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  • Sports Flash

    Sports Flash

    The Romanian womens basketball side Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe on Wednesday got their second and most clear win in the Euroleague. The Romanian champions secured an 88-58 home win against Polish side Lublin, in the competitions Group A. US player Morgan Green was the best player of the Romanian side with 19 points, 5 recoveries and 9 decisive contributions. The win has pushed Sepsi to the seventh position in the groups ranking. Before the game, Sepsi was at the bottom of group A.


    The Romanians will next take on Valencia Basket Club on their own ground on January 10th.


    In the mens group B of the Eurocup competition, Romanias side U-BT Cluj-Napoca lost to French side Bourg-en-Bresse, 98-89. With eight wins, U-BT ranks third in the 10-side group after Dreamland Gran Canaria and Bourg-en Bresse, each with 10 victories. U-BT will be taking on Buducnost Podgorica in an away game on December 27th.


    Hungarian capital, Budapest, is hosting an international water polo tournament. Romanias male side lost to Spain 15-7. This has been their third failure in a row after those against Serbia, 5-15 and 8-15 to Hungary.


    Romanias football Superleague has this week seen the matches of its 21st leg, the last this year. On Tuesday in Craiova, southern Romania, local side, FC U 1948, secured a 2-0 victory against Petrolul Ploiesti, while in Iaşi, north-eastern Romania, FCSB clinched a 3-1 win against local side Poli. Two matches ended in a draw on Wednesday, UTA Arad versus Universitatea Craiova 2 all and Farul Constanţa versus Rapid Bucharest, 0 all. Hermannstadt plays Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe on Thursday and CFR Cluj takes on Universitatea Cluj. The legs last two matches will be on Friday, when Oţelul Galaţi plays FC Botoşani and Dinamo Bucharest takes on FC Voluntari. FCSB ranks first in the standings with 44 points followed by Universitatea Craiova with 34. The Superleagues championship is to resume on January 19th.


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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    The WTA 250 women’s tennis tournament
    in Cluj-Napoca, western Romania, ended on Sunday with the victory of German
    tennis player Tamara Korpatsch who defeated Elena Gabriela Ruse in the finals 6-3,
    6-4. The best result she got this year has also brought the Romanian 20,226 dollars
    and 180 WTA points, whereas Korpatsch got 34,228 dollars and 280 WTA points.




    Both the Romanian handball sides playing in
    the Champions League have been defeated by their opponents. On Saturday,
    Romania’s champions CSM Bucharest lost on their own ground to French side Brest
    Bretagne 30 – 28. Cristina Neagu was the best Romanian scorer with 8 goals
    scored. In Group A, CSM ranks fourth with four points and will be up against
    Buducnost Podgorica in Montenegro.




    In Group B, Rapid Bucharest was
    thrashed by French side Metz 33-22. The best scorer of the Romanian side was
    Serbian Andela Janjusevic, with four goals scored. With only three points in
    the present edition of the aforementioned league, after a win, a draw and three
    defeats, Rapid ranks only 6th in the group and will be up against
    Krim Ljubljana in a home match.


    In the regional ice hockey competition
    Erste League, ACSH Gheorgheni secured a 6-0 home win against Hungarian side Jegesmedvék
    of Miskolc. In Brasov, local side Corona lost to the competition’s leader Újpest
    Budapest, 1-2. Also on their own ground, Sport Club Miercurea Ciuc, lost 4 – 6 to
    Hungarian side Budapest Jégkorong Akadémia.




    Last weekend saw the matches of
    the 13th leg of the Romanian Football Superleague. On Friday in
    Oradea, UTA Arad versus Rapid Bucharest ended in a two-all draw. On Saturday,
    in Sibiu, central Romania, local side Hermannstadt clinched a 4-0 win against
    Dinamo Bucharest, while in Ovidiu, southern Romania, local team Farul Constanta
    and Universitatea Cluj ended their match in a one-all draw.


    On Sunday in Iasi, the match
    pitting local side Politehnica against FC U Craiova 1948 ended in a one-all
    draw whereas Petrolul Ploieşti secured a 3-1 away win against Universitatea
    Craiova. FCSB versus FC Voluntari ended in a goaless draw.


    Two matches to take place on
    Monday: Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe plays FC Botoşani and CFR Cluj takes on Oţelul
    Galaţi. FCSB tops the ranking with 30 points, followed by CFR with 26.


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  • Info Sport

    În Euroliga feminină de baschet, grupa B, formaţia Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe a fost învinsă miercuri, în deplasare, de echipa spaniolă Casademont Zaragoza, cu scorul de 86-57. În alte meciuri din grupă, Fenerbahce Istanbul a dispus de Valencia cu 96-66, ASVEL Lyon a cedat pe teren propriu cu 57-67 în faţa formaţiei maghiare Miskolc, iar echipa italiană Schio a câştigat cu 70-50 în faţa grupării poloneze Lublin. Campioana României, care s-a calificat în premieră în competiţie, va disputa următorul joc cu Schio, acasă, pe 11 octombrie.



    În competiţia masculină de baschet EuroCup, grupa B, U-BT Cluj-Napoca a învins, miercuri, pe teren propriu, formaţia Türk Telekom Ankara cu scorul de 80-71. A fost primul joc din acest sezon al campioanei române în a doua competiţie, ca importanţă, din baschetul masculin de pe continent, după Euroligă. În alt meci din Grupa B, marţi, echipa germană Ulm a dispus de formaţia italiană Trento cu 80-70. Clujenii vor juca în etapa a doua cu polonezii de la Śląsk Wrocław, în deplasare, pe 11 octombrie.



    Monica Niculescu şi Nadia Kicenok s-au oprit în optimile de finală ale turneului de tenis WTA 1.000 de la Beijing, dotat cu premii totale de 8.127.389 de dolari. Perechea româno-ucraineană a fost învinsă miercuri de cuplul compus din brazilianca Beatriz Haddad Maia şi rusoaica Veronika Kudermetova cu 6-0, 6-3. Monica şi Nadia s-au ales cu un cec de 34.500 de dolari şi cu 120 de puncte WTA la dublu.



    În derby-ul Ligii Naţionale de handbal feminin, etapa a şasea, Rapid Bucureşti a trecut categoric, miercuri, acasă, de Gloria Bistriţa cu 30 la 22. La Craiova, SCM Universitatea a învins formaţia SCM Târgu Jiu, cu 27-24, iar Handbal Club Zalău a dispus, pe teren propriu, de Ştiinta Bucureşti cu 28 la 23. La Cisnădie, Măgura şi SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea au încheiat egal, 36 la 36. Scorul etapei s-a înregistrat la Baia Mare, unde Dunărea Brăila a câştigat cu 30 la 21 jocul cu Minaur.


    Etapa s-a deschis luni, cu meciul de la Braşov, în care Gloria Buzău a trecut de Corona cu 35 la 34. Joi, partidă restantă din etapa a cincea: CSM Bucureşti — Corona Braşov. În clasament conduce Vâlcea, cu 16 puncte. Urmează Brăila şi Craiova, cu 13. CSM Bucureşti se află pe locul 4, cu 12 puncte, dar cu două jocuri în minus.






  • Info Sport

    În Euroliga feminină de baschet, grupa B, formaţia Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe a fost învinsă miercuri, în deplasare, de echipa spaniolă Casademont Zaragoza, cu scorul de 86-57. În alte meciuri din grupă, Fenerbahce Istanbul a dispus de Valencia cu 96-66, ASVEL Lyon a cedat pe teren propriu cu 57-67 în faţa formaţiei maghiare Miskolc, iar echipa italiană Schio a câştigat cu 70-50 în faţa grupării poloneze Lublin. Campioana României, care s-a calificat în premieră în competiţie, va disputa următorul joc cu Schio, acasă, pe 11 octombrie.



    În competiţia masculină de baschet EuroCup, grupa B, U-BT Cluj-Napoca a învins, miercuri, pe teren propriu, formaţia Türk Telekom Ankara cu scorul de 80-71. A fost primul joc din acest sezon al campioanei române în a doua competiţie, ca importanţă, din baschetul masculin de pe continent, după Euroligă. În alt meci din Grupa B, marţi, echipa germană Ulm a dispus de formaţia italiană Trento cu 80-70. Clujenii vor juca în etapa a doua cu polonezii de la Śląsk Wrocław, în deplasare, pe 11 octombrie.



    Monica Niculescu şi Nadia Kicenok s-au oprit în optimile de finală ale turneului de tenis WTA 1.000 de la Beijing, dotat cu premii totale de 8.127.389 de dolari. Perechea româno-ucraineană a fost învinsă miercuri de cuplul compus din brazilianca Beatriz Haddad Maia şi rusoaica Veronika Kudermetova cu 6-0, 6-3. Monica şi Nadia s-au ales cu un cec de 34.500 de dolari şi cu 120 de puncte WTA la dublu.



    În derby-ul Ligii Naţionale de handbal feminin, etapa a şasea, Rapid Bucureşti a trecut categoric, miercuri, acasă, de Gloria Bistriţa cu 30 la 22. La Craiova, SCM Universitatea a învins formaţia SCM Târgu Jiu, cu 27-24, iar Handbal Club Zalău a dispus, pe teren propriu, de Ştiinta Bucureşti cu 28 la 23. La Cisnădie, Măgura şi SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea au încheiat egal, 36 la 36. Scorul etapei s-a înregistrat la Baia Mare, unde Dunărea Brăila a câştigat cu 30 la 21 jocul cu Minaur.


    Etapa s-a deschis luni, cu meciul de la Braşov, în care Gloria Buzău a trecut de Corona cu 35 la 34. Joi, partidă restantă din etapa a cincea: CSM Bucureşti — Corona Braşov. În clasament conduce Vâlcea, cu 16 puncte. Urmează Brăila şi Craiova, cu 13. CSM Bucureşti se află pe locul 4, cu 12 puncte, dar cu două jocuri în minus.






  • Football Flash

    Football Flash


    Two football sides from Romania are trying on Thursday to make it to the groups of the third European competition known as Conference League. The Romanians are going to play in the second round of the play-off against two sides from northern Europe. Farul Constanta stands the most chances as these Romanian champions secured a 2-1 win against Finnish side HJK Helsinki in the first round. Joona Toivio put the visitors in the lead with a goal scored in the 50th minute. Eight minutes later, Brazilian Rivaldinho scored the equalizer and Mihai Popescu sealed the points 8 minutes from time.


    Farul, a side guided by the Romanian football legend Gheorghe Hagi, who was dubbed the Maradona of the Carpathians have also confirmed their good shape in the domestic football championship with their latest 2-0 win against Universitatea Craiova on Sunday. HJK Helsinki also clinched a 3-1 away win against Oulu in the Finnish championship, where they are now occupying the first position.


    The other Romanian side, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe, travels beyond the Polar Circle to take on Norwegian side Bodø/Glimt. The first match in Romania ended in a draw, two-all. Cameroonian Faris Moumbagna gave the visitors the upper hand in the 19th minute but Sepsi leveled the points shortly after the break through a penalty converted by Albanian Isnik Alimi. In the 69th minute, Patrick Berg added a second for the Norwegians, but Cosmin Matei leveled the scoring again through a penalty kick nine minutes from time. The return match is to take place on artificial turf and that might pose some problems for the Romanian side. Players from both sides should be in excellent physical conditions as Sepsis latest game against Poli Iasi was rescheduled and neither did the Norwegians play in the domestic championship, where they are presently ranking first after 20 legs.


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  • Sport Club RRI – Fotbal

    Sport Club RRI – Fotbal

    Două echipe de fotbal din România vor încerca, joi, să pătrundă în faza grupelor celei de-a treia competiţii europene — Conference League. Ele vor evolua în play-off, manşa a doua, şi vor întâlni, în deplasare, două formaţii din nordul Europei. Teoretic, cel mai bine pleacă Farul Constanţa. Acum o săptămână, campioana României a învins, la Ovidiu, cu 2 la 1 formaţia finlandeză HJK Helsinki.



    Oaspeţii au deschis scorul prin Joona Toivio, în minutul 50. Opt minute mai târziu, brazilianul Rivaldinho a egalat pentru constănţeni. Scorul final a fost stabilit în minutul 82 de Mihai Popescu, iar Farul merge în Finlanda la adăpostul unei victorii şi favorită la calificare.



    Mai mult, gruparea condusă de Gheorghe Hagi şi-a confirmat forma bună şi în ultimul joc susţinut în Superliga română. După trei înfrângeri consecutive în campionat, Farul a trecut, duminică, de Universitatea Craiova cu 2-0. Formaţia din Bănie era neînvinsă, Cât priveşte gruparea din Helsinki, aceasta a câştigat jocul susţinut duminică în etapa a 21-a a campionatului finlandez: 3-1 în deplasare cu Oulu. În clasament, adversara Farului ocupă în acest moment primul loc.



    Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe merge dincolo de Cercul Polar pentru a juca împotriva echipei norvegiene Bodø/Glimt. În tur, scorul a fost egal, 2 la 2. La Sfântu Gheorghe, scandinavii au înscris primii, în minutul 19, prin camerunezul Faris Moumbagna. Sepsi a egalat, la două minute după pauză, în urma unui penalty executat de albanezul Isnik Alimi. În minutul 69, Patrick Berg a dus scorul la 2-1 pentru norvegieni. Echipa din Covasna a beneficiat însă, în minutul 81, de o nouă lovitură de la 11 metri, care a fost transformată de Cosmin Matei.



    Returul se va desfăşura pe un stadion cu gazon artificial, fapt care poate reprezenta o problemă pentru echipa din Covasna. Sepsi merge în Norvegia cu jucătorii relativ odihniţi, în condiţiile în care meciul programat în weekend cu Poli Iaşi a fost amânat. Nici Bodø/Glimt nu a jucat în campionatul nervegian, în care ocupă, după 20 de etape, locul întâi.






  • Sport Club RRI – Fotbal

    Sport Club RRI – Fotbal

    Două echipe de fotbal din România vor încerca, joi, să pătrundă în faza grupelor celei de-a treia competiţii europene — Conference League. Ele vor evolua în play-off, manşa a doua, şi vor întâlni, în deplasare, două formaţii din nordul Europei. Teoretic, cel mai bine pleacă Farul Constanţa. Acum o săptămână, campioana României a învins, la Ovidiu, cu 2 la 1 formaţia finlandeză HJK Helsinki.



    Oaspeţii au deschis scorul prin Joona Toivio, în minutul 50. Opt minute mai târziu, brazilianul Rivaldinho a egalat pentru constănţeni. Scorul final a fost stabilit în minutul 82 de Mihai Popescu, iar Farul merge în Finlanda la adăpostul unei victorii şi favorită la calificare.



    Mai mult, gruparea condusă de Gheorghe Hagi şi-a confirmat forma bună şi în ultimul joc susţinut în Superliga română. După trei înfrângeri consecutive în campionat, Farul a trecut, duminică, de Universitatea Craiova cu 2-0. Formaţia din Bănie era neînvinsă, Cât priveşte gruparea din Helsinki, aceasta a câştigat jocul susţinut duminică în etapa a 21-a a campionatului finlandez: 3-1 în deplasare cu Oulu. În clasament, adversara Farului ocupă în acest moment primul loc.



    Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe merge dincolo de Cercul Polar pentru a juca împotriva echipei norvegiene Bodø/Glimt. În tur, scorul a fost egal, 2 la 2. La Sfântu Gheorghe, scandinavii au înscris primii, în minutul 19, prin camerunezul Faris Moumbagna. Sepsi a egalat, la două minute după pauză, în urma unui penalty executat de albanezul Isnik Alimi. În minutul 69, Patrick Berg a dus scorul la 2-1 pentru norvegieni. Echipa din Covasna a beneficiat însă, în minutul 81, de o nouă lovitură de la 11 metri, care a fost transformată de Cosmin Matei.



    Returul se va desfăşura pe un stadion cu gazon artificial, fapt care poate reprezenta o problemă pentru echipa din Covasna. Sepsi merge în Norvegia cu jucătorii relativ odihniţi, în condiţiile în care meciul programat în weekend cu Poli Iaşi a fost amânat. Nici Bodø/Glimt nu a jucat în campionatul nervegian, în care ocupă, după 20 de etape, locul întâi.






  • August 25, 2023

    August 25, 2023

    LAWS The Romanian
    government will assume responsibility before Parliament for a law package concerning
    the reform of the state apparatus, the measures aimed at attaining fiscal
    balance and avoiding tax evasion. Wasting public money along with fiscal and
    tax evasion is preventing the country’s development, Romania’s Prime Minister
    Marcel Ciolacu has said. The Romanian official will go to Brussels next week
    for a new round of talks with the head of the European Commission, Ursula von
    der Leyen, over changing the budget deficit target, and according to some
    government sources, talks will also be focusing on the fiscal measures package.
    The opposition has announced its intention to table censure motions against the
    PSD-PNL Executive.






    JUSTICE The
    drug-addicted driver who killed two in a seaside resort in south-eastern
    Romania will not be able to avoid prison, says the former Justice Minister and
    present senator, Robert Cazanciuc. In a post on a social network, Cazanciuc explains
    that the so-called Anastasia Law, which he proposed in Parliament, has already
    been in force for one month and it stipulates prison sentences for all who,
    while driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, kill people in road
    accidents. The Social-Democratic senator says that additional prevention
    measures are needed, such as the interdiction to drive for a long period of
    time in the case of killer drivers or even the cancellation of driving licenses
    for those caught under the influence, irrespective of having committed a road
    accident or not. We recall that four high officials from the local police have
    stepped down after the accident. Although the aforementioned driver had been
    stopped by road police shortly before the accident, they eventually left him
    alone without testing him for banned substances. A government committee is
    presently investigating the incident in an attempt to discover the faulty
    procedures the police applied in the aforementioned case.






    TALKS Romanian
    Foreign Minister, Luminita Odobescu, on Thursday talked on the phone with the
    Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Mariya Gabriel, who is also the head of the
    Bulgarian diplomacy. According to a communiqué by the Foreign Ministry in
    Bucharest, the two ministers have reiterated the common objective of
    coordination with a view to completing ‘a.s.a.p’ the two countries’ accession
    process to Europe’s border-free area, Schengen. Odobescu has highlighted the
    interest of the Romanian side, also confirmed by her Bulgarian counterpart, in
    stepping up sectoral bilateral contacts with a view to developing joint projects,
    particularly in the field of infrastructure.






    FOOTBALL Romania’s
    football champions, Farul Constanta, on Thursday night secured a 2-1 home win
    against Finnish side HJK Helsinki in the play-offs of Europa Conference League.
    In the same stage of the competition, the winners of Romania’s Cup, Sepsi
    Sfantu Gheorghe, ended in a two-all draw their game against Norwegian side Bodoe/Glimt.
    The decisive matches for qualifying in the groups of Europe’s third football
    competition are to take place on August 31st.


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  • August 18, 2023 UPDATE

    August 18, 2023 UPDATE

    STATEMENT The Prime Ministers of Romania, Marcel
    Ciolacu and of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, signed a political statement in
    Bucharest on Friday over strengthening bilateral cooperation with a view to
    easing the transit of goods from Ukraine. The two have also initialed two
    agreements on the mutual recognition of education diplomas and the opening of a
    new border checkpoint between the two countries at Sighetul Marmatiei – Bila
    Tserkva. Romania intends to provide for the transit of over 60 % of the grain
    Ukraine is exporting on the international market, Marcel Ciolacu says. On the
    other hand, he recalled that Bucharest wants for the Romanian minority in
    Ukraine the same rights, the Ukrainian minority has in Romania. In turn, Denys
    Shmyhal has thanked Romania for its solidarity in the war against Russia, for
    easing the transit of Ukrainian grain as well as for the Romanian support for
    Ukraine’s European integration. He has also thanked Romania for receiving the
    refugees fleeing the Russian aggression and for training Ukrainian servicemen
    on its territory.








    FOOTBALL Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe, holder of
    Romania’s Football Cup has qualified for the play-offs of Europa Conference
    League after a one-nil win against FC Aktobe in Kazakhstan in the second round
    of the third preliminary leg. The first match in Romania ended in a draw. In
    another development, the vice-champions FCSB have been edged out of the
    competition by the Danish vice-champions FC Nordsjaelland, which after a
    goaless draw in Bucharest, secured a 2-0 win in the qualifiers. Romania’s champions,
    Farul Constanta, have also qualified for the competition’s after a return win against
    Estonian side Flora Tallin. Finnish side HJK Helsinki will take on Farul and FK
    Bodoe/Glimt of Norway will play Sepsi.






    GDP Romania is among
    the countries with the best results in terms of GDP growth and reduction of
    greenhouse gas emissions in the first quarter of this year, according to the
    Eurostat. Romania’s GDP is 2.4% and has increased more than the European
    average of 1.2%. In terms of greenhouse gas emissions, Romania has reduced them
    by almost 5%, while the European average is 2.9%. The EU economy as a whole has
    become more efficient and less polluting. In the first quarter of 2023, EU
    economy’s greenhouse gas emissions totaled 941 million tonnes of
    CO2-equivalent, a 2.9% decrease compared to the same quarter of 2022. This
    decrease took place simultaneously with a 1.2% increase in the EU’s GDP in the
    first quarter of 2023, compared with the same quarter of 2022, Eurostat
    reports. Most emissions were released by the housing sector – 24%,
    followed by industrial production – 20%, electricity and gas sector – 19%,
    agriculture – 13% and transport and storage – 10%. The largest decrease in
    emissions occurred in the electricity and gas sector – 12.3% while the
    transport and storage sector had the largest increase – by 7.2%




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  • August 18, 2023

    August 18, 2023


    OLYMPIAD – Romania took 1st place at the Central European Olympiad in Informatics 2023 (CEOI 2023), held in Magdeburg, Germany. Student Luca Perju-Verzotti with the Tudor Vianu National College of Informatics in Bucharest took the first place and gold medals. Gold, silver and bronze medals were also won by three students with the Aurel Vlaicu Theoretical High School in Orăștie (central Romania) and the International Theoretical High School of Informatics in Bucharest.



    GDP — Romania is among the countries with the best results in terms of GDP growth and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the first quarter of this year, according to the Eurostat. Romanias GDP is 2.4% and has increased more than the European average of 1.2%. In terms of greenhouse gas emissions, Romania has reduced them by almost 5%, while the European average is 2.9%. The EU economy as a whole has become more efficient and less polluting. In the first quarter of 2023, EU economy’s greenhouse gas emissions totalled 941 million tonnes of CO2-equivalent, a 2.9% decrease compared with the same quarter of 2022. This decrease took place simultaneously with a 1.2% increase in the EU’s GDP in the first quarter of 2023, compared with the same quarter of 2022, Eurostat reports. Most emissions were released by the housing sector – 24%, followed by industrial production – 20%, electricity and gas sector – 19%, agriculture – 13% and transport and storage – 10%. The largest decrease in emissions occurred in the electricity and gas sector – 12.3% while the transport and storage sector had the largest increase – by 7.2%


    FOREIG AFFAIRS – The Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luminiţa Odobescu, spoke on the phone with her Armenian counterpart, Ararat Mirzoyan, and also with the Canadian Foreign Minister, Melanie Joly. According to a press release of the Romanian Foreign Ministry, during the discussion with the Armenian counterpart, Minister Luminiţa Odobescu reconfirmed Romanias support for the development of the relationship between the Armenia and the EU. Regarding the situation in the South Caucasus, the Romanian official welcomed the mediation efforts of the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and voiced support for the peaceful resolution, through dialogue, of all pending issues, respecting the principles and norms of international law, including the provisions of international humanitarian law. On the other hand, during the telephone conversation with the Canadian counterpart, the very good cooperation on various files of bilateral interest was emphasized, such as cooperation in the energy sector, in the security and defense sectors and in the promotion of human rights. Also, the two ministers highlighted the joint commitment of Romania and Canada to provide sustained support to Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova, both in the context of efforts to combat the effects of Russias war in Ukraine, and in support of the European path of the two states.



    GOVERNMENT – The text of an emergency order that modifies the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, but also the proposals of the Ministry of Transport in terms of cutting red tape are on the agenda of todays meeting of the Romanian government. The government also wants to adopt and submit to parliament a draft law to revise the article of the Criminal Code, which refers to the punishment of discrimination and incitement to hatred.



    VISIT — The Ukrainian Prime Minister, Denîs Şmîhal, is in Bucharest today for talks with Romanian officials on aspects related to regional security, in the context of Russias military aggression against Ukraine. We will also discuss Romanias efforts regarding the transit of Ukrainian grain to ensure access to food worldwide, as well as issues related to the bilateral agenda for the protection of Romanian farmers and the rights of Romanian minorities in Ukraine, Romanian PM, Marcel Ciolacu said.


    FOOTBALL –Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe football squad, holder of the Romanian Cup, qualified to the Europa Conference League play-off after the 1-0 victory against FC Aktobe on Thursday evening, in Kazakhstan, in the second leg of the third preliminary round of the competition. In Sfantu Gheorghe, Sepsi had finished the match with Aktobe in a draw. On Thursday evening, the Romanian vice-champion FCSB was eliminated from the Europa Conference League by the vice-champion of Denmark, FC Nordsjaelland, who, after a goalless draw in Bucharest, won at home 2-0, in the second leg of the third preliminary round. Romanias champion, Farul Constanţa, has also qualified to the Europa Conference League play-off, which won the away match with Flora Tallinn of Estonia. Two Nordic teams will be the opponents of the Romanians in the play-off: HJK Helsinki (Finland), for Farul and FK Bodoe/Glimt (Norway) for Sepsi. (EE)


  • A brief look at the upcoming international football matches with Romanian participation

    A brief look at the upcoming international football matches with Romanian participation

    Three Romanian football sides are to take on their opponents in the
    return matches of the third preliminary round of the European competition known
    as Conference League.




    Starting 19 hours, local time on Wednesday, Romania’s champions, Farul
    Constanţa, will be up against Flora Tallinn of Estonia. The team coached by
    former football legend Gheorghe Hagi secured a 3-0 win through the goals scored
    by Denis Alibec, Constantin Budescu and Portuguese Diogo Queiros, so they stand
    good chances to qualify for the play-offs. If they beat Flora, the Romanians
    will be up against the loser of the match pitching the Azerbaijani eleven
    Qarabag and the Finns from HJK Helsinki, who are playing in the second
    continental competition, Europa League. Qarabag secured a 2-1 win in the first
    match.




    The holder of Romania’s Cup, Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe will be taking on the
    vice-champions of Kazakhstan, Aktobe in an away game on Thursday. The match
    will be broadcast at 18 hours, Romania’s time. The first game ended in a draw, one-all.
    Brazilian Elder Santana put Aktobe in the lead in the 65th minute,
    but Sepsi leveled the scoring through Roland Varga one minute from time. The
    side to win the return game will meet in the play-off the winner of the match
    pitching the Norwegian side Bodø/Glimt against the Armenians from Pyunik Yerevan.
    The first match went to the Norwegians 3-0.


    At 20 hours Bucharest time, Romanian football side FCSB will be playing
    Danish team Nordsjælland in an away match. The first game in Bucharest a week
    ago ended in a goaless draw. Although without a man on the ground for more than
    a half an hour, the visitors managed to prevent the hosts from scoring in the
    match in Bucharest. The Romanians hope to do this in the away game and if they
    win they will meet the winner of the match opposing Azerbaijani side Sabah to
    FK Partizan of Belgrade. Sabah won the first match 2-0.


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  • July 14, 2023

    July 14, 2023

    VISIT The Bulgarian Prime
    Minister Nikolai Denkov is today paying a formal visit to Bucharest for talks
    with his Romanian counterpart Marcel Ciolacu. Denkov’s visit comes after on
    Wednesday, the European Parliament reconfirmed its support for the accession of
    Romania and Bulgaria to Europe’s border-free area, Schengen. Through a
    resolution endorsed with a land-slide majority, the MEPs have called on the EU
    Council to approve the candidature of the two countries by the end of the year.
    The document says that Romania and Bulgaria are fulfilling all the criteria to
    join the Schengen zone that
    the exercise of the right of veto, without having presented any
    justification of a legal nature related to the accession criteria, fuels
    anti-European sentiment and harms the economy. The European Parliament emphasizes
    that Romanians and Bulgarians are discriminated against, because they face
    delays, bureaucratic difficulties and additional costs when traveling or doing
    business abroad, in comparison with the Schengen Area citizens. The European
    Parliament also asks the Commission to estimate the financial losses, lost
    gains and environmental damage that Romania and Bulgaria have incurred, since
    June 2011, due to not being members of the Schengen area and to analyze the
    possible compensation mechanisms.






    FOOTBALL
    The
    football matches pitching Otelul Galati against UTA Arad and Rapid Bucharest
    against Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe are opening tonight the 2023-2024 edition of
    Romania’s domestic football championship also known as the Superleague. We
    recall that on Wednesday, the champions, Farul Constanta, secured a 1-0 home
    win against Sheriff Tiraspol of the Republic of Moldova, in the first round of
    the Champions League’s preliminaries. The return match takes place in Tiraspol
    next week. The team that qualifies will be playing the winner of the double
    match pitching Maccabi Haifa of Israel against Hamrun Spartans of Malta. The
    Israeli side secured a four-nil win in the first match. Three Romanian sides
    are playing in the Conference League. In the second preliminary round, the
    former champions CFR Cluj will be up against Adana Demirspor of Turkey. The
    winners of Romania’s Cup and Super-Cup, Sepsi will be playing CSKA Sofia of
    Bulgaria while the vice-champions FCSB will be up against CSKA 1948 Sofia. The
    first games are due on July 24th and the return ones a week later.










    CARE
    Inspections have been carried out at more than two thousand social foster homes
    and care centers in Romania in the past days. 20 of these, most of them in
    Bucharest, have been closed down. Activity in other 30 facilities of this kind
    has been suspended and fines of 2 million Euros have been applied. Two
    inspectors with the County Agency for Payment and Social Inspection have been
    apprehended for having failed to properly asses the situation in a foster
    center for the disabled. The first leading figure to step down amid the scandal
    known in Romania as ‘The Retirement Centers of Horror’, was the country’s
    Social-Democratic Minister of Labour Marius Budai. According to some sources,
    Social-Democratic leaders are considering the idea of ending the political
    support for Family Minister Gabriela Firea, after she rejected the allegations
    that she was connected to the culprits in the aforementioned file.








    PARADE France’s President
    Emmanuel Macron is today attending the usual military parade on Champs-Elysees
    on the country’s national day. The event’s special invitee is Indian Premier
    Narendra Modi. According to Radio Romania’s correspondent in Paris, the
    security measures are at an unprecedented level in order to prevent urban revolts
    like those last month. Elite units of the police and gendarmerie backed by
    helicopters and armored vehicles are to supervise the ceremonies. Last year,
    shortly after the end of the parade, in the so-called sensitive areas on the
    outskirts of Paris as well as in Marseille and Lyon, police precincts were
    attacked, cars set on fire and shops looted. The risk seems to be higher this
    year mainly after the incident of the teenager shot by the police during a
    traffic stop and after hundreds of arrests and prison sentences among young
    people for aggression and vandalism at the end of June.




    STATISTICS
    according to sources with the Border Police General Inspectorate on Thursday, 147,517
    people entered Romania through the border checkpoints, of whom 17,503 were
    Ukrainian nationals. According to a press release issued on Thursday, starting
    on February 10, 2022, two weeks before the Russian army invaded their country, over
    5 million Ukrainians have entered Romania. The number of Ukrainian citizens who
    took up employment in Romania after the start of the war reached an all-time
    high last month – the Romanian Labor Ministry says. According to ministry
    sources, at the national level, 6,810 employment contracts were concluded for
    Ukrainian citizens, the highest level since February 24, 2022 until now. All in
    all, the ministry says, that 7,972 active contracts of Ukrainian citizens have
    been registered, of which 6,810 have been concluded after the start of the
    Russian invasion. 1,452 of the Ukrainians who chose employment in Romania are
    working in the manufacturing industry, and 1,181 in the construction industry.
    Another 737 are employed in the trade domain. From the point of view of the
    areas in which they chose to work, the most (2,770) found work in Bucharest,
    and 418 in Timiş county (west).




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  • Sports Roundup

    Sports Roundup

    The European Junior Swimming Championships have ended in Belgrade. Although
    without the multiple world champion David Popovici, who is no longer allowed to
    compete in junior competitions, the Romanian team has obtained good results and
    walked away with six medals. Three of these have been reaped by Vlad Stancu,
    silver in the 800 and 15 hundred meter races and bronze in the free-style 400
    meters race. Daria Silişteanu became silver medalist in the 100 meter
    backstroke race and bronze in the 50 meter race. Also from the Romanian
    delegation, Vlad Mihalache won silver in the 200 meter butterfly race. In the
    nations ranking, Romania came 14th with Italy, Hungary and Denmark
    on the first places.




    Romania went third in the World Rowing Cup in Lucerne after Britain and
    the Netherlands. Our athletes reaped six medals. The double scull team made up
    of Ancuta Bodnar and Simona Radis and the Romanian four made up of Mădălina
    Bereş, Maria Tivodariu, Magdalena Rusu and Amalia Bereş won gold. Four medals
    were silver and were won by the Romanian women’s double made up of Ioana
    Vrânceanu and Roxana Anghel, and by our men’s double made up of Marius Cozmiuc and
    Sergiu Bejan. The lightweight women’s double made up of Mariana-Laura Dumitru and
    Ionela Cozmiuc also became silver medalist and so did the men’s four made up of
    Mihai Chiruţă, Andrei-Sebastian Cornea, Ioan Prundeanu and Marian Enache.




    Romania’s Football Super Cup has been won for the second year in a row
    by Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe. This Transylvanian side, which is also holder of
    Romania’s Cup, on Saturday outperformed Romania’s Champion side Farul
    Constanţa, one-nil. The only goal of the match was scored by Ion Gheorghe, in
    the first minute of the second half. Only Steaua Bucureşti, presently known as FCSB,
    Dinamo Bucharest and CFR Cluj have won the trophy for more than two times. Rapid
    Bucharest and Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe have also won two editions of the
    aforementioned competition.


    This weekend will see the resumption of the Romanian domestic football championships. Until then, the Romanian football side Farul Constanţa takes on Sheriff
    Tiraspol in the first preliminary round of the Champions League. The first
    match is due on Wednesday in Ovidiu, south-eastern Romania.




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  • May 25, 2023

    May 25, 2023

    DAY The Ministry of National Defence is
    today staging a series of military and religious services devoted to the Heroes
    Day celebrated every year on the Ascension Day in Romania. Romanian President
    Klaus Iohannis together with the country’s Minister of Defence, Angel Tîvăr are going to attend a series
    of ceremonies at the Heroes’ Monument near Sibiu, in central Romania, and the
    president of the Chamber of Deputies, Marcel Ciolacu, is expected to give a
    speech during the ceremony at the Heroes Graveyard in Buzau, southern Romania.
    The Heroes Day will also be celebrated by Romania’s Prime Minister Nicolae
    Ciuca at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in the Carol 1st Park
    in Bucharest. The Heroes Day was first observed on May 4th 1920 and
    was taken over by the Romanian Parliament in 1995. It became a national day of
    the Romanian people in 2003.




    STRIKE Romanian teachers are carrying
    on their all-out strike, after trade unions in education have turned down the
    latest government offer, which they deem as insulting. Several thousand
    teachers are protesting in front of the government building in Bucharest. Representatives
    of the government and trade union leaders last night attended a new round of
    talks which ended in a deadlock. The authorities ruled out any pay rises and bonuses
    claimed by the trade unions. However, teachers were supposed to get 25 hundred
    lei in two installments this year and the non-teaching staffers 1000 lei.
    Marian Neacsu, the government’s Secretary General, explained the money would be
    given on a special card for professional career and gave assurances that the
    field of education would be a top priority in the future process of drafting
    the payment law. Disgruntled with the pay and their working conditions, employees
    of Romania’s education system kicked off an all-out strike on May 22. Trade
    union leaders have announced their intention not to give up the protest unless
    their claims are met.




    EU The European Commission
    Executive Vice-president, Valdis Dombrovskis on Wednesday called on the member
    states to apply more effectively their plans of recovery and resilience, to
    make investment and cut on spending. The European Commission has again drawn
    attention to the economic situation in Romania, the only EU country for which
    the procedure for excessive deficit has been activated. According to Brussels,
    Romania spends more money than it has and must cut its deficit under 3% by the
    next year. According to the government in Bucharest, the budget deficit is
    expected to go down under 4.4% of the GDP this year and 2.9% next year. We have
    more on the issue after the news.




    CUP Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe won
    Romania’s football cup after a 5-4 win against Universitatea Cluj in the
    shootouts on Wednesday. 120 minutes into the game, the score was nil-all. The
    hero of Sepsi was its goalkeeper, Roland Niczuly, a former player of the
    Universitatea Cluj’s. Niczuly managed to save three shots, after Universitatea had got
    the upper hand but wasted two chances. Sepsi has won the trophy for the second
    time in a row. We recall that this ambitious football side from central Romania,
    lost the finals of the aforementioned competition in 2020. Universitatea has
    lost a Romanian Cup finals for the fifth time.






    VISIT ‘A genuine war is going on in Europe at present’ the
    president of the Federal Republic of Germany, Franz Walter Steinmeier said on
    Thursday during the visit he is paying to Romania. The German official has
    reiterated his appeal to unity in this context. During the second day of his
    state visit jointly with his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis he met
    representatives of the German community in Romania. The two officials are going
    to visit the National College ‘Samuel von Brukenthal’ in Sibiu with tuition in
    German, a school first documented 650 years ago. The two presidents will be
    attending a formal lunch offered by the incumbent mayor of Sibiu, Astrid Fodor.
    The last stage of the German president’s visit in the region is going to be the
    Saxon fortified church in the village of Cristian, a monument dating back to
    the 13th century. Steinmeier will next visit the city of Timisoara,
    in western Romania to lay a wreath of flowers at the monument dedicated to the
    anti-communist revolution of 1989 in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral.


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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend


    This weekend will be seeing the eighth leg of the Romanian Football Superleague. The race for the first position in the ranking involves Rapid Bucharest, which will be taking on Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe on Friday.


    The most important games for winning the championship and for qualification in the European Cups will take place on Saturday and Sunday. At the top of the table Farul Constanta goes to Craiova to play local side Universitatea, a team ranking fourth, which is hankering for a place in preliminaries of the European competition Conference League. A wrong step taken by Farul at this point is tantamount to failure as only three points are separating them from the runner-up FCSB they are going to meet in Ovidiu on 21st May. FCSB will be up against CFR Cluj, the champions of the past years in Bucharest on Sunday. CFR is presently ranking third and stands slim chances of winning the sixth consecutive title.


    On Friday FC Voluntari plays FC Botoşani while on Saturday, Petrolul Ploieşti, plays on their own turf Hermannstadt. Universitatea Cluj will be up against Chindia Târgovişte, and if they win they will diminish Chindias chances to remain in the Superleague. On Sunday, CS Mioveni, which has already demoted will be playing on their own turf UTA Arad with the same number of points as Chindia and also striving to avoid demotion. Another match in the hot area at the bottom of the table is pitching FC Arges against FCU Craiova, Arges is also making desperate efforts to remain in the first Romanian football league.


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