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  • August 4, 2022

    August 4, 2022

    Mission — Today, the Royal Canadian Air Forces begin an air policing mission in Romania. The Defense Ministry informed that a detachment of 180 soldiers, with six CF-188 Hornet aircraft, will operate under NATO command in the next four months, together with soldiers of the Romanian Air Force, and another two CF-188 Hornet aircraft will participate, in the same period, in exercises organized with NATO allies. It is the sixth rotation of Canadians at the Mihail Kogălniceanu military base (south-east), after those in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. The Canadian military also carried out another mission in Romania, at Câmpia Turzii (center), in 2014. The deployment of CF-188 Hornet aircraft in Romania is part of the Action Plan to ensure NATOs operational capacity on the Eastern Flank both in the northern and southern areas and demonstrates the unity and determination of the Alliance in response to the challenges of the security environment — the Romanian Defense Ministry shows.



    Festival — This afternoon, the city of Cluj-Napoca, in northwestern Romania, sees the start of the 7th edition of the UNTOLD Electronic Music Festival. The official opening ceremony, a unique show by the German Claptone will be a first for Romania. The artist will be accompanied by 100 dancers and entertainers, in a masked ball show, and thousands of masks will be offered to the fans. The participants in the UNTOLD festival will be welcomed by fantastic characters, international acrobats, entertainers, cheerleaders and dancers from Romania, France, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Germany and Ukraine, as well as by parades and fire or LED shows. The UNTOLD festival will last until August 7 and will take place in several locations, including the main one – the Cluj Arena stadium. The best DJs in the world are expected to give concerts. The organizers estimate that approximately 400,000 spectators will participate in the UNTOLD festival, which is one of the biggest festivals in the world.



    Football — FCSB defeated Slovakias FC DAC 1904 Dunajska Streda 1-0 away from home on Thursday evening, in the first leg of the third preliminary round of the Europa Conference League. The Romanians dominated the entire match. The second leg will be played in Bucharest, on the National Arena, on August 11. If they eliminate the Slovak team, FCSB will play in the play-offs against Viking Stavanger (Norway) or Sligo Rovers FC (Ireland).



    Robor — The three-month ROBOR index, according to which the cost of consumer loans in lei with variable interest is calculated in Romania, rose on Thursday to 8.11% per year, from 8.05% per year in the previous session, which is the highest level in the last 12 years. In early 2022, the index was 3% per year. Rates on mortgage loans and “First house” loans increased by 50% compared to the beginning of the year and almost doubled as compared to a few years ago. IRCC, the reference index for consumer loans, is 2.65% per year, up from the one published three months ago, of 1.86%. In the last three months, more than 10,000 beneficiaries of the “First house” program requested to change the method of interest calculation, by switching from ROBOR to IRCC.



    China – The Chinese army fired unidentified projectiles towards the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, shortly after the start of major military exercises around the island claimed by Beijing, AFP and Reuters report. China has begun the most important military maneuvers in its history around Taiwan, in response to the visit of the US House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, to Taipei. Pelosi is the highest elected US official to visit Taipei in 25 years, where she gave assurances that America would not abandon Taiwan, which is ruled by a democratic regime and lives under the constant threat of invasion by the Chinese military. Taiwan has condemned the Chinese military maneuvers.



    Covid – Three military hospitals in Romania have reopened sectors for treating COVID patients. In Sibiu (center), patients have five beds available and also five in Cluj Napoca (north-west). The Emergency Military Clinical Hospital in Timisoara (west) equally reopened the Modular Medical Isolation and Treatment System, where patients have already been admitted. More than 4,000 people infected with coronavirus are currently hospitalized in Romania, and the number of those in Intensive Care is around 300. On Thursday, more than 8,600 new infections with SARS-COV-2 were announced in 24 hours. The authorities also reported 27 deaths. (LS)

  • September 10, 2018 UPDATE

    September 10, 2018 UPDATE

    VISIT – Romanian President Klaus Iohannis will meet on Tuesday in Bucharest with the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Peter Pellegrini, on the occasion of an official visit he pays to Romania. The two officials will discuss topical European issues, the future of the EU, the Union’s budget, Brexit and migration. Also approached will be bilateral ties and regional cooperation.




    2018-2019 SCHOOL YEAR — Some 3 million school and pre-school children started on Monday a new school year. State Secretary with the Education Ministry Florian Lixandru told Radio Romania that 80% of pre-university schooling units have public health permits, while the remaining 20% are in the process of obtaining one or don’t have one. In another development, the Chamber of Deputies’ Education Committee next week will hear the head of the Pedagogical Publishing House after serious errors were identified in several textbooks.




    SWINE FEVER VIRUS — The African swine fever virus has spread to Giurgiu County as well, the 12th county were fever hotbeds have been identified. So far 160,000 pigs have been culled. Last week the Prosecutor General’s Office launched an investigation into the epidemic, with actionable negligence and reckless misconduct being considered as possible offences. Under harsh criticism from pig farmers, the opposition and President Iohannis for the way it handled the crisis, the Government has promised compensations. In order to prevent the disease from spreading the authorities have decided to hunt until December 1st, over 80 thousand wild boars. Hunters, however, say the measure cannot be applied in such a short time and that the hunting fund for the next few years will be seriously affected.




    CAR CRASH — Moldovan Police has opened a criminal case following Sunday’s car accident in which Moldovan President Igor Dodon sustained minor injuries. Presidential adviser Maxim Lebedinschi said Dodon didnt require medical treatment after the crash, which occurred near the town of Straseni, north of the capital, Chisinau. The collision occurred as cars in the presidential motorcade collided with an oncoming vehicle.




    TRADE DEFICIT — Romania’s trade deficit in the first seven months of the year stood at 7.6 billion euros, up by 10% as compared to the similar period in 2017, the National Statistics Institute reports. Exports to EU member states exceeded 30.5 billion euros while imports stood at 35.5 billion. Trade with EU states accounted for 75% of total trade.




    FOREIGN AFFAIRS — Romania’s Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu will attend on Tuesday a new round of talks with his Polish and Turkish counterparts. According to the Romanian Foreign Ministry, the three officials will tackle the NATO actions in the region and the international security context. This is the fifth such meeting of the Romanian, Polish and Turkish foreign ministers. On Monday Melescanu met in Bucharest with his Swiss counterpart, Ignazio Cassis. The agenda for talks focused on bilateral relations and EU topics. Finalizing negotiations over a framework agreement between the EU and Switzerland is one of the priorities of Romania’s term at the helm of the EU Council, Minister Melescanu said at the meeting. In turn, Minister Cassis argued in favor of improving two-way trade, considering Switzerland is Romania’s 8th investor. Ignazio Cassis also met with Prime Minister Viorica Dancila who highlighted the good cooperation between the two countries within the Romanian-Swiss Cooperation programme on bridging economic and social gaps within the EU.




    MANEUVERS — Russia on Tuesday will commence its largest series of military maneuvers, criticized by NATO as a rehearsal for a large-scale conflict. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, some 300,000 military will take part, including Chinese and Mongolian soldiers, 36,000 vehicles, a thousand aircraft and 80 navy vessels. Titled EST-2018, the military exercise will end on September 17. Maneuvers are underway against the backdrop of tense relations with the Western powers, marked by the Ukrainian crisis, the Syrian conflict and the numerous allegations of involvement in the internal politics of numerous states, including the USA.