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  • May 17, 2022 UPDATE

    May 17, 2022 UPDATE

    MEETING The EU and its member states will continue to provide military support
    to Ukraine the EU’s Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell has announced at the end
    of the Foreign Affairs Council. The ministers have approved another 500 million
    euros for the member countries, which offer military gear and weapons to
    Ukraine. The event, which brought together EU defence ministers, was also
    attended by Romania’s Defence Minister Vasile Dincu. High on the agenda was the
    implementation of the Strategic Compass, (the new common defence policy) with
    emphasis on increasing the effectiveness of the missions and operations run as
    part of the Common Defence and Security Policy. Romania’s Foreign Minister
    Bogdan Aurescu was also in Brussels on Monday to attend a meeting of his EU counterparts.
    Among other things the Romanian official presented measures taken by Romania to
    support Ukraine and said that Bucharest would carry on humanitarian efforts,
    including by providing assistance to the refugees who had come and continue to come
    to this country and by operating the international humanitarian hub in Suceava,
    north-eastern Romania. Aurescu also voiced support for the sixth sanction
    package against Moscow and underlined the need for a stepped-up international
    effort for the creation of a corridor, including at sea, for shipping Ukrainian
    products, mainly cereals to third destinations via Romania.










    GAS Starting gas
    exploitation in the Black Sea represents a major objective in the process of
    becoming independent from Russian gas, Romania’s Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca
    said on Tuesday during the talks he had with Eric Faillnet, director of the
    Carlyle International Energy Partners, the main shareholder of Black Sea
    Oil&Gas. The new offshore law, initiated at the level of the ruling
    coalition, and to be endorsed shortly, creates a predictable and stable
    framework for investors, Prime Minister Ciuca went on to say adding that it
    offers a ballance between the interests of the state and private entrepreneurs.
    Romania even has the opportunity of becoming a gas exporter in the region.
    Representatives of Black Sea Oil&Gas have announced the project in Midia is
    ready to kick off in June, after the last test are conducted, with a supply
    capacity of one billion cubic meters annually.








    TENNIS Romanian
    tennis player Mihaela Buzarnescu on Tuesday secured a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 win against
    Xinyun Han of China in the first round of the main draw of the Grand Slam
    tournament of Roland Garros. The Rromanian player is to next play Susan
    Bandecchi of Switzerland. Another Romanian player, Irina Bara on Tuesday made
    it to the competition’s second qualifying round after a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win
    against Jesika Maleckova of the Czech Republic. From the delegation
    representing Romania at the event, Simona Halep, Sorana Cirstea, Gabriela Ruse,
    Irina Begu and Ana Bogdan are directly qualified to the main draw. Also on Tuesday,
    the Romanian-Russian pair Monica Niculescu/Alexandra Panova qualified for the
    quarter finals of the WTA tennis tournament in Rabat, Morocco, with prize money
    over 251 thousand dollars. The two had defeated Alicia Barnett and Olivia
    Nicholls of Britain. The second-seeded Niculescu and Panova are to be playing next
    Ana Danilina of Kazahstan and Ingrid Neel of the USA.








    UKRAINE Roughly 265 Ukrainian soldiers who were holed up in the bunkers and
    tunnels below Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant have surrendered to the Russian
    troops and are considered POWs starting Monday, Russia’s Defence Ministry has
    announced. According to Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the prisoners, some
    of whom are wounded, would be treated in line with international norms. In
    turn, Kyiv has said a prisoner swap will be taking place, as soon as the
    situation of the wounded soldiers is improved. Ukrainian authorities last week
    said that 1,000 troops, including 600 wounded, according to their commanders,
    were holed up in the bunkers and tunnels below the Azov steelworks, which
    became a symbol of the Ukrainian resistance after the Russian invasion of the
    country. They retreated to Azovstal after more than a month siege of Mariupol,
    a strategic port at the Sea of Azov, in south-eastern Ukraine, attacked by the
    Russian troops since the beginning of the invasion and almost entirely
    destroyed. The city on the coast of the Sea of Azov is strategically situated
    between the Moscow-annexed Crimea and the mining region of Donbas, where the
    two pro-Russia republics are and where Russia has stepped up its onslaught.




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  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Unfortunately,
    Romania is no longer represented at the Roland Garros tennis tournament. The
    competition’s odds-on favourite and the world’s number two, Romanian Simona
    Halep, failed to qualify for the quarters after losing to Iga Swiatek of Poland
    on Sunday, 6-1, 6-2.






    Also in the
    round of 16, the Romanian pair made up of Andreea Mitu and Patricia Tig was
    outperformed by Timea Babos of Hungary and Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-2,
    6-3. In the men’s competition the Romanian/Dutch pair Horia Tecau – Jean Julien
    Rojer were stopped in their tracks by Mate Pavic of Croatia and Bruno Soares of
    Brazil, who won the game 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.






    Romanian
    gymnast Marian Dragulescu came fourth in the vault event of the World Cup held
    in the Hungarian city of Szombathely. The contest went to Igor Radivilov of
    Ukraine with 14.150 points.






    SC Miercurea
    Ciuc and ACSH Gheorgheni on Sunday secured victories in the regional ice hockey
    competition called Erste Liga. Miercurea Ciuc clinched a 5-2 win against Opten Vasas
    Budapest through goals scored by Judd Blackwater, Csanad Fodor, Justin Maylan,
    Mathieu Tousignant and Andrei Taratuhin. ACSH obtained a 2-1 away win against
    Ferencvaros Budapest in the extra time. Shauwn Ouellette, ST Amant and Tero
    Koskiranta scored for the winners.

    Last weekend
    saw the games of the sixth leg of Romania’s first football league. On Friday in
    Craiova, local side Universitatea outperformed Poli Iasi 1-0. On Saturday,
    Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe secured a 1-0 home win against FC Arges while FC
    Voluntari clinched a 3-2 away victory against Astra Giurgiu.






    FCSB
    outperformed Dinamo Bucharest 3-2. On Sunday, Chindia Targoviste defeated FC
    Botosani 2-0, while the match pitching Gaz Metan Medias against FC Hermannstadt
    ended in a one-all draw and so did the game in Ovidiu, southern Romania,
    opposing FC Viitorul to CFR Cluj. Universitatea Craiova tops the table with 18
    points followed by FCSB and CFR each with 12.




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  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Unfortunately,
    Romania is no longer represented at the Roland Garros tennis tournament. The
    competition’s odds-on favourite and the world’s number two, Romanian Simona
    Halep, failed to qualify for the quarters after losing to Iga Swiatek of Poland
    on Sunday, 6-1, 6-2.






    Also in the
    round of 16, the Romanian pair made up of Andreea Mitu and Patricia Tig was
    outperformed by Timea Babos of Hungary and Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-2,
    6-3. In the men’s competition the Romanian/Dutch pair Horia Tecau – Jean Julien
    Rojer were stopped in their tracks by Mate Pavic of Croatia and Bruno Soares of
    Brazil, who won the game 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.






    Romanian
    gymnast Marian Dragulescu came fourth in the vault event of the World Cup held
    in the Hungarian city of Szombathely. The contest went to Igor Radivilov of
    Ukraine with 14.150 points.






    SC Miercurea
    Ciuc and ACSH Gheorgheni on Sunday secured victories in the regional ice hockey
    competition called Erste Liga. Miercurea Ciuc clinched a 5-2 win against Opten Vasas
    Budapest through goals scored by Judd Blackwater, Csanad Fodor, Justin Maylan,
    Mathieu Tousignant and Andrei Taratuhin. ACSH obtained a 2-1 away win against
    Ferencvaros Budapest in the extra time. Shauwn Ouellette, ST Amant and Tero
    Koskiranta scored for the winners.

    Last weekend
    saw the games of the sixth leg of Romania’s first football league. On Friday in
    Craiova, local side Universitatea outperformed Poli Iasi 1-0. On Saturday,
    Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe secured a 1-0 home win against FC Arges while FC
    Voluntari clinched a 3-2 away victory against Astra Giurgiu.






    FCSB
    outperformed Dinamo Bucharest 3-2. On Sunday, Chindia Targoviste defeated FC
    Botosani 2-0, while the match pitching Gaz Metan Medias against FC Hermannstadt
    ended in a one-all draw and so did the game in Ovidiu, southern Romania,
    opposing FC Viitorul to CFR Cluj. Universitatea Craiova tops the table with 18
    points followed by FCSB and CFR each with 12.




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  • September 30, 2020

    September 30, 2020

    COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreaks are spreading in Romania, particularly in care centres and in hospitals. The number of schools resorting to exclusively online classes is also on the rise. According to the latest official report, there are 2,158 new cases in the past 24 hours, and 33 new deaths. So far, 4,825 COVID-19 patients have died in Romania, and more than 127,500 people have tested positive.



    ELECTIONS Police and prosecutors carry on investigations in a criminal case initiated after on Sunday a Social Democrat running for a local councilor post was caught by representatives of Save Romania-PLUS Alliance with nearly 500 official reports from polling stations. The Central Electoral Bureau is to announce today a decision regarding the Social Democrats request for a vote recount in Bucharest Sector 1. The candidate backed by the Liberals and Save Romania-PLUS Alliance, MEP Clotilde Armand, said she would request the General Prosecutors Office to take over the investigation. The acting Sector 1 mayor, the Social Democrat Dan Tudorache, said he also requested the Bureau to do a vote recount. According to centralised data, Clotilde Armand has won the election with 40.95%, while Dan Tudorache got 39.82% of the votes. In Bucharest, the independent candidate Nicuşor Dan, backed by the Liberals and Save Romania-PLUS Alliance, secured some 43% of the votes for General Mayor of Bucharest. At national level, partial results point to major changes in the administration of county capitals. The Liberals, in power, have won 15 county capitals, the Social Democrats in opposition 14, and Save Romania-PLUS Alliance and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians 4 each. As for county councils, the Social Democrats won 20, the Liberals 17, and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians 4.



    COURT The Constitutional Court of Romania has dismissed an objection raised by the President and Government against a bill authorizing Parliament to set the date of this years parliamentary elections. The current bill is therefore deemed in line with the constitution, and president Iohannis is either to sign it into law, or to send it back to Parliament for a review. Meanwhile, in keeping with current legislation, the Liberal government decided on Friday that the parliamentary election will be held on December 6. Until its publication in the Official Journal, the bill tabled by the opposition parties, the Social Democrats, the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians and ALDE, is not in force. If this happens, which specialists say is no longer possible because there is not enough time, it will be for the first time in 30 years that the date of general elections in Romania is set by Parliament and not by the Government.



    CONFLICT The Romanian Foreign Ministry announces that Romanian embassies in Erevan and Baku are prepared to provide consular assistance to Romanian citizens in the conflict in the region. Romanian citizens are urged to be cautious and to seek information in official sources as regards possible changes in travel conditions in the 2 countries. The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to refrain from any measures, especially military ones, that might infringe upon civilians rights. Clashes between Azeri and Armenian troops over the Nagorno-Karabakh refion continue, in spite of an appeal for cease-fire and negotiations coming from the UN Security Council. According to official data, 98 people, mostly Armenian separatist fighters and , and 17 civilians on both sides, have been killed in the past few days in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.



    TENNIS The Romanians Simona Halep (no. 2 WTA, seeded 1st) and Irina Begu (72 WTA) are playing today in the 2nd round of the Roland Garros tournament. Other Romanians have also qualified into the second round: Ana Bogdan defeated Timea Babos (Hungary), Irina Bara secured a surprising win against Donna Vekic (Croatia), and Patricia Ţig outplayed the Swiss Stefanie Voegele. In the doubles, Ana Bogdan / Rebecca Peterson (Sweden) are taking today on Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic) / Arantxa Rus (Netherlands), Romanians Andrea Mitu and Patricia Tig are pitted against Madison Brengle (USA) / Yana Sizikova (Russia), Monica Niculescu (Romania) / Misaki Doi (Japan) are playing against Irina Bara (Romania) / Fanny Stollar (Hungary), and Sorana Carstea (Romania) / Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain) play against Alison Riske(USA) / Ajla Tomljanovic (Australia). (translated by: A.M. Popescu)

  • RRI Sports Club

    RRI Sports Club

    The Roland Garros Grand Slam tournament is underway in Paris. Beyond the obvious prestige of this competition, this year the event has gained in importance, as the value of total winnings has gone up, standing at over 42 million euros.



    For Romanian tennis, Roland Garros is the place where our players have grabbed some of their most notable performances over the years. In the 1970s, for instance, Ilie Nastase won the tournament twice. In 1970 he prevailed in the mens doubles together with another Romanian, Ion Tiriac. In 1973, Nastase won the mens singles after an outstanding run, without losing a single set. Ilie Nastase at the time was one of the players who dominated world tennis. Over August 23, 1973 and June 2, 1974 he was world no. 1 in the official standings of the Association of Tennis Professionals.



    In the womens competition, Florenta Mihai reached the womens singles final in 1977. Another Romanian, Virginia Ruzici, won the womens singles in 1978, as well as the doubles event that year, alongside Mima Jausovec of Yugoslavia.



    Few notable performances followed after that period for Romanian athletes, a long break that ended with the rise of Simona Halep. In 2014 and 2017 Halep played the finals, while in 2018 she finally won the womens singles against Sloane Stephens of the United States, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.


    (translated by: Vlad Palcu)

  • June 5, 2019 UPDATE

    June 5, 2019 UPDATE

    TALKS After a new round of talks with leaders of
    Parliament parties on the referendum on justice held in Romania last month, the
    country’s president Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday announced that he had invited
    political parties to sign a pact for strengthening Romania’s European progress.
    The document refers to putting the referendum’s results into legislation and
    revising the justice laws in keeping with recommendations from the Venice
    Commission and the European Commission. Iohannis also proposed that the signatories
    of the document pledge to put into legislation a.s.a.p the measures needed for guaranteeing
    the Romanian citizens’ right to vote both in the country and abroad. The
    statements come after the talks the president held with the representatives of
    the ruling PSD and ALDE, the representatives of the People’s Party Movement and
    of the minorities in Romania. On Tuesday, the first day of talks, president
    Iohannis met with the leaders of the Liberals, the Save Romania Union and UDMR,
    the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania.












    TENNIS The game pitching Romanian Simona Halep, the defending
    champion and the world’s number three tennis player against the young US
    challenger Amanda Anisimova in the quarter finals of the Roland Garros
    tournament scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed. This would be Anisimova’s
    first quarter finals match in a Grand Slam tournament and the winner of this
    match will be playing in the semifinals the winner of the game between US
    player Madison Keys and Ashleigh Barty of Australia.














    WEATHER A yellow warning for unstable weather and heavy
    downpours has been issued for the whole Romanian territory until Friday night. The
    sky will be overcast in most of the regions and torrential rain as well as
    gale-force wind, hail and thunderstorms are expected in the country’s west,
    south-west, north and center. Maximum temperatures are ranging between 22 and
    30 degrees Celsius. Flood alerts have been issued for several rivers including
    the Danube. According to official sources, roughly 160 towns and villages in 28
    counties as well as capital Bucharest have been affected by the latest heavy downpours.
    Landslides have disrupted traffic on several national and county roads.




    (translated by bill)

  • RRI Sports Club

    RRI Sports Club

    The Roland Garros Grand Slam tournament is underway in Paris. Beyond the obvious prestige of this competition, this year the event has gained in importance, as the value of total winnings has gone up, standing at over 42 million euros.



    For Romanian tennis, Roland Garros is the place where our players have grabbed some of their most notable performances over the years. In the 1970s, for instance, Ilie Nastase won the tournament twice. In 1970 he prevailed in the mens doubles together with another Romanian, Ion Tiriac. In 1973, Nastase won the mens singles after an outstanding run, without losing a single set. Ilie Nastase at the time was one of the players who dominated world tennis. Over August 23, 1973 and June 2, 1974 he was world no. 1 in the official standings of the Association of Tennis Professionals.



    In the womens competition, Florenta Mihai reached the womens singles final in 1977. Another Romanian, Virginia Ruzici, won the womens singles in 1978, as well as the doubles event that year, alongside Mima Jausovec of Yugoslavia.



    Few notable performances followed after that period for Romanian athletes, a long break that ended with the rise of Simona Halep. In 2014 and 2017 Halep played the finals, while in 2018 she finally won the womens singles against Sloane Stephens of the United States, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.


    (translated by: Vlad Palcu)

  • Nachrichten 06.06.2014

    Nachrichten 06.06.2014

    BUKAREST: Die Nationale Antikorruptionsbehörde ermittelt gegen Leiter wichtiger Institutionen wegen Vorteilsannahme und Amtsmissbrauchs. Es handelt sich um den Vorsitzenden der nationalen Behörde im Energiebereich und einen der Direktoren von Enel, einem der wichtigsten Energieverteiler Rumäniens. Enel Distribuţie Muntenia, ein Energieunternehmen mit hunderttausenden Kunden, habe unberechtigte und viel zu hohe Rechnungen ausgestellt, nachdem es die Gebühr für grüne Zertifikate verdoppelt habe, so die Nationale Antikkoruptionsbehörde. Das zuständige Amt für Energieregelung hat den Betrug aufgedeckt und als Sanktion die Reduzierung der Tarife um 6% verhängt. Der Vizevorsitzende des Amtes für Energieregelung habe sich aber für die Reduzierung der Sanktionen eingesetzt und einen Vetrag mit einem Privatunternehmen vermittelt. Die Nationale Antikorruptionbehörde ermittelt auch gegen den zweitreichsten rumänischen Geschäftsmann Dan Adamescu. Adamescu wird vorgeworfen, Bestechungsgeld angeboten zu haben, damit für seine Unternehmen günstige Urteile gefällt werden.



    PARIS: Paris – Siebzig Jahre nach der Landung der Alliierten im Zweiten Weltkrieg sind am Freitag Staats-und Regierungschefs aus 19 Ländern zur offiziellen Feier in der Normandie zusammengekommen. Mit gro‎ßen Feierlichkeiten wurde der entscheidenden militärischen Operation gedacht, die den Sieg über Nazi-Deutschland brachte. Unter den Gästen ist die Elite der mächtigsten Politiker der Welt: US-Präsident, Barack Obama, der französische Staatspräsident, Francois Hollande, die deutsche Bundeskanzlerin, Angela Merkel, Königin Elisabeth II., von Gro‎ßbritannien, der russische Staatspräsident, Wladimir Putin. Die hohen Gäste gedachten in einer Serie von Veranstaltungen der Landung der alliierten Truppen am 6. Juni 1944. Mit dem D-Day vor 70 Jahren war die Niederlage Hitler-Deutschlands im Zweiten Weltkrieg entscheidend vorangetrieben worden. Der französische Staatspräsident Francois Hollande mahnte, die verlustreichen Kämpfe blieben eine Verpflichtung, sich auch heute für die Freiheit einzusetzen. Der D-Day habe «die Welt verändert». Auf einem US-Soldatenfriedhof in Colleville-sur-Mer gedachten Hollande und Obama der über 4400 alliierten Soldaten, die bei der Landung ums Leben kamen. An der zentralen Gedenkzeremonie in Ouistreham nahmen am Nachmittag über 7000 Gäste teil. Die Feierlichkeiten finden im Kontext der aktuellen Ukraine-Krise und der gespannten Beziehung zwischen Westen und Russland statt.



    SPORT: Die derzeit beste rumänische Tennisspielerin Simona Halep hat sich für das Endspiel des Roland Garros Turniers qualifiziert und wird somit ab Montag auf Platz 3 in der WTA Weltrangliste aufsteigen. Simona Halep gewann im Halbfinale mit 6:2 und 7:6 gegen die Deutsche Andrea Petkovic. Ihre Gegnerin im Finale am Samstag ist, wie bereits beim Turnier in Madrid, die Russin Maria Sharapowa. Sie hatte die junge Kanadierin Eugenie Bouchard mit 4:6, 7:5 und 6:2 besiegt. Bislang hatte Halep Sharapowa in drei Anläufen noch nie besiegen können. Simona Halep steigt zum ersten Mal in ihrer Karriere ins Finale eines Grand-Slam Turniers. Die letzte rumänische Tennisspielerin die den Einstieg ins Finale eines Grand-Slam Tuniers schaffte war Virginia Ruzici im Jahr 1980.