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  • March 27, 2021

    March 27, 2021

    COVID-19 Authorities in Romania have announced fresh restrictions amid an
    increasing number of Covid-19 infections. The new restrictions are to come into
    effect on Sunday, and under a government decision released on Friday night,
    every Romanian region will have to report their infection rates. An infection
    rate of 4 per thousand will force shops and service providers to close down at
    18 hours while a curfew is to be observed starting 20 hours during the weekend.
    A rate of 7.5 cases per thousand means the new restrictions can be applied the
    entire week not only at the weekend. Roughly 59 hundred fresh Covid-19
    infections were reported in Romania on Saturday out of 37 thousand tests
    conducted. One year on from the onset of the pandemic 930 thousand people were
    infected in Romania, which reported a death toll of 23 thousand. The number of Romanians
    who got at least one dose of the anti-Covid vaccine stands at roughly 1,900,000.
    Half of these have also got the booster dose.






    CHISINAU Parliament in the neighboring Romanian-speaking Republic of Moldova is
    today marking through a solemn session 103 years since the union of Basserabia
    with Romania. The event is to be attended by the presidents of Science Academia
    in Romania and the Republic of Moldova, leading figures of culture and MPs. On
    March 27th 1918, towards the end of WWI, Basserabia’s Legislature unanimously
    voted the union of this province with the Romanian kingdom. It was the first
    stage in the process of creating the unitary Romanian state, which was
    completed through the joining of other Romanian regions, such as Bukovina,
    Transylvania, Banat, Crisana and Maramures, which until then had been part of
    Austria-Hungary. In the summer of 1940, through an ultimatum, USSR annexed
    Basserabia and northern Bukovina, Romanian territories, which today belong to
    the former Soviet republics of Moldova and Ukraine.






    DST
    Daylight Saving Time begins tonight in Romania when the clocks are to be set
    one hour forward and the difference between the local time and GMT will be
    three hours. DST was first introduced in Romania back in 1932 and this might be
    the last hour change as the European Parliament in 2019 voted in favour of
    renouncing this measure inside the EU. Each member state is to decide whether
    to scrap the DST or not. The countries willing to keep the summer hour will
    make the last change tonight. Those preferring the winter hour will make the
    final change in the last Sunday of October.








    EARTH HOUR The presidential administration in Bucharest decided to join the ‘Earth
    Hour’ event by switching off interior and exterior lights at the Cotroceni
    palace, the headquarters of the Romanian presidency on Saturday night. Earth
    Hour is at present one of the biggest world movements for the protection of the
    environment and it involves millions of people, who are switching off lights
    all over the world for one hour in order to prove their commitment to saving
    the planet. The movement appeared in Australia in 2007 and since then over 190
    countries and territories have joined it.






    STRIKE The Bucharest underground has resumed its activity after the employees
    mounted a protest on Friday by blocking tracks. According to the authorities,
    the protest was illegal and was sparked off by an older dispute concerning the
    commercial spaces on its premises, which allegedly had a trade union leader involved.
    The protesters have been blamed for having failed to comply with the present
    regulations, putting travelers’ health at risk, as they had to use crowded public
    transport vehicles. In turn, the employees representatives who have blamed the
    authorities for their lack of interest in a constructive dialogue, said the protest
    was an unofficial strike sparked off by the board’s decision to cut down
    salaries.






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  • September 4, 2017 UPDATE

    September 4, 2017 UPDATE

    PM’S HOUR – The head of the left-of-centre government of Romania, Mihai Tudose, held the Prime Ministers Hour in the Chamber of Deputies for the first time since taking office. The 5.6% economic growth rate reported in Romania is the best indicator for the state of the economy, Tudose said on this occasion. He also announced that the 2018 state budget bill would be sent to Parliament in November. The National Liberal Party, which had requested the PM to answer questions in Parliament, argues, among other things, that Romania has the deepest budget deficit in recent years, that revenues to the state budget are some 1.1 billion euro below forecasts and that the trade deficit widened by 30%.



    PARTNERSHIP – The Senate Speaker Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu announced on Monday that at his initiative the upper chamber of the Romanian Parliament would adopt a political declaration on September 12, to mark 20 years since Romania and the USA signed their bilateral strategic partnership. He added that the draft had been sent to the floor groups. Just days ago, the Ambassador of Romania to the USA, George Maior, said relations between Washington and Bucharest are at the highest level of implementation of the bilateral strategic partnership, in all its aspects, from defence and security to economy and culture. Nonetheless, Ambassador Maior said Romania seeks strengthened cooperation with Washington in the field of defence, and mentioned in this context that the Romanian Defence Minister, Adrian Ţuţuianu, would have a meeting with his American counterpart James Mattis on September 19.



    ENESCU FESTIVAL – The George Enescu International Festival, one of the most prestigious music events in Europe, continues in Bucharest. For 3 weeks, 80 concerts and other events will bring more than 3,000 of the best international artists to Bucharest and 7 other major Romanian cities. Radio Romania is the only media institution in the country to broadcast the concerts live, on its channels Radio Romania Music and Radio Romania Culture. First organised in 1958, 3 years after the famed Romanian composer had died, the George Enescu Festival was discontinued in 1971 by the communist regime, and was resumed in 1989. It has been held every 2 years ever since.




    EXERCISE – Between September 4 and 22, more than 100 Romanian troops are taking part in the 4th edition of Vigorous Warrior, a NATO medical exercise held this year in Lehnin, Germany, the Romanian Defence Ministry announced. Taking part in this exercise organised by the NATO Excellence Centre for Military Medicine are around 900 military from 27 NATO member and partner states.



    TURKEY – The actions of the Turkish authorities make it impossible for that country to join the European Union, the European Commission said on Monday, after the German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for the halt of accession talks. Also on Monday, Turkeys Minister for European Affairs, Omer Celik, said that any talk of breaking off negotiations would be an attack on the founding principles of the European Union. Turkeys accession negotiations started in 2005, but are currently stalled because of the political developments in this country and of the authoritarian conduct that president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is accused of, Reuters comments.


    (translated by: Ana-Maria Popescu)

  • Nachrichten 19.03.2016

    Nachrichten 19.03.2016

    Am Samstag, den 19. März, findet die Earth Hour statt. “Earth Hour”, “Stunde der Erde” oder auch “Licht aus” ist der Name einer Umweltschutzaktion, die das Umweltbewusstsein erhöhen sowie Energiesparen und die Reduzierung von Treibhausgasen symbolisch unterstützen soll. Dazu sollen während der Earth Hour die Lichter ausgeschaltet werden. Mehr als 7.000 Städte aus mehr als 160 Ländern beteiligen sich dieses Jahr an der “Stunde der Erde”; 42 rumänische Städte werden sich mit der Ausschaltung der Beleuchtung und anderen Aktionen an der Stunde der Erde beteiligen. Die Bukarester Regierung wird sich am Samstag den Einrichtungen und Organisationen anschlie‎ßen, die die Stunde der Erde unterstützen. Im Regierungspalast Victoria und in mehreren Ministerien und öffentlichen Einrichtungen wird am Samstag zwischen 20.30 und 21.30. Uhr, die Beleuchtung ausgeschaltet, um den Einsatz Rumäniens bei der Lösung der Umweltprobleme zu bekräftigen, verlautbarte die rumänische Exekutive. Rumänien beteiligt sich seit 2009 an der Stunde der Erde”; die erste Earth Hour entstand 2007 aus einer Umweltschutzkampagne des WWF Australiens, die das Ziel hatte, die CO2-Emissionen in der grö‎ßten australischen Stadt Sydney innerhalb von 12 Monaten um 5 % zu reduzieren.



    Der rumänische ex-Staatschef Traian Băsescu hat am Freitag bestätigt, dass er und seine Gattin Maria die moldauische Staatsbürgerschaft beantragt haben. Er habe diesen Antrag gestellt als Zeichen des Respekts und der Lieb für die mehrheitlich rumänischsprachige Republik Moldau und ihre Bewohner, präzisierte Băsescu. Als Staatspräsident hatte Traian Băsescu bekanntlich wiederholt erklärt, nach Ablauf seiner zweiten Amtszeit auch moldauischer Staatsbürger werden zu wollen. Über die Verfahrensdauer einer Einbürgerung im Nachbarland machte die moldauische Presse keine Angaben, hob jedoch hervor, dass Băsescus Antrag schon eingedenk der mehr als 500.000 in Rumänien eingebürgerten Moldauer gute Aussichten auf Erfolg habe.



    Der Rumäne Tiberiu Uşeriu hat den 6633 Ultra Arctic Marathon 2016 gewonnen. Binnen einer Woche lief er 566 Km auf vereistem Grund, bei Temperaturen, die bis auf –62 Grad C sanken. Am diesjährigen Ultra Arctic Marathon beteiligten sich 12 Teilnehmer aus mehreren Ländern, darunter 3 Rumänen. Der Ultra Arctic Marathon findet seit 2007 in Kanada, in der Nähe des arktischen Polarkreises statt, und gilt als der härteste Marathonlauf der Welt.



    Das Internationale Experimentalfilmfestival (BIFF) findet bis 20. März Bukarest statt. Im Wettbewerb um den besten Experimental-Kurzfilm treten provokative und herausfordernde Produktionen der letzten Jahre an, die weltweit eine gute Resonanz beim Publikum finden und vielfach ausgezeichnet wurden. Diese feiern bei den Festspielen ihre Rumänienpremiere. Die diesjährigen Festspiele laden zudem das Publikum zu Gesprächen über die Grenze zwischen Film und bildenden Künsten ein. Zudem werden im Kinosaal Kunstwerke prominenter bildender Künstler zur Schau gestellt, die nur selten in anderer Räumlichkeit als Museen und Kunstgalerien ausgestellt werden.