Tag: promotion

  • Radio Romania International Sports club

    Radio Romania International Sports club

    The first part of Romania’s Super league football championship has drawn to a close. After the 30 rounds of the regular season, the first six teams according to the ranking advance to Group 2, where they will compete for Romania’s championship title. FCSB are at the forefront in the fight for the winning of the championship, with 28 points, CFR Cluj follow suit, with 27 points.

    Following in descending order are three teams with 26 points each, that is Universitatea Craiova, Universitatea Cluj and Dinamo Bucharest. The last team of the batch is another Bucharest squad, Rapid, with 23 points on its record sheet. In the coming weekend, in Craiova, Universitatea Cluj are pitted against Universitatea Craiova. In Cluj, the local side CFR play Dinamo, while in Bucharest, FCSB face Rapid.

    The Superleague’s ten other teams in Group 1 will confront one another to avoid being relegated. With a record of 21 points each, Transylvanian teams Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe and Hermannstadt Sibiu are best-placed according to the table. Worst-placed is Gloria Buzau, with 10 points, that is three points less than the other teams of the batch.

    At the end of the championship, Group 1’s first two teams in descending order enter the competition for a place in the preliminaries of Europe’s Conference League, taking on Group 2’s 3rd-placed team. Group1’s 9th and 10th-placed teams are relegated.

    Replacing them in the Super league are the second tier’s first two teams. In a bid to maintain their place in the Super league, the play-out’s 7th and 8th-placed teams will engage, in the playoff fixtures, with the Second League’s 3rd and 4th-placed teams.

    On Thursday, in France, FCSB play the second leg of the tie against Olympique Lyonnais, in the Europa League’s round of 16. In the first leg, in Bucharest, Olympique Lyonnais won, 3-1.

  • October 14, 2023

    October 14, 2023

    Conversation — Romania’s President, Klaus Iohannis, had a telephone conversation with his Israeli counterpart, Isaac Herzog, on Friday. According to the Presidential Administration, Klaus Iohannis condemned, once again, the unacceptable terrorist attacks against Israel and expressed regret that these violent acts resulted in numerous victims among innocent civilians. During the conversation, the two heads of state expressed their deep regret for the fact that two Romanian citizens are among the victims. Klaus Iohannis has given assurances to his Israeli counterpart that Bucharest is ready to provide emergency assistance at any time, if necessary, and thanked President Isaac Herzog for the support provided by the Israeli authorities to Romanian citizens, especially in terms of the repatriation, until present, of over 2,160 Romanian citizens in safe conditions. The Romanian Foreign Ministry states that the mobile consular team from the Romanian Embassy in Tel Aviv and the Romanian Representative Office in Ramallah and the team of the rapid reaction unit of the Foreign Ministry crisis cell will continue to remain at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, to provide consular assistance to Romanian citizens at the airport.



    Israel — The Israeli Defense Forces announced today a new six-hour window, between 10:00 hours (07:00 GMT) and 16:00 hours (13:00 GMT) local time, during which Palestinians can safely leave the northern part of Gaza Strip. Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of using civilians as human shields. Israels order for residents to evacuate Gaza has been met with widespread criticism, and the UN has called for its cancellation, stressing that a “catastrophic situation” might occur. The Israeli militarys order for more than a million Palestinians to leave the northern enclave is seen as a sign that it is planning an imminent ground offensive.



    Kosovo — The Romanian mission in Kosovo has been supplemented with 130 soldiers, the National Defense Ministry announced. At this moment, approximately 210 Romanian soldiers are performing missions within the NATO KFOR operation. The decision to boost the Romanian forces was made following the authorization by the North-Atlantic Council to supplement the forces to manage the current situation in the Western Balkans. On the ground, in northern Kosovo, where tensions have been increasing for several months, the main Serbian party wants to organize elections as soon as possible. For almost a year, no Serb has worked in institutions such as the police or justice. All the Serbs resigned last November when the Pristina government announced it was banning the use of Serbian license plates. When the new Albanian mayors, elected with a turnout of less than 4%, went to their office, the demonstrations quickly degenerated into riots. Around 30 KFOR soldiers were injured in these clashes.



    Tourism — Romania will be promoted as a tourist destination for one month, between October 15 and November 15, on the British BBC television station. TV producer Charlie Ottley, known for his documentaries about Romania, such as “Wild Carpathia” and “Flavors of Romania” also collaborated in designing the campaign. The Ministry of Economy and Tourism points out that the purpose of the action is to increase the visibility of Romania as a tourist destination in Europe, with special focus on Great Britain. The ministry also mentions that the BBC is available in almost all countries of the world, the content being accessible in millions of hotel rooms, on planes, cruise ships and mobile devices.



    Tennis – The Romanian tennis player Sorana Cîrstea (world number 26) will be the main favorite of the Transylvania Open (WTA 250) tournament, which starts on Monday, in Cluj-Napoca (north-west), after Caroline Garcia and Donna Vekic announced they were no longer participating in the competition, the organizers announced. The French player Garcia (10 WTA) and the Croatian Vekic (21 WTA) announced that they are withdrawing for medical reasons. There are five players from Romania in the main singles draw: Sorana Cîrstea, Patricia Ţig, Ana Bogdan, Jaqueline Cristian and two players who received wild cards: Gabriela Ruse and Miriam Bulgaru. The Transylvania Open, with total prize money worth nearly 260,000 dollars this year, has been designated the best tournament in the world in 2022 in the WTA 250 category.



    Pilgrimage – More than 200,000 people have so far passed before the relics of Saint Parascheva and Saint Hierarch Andrew of Crete, placed in a special canopy in the courtyard of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iasi (northeast). The largest number of pilgrims is expected, however, today, when the Holy Liturgy also takes place. Considered the protector of the suffering people, and also of the eastern region of the country, Saint Parascheva is celebrated, on October 14, throughout the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate. (LS)

  • Radio Romania International Sports club

    Radio Romania International Sports club

    The Romanian Football federation mulls banning Romanian
    football fans from traveling to Kosovo as supporters of the national squad in
    the match against Kosovo, a fixture scheduled in Pristina on June 16. The game
    counts towards the Euro 2024 preliminaries. The decision could be taken in the
    wake of the incidents that have been ongoing on the Serbian border.


    In matches counting towards the Group
    1’s last round as part of Romania Super league, the guest teams won all three
    matches. On Saturday, FCSB were trounced by Rapid Bucharest, 1-5. On Sunday in Cluj-Napoca,
    CFR sustained a 1-2 defeat by the new title holders, Farul Constanta. Universitatea
    Craiova lost their home game against Romanian Cup winners, Sepsi Sfântu
    Gheorghe, nil-1. According to the final rankings, FC Farul Constanța are at the
    top of the table, with 53 points. Following in descending order are FCSB, with 46,
    CFR Cluj, with 42, Universitatea Craiova with 40, Rapid Bucharest with 38 points
    and Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, with 29 points. Farul Constanța play for the
    Champions League preliminaries, while FCSB play for Europe Conference League preliminaries.
    In a fixture counting towards a second place in Europe Conference League preliminaries
    on Thursday, CFR Cluj played Universitatea 1948 Craiova, a team coming from
    Group 2. In the first eliminatory match Universitatea 1948 Craiova defeated FC
    Voluntari, 4-3.


    In Group 2, with 26 points, 13th-placed
    was UTA Arad, while 14th-placed FC Argeș, with 24 points. The two
    teams will play their playoffs fixtures if they want to maintain their position
    in the Superleague. With 23 points, Chindia Targoviste was 15th-placed,
    while CS Mioveni came in 16th, with 11 points. Chindia and Mioveni have relegated straight to the second-tier
    championship. Politehnica Iași and Oțelul Galați au have been promote straight
    to the Superleague.


    In the playoff
    fixtures counting towards promotion, the two legs have already been played. Gloria
    Buzău ended the match against UTA Arad in a blank draw, while Dinamo București defeated
    FC Argeș, 6-1. The coming weekend will see matches being played, counting
    towards the second leg, in Arad and Pitesti, respectively.

  • Radio Romania International Sports club

    Radio Romania International Sports club

    The Romanian Football federation mulls banning Romanian
    football fans from traveling to Kosovo as supporters of the national squad in
    the match against Kosovo, a fixture scheduled in Pristina on June 16. The game
    counts towards the Euro 2024 preliminaries. The decision could be taken in the
    wake of the incidents that have been ongoing on the Serbian border.


    In matches counting towards the Group
    1’s last round as part of Romania Super league, the guest teams won all three
    matches. On Saturday, FCSB were trounced by Rapid Bucharest, 1-5. On Sunday in Cluj-Napoca,
    CFR sustained a 1-2 defeat by the new title holders, Farul Constanta. Universitatea
    Craiova lost their home game against Romanian Cup winners, Sepsi Sfântu
    Gheorghe, nil-1. According to the final rankings, FC Farul Constanța are at the
    top of the table, with 53 points. Following in descending order are FCSB, with 46,
    CFR Cluj, with 42, Universitatea Craiova with 40, Rapid Bucharest with 38 points
    and Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, with 29 points. Farul Constanța play for the
    Champions League preliminaries, while FCSB play for Europe Conference League preliminaries.
    In a fixture counting towards a second place in Europe Conference League preliminaries
    on Thursday, CFR Cluj played Universitatea 1948 Craiova, a team coming from
    Group 2. In the first eliminatory match Universitatea 1948 Craiova defeated FC
    Voluntari, 4-3.


    In Group 2, with 26 points, 13th-placed
    was UTA Arad, while 14th-placed FC Argeș, with 24 points. The two
    teams will play their playoffs fixtures if they want to maintain their position
    in the Superleague. With 23 points, Chindia Targoviste was 15th-placed,
    while CS Mioveni came in 16th, with 11 points. Chindia and Mioveni have relegated straight to the second-tier
    championship. Politehnica Iași and Oțelul Galați au have been promote straight
    to the Superleague.


    In the playoff
    fixtures counting towards promotion, the two legs have already been played. Gloria
    Buzău ended the match against UTA Arad in a blank draw, while Dinamo București defeated
    FC Argeș, 6-1. The coming weekend will see matches being played, counting
    towards the second leg, in Arad and Pitesti, respectively.

  • Sports flash

    Sports flash


    Romanian tennis player
    Sorana Cîrstea this past Wednesday as part of the first round of the WTA 1000 tennis
    tournament in Rome, an event with 3, 600, 000 Euros in prize money, defeated US
    opponent Katie Volynets, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Sorana had a hard time defeated Katie,
    after two hours and 25 minutes of play. In the second round, Sorana will face WTA 20th-placed tennis player,
    Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko. Another Romanian tennis player competing in the Rome
    tournament, Gabriela Ruse, had no problem defeating Czech opponent Linda
    Fruhvirtova, 6-1, 6-nil. Gabriela will next take on WTA 15th-placed tennis player, player, Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia. The third Romanian tennis player competing in the Rome tournament, Ana Bogdan, has also emerged as a first-round winner, defeating Japan’s Nao Hibino, 7-5, 6-nil. In the second round, Bogdan
    takes on WTA number 4 tennis player, the French Caroline Garcia.


    The World Judo Championship
    is underway in Qatar’s Doha. So far, the Romanian delegation has had a lackluster
    performance. On Wednesday, in the 63-kilogram category, in the first round, Florentina Ivanescu sustained
    a defeat by Korean opponent Chaewon Shin. For the sixth time around, Clarisse Agbegnenou of France won the world title in the 63-kilogram
    category. In the final, Clarisse defeated Slovenia’s Andreja Leski through
    ippon. The bronze medals went to Hungarian judoka Szofi Özbas and the Dutch Joanne
    van Lieshout.


    The ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2023 will be
    held in Hungary’s Szeged, from Thursday and all through to Sunday. The world
    champion in the men’s C-1 1,000m sprint canoeing event, the Romanian Catalin
    Chirila, is among the participants. Chirila
    is one the Romanian rowers standing great chances to win an Olympic medal in
    the 2024 edition of the Paris Olympics.


    In news from football, in a derby
    confrontation counting towards the Romanian Second League’s Group 1, on
    Wednesday Poli Iaşi grabbed a 5-1 home win against Steaua Bucharest. Mathematically
    speaking, Poli Iasi has already been promoted to the Superleague. Runner-up
    team Steaua is lawfully denied promotion irrespective of its position according
    to the Second league’s final rankings.

  • Sports flash

    Sports flash


    Romanian tennis player
    Sorana Cîrstea this past Wednesday as part of the first round of the WTA 1000 tennis
    tournament in Rome, an event with 3, 600, 000 Euros in prize money, defeated US
    opponent Katie Volynets, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Sorana had a hard time defeated Katie,
    after two hours and 25 minutes of play. In the second round, Sorana will face WTA 20th-placed tennis player,
    Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko. Another Romanian tennis player competing in the Rome
    tournament, Gabriela Ruse, had no problem defeating Czech opponent Linda
    Fruhvirtova, 6-1, 6-nil. Gabriela will next take on WTA 15th-placed tennis player, player, Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia. The third Romanian tennis player competing in the Rome tournament, Ana Bogdan, has also emerged as a first-round winner, defeating Japan’s Nao Hibino, 7-5, 6-nil. In the second round, Bogdan
    takes on WTA number 4 tennis player, the French Caroline Garcia.


    The World Judo Championship
    is underway in Qatar’s Doha. So far, the Romanian delegation has had a lackluster
    performance. On Wednesday, in the 63-kilogram category, in the first round, Florentina Ivanescu sustained
    a defeat by Korean opponent Chaewon Shin. For the sixth time around, Clarisse Agbegnenou of France won the world title in the 63-kilogram
    category. In the final, Clarisse defeated Slovenia’s Andreja Leski through
    ippon. The bronze medals went to Hungarian judoka Szofi Özbas and the Dutch Joanne
    van Lieshout.


    The ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup 2023 will be
    held in Hungary’s Szeged, from Thursday and all through to Sunday. The world
    champion in the men’s C-1 1,000m sprint canoeing event, the Romanian Catalin
    Chirila, is among the participants. Chirila
    is one the Romanian rowers standing great chances to win an Olympic medal in
    the 2024 edition of the Paris Olympics.


    In news from football, in a derby
    confrontation counting towards the Romanian Second League’s Group 1, on
    Wednesday Poli Iaşi grabbed a 5-1 home win against Steaua Bucharest. Mathematically
    speaking, Poli Iasi has already been promoted to the Superleague. Runner-up
    team Steaua is lawfully denied promotion irrespective of its position according
    to the Second league’s final rankings.

  • Romania’s Tourism Fair, the spring edition

    Romania’s Tourism Fair, the spring edition

    The spring edition of the largest tourism fair staged
    in Romania brought together generous offers for various categories of tourists,
    whether they are into cultural or treatment tourism, or whether they ‘d rather
    go for rural or business tourism offers. Visitors had the opportunity to
    discover some of Romania’s most beautiful areas. Also , they found ready-made tourism
    packages for a holiday to remember, for extremely affordable prices.


    Dana Matic, of the Visit Mureș Association, told us
    she has been taking part, for many years now, in both editions of the fair, the
    spring and the autumn edition. Dana Matic:

    Mures County has quite a few treasures
    to offer, and, as of late, because of the pandemic, we have been focusing on natural
    assets, on outdoor activities. That is why we invite
    our tourists to discover the castles. They are our strongest point. They are
    the heritage of the Hungarian nobility of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. We recommend
    a three, four-day tour, so they can visit the castles but also the mansions.


    Petru Maran works for the Sighetu-Marmatiei tourism promotion
    and information Centre. He has invited us to discover Maramures.Petru Maran:

    Ours is a very generous offer, culture-wise,
    but also in terms of adventure tourism, and my job is to present the Sighetu
    Marmatiei municipal city from a tourism perspective. When it comes to cultural tourism,
    I recommend the Maramures Museum, with its sections. I recommend the Maramures
    Village Museum, the Ethnographic Museum of Maramures, the Elie
    Wiesel Memorial House. There is a very important museum we also have in Sighetu
    Marmatiei: The Communism Victims and Resistance Memorial. You’re sure to find out
    a lot about the communist repression in Romania and about the Sighetu Marmatiei
    prison. In the historical Maramures, I recommend that you visit the Merry Cemetery
    in Sapanta and the Peri Sapanta Monastery. We cannot ignore the narrow-gauge
    train on the Vaser Valley either.


    Anca Grădinariu is a representative of the Buzau Country Association,
    which was set up with a view to promoting one of Romania’s less well-known
    regions. The Association has been submitting documentation so that UNESCO may
    recognize the Buzau Country as a geopark. The first assessment has already been
    made, or at least that’s what we’ve been told, and we also found out the region
    would most likely be granted that status in May this year. Anca Gradinariu:


    We present the offers of the
    region. We have lots of leaflets for that. And joining us is the Buzau Country ‘s
    most distinguished representative, Amelia Papazissu, a
    living human treasure who can weave using the goat hair. We’ve got wines, then
    we also have the local craft beer. There are a great many magnificent areas in
    Buzau County, still unspoiled by mass tourism, with their prose and their cons.
    The region is wild and, if we reach a certain altitude, around the Mocearu Lake,
    we have the feeling we’re in Switzerland or Iceland, the quietness there is
    impressive, what with the extraordinary guest houses, with people who are
    cooking experts. The Lopatari Mocearu Lake is my favorite region.


    A lively and colorful stall was the one of Bukovina,
    represented by Catalina Velniciuc with the Suceava County Council.


    Bukovina came to the fair with Easter and
    summer offers, many of them from business operators in the tourism sector. Representing
    Bukovina at the fair are also Tara Dornelor Eco-tourism Association, Suceava Town
    Hall and a craftsman who makes egg-painting demonstrations. A three-night accommodation
    package, breakfast, dinner and SPA access included, in a four-star facility in
    Campulung Moldovenesc costs RON 2250 per person.


    The county of Dambovita is represented at the fair by
    Georgiana Ungureanu with the Curtea Domneasca Museum Compound in Targoviste.


    Georgiana Ungureanu:

    The Dambovita County Council,
    through the Curtea Domneasca Museum Compound in Targoviste, has come to the
    fair this year to present the 16 museums in our county. Nine of them are
    located in the county capital Targoviste. Among them is Curtea Domneasca, the Princely
    Court monumental ensemble and the Chindia Tower, which also venues the Museum
    of Printing and Old Romanian Book. As a novelty, we invite tourists to visit
    the Potlogi Ensemble built in the Brancoveanu style, which has been restored. Towards
    the mountains, in Vulcana-Pandele, there is the memorial house of artist Gabriel
    Popescu that is also worth visiting. The museum has a beautiful garden where
    tourists can take some time to relax.


    Szabó Károly is the executive director of the Harghita
    Intercommunity Development Agency:


    I came here with plenty of offers, from wellness
    and gastronomy to theme parks. I have brought the best our county has to offer.
    During the pandemic we launched an initiative called Family-Friendly Harghita.
    The county is an ideal place for families and we are now licensing tourist units
    in this respect. We so far have 86 such units, that include guest houses,
    restaurants, places to visit and services that meet our criteria. All these can
    also be found the Visit Harghita application.


    Florentina Gheorghita, the head of the Botosani Tourist
    Information Centre, has also told us about her offer:


    The town of Botosani stands out due to its
    historical center, known as the Little Leipzig. Many old buildings have been
    preserved and most of them have been restored. The church where national poet
    Mihai Eminescu was baptized as well as his birthplace are located in the city center.
    We now have a project under way aimed at bringing to light the legends of the
    old center. It is said that the whole town used to be crossed by tunnels and
    underground cells which connected all houses ever since the Tartar invasion.
    People used to hide in these cells. With the help of scanners we have found
    tunnels dug six and eight meters deep.

    (Translation by EN and E. Enache)

  • Guy Le Louët (France) – Propriétés du prince Charles de Galles en Roumanie

    Guy Le Louët (France) – Propriétés du prince Charles de Galles en Roumanie

    En fait, lintérêt de lhéritier de la Couronne britannique pour la Roumanie ne date pas d’hier, puisqu’il créait une fondation déjà en 1987, pour aider les intellectuels roumains à être en contact avec des universités occidentales — notamment Oxford et Cambridge. En avril 1989, à Londres, il a tenu un discours sur la situation dramatique des villages roumains — vous vous souvenez peut-être, pour Ceauşescu, l’heure était à la systématisation. Les villages étaient rasés pour faire des terrains agricoles ou les maisons des gens étaient démolies pour céder la place à des immeubles collectifs.



    Le prince de Galles est venu pour la première fois en Roumanie en 1998 et il est tombé sous le charme de la Transylvanie, cette région du centre du pays, de sa nature, de l’habitat, des traditions et des gens de l’endroit. Il déclare avoir pour ancêtres Vlad l’Empaleur, mais aussi la comtesse Claudine Rhédey de Kis-Rhéde, née sur le territoire de notre pays au XIXe siècle. Depuis lors, il vient chaque année, même plusieurs fois par an en Roumanie pour y séjourner, mais ce n’est pas tout.



    On ne sait pas exactement combien de propriétés le prince Charles a acquises en Roumanie, mais il s’agit d’au moins une dizaine. Et quand je parle de propriétés, il faut entendre des maisons traditionnelles, anciennes, certaines plus que centenaires, qu’il a achetées. Ainsi, à Valea Zălanului, un hameau de 150 habitants du département de Covasna (centre), où le temps s’est arrêté et les gens vivent au rythme de la nature, il achète une, puis deux, puis trois et, selon certains, même une quatrième maison de plus de cent ans. Préoccupé par la conservation du patrimoine, des traditions et par la promotion du tourisme durable, il les a rénovées avec les mêmes matériaux que ceux qui avaient été utilisés à l’origine et les mêmes techniques, les a aménagées avec des objets traditionnels authentiques, mais les a aussi équipées de salles de bains tout confort et elles peuvent être louées. Le magazine Vanity Fair a fait un classement des plus belles maisons du monde parmi lesquelles figure une de ces propriétés. Le prince Charles a aussi quelques maisons à Breb, un village traditionnel du Maramureş (nord).



    Il a créé une fondation pour soutenir les communautés rurales du pays. En 2015, l’héritier de la Couronne britannique a créé une autre fondation avec pour mission de protéger le patrimoine architectural du pays et de soutenir le développement rural et le développement durable. Cette fondation offre des programmes gratuits de formation aux métiers traditionnels qui avaient quasiment disparu.



    Le prince a également acheté des maisons traditionnelles aussi dans le village de Viscri, listé au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO. Ce village a une église fortifiée saxonne dont la construction a commencé au XIIe s. Il entendait ainsi sauver le patrimoine architectural transylvain, mais aussi le style de vie et les métiers traditionnels. Viscri est maintenant hautement touristique, et son église a été listée parmi les plus belles du monde par la publication The Telegraph.



    Il s’est beaucoup investi dans la conservation des monuments historiques, dans des villages saxons de Transylvanie, fondés au XIIe siècle, dont certains figurent aujourd’hui sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO, mais non seulement. Ainsi, en trois ans, la fondation a investi dans ces activités un million de livres sterling, rénovant des édifices représentatifs avec les mêmes matériaux et les mêmes techniques. Un exemple, c’est l’Eglise de la Dormition de la Mère de Dieu de Strei, un monument historique de l’art roman du XIVe s.



    Lorsqu’il vient en Roumanie, l’héritier de la Couronne britannique aime se balader en pleine nature, rencontrer les villageois, et se donne pour tâche de promouvoir les produits traditionnels de ces villages. L’idée, c’est de créer un circuit économique autour de ces monuments pour permettre aux habitants d’avoir des emplois. Ainsi, les chaussettes traditionnelles tricotées par les femmes de Viscri sont exportées en Allemagne et de là, ailleurs en Europe occidentale.



    La fondation du prince se propose de sauver une église vieille de 800 ans, celle de Drăuşeni, au département de Braşov ; à cet effet, un plan a été élaboré. Il prévoit la rénovation de l’église, la construction d’un café, de places d’hébergement et d’ateliers de métiers traditionnels. C’est un projet pilote. S’il fonctionne, il sera étendu à d’autres monuments médiévaux en péril. Il finance par ailleurs la rénovation d’une église en bois du département d’Arad, celle de Luncşoara, mais aussi de deux autres dans le département de Mureş : celles de Curtelnic et celle de Bălăuşeri.



    Nombre de ces projets sont sélectionnés par l’Association L’Ambulance des monuments, dont nous vous avons déjà parlé sir nos ondes, et qui bénéficie du soutien financier du prince Charles. Une maison fortifiée du département de Gorj a également été restaurée ainsi. Ce ne sont que quelques exemples des activités des fondations du prince de Galles en Roumanie.



    En 2011, le prince Charles commente le documentaire Wild Carpathia, du réalisateur britannique Charlie Ottley — un documentaire fabuleux sur la Roumanie. Pour la petite histoire, entre temps, Charlie Ottley a acheté une maison traditionnelle et a emménagé en Transylvanie ! En 2020, en pleine pandémie, dans un autre film commenté par lui, le prince Charles a exhorté les Roumains à passer leurs vacances en Roumanie et à y découvrir « les richesses incroyables » de ce pays. Il avoue être venu pour la première fois en Roumanie une vingtaine d’années auparavant et y avoir découvert un pays « étonnant », qui occupe depuis lors une place à part dans son cœur, et qu’il « se sent chez lui ici » à chaque visite. « La Roumanie est un pays étonnamment divers, dit-il, du delta du Danube, la zone humide la plus grande et la plus sauvage d’Europe, aux forêts, aux sources et aux monastères de Bucovine, de Moldavie et du Maramureş, aux collines des Apuseni ou aux étendues inhabitées de Harghita, aux précieuses collections des musées de Bucarest ou à la beauté sauvage du défilé des Portes de fer, aux châteaux, aux montagnes et aux villages saxons de Transylvanie ou aux vallées reculées du Banat et de la Crişana. Une si riche diversité naturelle et culturelle réunies sous le même drapeau est remarquable et c’est une des caractéristiques qui font de la Roumanie un coin à part de l’Europe. »



    Et le prince Charles déclare qu’il regrette que la pandémie ne lui ait pas permis de voyager en Roumanie, mais il continuera à plaider pour la protection des « trésors uniques » de la Roumanie. Bien entendu, la presse roumaine parle de chaque voyage ou séjour du prince en Roumanie, et de toutes ses activités.

  • Sports weekend

    Sports weekend


    Romanian League One’s final configuration for the
    upcoming season has been decided on Thursday. In the promotion/maintaining playoff
    tie, FC Voluntari outclassed Dunarea Calarasi. We recall that in the second leg
    of the tie FC Voluntari trounced Dunarea on home turf, 4-nil. Scoring for
    Voluntari were the Czech Lukas Droppa, the Spaniard Jefte Betancor, Igor Armaş and
    Cosmin Achim, who turned a penalty kick into a goal. In the first leg in
    Calarasi, Voluntari also emerged as winners, 2-1. In the previous season,
    Dunarea came in 4th in according to the Second league’s Group1 rankings. FC
    Voluntari came in 7th according to League One’s Group 2
    classification. On Wednesday and also in a League One playoff fixture, CS
    Mioveni secured an aggregate win against FC Hermanstadt, with a 2-1 away win in
    Medias and a blank draw at home. In the previous season, CS Mioveni came in 3rd
    according to League Two’s Group1 rankings. Mioveni are the first second-tier
    team to have won a promotion/maintaining playoff tie in League One. We recall
    that so far, only League One teams have had the upper hand in such confrontations. At the end of the season, FC
    Hermannstadt have been relegated to League Two. Politehnica Iasi and Astra
    Giurgiu, two bottom-of-the table teams in League One, have also been relegated
    to League Two. The Second League’s first two teams in descending order, FCU
    Craiova and Rapid Bucharest, have been promoted to League One.


    The headline-hitting event at the weekend is the
    friendly match pitting the national squad of Romania against England. The venue
    of the game will be a stadium in Middlesbrough in England. The Brits are still
    preparing for the European Football championship, which is drawing near. We
    recall that our national squad failed to qualify to the event. Ahead of the
    friendly against England, the Romanians are trailing a recent unnerving, 1-2
    defeat by Georgia behind them. Georgia is 91st-placed according to the world
    rankings. Sports media at home has heavily criticized the national squad’s
    below-par run in the match against Georgia. Head-coach Mirel Radoi also came under
    fire for the faulty way in which he prepared the team and composed the starting
    lineup. A satisfactory result in England could ease the tension that has occurred
    among the team and among board members of the Romanian Football Federation, where
    president Razvan Burleanu as of late has been highly contested because of the
    National squad’s disappointing results in recent confrontations.











  • Sports weekend

    Sports weekend


    Romanian League One’s final configuration for the
    upcoming season has been decided on Thursday. In the promotion/maintaining playoff
    tie, FC Voluntari outclassed Dunarea Calarasi. We recall that in the second leg
    of the tie FC Voluntari trounced Dunarea on home turf, 4-nil. Scoring for
    Voluntari were the Czech Lukas Droppa, the Spaniard Jefte Betancor, Igor Armaş and
    Cosmin Achim, who turned a penalty kick into a goal. In the first leg in
    Calarasi, Voluntari also emerged as winners, 2-1. In the previous season,
    Dunarea came in 4th in according to the Second league’s Group1 rankings. FC
    Voluntari came in 7th according to League One’s Group 2
    classification. On Wednesday and also in a League One playoff fixture, CS
    Mioveni secured an aggregate win against FC Hermanstadt, with a 2-1 away win in
    Medias and a blank draw at home. In the previous season, CS Mioveni came in 3rd
    according to League Two’s Group1 rankings. Mioveni are the first second-tier
    team to have won a promotion/maintaining playoff tie in League One. We recall
    that so far, only League One teams have had the upper hand in such confrontations. At the end of the season, FC
    Hermannstadt have been relegated to League Two. Politehnica Iasi and Astra
    Giurgiu, two bottom-of-the table teams in League One, have also been relegated
    to League Two. The Second League’s first two teams in descending order, FCU
    Craiova and Rapid Bucharest, have been promoted to League One.


    The headline-hitting event at the weekend is the
    friendly match pitting the national squad of Romania against England. The venue
    of the game will be a stadium in Middlesbrough in England. The Brits are still
    preparing for the European Football championship, which is drawing near. We
    recall that our national squad failed to qualify to the event. Ahead of the
    friendly against England, the Romanians are trailing a recent unnerving, 1-2
    defeat by Georgia behind them. Georgia is 91st-placed according to the world
    rankings. Sports media at home has heavily criticized the national squad’s
    below-par run in the match against Georgia. Head-coach Mirel Radoi also came under
    fire for the faulty way in which he prepared the team and composed the starting
    lineup. A satisfactory result in England could ease the tension that has occurred
    among the team and among board members of the Romanian Football Federation, where
    president Razvan Burleanu as of late has been highly contested because of the
    National squad’s disappointing results in recent confrontations.











  • Sports weekend

    Sports weekend


    A new edition of domestic League One
    football championship starts this coming weekend. The competition has a new
    format as compared to the previous season, with 16 teams competing instead of
    14. At the end of the regular season, teams ranking 1st to 6th will be included
    in Group 1, where fixtures will be played on a double-legged-tie system, therefore
    counting ten rounds. Teams ranking 7th to 16th will still
    play in Group 2, where fixtures will be played on a single-legged basis, along
    nine rounds all told. Top-of-the-table team in Group 1 secures its ticket for
    the Champions League’s preliminary round, while the runner-up team plays in
    Europa League’s qualifiers. The team ranking 3rd in Group 1 will play
    a playoff fixture against the team that wins the playoff confrontation pitting
    Group 2’s top-of-the-table team against 2nd- ranked team in the same group, with both
    teams vying for the 2nd position in Europa League. Group 2’s 9th
    and 10th ranked teams will be relegated, while League Two’s 1st
    and 2nd ranked teams will be promoted to League One. Group 2’s 7th
    and 8th-ranked teams will play a playoff fixture against League
    Two’s 3rd-and 4th-placed teams.


    On
    Friday, in a match counting towards the 1st round of the new
    competitions season, FC Arges face FC Botosani. On Saturday, Viitorul Constanta
    play a home game against newly-promoted team UTA Arad. In Sfantu Gheorghe, the local
    side Sepsi take on Universitatea Craiova, while in Giurgiu, the local side Astra
    play a home match against FCSB from Bucharest. On Sunday, Poli Iasi play a home
    game against Chindia Targoviste, while defending champions CFR Cluj travel to
    Clinceni, for a match against the local side Academica. The round’s two last
    fixtures are scheduled this coming Monday, when FC Voluntari take on Gaz Metan
    Mediaş, while Dinamo Bucharest play FC Hermannstadt.


    The
    Romanian referee Ovidiu Haţegan has been appointed a back-up referee for the Champions
    League finals pitting PSG against Bayern Munich. The match will be played in
    Lisbon this coming Sunday, according to the Romanian Football Federation’s
    official page. The Romanian main referee thus joins the team headed by the
    Italian Daniele Orsato. The assistant referees with be two other Italians, Lorenzo
    Manganelli and Alessandro Giallatini.


    The
    second stage of the national all-women rally, Women Rally, will be held in
    Bucharest on Sunday, under the aegis of the Sports Automobile Romanian Federation.
    The first stage was held in Timisoara in July, while the third stage of the
    competition will be held in Cluj-Napoca in October.

    (Translation by Eugen Nasta)

  • Sports weekend

    Sports weekend


    A new edition of domestic League One
    football championship starts this coming weekend. The competition has a new
    format as compared to the previous season, with 16 teams competing instead of
    14. At the end of the regular season, teams ranking 1st to 6th will be included
    in Group 1, where fixtures will be played on a double-legged-tie system, therefore
    counting ten rounds. Teams ranking 7th to 16th will still
    play in Group 2, where fixtures will be played on a single-legged basis, along
    nine rounds all told. Top-of-the-table team in Group 1 secures its ticket for
    the Champions League’s preliminary round, while the runner-up team plays in
    Europa League’s qualifiers. The team ranking 3rd in Group 1 will play
    a playoff fixture against the team that wins the playoff confrontation pitting
    Group 2’s top-of-the-table team against 2nd- ranked team in the same group, with both
    teams vying for the 2nd position in Europa League. Group 2’s 9th
    and 10th ranked teams will be relegated, while League Two’s 1st
    and 2nd ranked teams will be promoted to League One. Group 2’s 7th
    and 8th-ranked teams will play a playoff fixture against League
    Two’s 3rd-and 4th-placed teams.


    On
    Friday, in a match counting towards the 1st round of the new
    competitions season, FC Arges face FC Botosani. On Saturday, Viitorul Constanta
    play a home game against newly-promoted team UTA Arad. In Sfantu Gheorghe, the local
    side Sepsi take on Universitatea Craiova, while in Giurgiu, the local side Astra
    play a home match against FCSB from Bucharest. On Sunday, Poli Iasi play a home
    game against Chindia Targoviste, while defending champions CFR Cluj travel to
    Clinceni, for a match against the local side Academica. The round’s two last
    fixtures are scheduled this coming Monday, when FC Voluntari take on Gaz Metan
    Mediaş, while Dinamo Bucharest play FC Hermannstadt.


    The
    Romanian referee Ovidiu Haţegan has been appointed a back-up referee for the Champions
    League finals pitting PSG against Bayern Munich. The match will be played in
    Lisbon this coming Sunday, according to the Romanian Football Federation’s
    official page. The Romanian main referee thus joins the team headed by the
    Italian Daniele Orsato. The assistant referees with be two other Italians, Lorenzo
    Manganelli and Alessandro Giallatini.


    The
    second stage of the national all-women rally, Women Rally, will be held in
    Bucharest on Sunday, under the aegis of the Sports Automobile Romanian Federation.
    The first stage was held in Timisoara in July, while the third stage of the
    competition will be held in Cluj-Napoca in October.

    (Translation by Eugen Nasta)

  • Tourisme et pandémie

    Tourisme et pandémie

    Le tourisme est un secteur touché de plein fouet par la pandémie. Selon les données de l’Organisation mondiale du tourisme, le tourisme international a plongé de 22 % au premier trimestre, et le recul pourrait se chiffrer à 60-80 % par rapport à 2019 à la fin de l’année. C’est, selon cette agence spécialisée des Nations Unies, la plus grave crise à laquelle le tourisme international ait été confronté depuis le début des relevés, en 1950.


    Qu’en est-il en Roumanie ? Pour ceux qui prennent des vacances, afin de s’assurer un voyage ou un séjour réussi, beaucoup font confiance aux voyagistes. Sur ce marché, une compagnie expérimentée fête ses 30 années d’existence. J’ai nommé Paralela 45, appartenant à l’homme d’affaires Alin Burcea. Entretien avec Oltina Dobriban, directrice générale.





  • Romania promoted to secondary Emerging Market status

    Romania promoted to secondary Emerging Market status

    Global index provider FTSE Russell promoted Romania to Emerging Market from Frontier Market status, as announced on September 26, 3 years after the country was added to the Watch List. The reclassification of the status will become effective in September next year. This new status allows funds much larger than the ones that have invested so far in Romania and that manage hundreds of billions of Euros to invest here in the next years. More than 80 companies are listed at the Bucharest Stock Exchange on the main market and as many as 290 companies on the AeRo, the alternative trading system.



    Adrian Tănase, the CEO of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, said on the occasion that “we are witnessing a historical moment: it’s the international recognition that Romanian deserves to be promoted.” He went on to say that this status is the recognition of the progress made by the local capital market, being a critical moment for future development. “When the stock market is doing well the economy is doing well. I do hope this status upgrade will make more managers from state-owned and privately held companies see the stock exchange as the go-to place where they can further develop their businesses” Adrian Tănase added.



    In turn, Lucian Anghel, the president of the Bucharest Stock Exchange Board said that Romania’s promotion to the Emerging Market status can be considered, from the economic standpoint of the capital market, the equivalent of the country’s admission to the European Union.



    The minister of Communications and Information Technology Alexandru Petrescu wrote on his Facebook page that a new market status means new opportunities for investment. He pointed out that the Emerging Market status for the Bucharest Stock Exchange is confirmed by a capitalization of the listed companies exceeding 170 billion lei, 14% higher as compared to the value reported at the end of 2018, as well as by a BET index whose value comes 2nd in the EU.



    According to the communications minister, economic performance and sustainable development have been the pillars of Romania’s development in the past years, representing a solid platform of stability, investment opportunities and efficiency prospects that encourage the development of top stock exchanges with a high level of liquidity. He added that through the capacity of stock exchanges to mobilize financial resources, to boost the access of SMEs to funding and to consolidate corporate governance and business practices to the benefit of companies, investors and consumers, in correlation with the benefits of the single market and the free circulation of capital, Romania’s economy will accelerate its growth and the volume of investments in essential infrastructure will grow. (translation by L. Simion)

  • 02.03.2018

    02.03.2018

    Visite – La ministre en charge des Roumains du monde, Natalia Intotero, fait aujourd’hui et demain une visite en Ukraine. Son agenda prévoit des réunions avec les représentants des autorités locales et régionales, avec les membres du milieu associatif roumain, avec les représentants des médias de langue roumaine ainsi qu’avec des personnalités culturelles des villes de Cernauti et Solotvino. Près d’un demi-million d’ethniques roumains habitent en Ukraine, dont la plupart dans des anciens territoires roumains, annexés suite à un Ultimatum par l’Union soviétique en 1940 et hérités par l’Ukraine en 1991.

    Grippe – En Roumanie, 69 personnes sont décédées à cause de la grippe saisonnière, selon le plus récent bilan présenté par le Centre national de suivi et de contrôle des maladies transmissibles. Un nouveau décès a été confirmé jeudi dans la soirée. Presque toutes les victimes souffraient de maladies chroniques et elles n’avaient pas été vaccinées. Plus de 800 personnes sont actuellement atteintes par la grippe, la plupart se trouvant à Bucarest et dans les départements de Constanţa (sud-est), Olt (sud), Braşov (centre) et Iaşi (nord-est). La ministre de la Santé, Sorina Pintea, a affirmé qu’il n’y avait pas d’épidémie de grippe en Roumanie en ce moment.

    Tourisme – La capitale roumaine, Bucarest, sera promue en tant que destination touristique, aux côtés d’autres villes européennes, dans le cadre de l’évènement le Pont des lumières Roumanie – Chine (Light Bridge Roumanie-Chine), organisé ce vendredi dans la soirée par le ministère roumain du Tourisme et par la municipalité de Bucarest. Dans le cadre de cet événement, des images sur le thème de l’année du tourisme UE – Chine seront projetées sur le bâtiment du Théâtr National de Bucarest.

    Tremblement de terre – La Roumanie commémore ce dimanche, 41 ans depuis le séisme dévastateur du 4 mars 1977, le pire tremblement de terre à avoir secoué la Roumanie. D’une magnitude de 7,2 degrés sur l’échelle ouverte de Richter, le tremblement de terre a tué 1570 personnes, dont la plupart à Bucarest et provoqué des dégâts estimés à l’époque à plus de 2 milliards de dollars. De l’avis des historiens, le séisme a généré une crise économique et sociale que la dictature communiste n’a pas pu maîtriser et qui a contribué à sa chute en 1989. Des centaines d’immeubles pourraient toujours s’écrouler si une secousse similaire de celle de 1977 frappe aujourd’hui Bucarest.

    Rugby – La sélection nationale de rugby de Roumanie prépare son match contre la Russie, prévu pour samedi à Cluj, dans le nord-ouest du pays, dans le cadre de la 3e étape du Rugby Europe International Championship 2018. Après la défaite de l’étape précédente, les Roumains ont besoin d’une victoire nette, avec un point supplémentaire, pour pouvoir se qualifier à la Coupe du Monde de l’année prochaine au Japon. L’année dernière à Sotchi, la Roumanie s’était imposée face à la Russie sur le score de 30 buts à 10. Dans la hiérarchie mondiale les Roumains sont en 16e position alors que les Russes sont en 20e position.

    Armée – Plus de 1700 militaires roumains et étrangers participeront du 5 au 15 mars à un des exercices militaires les plus importants jamais organisés par les Forces navales roumaines. L’exercice Spring Storm 2018 repose sur un concept unique d’entrainement en commun des forces navales, aériennes et terrestres, avec un accent particulier sur les opérations de lutte contre les mines maritimes dans un secteur de débarquement. Cet exercice s’inscrit dans le plan de mesures de sécurité immédiate de l’OTAN, adopté au cours du Sommet de l’Alliance de Varsovie en 2016. Les militaires roumains s’entraineront aux côtés de militaires de pays alliées, Etats-Unis, France et Bulgarie et partenaires, à savoir Géorgie et Ukraine.

    Météo – Les vigilances jaune et orange instituées en Roumanie en raison des températures sibériennes seront levées ce vendredi dans la soirée. Les températures ont progressivement augmenté et vont de – 7 à 3 degrés avec – 2 degrés à Bucarest. Des précipitations sous la forme des chutes de neige sont signalées sur la plupart des régions. En raison des chutes de neige et du grand froid, les écoles et maternelles ont été fermées cette semaine à Bucarest et dans les comtés du sud-est du pays. Le trafic routier est toujours interdit sur certaines routes nationales et départementales du sud et de l’est du pays. Les tempêtes de neige ont perturbé les transports ferroviaires et aériens en Roumanie.