroe Islands with zero points. The
first two sides are qualified for the final tournament next year. Romania’s
next game is a home one against the Faroes on September 7th while
four days later they will be taking on Israel in an away game.

Romania’s male water polo side lost to Montenegro 13-8 in the play-offs
of the European Championships underway in Split, Croatia. Romania will be
playing Israel in the semifinals in order to occupy one place between the 9th
and 12th teams in the ranking. Our women’s side also lost to Hungary
22-0 and will be up against Slovakia for one of the 9th and 12th
positions.

Romania’s swimmers have triumphantly ended the World Junior Championships
in Lima with another gold medal. In the finals of the 50 meter freestyle race,
Bianca Costea came first in 25 seconds and 35 hundredths. The other medalists
were David Popovici, Vlad Stancu, Patrick Sebastian Dinu, Stefan Cozma and
Alexandru Constantinescu.

Romania also boasts 9 medals, five gold and four silver at the European
Rowing Under 23 Championships held in Hazewinkel, Belgium. The medalists were
the men’s coxed four and the women’s four, the women’s quadruple sculls, the women’s
and men’s eights. The women’s coxed four became silver medalist in the aforementioned
competition and so did the men’s pair, the men’s four and the women’s double
scull.

Now let’s have a look at the results of the 9th leg of Romania’s
first football league. CS Mioveni has obtained a one-nil win against Sepsi Sf.
Gheorghe, Universitatea Cluj ended in a one-all draw their game against FCU Craiova,
and so did the game pitching UTA Arad against Chindia Targoviste. FC Voluntari
versus Rapid Bucharest ended nil-one while Petrolul Ploiești outperformed FC
Botoșani 2-1.

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5 September 2022
Athlete of the week

The ICF 2022 Canoe Sprint World Championships were
held in Halifax, Canada, last week. The
competition lived up to everyone’s expectations in every respect; nautical
sports lovers had the chance the watch, live or via video transmissions, the
best of the best in terms of rowing. In Canada, a 6-strong Romanian delegation proved
its mettle in the competition, with three athletes competing in the kayak and three
others in the canoe races. The gender balance also worked, as two women and one
man competed in the kayak races, while two men and one woman took the start in
the canoe events. The differences lay in the clubs rowers are signed up by: three
of them compete for CSA Steaua, two for CS Dinamo, while one woman rower is
signed up by Olimpia Bucharest. The Romanian Kayak-Canoe Federation’s set
target was the earning of a position among places 4 to 6, and another position,
among places 6 to 9, so the eventual aim was the qualification to two separate
finals. The set target was met from the very first days of competition, when Catalin
Chirila advanced to the 500 and 1000m men’s canoe final. Chirila succeeded a
straight qualification, each time winning the heat he competed in. In the final, Catalin Chirila
provided a stunning surprise: he became world champion in the
1000m Olympic race and won silver in the 500m race. Reason enough for Radio
Romania International to designate Catalin Chirila the Athlete of the week.

Cătălin Chirilă was
born in Tulcea, on 11 May 11, 1998. He is signed up by the Steaua Bucharest
Army Sports Club. His coaches are Petre Kondrat, who works for the army club
and Florin Popescu, of the national team. Catalin Chirila’s first international
performance occurred in the men’s canoe double, when, jointly with veteran
rower Victor Mihalachi, Chirila won gold in 2019, in the European Games in Minsk, Belarus, in the 1000m race. Then in 2021, in the European Championships in Poland’s
Poznan, Chirila won bronze in the 1000m race. In the Tokyo Olympics’, the Chirila/Mihalachi
pair came in 5th. As of 2022, Catalin Chirila competes in men’s
singles events. At the World Cup stages in Racice and Poznan, Catalin Chirila’s
results were promising. The Romanian confirmed his excellent performance so far in his most recent notable run in
Halifax.(EN)

9 August 2022
Athlete of the week

The ICF 2022 Canoe Sprint World Championships were
held in Halifax, Canada, last week. The
competition lived up to everyone’s expectations in every respect; nautical
sports lovers had the chance the watch, live or via video transmissions, the
best of the best in terms of rowing. In Canada, a 6-strong Romanian delegation proved
its mettle in the competition, with three athletes competing in the kayak and three
others in the canoe races. The gender balance also worked, as two women and one
man competed in the kayak races, while two men and one woman took the start in
the canoe events. The differences lay in the clubs rowers are signed up by: three
of them compete for CSA Steaua, two for CS Dinamo, while one woman rower is
signed up by Olimpia Bucharest. The Romanian Kayak-Canoe Federation’s set
target was the earning of a position among places 4 to 6, and another position,
among places 6 to 9, so the eventual aim was the qualification to two separate
finals. The set target was met from the very first days of competition, when Catalin
Chirila advanced to the 500 and 1000m men’s canoe final. Chirila succeeded a
straight qualification, each time winning the heat he competed in. In the final, Catalin Chirila
provided a stunning surprise: he became world champion in the
1000m Olympic race and won silver in the 500m race. Reason enough for Radio
Romania International to designate Catalin Chirila the Athlete of the week.

Cătălin Chirilă was
born in Tulcea, on 11 May 11, 1998. He is signed up by the Steaua Bucharest
Army Sports Club. His coaches are Petre Kondrat, who works for the army club
and Florin Popescu, of the national team. Catalin Chirila’s first international
performance occurred in the men’s canoe double, when, jointly with veteran
rower Victor Mihalachi, Chirila won gold in 2019, in the European Games in Minsk, Belarus, in the 1000m race. Then in 2021, in the European Championships in Poland’s
Poznan, Chirila won bronze in the 1000m race. In the Tokyo Olympics’, the Chirila/Mihalachi
pair came in 5th. As of 2022, Catalin Chirila competes in men’s
singles events. At the World Cup stages in Racice and Poznan, Catalin Chirila’s
results were promising. The Romanian confirmed his excellent performance so far in his most recent notable run in
Halifax.(EN)

9 August 2022
Athletes of the Year 2021

The Tokyo Olympics were the most
important sports event of the year 2021. Although held one year later than
scheduled, the competitions were by no means less spectacular. New records were
set, new champions emerged, while some of the old ones reconfirmed their worth.

In Tokyo, Romania’s delegation went
up on the Olympic podium 4 times, with rowing occasioning 3 of these instances.
The most valuable medals were won by the women’s double sculls team made up of Simona
Radiș and Ancuța Bodnar, winners of the Olympic gold. Silver medals went to Mihăiţă
Ţigănescu, Mugurel Semciuc, Ştefan Berariu and Cosmin Pascari in the men’s coxless
four event, and to Ciprian Tudosă and Marius Cozmiuc for the coxless pair event.

The only individual medal was won in
fencing, where veteran Ana-Maria Popescu won the silver in the epee final.

Thanks to these performances, Radio
Romania International designates Olympic champions Ancuţa Bodnar and Simona
Radiş as Athletes of the Year 2021.

In the double sculls final, Bodnar and
Radiş won by a comfortable margin, after having led the race from beginning to
the end. Second came the rowers of New Zealand and the Netherlands. The Romanian
team finished in 6:41:03, a new Olympic record over 3 seconds better than the
previous one, set in London in 2012 by Britain’s team.

Ancuţa Bodnar was born on 25th September 1998, in
the village of Vatra Moldoviţei in Suceava County (north). She races for the
Bucharest club Dinamo. Simona Radiş is a few months younger: born on 5th
April 1999, in Botoşani (also in the north), and a member of the rival club,
Steaua Bucharest.

The 2 athletes have been part of the same double sculls team
since 2019. Their first major performance was recorded in the same year, in
early June-the silver medal in the European Championships in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Later that year, in September, in Linz, they won the silver in the World
Championships.

The next major competition was the 2020 European Championship in
Poznan, Poland, followed by the 2021 European Championship in Varese, Italy, in
which Ancuţa Bodnar and Simona Radiş won the gold. (tr. A.M. Popescu)

29 December 2021
Sports Roundup

We begin with the latest from rowing. As part of the European
rowing championships held in Poland’s Poznan, the Romanian double sculls crew
made of Cătălin Chirilă and Victor Mihalachi this past Sunday won the bronze
medals in the 1000m race. The German and Russian boats were the only ones to
have succeeded to overtake Chirila and Mihalachi. The two Romanian rowers have
also booked their tickets for the Tokyo Olympics.

In news from women’ s boxing, the Romanian Maria
Claudia Nechita this past Sunday secured her ticket for the Tokyo Olympics, in
the 57-kilogram category. Nechita reached as far as the semifinals of the
pre-Olympic tournament in Paris this past Sunday. In the quarter-finals, Maria Claudia nechita defeated
Turkey’s Aycan Guldagi,
5-nil. Only one Romanian boxer has
qualified for the Tokyo Olympics apart from Nechita. His name is Cosmin
Garleanu and he fights in the 52-kilgram category.

The World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics held in Cairo saw
Romanian gymnast Larisa Iordache walking away with gold in the beam event. Larisa
had 13.366 points. Following the Romanian were Ukraine’s Dyana Varinska and
Zeyna Ibrahim of Egypt. On Saturday Larisa Iordache won silver in the uneven
parallel bars event.

In news from football, this past Sunday the national
team of England secured a 1-nil win in the friendly match they played against
Romania. England’s Marcus Rashford scored from the spot on 68 minutes. A second
penalty kick was granted to the host team in minute 78, but the Romanian goalie
deflected the ball shot by Jordan Henderson. England had upper hand for the
most part of the game and wasted a couple of other scoring opportunities. The
Romanian line-up put on a lack-luster performance on the pitch and we’ve sadly
got used to that as of late. Unfortunately, it was the fourth defeat in a row
for the Romanian national team. We recall that before this past Sunday’s
confrontation, England had never before defeated Romania on home turf.

7 June 2021
Sports Roundup

We begin with the latest from rowing. As part of the European
rowing championships held in Poland’s Poznan, the Romanian double sculls crew
made of Cătălin Chirilă and Victor Mihalachi this past Sunday won the bronze
medals in the 1000m race. The German and Russian boats were the only ones to
have succeeded to overtake Chirila and Mihalachi. The two Romanian rowers have
also booked their tickets for the Tokyo Olympics.

In news from women’ s boxing, the Romanian Maria
Claudia Nechita this past Sunday secured her ticket for the Tokyo Olympics, in
the 57-kilogram category. Nechita reached as far as the semifinals of the
pre-Olympic tournament in Paris this past Sunday. In the quarter-finals, Maria Claudia nechita defeated
Turkey’s Aycan Guldagi,
5-nil. Only one Romanian boxer has
qualified for the Tokyo Olympics apart from Nechita. His name is Cosmin
Garleanu and he fights in the 52-kilgram category.

The World Cup in Artistic Gymnastics held in Cairo saw
Romanian gymnast Larisa Iordache walking away with gold in the beam event. Larisa
had 13.366 points. Following the Romanian were Ukraine’s Dyana Varinska and
Zeyna Ibrahim of Egypt. On Saturday Larisa Iordache won silver in the uneven
parallel bars event.

In news from football, this past Sunday the national
team of England secured a 1-nil win in the friendly match they played against
Romania. England’s Marcus Rashford scored from the spot on 68 minutes. A second
penalty kick was granted to the host team in minute 78, but the Romanian goalie
deflected the ball shot by Jordan Henderson. England had upper hand for the
most part of the game and wasted a couple of other scoring opportunities. The
Romanian line-up put on a lack-luster performance on the pitch and we’ve sadly
got used to that as of late. Unfortunately, it was the fourth defeat in a row
for the Romanian national team. We recall that before this past Sunday’s
confrontation, England had never before defeated Romania on home turf.

7 June 2021
20.09.2017 (mise à jour)

Météo – Deux personnes sont décédées mercredi frappées par la foudre, dans l’est de la Roumanie, où environ 1600 consommateurs sont restés sans électricité suite à une forte tempête. En même temps, la plupart du pays est concerné par des alertes jaune et orange à l’instabilité atmosphérique accentuée, au vent fort et aux précipitations abondantes. Dans ces régions, plus de 4000 pompiers et un millier de moyens techniques ont été mobilisés pour intervenir si nécessaire, alors que les écoles ont fermé mercredi plus tôt que prévu. A Bucarest aussi, on a conseillé aux gens de rester à l’abri après l’entrée en vigueur de l’alerte à la tempête. Les autorités craignent qu’un épisode similaire à celui de dimanche n’arrive, lorsque 8 personnes ont perdu la vie et 140 autres ont été blessées pendant une tempête qui a fait rage dans 15 départements de l’ouest, du centre et du nord du pays. Dans les 24 prochaines heures les températures baisseront presque partout en Roumanie. Le ciel sera couvert et on attend de la pluie à verse dans l’ouest, le nord, le centre et l’est, ainsi que sur les montagnes. A plus de 1800 de mètres d’altitude les précipitations pourraient se transformer en giboulée et neige. Temporairement, les rafales pourraient atteindre les 55 km/h voire les 65 km/h. Les températures maximales iront de 12 à 27 degrés.

ONU – En marge de la réunion de l’Assemblée générale des NU, le président de la Roumanie, Klaus
Iohannis, s’est entretenu mercredi à New York avec le président de la
République de Moldova, Pavel Filip. L’occasion pour le chef de l’Etat roumain
d’affirmer que Bucarest devait soutenir de manière institutionnelle Chisinau,
par le biais des programmes d’aides d’Etat. Par ailleurs, lors de la
présentation d’un rapport sur l’égalité des chances entre hommes et femmes,
Klaus Iohannis a déclaré qu’à l’horizon 2020, 70% des institutions de Roumanie
auraient des experts de l’égalité des sexes. Jusqu’ici, 1100 employés de l’administration
publique locale et centrale ont été formés en tant que spécialistes du domaine. Mardi,
Klaus Iohannis, qui participe à l’Assemblée générale des NU, a assuré le
président de l’organisation, Miroslav Lajcak, que la Roumanie soutenait les
efforts de réforme de celle-ci. Le président a eu également des rencontres
bilatérales avec ses homologues d’Estonie, d’Egypte et de Serbie, avec le
président du Conseil Européen et avec le secrétaire général de l’OTAN et les
leaders des principales organisations juives des Etats – Unis.

Sécurité – Toujours aux Etats Unis, à Washington, que le ministre roumain de la Défense, Mihai Fifor, a eu une rencontre officielle avec le secrétaire américain de la Défense James Mattis. L’occasion pour le ministre roumain de réitérer devant son homologue l’engagement ferme de la Roumanie de contribuer de manière substantielle à la sécurité de l’OTAN. L’Administration américaine apprécie le fait que la Roumanie a alloué 2% de son PIB à la Défense, a réitéré James Mattis. Le Etats-Unis examineront également la possibilité de contribuer avec du personnel militaire dans le cadre des commandements de l’OTAN sur le territoire de la Roumanie, a-t-il encore précisé. Antérieurement, le ministre roumain de la Défense s’était entretenu à la Maison Blanche, avec l’adjoint au conseiller présidentiel pour la sécurité nationale, Ricky Waddell. Ce dernier a affirmé que l’agenda de coopération Bucarest – Washington était particulièrement positif pour les prochaines années.

Tennis – Le duo formé de la Roumaine Sorana Cârstea et de la Lettone Jelena Ostapenko s’est qualifié mercredi dans les quarts de finale de l’épreuve de double du tournoi de tennis de WTA de Séoul. Leurs prochaines adversaires seront Katy Dunne de Grande Bretagne et Priscilla Hon d’Australie. Une autre Roumaine est présente dans les quarts de finale de l’épreuve de double – Irina Begu – qui jouera aux côtés de la Tchèque Kristyna Pliskova, contre le duo thaïlandais Luksika Kumkhum/ Peangtarn Plipuech.

20 September 2017
Nachrichten 01.06.2015

BUKAREST: Ab Montag gilt in Rumänien die gesenkte Mehrwertsteuer von 9% auf Lebensmittel und Dienstleistungen in der Lebensmittelversorgung. Bislang war der allgemeine Steuersatz von 24% angewandt worden, lediglich bei Brot- und Backwaren hatte ein Satz von 9% gegolten. Arbeitgeber und Gewerkschaften der Lebensmittelbranche begrü‎ßten die Ma‎ßnahme. Die gesenkte Mehrwertsteuer auf Lebensmittel werde auch eine Abnahme der Steuerhinterziehung mit sich bringen, versprechen die Behörden. Au‎ßerdem erhofft man sich Vorteile für Landwirte und eine Neu-Ankurbelung des Verkaufs und Konsums. Allerdings könnten sich mögliche Absprachen zwischen den Händlern negativ auf die geschätzten Preissenkungen auswirken, warnte Zentralbank-Chef Mugur Isărescu.

BUKAREST: Der 1. Juni ist in Rumänien knapp vier Millionen Kindern gewidmet. Anlässlich des Welt-Kindertags warten die Grünanlagen und Museen mit zahlreichen Überraschungen auf sie. Mehrere staatliche Institutionen in Bukarest haben am Montag zudem einen Tag der offenen Türen für Kinder veranstaltet, darunter das Innenministerium, das Rathaus und die Abgeordnetenkammer. Auch in anderen Städten des Landes waren am Montag Konzerte, Sportveranstaltungen und Aktivitäten in den Parks geplant. Ab heute steht den Kindern in Rumänien ferner das verdoppelte Kindergeld in Höhe von umgerechnet knapp 20 Euro zu. Präsident Klaus Iohannis unterzeichnete das zuvor im Parlament verabschiedete Gesetz.

BUKAREST: Prinz Charles hat am Sonntagabend sein Anwesen in der siebenbürgischen Gemeinde Valea Zălanului erreicht. Der britische Thronfolger reist im Frühsommer immer wieder für einige Tage nach Rumänien, wo er inzwischen vier Grundstücke besitzt. Prinz Charles hat eine Vorliebe für die mittelalterliche sächsische Architektur in Rumänien — Burgen, Kirchenburgen und Häuser, die im Mittelalter von deutschen Kolonisten in Siebenbürgen errichtet wurden. Am Sonntagnachmittag hatte Präsident Klaus Iohannis den hohen Gast in seinem Palast in Bukarest empfangen. Bei den Gesprächen ging es um die Bedeutung der Erhaltung und Förderung von Traditionen und dem kulturellen und natürlichen Erbe, sowie den Schutz der Umwelt und Biodiversität, hei‎ßt es in einer Mitteilung aus dem Präsidialamt. Prinz Charles lud im Gegenzug Staatschef Iohannis zu einem offiziellen Besuch in das Vereinigte Königreich ein. Der Präsident nahm die Einladung an.

BUKAREST: Am Sonntag hat die 3. Auflage des von Radio Rumänien organisierten Internationalen Hörspiel-Festivals Grand Prix Nova begonnen. Das einwöchige Festival findet unter der Schirmherrschaft Ihrer Königlichen Hoheit, der Kronprinzessin Margareta von Rumänien, statt. Insgesamt gehen in diesem Jahr 50 Hörspiele aus 28 Ländern an den Start. Den Vorsitz der Jury hat der Schweizer Regisseur und Produzent Reto Ott inne, der Mitglied der Hörspiel-Gruppe der European Broadcasting Union ist.

SPORT: Fu‎ßball-Erstligist Steaua Bukarest hat am Sonntag das Double aus Meisterschaft und Pokal unter Dach und Fach gebracht. Im Pokal-Endspiel in der Bukarester Nationalarena bezwang der rumänische Meister die Universitatea aus Klausenburg mit 3:0. Damit holt sich der Traditionsverein aus der Hauptstadt Rumäniens zum 22. Mal den rumänischen Pokal. Vor dem Endspiel galt Steaua als haushoher Favorit, nachdem sich der frühere Militärsklub in den vergangenen Wochen mit der 26. Meisterschaft und dem Gewinn des Liga-Pokals zwei weitere Trophäen gesichert hatte. Die erste rumänische Fu‎ßball-Liga wird ab kommender Saison mit nur 14 Mannschaften und im Playoff und Playout-System ausgetragen. Das sei laut Meinungen der Experten vom Fu‎ßball-Verband die einzige Lösung für eine Verbesserung des unterdurchschnittlichen Spielniveaus in der Meisterschaft.

1 June 2015
08.02.2015

Négociations — Les négociations entre la délégation du FMI et les responsables de Bucarest reprendrons lundi, quand le premier ministre Victor Ponta et son ministre des Finances, Darius Vâlcov, s’entretiendront avec les représentants de l’institution financière internationale. Parmi les sujets qui seront abordés figurent la restructuration, éventuellement par privatisation, des compagnies du secteur de l’énergie et le calendrier de la libéralisation des tarifs des gaz naturels. En mission d’évaluation jusqu’au 10 février, les représentants du FMI, de la Commission européenne et de la Banque mondiale ont discuté avec les autorités roumaines les dernières évolutions et les priorités des réformes économiques. L’accord préventif actuellement en vigueur, le troisième conclu avec le FMI depuis le début de la crise économique en 2009, s’achèvera cet automne et se chiffre à près de 2 milliards d’euros ; son but est de protéger l’économie roumaine des éventuels chocs se manifestant sur les marchés financiers.

Décision — Le plénum de la Chambre des députés du Parlement de Bucarest se prononcera lundi sur les demandes d’approbation de la poursuite pénale et du placement en détention provisoire de la députée Elena Udrea, ancienne ministre du développement régional et du tourisme. Les demandes ont été déposées par les procureurs anti-corruption qui accusent Mme Udrea de trafic d’influence et de prise de pots-de-vin dans deux affaires en déroulement. Elena Udrea a clamé, à plusieurs reprises, son innocence, se disant victimes des malversations du directeur par intérim du SRI, le général Florian Coldea.

Politique — En Roumanie, le député Eugen Tomac est le nouveau président du parti du Mouvement populaire, de centre-droit, dans l’opposition. Il a était élu à cette fonction, ce dimanche, par le congrès du parti, auquel a aussi participé le mentor du Mouvement populaire et ancien chef de l’Etat, Traian Basescu. La députée et ancienne ministre Elena Udrea a renoncé, fin janvier, à son mandat à la tête du parti à cause de ses démêlées avec la justice.

Banques — Des milliers de Roumains titulaires de crédits en francs suisses ont de nouveau manifesté, ce dimanche à Bucarest et dans d’autres grandes villes roumaines, leur mécontentement à l’égard de l’appréciation de la monnaie helvétique par rapport au leu. Ils demandent l’adoption d’un acte normatif qui permette la conversion des crédits au taux de change de l’année dernière. Pour la Banque nationale et les banques commerciales, une telle mesure serait non-constitutionnelle et pourrait les pousser à la faillite. Les institutions bancaires plaident pour l’adoption de solutions individuelles. Plus de 75.000 Roumains ont contracté des crédits en francs suisses.

Coopération — Le destroyer américain USS Cole fera une escale dans le port de Constanţa (sud-est de la Roumanie), du 9 au 12 février. Cette visite s’inscrit dans le Partenariat stratégique roumano-américain, dans un esprit de renforcement de la bonne coopération et du niveau de confiance et de sécurité en Mer Noire, a fait savoir l’État-major des Forces navales roumaines. Des entraînements communs avec les marins militaires roumains et des visites d’objectifs de la Marine roumaine sont au programme de cette visite. Des exercices en mer communs sont également prévus.

Tennis — Dans la Coupe de la Fédération au tennis féminin, la Roumanie s’est qualifié pour le barrage du Groupe mondial, grâce à la victoire sur l’Espagne, au score général de 3 à 2, dans le premier tour du 2e Groupe mondial. Le résultat a été décidé par le match de double, remporté par les Roumaines.

Carnaval — A Venise, débute aujourd’hui le célèbre carnaval de la ville, dont la première édition remonte au 13e siècle. Pendant dix jours, la Place Saint Marc accueillera spectacles, concerts et autres manifestations. La Roumanie, qui participe à cet événement depuis 2008, propose à l’édition actuelle exposition de costumes traditionnels et de masques de Transylvanie, ainsi qu’un concert dédié à George Enescu.

8 February 2015