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  • May 23, 2019 UPDATE

    May 23, 2019 UPDATE

    CULTURE Romania’s Minister of Culture
    Valer Daniel Breaz chaired the Culture and Audiovisual Section of the Council
    for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport in Brussels on Thursday. Culture
    ministers from the EU countries on Thursday discussed ways to fight disinformation
    and regain the citizens’ trust into press. Brussels has already taken measures
    to improve the digital space while several online platforms have signed a code
    of good practice. Member countries believe the union needs a better
    coordination as well as shared responsibilities in fighting disinformation.
    They also support the involvement of the private sector, mainly the online
    platforms and the field industry, in this initiative. On Wednesday night, the
    Romanian minister jointly with European Commissioner Tibor Navracsics presented
    the winners of the EU prizes for literature, which included Romanian Tatiana Ţîbuleac.














    TENNIS Romanian tennis player Sorana
    Cirstea (WTA 93rd) on Thursday qualified for the semifinals of the
    WTA tournament in Nuremberg, Germany. Cirstea secured a 2-1 win against Nina
    Stojanovic of Serbia in the quarters. The Romanian challenger qualified after
    defeating her compatriot Laura Ioana Paar and Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium. She
    will be up against the odds-on favourite Yulia Putintseva of Kazahstan.














    FAIR Furniture producers from Romania have
    for the second year in a row participated in the International Contemporary
    Furniture Fair New York – ICFF, an American platform for global design. Over
    May 19th and 22nd, the Romanian companies displayed their
    products together with 900 other companies from 72 countries. The Romanian
    stands were organized by the Ministry for Business Environment, Trade and
    Entrepreneurship jointly with the Association of Furniture Producers in
    Romania. According to a communiqué published by the ministry on Thursday, the
    talks the Romanian furniture producers held with their foreign counterparts in
    the fair are to materialize in 1.2 million Euros worth of orders and contracts.
    The Romanian stands were visited by over 15 hundred company representatives
    from Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, India, Mexico,
    Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the USA.






    VOTING Elections for the new European Parliament have
    kicked off in the Netherlands and Great Britain, with voting slated for Sunday
    in Romania. Ireland and the Czech Republic are voting on Friday, with Saturday
    set aside for voting in Slovakia, Latvia, and Malta. All other states are
    voting on Sunday. Romania votes for 33 of the 751 seats in the European
    Parliament.



  • May 18, 2019 UPDATE

    May 18, 2019 UPDATE

    NATO The North-Atlantic Alliances largest communications exercise Steadfast Cobalt 2019 begins on Sunday in Otopeni, near Bucharest. Taking part are over 1,200 Romanian and foreign military from 35 NATO IT&C structures, the Romanian Defence Ministry announces in a news release. Scheduled to conclude on June 2, Steadfast Cobalt 2019 is aimed at the joint training of troops in the provision of multinational support in NATO operations and at practicing the standard procedures required in order to ensure the interoperability of NATO human and technical resources.




    CYBER-CRIME The EU member states have adopted a mechanism enabling them to punish individuals or entities from outside the bloc that commit cyber attacks. It is for the first time that the EU responds to cyber attacks in this form. Under the new mechanism, Brussels will be able to introduce travel restrictions and to freeze the assets and accounts of suspected offenders.





    JOBS Rome is hosting until Sunday a job fair for the Romanians who seek to return to their home country. The executive president of the organising association, Casa România, Dorin Coman, explains that the project took shape after the organisation found out that Romania lacks 250,000 workers in constructions alone. According to him, an objective is to help Romanians come back home, to find accurate information about the developments in the country, about the jobs available and the salary level. Taking part in the fair are many Romanian companies, operating especially in the field of constructions. According to the Italian Statistical Institute, nearly 1.2 million Romanians were living in Italy in 2018.




    TRADE FAIR Romanian furniture producers are taking part for the 2nd consecutive year in the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York – ICFF, an American global design platform. Between May 19 and 22, Romanian companies will president their products alongside more than 900 other participants from 72 countries. The Romanian pavilion is organised by the Ministry for the business environment, trade and entrepreneurship, jointly with the Romanian Furniture Producer Association. According to the Ministry, in last years edition the quality, the environment-friendly raw materials used, the innovative finishing and diversity of styles brought Romanian producers contracts of around 1 million UDS.




    HANDBALL The mens handball team CSM Bucharest Saturday won the Challenge Cup, defeating the Portuguese side Madeira Andebol SAD in the decisive leg of the finals, 26-20. In the first leg, in Portugal, the 2 teams had drawn, 22-22. Challenge Cup is the 3rd-tier inter-club competition in Europe. The current Cup holders are Potaissa Turda, from north-western Romania. Another 3 Romanian teams have also won the trophy so far: CSA Steaua Bucharest (in 2006), CS UCM Reşiţa (in 2007, 2008, 2009) and HC Odorheiu Secuiesc (in 2015), while CSU Bucovina Suceava was a finalist in 2009. In womens handball, CSM Bucureşti was kicked out from the Champions League quarter-finals by the French team Metz, after having qualified into the so-called Final Four for the past 3 years, and after having won the trophy in 2016.



    (translated by: Ana-Maria Popescu)