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  • September 21, 2020

    September 21, 2020

    BELARUS – The Presidents
    of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda and Poland, Andrzej Duda
    have voiced their joint readiness to support the people of Belarus in building
    a democratic path for their country. The Presidents have called on the
    international community to join the EU and Member States in a joint effort to
    build a positive agenda for Belarus, in addition to a support package aimed at
    ensuring political, economic and social transition. The three heads of state
    are willing to provide Belarus with their countries’ expertise and know-how to
    help implement political and economic reforms, to build independent
    institutions and to help build a society based on the observance of human
    rights and freedom of speech. The joint statement follows an increase in the
    number of allegations over violations of human rights and election fraud in
    Belarus. In power for 26 years, President Alexander Lukashenko is often labeled
    as Europe’s last dictator.




    MEETING – Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu is today attending the
    meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Bucharest. On the sidelines of the meeting,
    Aurescu is also taking part in a working breakfast hosted by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya,
    the leader of the Belarusian opposition. During the meeting, the EU Foreign
    Ministers and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, will
    be reviewing the developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, Lebanon and
    Venezuela, as well as EU-China and EU-Russia relations. High on the agenda is
    also a strategic debate on the EU’s prospective partnerships with states in the
    southern vicinity. The Romanian Foreign Minister will also meet with Miroslav
    Lajcak, the EU special representative for Serbia-Kosovo dialogue.




    COVID-19 – 808 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours in
    Romania, the Group for Strategic Communication announced today. 23 people have
    died, taking the death toll to 4,458. So far over 113,500 cases of COVID-19
    have been reported in Romania. 90,600 patients have recovered. 464 patients are
    in intensive care. The authorities have again called on the population to
    observe health safety measures to prevent the pandemic from spreading. Health
    Minister Nelu
    Tătaru has underlined the importance of vaccination against seasonal flu in
    order to prevent a second pandemic. The Romanian official says the first
    vaccine shots have already arrived and they will be administered to people in
    at-risk categories, including teachers.




    SCHOOLS – The Government is today deciding on the number of days
    schools that are to host polling stations next Sunday will remain closed.
    Ensuring the sanitation of classes will take at least one day, during which
    time pupils will follow classes online. In Bucharest, local authorities decided
    to suspend classes two days before the election as well. In other news, classes
    in over 300 schools are being held exclusively online, and over 4,400 schooling
    units are following the hybrid scenario, whereby half of pupils study from home
    and the other half in school. In some 13,000 schools all pupils are observing
    daily physical class attendance. Candidates in the local election are vying for
    one of the 41 positions of presidents of county councils, 3.200 mayor seats,
    1.300 county councilmen and 40.000 local councilmen positions. Originally
    slated for June, the local election was postponed due to the coronavirus
    pandemic, while the mandates of local officials were extended by another six
    months.




    MARKET – Romania’s
    capital market is as of today rated as an emerging market, after the stocks
    of the top companies listed at the Bucharest Stock Exchange had been monitored
    for three years. The first two companies to be granted an emerging-market index
    will be Transylvania Bank and Nuclearelectrica. The two companies will have to meet
    liquidity criteria over the next three months.




    HANDBALL
    – The Romanian women’s handball club CSM Bucharest on Sunday defeated Team
    Esbjerg of Denmark 30-29 away from home in Champions League Group A. Also in
    Group A, Metz Handball of France defeated SG BBM Bietigheim 36-27. The group leader with 4
    points, CSM will next play Rostov-Don of Russia on September 27 at home. On
    Saturday, the other Romanian team playing in Champions League, SCM Râmnicu
    Vâlcea lost to Odense Handbold of Denmark, 30-21 in Group B. Râmnicu Vâlcea
    will next play CSKA Moscow on September 26.





    TENNIS – Tennis player Simona Halep, world no. 2, is today playing
    in the final of the WTA tournament in Rome, totaling over $2.2 million in prize
    money. On Sunday, in the semi-finals, she defeated Garbine Muguruza of Spain,
    6-3, 4-6, 6-4. In the final, Halep will take on Karolina Pliskova of the Czech
    Republic (4 WTA), who in the semis ousted another Czech player, Marketa
    Vondrousova (19 WTA). Aged 28, Halep will play her third final in Rome. In 2017
    and 2018 she lost the final to Elina Svitolina of Ukraine.


    (Translated by V. Palcu)



  • February 9, 2020

    February 9, 2020

    GOVERNMENT – Prime Minister designate Ludovic Orban announced he would submit, on Monday, in Parliament the list of ministers and an updated governing program with a view to starting procedures for swearing in the new government. The announcement came after President Klaus Iohannis designated the Liberal leader to from a new cabinet. The decision was made after the first Orban government was dismissed on Wednesday through a no confidence motion initiated by the main opposition party, the Social Democratic Party, following the government’s decision to take responsibility for a bill on returning to the two-round voting system for local elections, only a few months ahead of the elections. The Romanian president also reiterated his opinion that holding early elections was the best option for Romania at the moment. Interim Social-Democrat leader Marcel Ciolacu announced his party is considering the possibility of notifying the Constitutional Court on Orban’s appointment, who was just ousted as Prime Minister. To call early elections Parliament must reject two consecutive proposals of Prime Minister designate.

    MERGER – The leadership of Save Romania Union, the 3rd largest party in the Romanian Parliament and of PLUS, led by the former Prime Minister and European Commissioner Dacian Ciolos, met on Saturday in separate meetings to decide on a merger. The two parties will next agree on the conditions. Following internal elections called at the initiative of the Union president Dan Barna, 91% of the Union members voted for their party to be positioned on the center-right side of the political spectrum. Elected on common lists, Save Romania Union and PLUS MEPs are affiliated to the Renew Europe centrist group in the European Parliament.

    TOURISTS – Over 12.8 million foreign tourists crossed Romania’s borders in 2019, up by 9% compared to 2018, the National Statistics Institute reports. Nearly half of them originated from EU Member States, 90% of whom were from continental Europe. The largest share of foreign tourists was represented by tourists from neighboring Moldova. Compared to 2018, Romania reported a growing number of arrivals from Africa, America and Australia. Road transport was the most frequent choice by foreign tourists to reach Romania, although rail and naval transport have also gone up by 10% compared to the previous year.

    FLU VIRUS – Sunday was the fourth day since a flu epidemic was called in Romania, experts saying the number of sick will increase over the coming weeks, as many people haven’t taken the anti-flu shot. The death toll for this flu season has reached 23. Physicians recommend people to avoid overcrowded places, observe hygiene rules and carry out triage in collectivities, especially schooling units.

    HANDBALL – Romanian vice-champions CSM Bucharest on Saturday defeated Vipers Kristiansand of Norway 25-23 away from home in Champions League’s Group 1. CSM ranks 4th in the group tables, behind Metz of France, Team Esbjerg of Denmark and Rostov Don of Russia. The position allows CSM to qualify to the Champions League quarterfinals. Romanian champions SCM Ramnicu Valcea also on Saturday lost 20-29 to Gyori Audi ETO KC of Hungary. Gyori is top of the group tables, followed by Brest Bretagne Handball of France and Buducnost Podgorica of Montenegro.

    FED CUP – Romania lost 2-3 to Russia at home in the Fed Cup and missed the chance to qualify to the final tournament in April. On Saturday, in the decisive doubles match, Jaqueline Cristian and Gabriela Ruse lost to Ana Blinkova and Ana Kalinskaya in straight sets, 3-6, 2-6. Simona Halep, Irina Begu and Monica Niculescu did not represent Romania, preferring to focus on WTA tournaments in order to secure qualification to the Olympic Games in Tokyo this year. Florin Segarceanu called up to the Fed Cup squad Ana Bogdan (90 WTA), Irina Bara (160 WTA), Elena Gabriela Ruse (166 WTA), Raluca Olaru (47 WTA doubles standings) and Jaqueline Cristian (197 WTA). Bara, Ruse and Cristian were on their first appearance on Romania’s Fed Cup team.

    (translated by V. Palcu)