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  • November 24, 2018

    November 24, 2018


    RECEPTION – Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and
    Romanian Orthodox Patriarch Daniel on Saturday were received by President Klaus
    Iohannis. Patriarch Bartholomew visited Bucharest to attend the consecration of
    the new national cathedral. President Iohannis said the moment represents a
    landmark for Romanian Orthodox believers at home and abroad, steeped in history
    and symbolism. On December 1 Romania marks 100 years since the Great Union.




    BREXIT – British Prime Minister Thereza May on Saturday will hold
    talks in Brussels ahead of Sunday’s crucial Brexit summit. Thereza May will
    talk with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and European
    Council President Donald Tusk. Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez threatened
    to oppose the Brexit agreement unless the text provides an amendment in the
    case of Gibraltar, a state under British rule which Spain has claimed. Spain’s
    request is the last obstacle in the way of a unanimous approval of the Brexit
    agreement treaty. The European Union and the United Kingdom consented on a
    political declaration that sets the framework for post-Brexit relations,
    particularly regarding trade. Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis will attend
    the European Council summit in Brussels on Sunday, aimed at voting the Brexit
    agreement. The President told the General Assembly of the European Center for
    Worker Issues that, for the first time since its EU accession in 2007, Romania
    will have to deal with major challenges such as Brexit, the post-2020
    multi-annual financial framework and migration as president of the EU Council
    in 2019.




    POLICE – The Romanian Police has taken part in the 16th
    international Rail Action Day – 24 Blue, held by the European Rail Police
    (RAILPOL) all across Europe. Over 400 rail police officers took part in the
    action. RAILPOL is an international association of organizations of EU member
    states in the field of maintaining public order and security in the field of
    rail transport. The main purpose of RAILPOL is to intensify rail policing
    cooperation and ensure the safety of rail travellers.




    PROTESTS – The French Police used tear gas and water cannons to
    disperse the crowd of people protesting in Paris against the increase in fuel
    prices in the second week of street protests. Clashes between the riot police
    and protesters were reported on Champs Elysees. At least one person was
    detained. Protesters chanted anti-Government slogans. Over 300,000 people
    protested last Saturday all over France.




    RADIRO – The International Festival of Radio Orchestras (RaDiRo)
    continues on Saturday with a concert performed by the Orchestra della Svizzera
    Italiana of Lugano, Switzerland. RaDiRo is the only event in Europe and the
    world devoted to radio orchestras. All concerts are broadcast live by Radio
    Romania’s stations, recorded and broadcast by the public television as well as
    members of the European Radio Broadcasting Union.




    RUGBY – The Romanian national rugby
    team is today playing Uruguay at home in a friendly match. Romania has dropped
    one position in world rankings to 17, after sustaining a bitter 5-31 defeat
    against the United States last week and failing to qualify to the World Cup to
    be held in Japan next year.




    HANDBALL – The Romanian women’s handball
    team has secured qualification to the Carpathians Trophy final after defeating
    Serbia on Friday in Bucharest. In the final Romania will be playing our
    country’s B team. The tournament comes ahead of the European Championship to be
    held in France in December, where Romania will play the Czech Republic, Germany
    and Norway. The first three teams in each group will advance to the next phase.
    Romania was ranked 5 at the European Championships of 2016 and grabbed its best
    performance in 2010 when it scooped bronze.




    (Translated by V. Palcu)

  • November 18, 2018

    November 18, 2018


    VISITS – The President of the
    European Court of Auditors, Klaus-Heiner Lehne will pay a visit to Bucharest on
    Monday and Tuesday, in the run-up to Romania’s taking over the rotating presidency
    of the EU Council, on January 1st, 2019. Klaus – Heiner Lehne will meet with
    Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis, Prime-Minister Viorica Dancila, the Speakers
    of the two parliament chambers, the Public Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici
    and the Minister Delegate for European Affairs George Ciamba. Several
    high-ranking officials will travel to Bucharest next week, including the
    president of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani. The officials will discuss
    topics of interest for the future of the EU and the good management, during
    Romania’s presidency, of major files, such as the multi-annual financial
    framework, Brexit, the future of the EU post Brexit and the evolution of the
    security policy.




    GREAT UNION – An event celebrating
    the Great Union Centennial has been hosted by Gyula in Hungary, the town that
    is home to the largest Romanian community in the country, which has its own
    Romanian school and newspaper. The event has been attended by Romanian cultural
    figures, university professors and local authorities. The Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi
    Institute for Romanians Worldwide has
    organized a conference on the contribution to the Great Union of Romanians in Hungary. A festivity was also held on the occasion, during which representatives
    of the Romanian community in Hungary, including headmasters of schools with
    teaching in Romanian, were awarded by the Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi institute, for the
    efforts they’ve made to preserve Romanian cultural values.




    RADIRO – The 4th
    International Festival of Radio Orchestras – RadiRo- starts in Bucharest today,
    organized by Radio Romania. This year, the festival celebrates Radio Romania’s
    90th anniversary and also the Great Union Centennial. Until next
    Sunday, the Radio Hall and the Auditorium Hall of the National Art Museum will
    be hosting 8 symphonic and 4 jazz concerts. The list of prestigious guests
    includes the oldest European radio orchestra, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony
    Orchestra, as well as the BBC Philarmonic, Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, and RTE National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, participating for the first time in the festival. All concerts will be
    broadcast live by Radio Romania, recorded and subsequently broadcast by the
    Romanian Television and other radio broadcasting companies members of the
    European Broadcasting Union.




    GAUDEAMUS Today is the last day of the Gaudeamus – Radio Romania
    International Book Fair. The 2018
    edition has been devoted to the Great Union Centennial and Radio Romania’s 90th
    anniversary. The main topic has been illustrated by a representative stand,
    with a collection of 600 volumes devoted to the Great Union and dozens of
    events, launches, book presentations, film screenings and public readings. The
    public has also had the opportunity to meet some of their favourite
    writers, literary critics and historians.




    CONSECRATION – The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew,
    is expected to Romania on the 23rd of November, for a four-day
    visit, according to a communiqué issued by the Romanian Patriarchy. Together
    with the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Daniel, and other Romanian
    hierarchs, Bartholomew will attend on November 25th the consecration
    of the newly-built Cathedral of the
    Salvation of the Nation. Bartholomew has been to Romania ten times, last time
    in 2010.






    PROTESTS – Protests staged by the
    so-called ‘yellow vests’ have been reported in France, against the increase in
    taxes and fuel prices. Some 300,000 protested in Paris and in other towns,
    blocking entrances into the highway. 227 people have been wounded and the
    police made 73 arrests. People were mobilized through the social media, without
    any intervention on the part of the trade unions or political parties.






    FOOTBALL – On Saturday night, in Ploiesti,
    in the south, Romania’s national football team defeated the Lithuanian squad
    3-nil, in a match part of the Nations League’s group 4. As a result, Romania
    went up to the second place in the group, and will play a decisive match
    against Montenegro, in Podgorica on Tuesday. Romania will be able to keep
    fighting for qualification to EURO 2020 as holder of the second position in the
    group if Serbia, the leader of the group, qualifies directly to the European
    Championship.