Tag: Sorana Cirstea

  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    At the WTA 250 tennis tournament in Austin, offering some 275 thousand USD in total prizes, Romanian tennis player Sorana Cîrstea (WTA 120) will take on 5th-seed McCartney Kessler (56 WTA) of the USA in the quarterfinals. In the round of 16, on Thursday, Sorana beat second-seed Diana Schnaider (WTA 13) of Russia, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. The Romanian player thus secured a 6,815-USD check and 54 WTA points.

     

    The Romanian rugby team will compete in the semifinals of the 2025 edition of Rugby Europe Championship, the second most important European competition after the Six Nations Tournament. The “Oaks” will take on Georgia in Tbilisi. Georgia is currently the best-performing team in Rugby Europe Championship, currently ranked 11th in world standings, better than the much more successful team of Wales, which is ranked 12th. In this global hierarchy, Romania ranks 20th. We recall that, by qualifying to the semifinals of Rugby Europe Championship after grabbing wins over Germany and Belgium in the group stage, Romania qualified to the 2027 World Cup, which will be held in Australia.

     

    This weekend will see matches in the Romanian Football Super League, counting towards the 29th round, the second-to-last of the regular season. On Friday, Unirea Slobozia will play Oţelul Galaţi whereas Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe will take on CFR Cluj. On Saturday, Universitatea Cluj will play FC Botoşani at home, while Universitatea Craiova will take on Farul Constanţa, also at home. In the first match on Sunday, in Iaşi, the local side Politehnica will meet Petrolul Ploieşti. The highlight match will take place on the National Arena stadium in the capital-city, pitting Rapid against Bucharest rivals FCSB. Rapid needs at least a draw to secure a place in the group stage. Finally, on Monday, Gloria Buzău will play UTA Arad while Dinamo Bucharest will take on FC Hermannstadt. FCSB tops the league tables with 52 points, followed by Universitatea Cluj with 51. (VP)

  • January 28, 2025

    January 28, 2025

    SEARCH The Dutch police are still looking for those who on Saturday morning blasted their way into the Drents Museum in Assen and left with four ancient artefacts belonging to Romania. In a communiqué, the Culture Minister in Bucharest, Natalia Intotero, has referred to the talks she had with King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and the Dutch Prime Minister, Dick Schoof, about the theft. The minister says these aren’t simple artefacts, but essential parts of the history and identity of the Romanian people also representing a priceless cultural heritage, not only for Romania, but for the entire world and that there is a moral duty to protect and recover these symbols. Intotero has called on the Dutch authorities to attach the proper attention to the issue and take all the necessary moves to identify the thieves and bring the aforementioned treasure artefacts to Romania, where they actually belong.

     

    ELECTION In its session today, the government in Bucharest has endorsed the calendar of the upcoming presidential election. Under the document, the first round of election is due on May 4 and the second on 18. Candidacies are to be submitted to the Central Election Office until March 15 and the election campaign is due to get underway on April 4 and close on May 3, at 7 hours, local time. Romanians living abroad will also have three days to cast their ballot just like last year when the first round was cancelled under a Constitutional Court ruling.

     

    TALKS Romania’s Foreign Minister, Emil Hurezeanu, is today having talks with NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels. Rutte has recently cautioned that in 4-5 years, the allies will not be able to ensure their collective defence unless they manage to raise the defence expenses. The US president, Donald Trump, whose country covers the biggest part of NATO expenses, has recently called on the allies to raise their national defence budgets to 5% of the GDP. Minister Hurezeanu attended the EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday, which had high on the agenda, the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East and the relations with the USA.

     

    TOURISM Bucharest has this week presented the fourth edition of the White Charter of Tourism, comprising the industry’s main characteristics, risks, vulnerabilities as well as the opportunities it has at national level. According to the survey more and more tourists are choosing Romanian travel destinations. The main investment domains in the aforementioned industry should remain entertainment and infrastructure and the promotion should be stepped up both at national and international levels. The field ministry believes that by 2035, Romania’s travel industry should have made 3 billion Euros in proceeds, including through the attraction of a larger number of foreign tourists and by doubling down on the existing demand.

     

    TENNIS Romania’s tennis player Sorana Cirstea on Monday qualified for the round of sixteen of the WTA 500 tournament in Linz, Austria, a competition with roughly one million dollars in prize money. The Romanian has outperformed the Dutch challenger Arantxa Rus, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. Cirstea hasn’t won a game in the professional circuit since May last year. Another Romanian attending the Linz competition, Anca Todoni, has been defeated in the first round of the qualifying contest.

     

    WEATHER And now a couple of things about the weather, which is extremely warm for this time of the year with highs ranging from 9 to 18 degrees Celsius. The noon reading in Bucharest was 12 degrees.

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  • May 26, 2024

    May 26, 2024

    MESSAGE In a message conveyed today on the occasion of the Day of the Romanians all over the World, President Klaus Iohannis has urged the Romanians to keep their identity, language and the Romanian traditions. Iohannis added that he constantly promoted the setting up of professional communities between the Romanians abroad and those at home, thus creating a tighter connection between the business people, scientists, physicians and Romanian artists from the world over, who worked together to accomplish many successful projects. Bucharest is seeing the last day of the 7th edition of a festival known as ‘Here and There’, an event that comprises a series of activities staged by the Department for the Romanians all Over the World jointly with the Union of the Fine Artists in Romania. For three days, the event has brought together Romanian artists from the country and abroad, activating in various fields of creation such as fine arts, design, music, film, etcetera and also members of academia and business environment from the Romanian communities abroad. This year’s edition has been attended by hundreds of Romanians from the Diaspora and the historical communities in 34 countries.

     

    TENNIS Four players from Romania are on the main draw of the Roland Garros tournament, the year’s second Grand Slam tournament, which kicked off in Paris. Today, Jaqueline Cristian will be playing Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, the competition’s ninth seed. Sorana Cirstea, Romania’s best tennis player at the moment, has been designated the tournament’s 28th seed. In the first round she will be playing Ana Blinkova of Russia. In turn, Ana Bogdan will be playing the wild car winner Elsa Jacquemot of France. Irina Begu, also of Romania, will be up against Julia Riera of Argentina. We recall that a former world number one, Romanian Simona Halep, won the trophy in 2018. In 1978, Virginia Ruzici became the first Romanian to win this famous French tournament.

     

    AI Romania is going to have an AI Research Institute through which it intends to develop its own technological solutions, cooperate with international partners and train top experts in this field, the country’s Finance Minister, Marcel Bolos, wrote on Facebook. According to Bolos, the Ministry he’s leading has already started to use AI in order to detect anomalies as well as in its anti-fraud operations. The construction of the first center of AI research in Romania kicked off at the Technical University in Cluj Napoca through an investment of 21 million Euros.

     

    FILMS “Anora”, a thriller directed by American Sean Baker, has won the Palme d’Or trophy at the 77th edition of the Film Festival in Cannes. Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light”, a film about sisterhood in Mumbai, has reaped the Grand Prix, the festival’s second-highest honour, while ‘Emilia Perez’ of the French director Jacques Audiard, has won the Jury Prize. Romanian production “Three Kilometers to the End of the World” has reaped the Queer Palm, an alternative award given every year to productions addressing LGBT issues. Another two Romanian productions, NASTY, directed by Cristian Pascariu, Tudor D. Popescu and Tudor Giurgiu, which portrays the life of Romania’s tennis legend Ilie Nastase, and “Human Violins” by Ioana Mischie have also been screened during this famous international film festival.

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  • Sports Weekend

    Sports Weekend

    Romanian athlete Alin Alexuc-Ciurariu on Thursday qualified for the upcoming Olympics in Paris, after a couple of wins in the pre-Olympic wrestling tournament in Istanbul. The Romanian competed in the Greek-Roman style, the 130 kilogram category. A European champion in 2020, Alexuc also represented Romania at the London Olympics in 2012, in Rio, in 2016 and Tokyo in 2020. Romania presently boasts 83 athletes qualified for the Olympic Games in 12 disciplines.

    Romanian tennis players Sorana Cîrstea and Jaqueline Cristian on Thursday qualified for the third round of the WTA 1.000 tournament in Rome, a competition with 4,800,000 Euros in prize money.

    Sorana clinched a two-set win 7-5, 6-0 against Brenda Fruhvirtova of the Czech Republic and will be playing sixth seeded Marketa Vondrousova in the third round. Jaqueline Cristian who made it to the main draw as ”lucky loser”, obtained a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 win against Elina Avanesyan of Russia in a match that lasted almost three hours. In the third round the Romanian will be up against the world’s number three, Coco Gauff, of the United States.

    On Sunday in Brno, the Romanian national side will be playing the Czech selection in the second round of the playoffs for the World Handball Championships next year. The Romanians won the first match at home 31-30. The World handball Championships will be hosted by Croatia, Denmark and Norway over January 14th and February 2nd.

    Football lovers in Romania this weekend are going to find out the sides that will demote to the second football league. Two elevens, Dinamo and FCU Craiova, are on the last positions in the ranking to be demoted to the second league. Dinamo will be playing in a home game UTA Arad and Craiova will be up against FC Hermannstadt. Poli Iași also on their own turf will be playing Petrolul Ploiești while FC Voluntari also in a home match takes on Universitatea Cluj. Oțelul Galați, also at home, takes on FC Botoșani.

    Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe plays Rapid București, while the champions FCSB, will be meeting CFR Cluj in Bucharest on Saturday. CFR Cluj will fight for the second position in the ranking. Another side fighting for this position, which ensures qualification for the preliminaries of the Conference League, is Universitatea Craiova, which is taking on Farul Constanta in an away game. CFR and Craiova have the same number of points.

    In the end we remind you that you can revisit this report on the Internet at rri.ro as well as on Radio Romania International’s Facebook profile.

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  • Athlete of the Week

    Athlete of the Week

    Tennis tournaments are staged in the month of February in the Gulf area as this is the only place in the northern hemisphere, which offers the best conditions for this sport, this time of the year.

    Last week, for instance, the women’s WTA 1000 tournament was staged in Dubai, a competition with three million and two hundred thousand dollars in prize money. The trophy was won by Italian Jasmine Paolini, who outperformed Russian Anna Kalinskaya in the finals. Romanian Sorana Cîrstea had made it to the semifinals, where she lost to Paolini, who had a really extraordinary week. Cîrstea obtained a check of 158,944 dollars, 390 WTA points, and Radio Romania International has designated her Athlete of the Week.

    In the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships, Sorana stood up against US challenger Sofia Kenin, whom she beat in a two setter, 6-3, 7-6. Next she took on 13th-seeded Veronika Kudermetova of Russia, whom she outperformed 6-1, 6-4. She had a difficult eighth finals match against Donna Vekic of Croatia who had come after a win against second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.

    Cîrstea won the match in three sets 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. Then followed another dificult game in the quarters against Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic. The Romanian obtained a three-set win, 2-6, 7-6, 6-2, after a fantastic comeback in the second set. In the semifinals, however, fatigue took its toll on Sorana who eventually lost to Paolini 6-2, 7-6.

    Sorana Cîrstea was born in Târgovişte (southern Romania), on April 7th 1990. She turned professional in 2006, a year which she ended on the 348th place in the world ranking. She has so far won two WTA tournaments; the first in Tashkent in 2008 and the second 13 years later in Istanbul. In August 2013 she obtained the best position in her entire career, the 21st position. She went through a more difficult period fraught with medical issues, but she recovered and almost regained the shape that made her famous. She is presently 22nd in the world ranking.

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  • February 6, 2024

    February 6, 2024

    PROTESTS – Due to Bulgarian farmers’ protests, the border with
    Bulgaria will be closed for at least two hours. The National Association of
    Bulgarian Grain Producers has made public a map with 80 road segments where
    traffic will be blocked by heavy farming equipment at least two hours a day,
    indefinitely. Farmers want the government to ease the administrative burden on
    the farming sector, compensations for the negative impact of the Russian
    aggression in Ukraine, as well as more protection for Bulgarian agriculture in
    regulated trade with Ukraine. The Romanian Foreign Ministry has recommended all
    citizens traveling to Bulgaria check for border traffic updates and strictly
    abide by temporary regulations and the recommendations of border police.




    HEALTH – Health trade unions have been promised a 15% salary
    increase, which will add to the 5% increase applied to public sector employees
    at the start of the year. After long negotiations with Prime Minister Marcel
    Ciolacu, the leaders of the Sanitas Federation said salaries will increase in
    two phases, in March and June, although it is unclear which categories of
    personnel will benefit from the increase and when. Talks with the authorities
    will continue, trade unions say. Representatives of the Sanitary Solidarity
    Federation are disgruntled with the government’s latest counteroffer,
    Federation leader Viorel Rotilă argues, adding that the increase will only
    affect the base salaries, meaning health workers’ salaries, which also include
    bonuses, are expected to increase by a little over 14%. Protest actions will
    thus continue, Viorel Rotilă went on to say.




    BILATERAL RELATIONS – Romania’s Foreign Minister Luminița Odobescu
    on Monday paid an official visit to Sofia, Bulgaria, where she had talks with
    her Bulgarian counterpart Mariya Gabriel, president Rumen Radev and Prime
    Minister Nikolai Denkov. Minister Odobescu hailed progress reported in the
    development of infrastructure projects of mutual interest, such as FastDanube
    or the construction or a new bridge over the Danube, both designed to
    significantly consolidate regional interconnectivity. The Romanian official also
    expressed Romania’s firm support for EU enlargement, both in the Western
    Balkans, as well as the Eastern Partnership, where Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia
    have made steps forward. During her meeting with president Rumen Radev, Luminița
    Odobescu highlighted the importance of the Romania-Bulgaria Strategic
    Partnership, signed in 2023.




    VISIT – The new
    Foreign Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Mihai Popșoi, has paid his first
    official visit to Romania, where he is expected to meet Prime Minister Marcel
    Ciolacu and Senate Speaker Nicolae Ciucă. The agenda of his meeting with the
    Romanian counterpart, Luminița Odobescu, will focus on regional challenges.
    Mihai Popșoi was appointed Foreign Minister and deputy Prime Minister after his
    predecessor, Nicu Popescu, stepped down in January, claiming he needed a break
    after fulfilling the key objective of his mandate – Moldova’s EU rapprochement.




    TENNIS – Romanian
    tennis player Sorana Cîrstea has advanced to the quarterfinals of the WTA 500
    tournament in Abu Dhabi (UAE), offering over 920 thousand USD in total prizes.
    This was the first win of the year for Cîrstea (26 WTA), who ousted Caroline
    Garcia of France, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4. The Romanian player will next take on
    third-seed Maria Sakkari of Greece (9 WTA). Cîrstea leads 2-1 head-to-head, the
    Greek player having won the last match 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the second round at
    Cincinnati.




    AQUATICS – The Romanian
    men’s polo team lost 15-8 to Hungary on Monday in its first match in Group D at
    the World Aquatics Championships hosted by Doha, Qatar. Our team will next play
    Kazakhstan on February 8 and Italy on February 9. The winners of each group
    will advance to the quarterfinals, the teams in second and third place
    respectively will play quarterfinals playoff matches, whereas last-placed teams
    will compete in a tournament for positions 13-16. The top four teams will
    qualify to the 2024 Paris Olympics. France, Hungary, Greece, Spain, Japan, the
    USA, Australia and South Africa have already booked their tickets to this
    year’s Olympic Games. (VP)

  • Sports Flash

    During
    the WTA Transylvania Open underway in Cluj-Napoca, western Romania with 259,303
    dollars in prize money, Romanian Sorana Cîrstea, the odds-on favourite has been
    outperformed by Eva Lys of Germany, 6-3, 6-3. Another Romanian, Patricia Ţig also
    lost to Ekaterina Makarova of Russia, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in the eighth finals while
    a third Romanian, Miriam Bulgaru, has been defeated by Spanish Rebeka Masarova
    3-6, 7-6.




    Playing
    on their own turf, Romania’s basketball side CSM CSU Oradea has been defeated
    by Slovakian side Patrioti Levice 93-91 right at their debut in Group J of the
    men’s competition, FIBA Europe Cup.


    In
    the third leg of another basketball competition, Euro Cup, in Group B, Romanian
    side U-BT Cluj-Napoca has been defeated in an away match by French side Mincidelice
    JL Bourg-en-Bresse, 92-88.






    Romanian
    pugilist Paul Andrei Arădoaie has won the bronze medal in the EUBC Cup held in Budva,
    Montenegro. The Romanian was beaten on points by Slovakian, Andrej Csemez, in
    the 80 kilogram category. Romania participated with four boxers in the
    Montenegrin tournament, Adrian Preda in the 57 kilogram category, Iulian
    Bârsănescu in the 60 kilogram and Andrei Musteţ in the 67 kilogram category;
    all of them were eliminated in the quarter finals.


    . The Romanian under-17 female football
    selection ended in a goaless draw their match against Ukraine in Duisburg,
    Germany; the match counted towards the Group A4 in the preliminaries of the
    European Championship. Romania was earlier thrashed by Austria, 8-0 and is
    presently ranking last with only one point.


    In
    men’s competitions, Romania’s Under 20 side lost to Norway 5-0 in a match
    counting towards Elite League U 20. Romania had earlier won the match against
    England 2-0. Our side presently boasts 6 points and the fourth position in a
    group with 8 sides.

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  • La semaine du 4 au 10 août 2023

    La semaine du 4 au 10 août 2023

    Hypothèse : un drone russe est tombé
    sur le territoire de la Roumanie




    L’OTAN
    réaffirme sa forte solidarité avec la Roumanie, après avoir été informée de
    l’incident produit près de la frontière avec l’Ukraine, où des fragments de
    drone russe ont été identifiés. Nous continuerons à suivre de près la situation
    et resterons en contact avec notre alliée, la Roumanie – ont déclaré les
    représentants de l’OTAN dans un communiqué. Selon le secrétaire général de
    l’Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, il n’y a pas d’indication que les éventuels
    débris de drone russe trouvés en Roumanie soient le signe d’une attaque russe
    délibérée contre ce pays membre de l’Otan. Qui plus est, l’événement
    « prouve le risque d’un accident » provoqué par le conflit en
    Ukraine. Le secrétaire général a rappelé aussi des incidents similaires qui
    avaient eu lieu en Pologne. Aux dires du ministre roumain de la Défense, Angel
    Tîlvăr, les spécialistes du Ministère roumain de la Défense ont collecté des
    preuves près du village de Plauru, dans le département de Tulcea (sud-est), à seulement
    70 mètres du Danube, fleuve qui sépare la Roumanie et l’Ukraine. Selon le
    porte-parole du ministère « des mesures ont été établies pour renforcer
    les capacités techniques de surveillance et de sécurisation de l’espace
    aérien ». Selon le président roumain Klaus Iohannis, s’il s’avère que le
    drone appartenait bien à la Russie, l’incident représente une grave violation
    de la souveraineté et de l’intégrité territoriale de la Roumanie. La veille, le
    chef de l’Etat avait déclaré « qu’aucune pièce, qu’aucun drone, ni aucun
    autre dispositif n’était arrivé en Roumanie ». D’ailleurs, les russes
    ciblent fréquemment les ports fluviaux Ismail et Reni. Ces ports sont des
    points de transit importants pour les exportations ukrainiennes après qu’en
    juillet dernier, la Russie s’était retirée de l’accord concernant le transit
    des céréales de la mer Noire. Essentielles pour le transport des marchandises
    sur le Danube, Reni est situé à 13 km de la ville roumaine de Galati, tandis
    qu’Ismail est sis sur le bras de Chilia du delta du Danube, soit la frontière
    entre la Roumanie et l’Ukraine.





    Sommet régional à Bucarest


    Mercredi, Bucarest
    a accueilli le Sommet de l’Initiative des Trois Mers, réunissant les
    Etats-membres de l’UE riverains des mers Adriatique, Baltique et Noire. A cette
    occasion, la Grèce deviendra le 13ème pays participant, tandis que l’Ukraine et
    la République de Moldova, voisines de la Roumanie, recevront le statut d’États
    associés. Lors de la déclaration finale commune, les leaders des états
    participants ont réaffirmé leur appui pour l’Ukraine et ont condamné de nouveau
    l’invasion russe déclenchée il y a un an et demi. En marge du Sommet, jeudi a
    eu lieu un Forum des affaires de l’Initiative des Trois Mers, réunissant plus
    d’un millier de représentants du milieu des affaires, de la politique ainsi que
    des représentants de la société civile. Les autorités roumaines ont exprimé de
    nouveau leur intérêt de réaliser des projets censés renforces l’interconnexion
    dans la région.


    Le
    gouvernement assume sa responsabilité pour réduire le déficit fiscal




    Le chef social-démocrate du cabinet de la coalition PSD-PNL, Marcel
    Ciolacu, a annoncé mardi que jusqu’à la fin de ce mois son équipe exécutive
    devrait engager la responsabilité gouvernementale devant le Parlement pour les
    mesures censées réduire le déficit budgétaire. Sans donner trop de détails, le
    premier ministre roumain a déclaré que le paquet de mesures visera la lutte
    contre l’évasion fiscale – quasi-généralisée dans certains secteurs, selon les
    experts – des réformes dans le système administratif central et local, dont
    tous les experts affirment qu’il est surdimensionné, ainsi qu’une réforme de la
    fiscalité, qui figure parmi les jalons du Plan national de relance et de
    résilience, négocié avec les autorités de Bruxelles. Les sociaux-démocrates et
    les libéraux dominent confortablement le Parlement, et par conséquent les
    réformes promises par M Ciolacu devraient passer et le gouvernement de Bucarest
    continuera son mandat. Les deux pôles de l’opposition, l’USR et l’AUR qui se déclarent
    incompatibles du point de vue idéologique, annoncent que dans l’actuelle
    législature, ils comptent initier séparément des motions de censure contre le
    cabinet. Pourtant, selon la presse roumaine ces initiatives n’auront aucune
    chance de succès.


    Dans arrestations dans le dossier de
    Crevedia




    Les
    propriétaires de la compagnie qui possède la station de Gaz de pétrole liquéfié
    de Crevedia (dans le sud de la Roumanie, pas loin de Bucarest), où deux
    explosions ont fait de nombreuses victimes le 26 août dernier, ont été mis en
    détention provisoire pour 30 jours. Les procureurs ont saisi plusieurs
    immeubles et comptes bancaires des deux patrons afin que l’Etat puisse dédommager
    les victimes. Selon les autorités, cinq personnes sont mortes et plus d’une cinquantaine
    ont été blessées, à la suite des explosions. Six maisons ont été entièrement
    détruites et presque 80 ont été endommagées. Les patrons sont accusés d’avoir enfreint
    systématiquement, au moins depuis 3 ans, la législation concernant le
    déroulement des opérations d’alimentation, de transport, de transfert et de
    stockage du GPL.




    Première à l’US Open





    La
    joueuse de tennis roumaine Sorana Cîrstea s’est qualifiée en première dans les
    quarts de finale de l’US Open, le dernier tournoi du Grand Chelem de l’année.
    Pourtant elle n’est pas parvenue à se qualifier pour les demi-finales et s’est
    en effet inclinée mercredi face à la Tchèque Karolina Muchova. C’est la
    première fois que Cîrstea arrive cette année jusqu’en quarts de finale de la
    compétition new-yorkaise. Elle a joué un seul quart de finale dans un tournoi
    du Grand Chelem, en 2009 à Roland Garros, lorsqu’elle était âgée de 19
    ans. Grâce aux points remportés par
    Flushing Meadows, elle grimpera quatre places dans la hiérarchie mondiale, pour
    occuper la 26e place dès lundi. En l’absence de l’ex numéro une mondiale,
    Simona Halep, suspendue depuis une année déjà pour un dopage présumé, Sorana
    Cîrstea semble devenir déjà la leader de facto du tennis roumain, affirme la
    presse sportive roumaine.

  • Rückblick auf die Ereignisse vom 04.09.2023 bis zum 08.09.2023

    Rückblick auf die Ereignisse vom 04.09.2023 bis zum 08.09.2023


    Die Theorie: Russische Drohne in Rumänien abgestürzt



    Das Nordatlantische Bündnis bekräftigt seine Solidarität mit Rumänien, nachdem es über den Vorfall in der Nähe seiner Grenze zur Ukraine informiert wurde, bei dem möglicherweise Fragmente einer russischen Drohne gefunden wurden. Wir werden die Situation weiterhin aufmerksam beobachten und mit unserem Verbündeten Rumänien in Kontakt bleiben, wie die NATO in einer Erklärung mitteilte. NATO-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg sagte, dass es keine Informationen über einen absichtlichen russischen Angriff gebe. Der Vorfall zeige das Risiko eines Unfalls“, der durch den Krieg in der Ukraine verursacht werden kann, und erinnerte daran, dass es in Polen ähnliche Vorfälle gegeben habe. Die rumänische Armee teilte mit, dass Spezialisten des Verteidigungsministeriums in der Nähe des Dorfes Plauru Proben genommen hätten. Der Sprecher des Ministeriums teilte mit, dass Maßnahmen zur Stärkung der technischen Kapazitäten für die Überwachung und Sicherung des Luftraums ergriffen wurden. Der Staatspräsident Klaus Iohannis sagte, wenn sich bestätige, dass die Drohne Russland gehöre, wurde die Souveränität und territoriale Integrität Rumäniens verletzt. Am Vortag hatte das Staatsoberhaupt noch erklärt, dass keine Drohne und kein anderes Gerät auf rumänisches Gebiet gefallen ist. Die russischen Truppen zielen häufig auf die ukrainischen Flusshäfen von Ismail und Reni. Diese Häfen sind für ukrainische Exporte von Bedeutung, nachdem Russland sich im Juli aus dem Abkommen über den Getreidetransit über das Schwarze Meer zurückgezogen hat. Die Stadt Reni liegt etwa 13 Kilometer Luftlinie von der rumänischen Stadt Galati entfernt, während Ismail am Chilia-Arm der Donau liegt, der die Grenze zwischen Rumänien und der Ukraine bildet.




    Regionalgipfel in Bukarest



    Am Mittwoch fand in Bukarest das Gipfeltreffen der Drei-Meeres-Initiative statt, der Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union angehören, die zwischen der Ostsee, dem Schwarzen Meer und dem Adriatischen Meer liegen. Griechenland wurde das 13. Mitglied der Initiative und die Ukraine und Moldau wurden assoziierte Partner. Die Staats- und Regierungschefs der teilnehmenden Länder bekräftigten ihre Unterstützung für die Ukraine und verurteilten erneut die russische Invasion, die vor eineinhalb Jahren begann. Am Donnerstag fand das Wirtschaftsforum der Drei-Meere-Initiative statt, an dem über tausend Vertreter aus Wirtschaft, Politik und Zivilgesellschaft teilnahmen. Die rumänischen Behörden bekundeten ihr Interesse an Projekten zur Verbesserung der Interkonnektivität in der Region.




    Regierung übernimmt die Verantwortung für den Abbau des Haushaltsdefizits



    Marcel Ciolacu, der sozialdemokratische Regierungschef der Koalition aus Sozialdemokraten und Liberalen, sagte am Dienstag, dass er bis Ende dieses Monats im Parlament die Verantwortung für den Haushaltsdefizitabbau übernehmen wird. Das Maßnahmenpaket umfasst die Bekämpfung der Steuerhinterziehung, die Experten zufolge in einigen Sektoren bereits generalisiert ist, Reformen im zentralen und lokalen Verwaltungssystem, das Experten zufolge ebenfalls aufgebläht ist, und eine Steuerreform, die als Meilenstein in dem mit Brüssel vereinbarten nationalen Konjunktur- und Resilienzplan enthalten ist. Da die Sozialdemokraten und die Liberalen das Parlament dominieren, ist es wahrscheinlich, dass die von Ciolacu versprochenen Reformen nach ihrer Einigung umgesetzt werden und die Regierung weiterhin im Amt bleibt. Die beiden Parteien, USR und AUR, die sich für ideologisch unvereinbar erklären, kündigten an, in der laufenden Legislaturperiode getrennte Misstrauensanträge gegen das Kabinett zu stellen.




    Verhaftungen im Fall Crevedia



    Die Eigentümer des Unternehmens, das die Flüssiggastankstelle in Crevedia besitzt, in der sich im vergangenen Monat zwei Explosionen ereigneten, die zahlreiche Opfer forderten, wurden für 30 Tage in Untersuchungshaft genommen. Die Staatsanwaltschaft hat mehrere Immobilien und Bankkonten beschlagnahmt, um die Entschädigung der Opfer zu gewährleisten. Laut den Behörden wurden infolge der Explosionen am 26. August fünf Menschen getötet, mehr als 50 wurden verletzt. Sechs Häuser wurden völlig und fast 80 teilweise zerstört. Die Eigentümer des Unternehmens werden beschuldigt, mindestens drei Jahre lang systematisch Verstöße gegen die gesetzlichen Vorschriften für die Lieferung, den Transport, den Transfer und die Lagerung von Flüssiggas begangen zu haben.




    Eine Premiere bei der US-Open



    Die rumänische Tennisspielerin Sorana Cîrstea hat sich erstmals für das Viertelfinale der US Open qualifiziert. Sie unterlag der Tschechin Karolina Muchova. Cîrstea erzielte bei dem Turnier in New York ihre beste Leistung. Sie hatte nur einmal ein Grand-Slam-Viertelfinale erreicht, nämlich im Jahr 2009 in Roland Garros, als sie noch 19 Jahre alt war. Dank der Punkte in Flushing Meadows rückt sie in der WTA-Rangliste auf Rang 26 vor. In Abwesenheit der ehemaligen Weltranglistenersten Simona Halep, die wegen Dopingvorwürfen für ein Jahr gesperrt wurde, scheint Sorana Cîrstea laut der Sportpresse de facto die Führung im rumänischen Tennis übernommen zu haben.

  • Retrospectiva săptămânii 03 -09.09.2023

    Retrospectiva săptămânii 03 -09.09.2023

    Ipoteză: o dronă rusească a căzut în România

    Alianţa Nord-Atlantică îşi reafirmă puternica solidaritate cu România, după ce a fost informată în legătură cu incidentul din apropierea graniţei acesteia cu Ucraina, unde au fost identificate posibile fragmente ale unei drone ruseşti. Vom continua să monitorizăm îndeaproape situaţia şi rămânem în contact cu aliatul nostru, România – afirmă NATO într-o declaraţie. Secretarul general al Alianței, Jens Stoltenberg, a declarat că nu există nici o informație care să indice un atac intenționat al Rusiei. El a mai spus că evenimentul demonstrează riscul unui accident provocat de conflictul din Ucraina și a amintit că incidente similare au mai avut loc în Polonia.

    Ministrul român al Apărării, Angel Tîlvăr, a anunţat că specialiştii MApN au ridicat probe din apropierea satului Plauru din judeţul Tulcea, la aproximativ 70 de metri de Dunăre. Purtătorul de cuvânt al ministerului a precizat că au fost stabilite măsuri de întărire a capacității tehnice de monitorizare și de securizare a spațiului aerian.

    Preşedintele Klaus Iohannis a declarat că, în situația în care se confirmă că drona aparține Rusiei, incidentul reprezintă o încălcare gravă a suveranității și integrității teritoriale ale României. Cu o zi înainte, şeful statului afirmase că nu a existat nici o piesă şi nici o dronă şi nici o altă parte a vreunui dispozitiv care a ajuns în România.

    Rușii țintesc frecvent porturile fluviale Ismail și Reni, din sudul Basarabiei, teritoriu românesc răsăritean anexat de Uniunea Sovietică stalinistă în 1940, în urma unui ultimatum, și preluat de Ucraina în 1991, ca stat succesor. Aceste porturi sunt o ieşire importantă pentru exporturile ucrainene, după ce, în iulie, Rusia s-a retras din acordul privind tranzitul cerealelor prin Marea Neagră. Esențiale pentru transportul mărfurilor pe Dunăre, Reni se afla la circa 13 kilometri în linie dreaptă de orașul românesc Galați, iar Izmail e pe braţul Chilia al Deltei, devenit graniţă între România şi Ucraina.

    Summit regional la București

    Bucureștiul a găzduit, miercuri, Summitul Inițiativei celor Trei Mări, care include țările membre ale Uniunii Europene situate între mările Baltică, Neagră şi Adriatică. Cu acest prilej, Grecia a devenit cea de-a 13-a ţară membră a Iniţiativei, iar Ucraina şi Republica Moldova au obţinut calitatea de state asociate. În declaraţia finală comună, liderii statelor participante şi-au reafirmat sprijinul pentru Ucraina şi au condamnat, din nou, invazia rusească declanșată acum un an și jumătate. În marja summitului, joi, a avut loc Forumul de Afaceri al Iniţiativei celor Trei Mări, care-a reunit peste o mie de reprezentanţi ai mediului de afaceri, decidenţi politici şi reprezentanţi ai societăţii civile. Autorităţile române au repetat că sunt interesate de realizarea unor proiecte care să sporească gradul de interconectare în regiune.

    Guvernul îşi asumă răspunderea pentru reducerea deficitului fiscal

    Şeful social-democrat al Guvernului PSD-PNL, Marcel Ciolacu, a anunţat, marţi, că echipa sa executiva îşi va asuma, până la sfârşitul acestei luni, răspunderea în Parlament pentru măsurile prin care speră să reducă deficitul bugetar. Fără să intre în detalii, premierul a declarat că pachetul de măsuri va cuprinde combaterea evaziunii fiscale, despre care experţii spun că e cvasi-generalizată în unele sectoare, reforme în sistemul administrativ central şi local, despre care tot experţii spun că e gonflat, precum şi o reformă a fiscalităţii, ce figurează ca jalon în Planul Naţional de Redresare şi Rezilienţă, convenit cu Bruxellesul. Social-democrații și liberalii domină confortabil Parlamentul, așa că e foarte probabil ca, odată convenite între ei, reformele promise de Ciolacu să treacă, iar guvernul să-și continue mandatul. Cei doi poli ai opoziţiei, USR şi AUR, care se declară incompatibili ideologic, anunță că, în actuala legislatură, vor iniția, separat, moțiuni de cenzură contra Cabinetului, iar presa susține că șansele ca vreuna să fie adoptată sunt nule.

    Arestări în dosarul Crevedia

    Patronii firmei care deţine staţia GPL din Crevedi, unde luna trecută au avut loc două explozii soldate cu numeroase victime, au fost arestaţi preventiv pentru 30 de zile. Procurorii au pus sechestru pe mai multe imobile şi conturi bancare ale celor doi, pentru ca statul să poată asigura despăgubirile pentru victime. Potrivit autorităţilor, în urma exploziilor de pe 26 august au murit cinci persoane și peste 50 au fost rănite. Șase case au fost distruse în totalitate, iar aproape 80 parţial. Patronii firmei sunt acuzaţi că, de cel puţin trei ani, au promovat în mod sistematic încălcarea dispoziţiilor legale privind derularea operaţiunilor de alimentare, transport, transfer şi depozitare de combustibil GPL.

    Premieră la US Open

    Jucătoarea română de tenis Sorana Cîrstea s-a calificat, în premieră, în sferturile de finală ale turneului US Open, ultimul de Mare Şlem al anului, de unde a fost eliminată de Karolina Muchova, din Cehia. Cîrstea a reuşit cea mai mare performanţă a sa la turneul new-yorkez. Ea mai jucat un singur sfert de finală la un turneu de Mare Şlem, în 2009, la Roland Garros, când avea 19 doar ani. Grație punctelor câștigate la Flushing Meadows, ea va urca patru locuri în ierarhia mondială, urmând să se afle de luni pe locul 26 WTA. În absenţa fostului număr unu mondial, Simona Halep, suspendată de un an pentru un presupus dopaj încă neelucidat, Sorana Cîrstea pare să fi devenit, potrivit presei sportive, liderul de facto al tenisului românesc.


  • Info Sport

    În sferturile de finală ale turneului de
    tenis de la US Open, ultimul turneu de Mare Şlem al anului, jucătoarea română
    Sorana Cîrstea a fost învinsă în două seturi, 6-0, 6-3, de jucătoarea Karolina
    Muchova din Cehia. Partida a durat o oră şi 37 de minute de joc. Cîrstea, în
    vârstă de 33 de ani și care ocupă locul 30 Mondial, a intrat în posesia unui
    cec în valoare de 455.000 de dolari şi a 430 de puncte WTA.


    La
    același turneu, perechea româno-ucraineană Gabriela Ruse-Marta Kostiuk a fost
    învinsă de cuplul american Coco Gauff-Jessica Pegula, cu 6-3, 6-1 în optimi.
    Americancele au obţinut victoria după o oră şi 16 minute. Ruse şi Kostiuk au primit
    un cec de 58.000 de dolari şi 240 de puncte WTA la dublu.


    Echipa
    naţională de ciclism şosea a României a câştigat 13 medalii, 7 de aur, 4 de
    argint şi 2 de bronz, la Campionatele Balcanice desfăşurate la Larissa, în
    Grecia. România a participat cu 18 sportivi însoţiţi de stafful lor. Ciclista Manuela
    Mureşan a câştigat două medalii de aur la elite, la contratimp şi fond, ciclistul
    Emil Dima a obţinut o medalie de argint la elite. Restul medaliilor au fost
    obținute la Under-23, la juniori și la cadeți.


    În
    ultimele trei meciuri ale etapei a 8-a a superligii române la fotbal
    desfășurate luni s-au înregistrat rezultatele: Universitatea Cluj – Politehnica
    Iași 0-2, FC Botoșani – FC Hermannstadt 2-2 și Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe – UTA 1-0. În
    clasament, pe primul loc este FCSB cu 18 puncte, urmată de CFR Cluj cu 16
    puncte și Rapid București cu 14 puncte.


    În turul secund din
    liga națională română la rugby s-au înregistrat rezultatele: CSM Baia Mare -
    Bârlad 90-9, Știința Petroșani – Politehnica Iași 7-50, Universitatea Cluj -
    Municipal Galați 64-7, Steaua București – CSM Constanța 29-29, Dinamo București
    – Săgeata Năvodari 5-0 și SCM Timișoara – Grivița 5-0. Liderele celor trei
    grupe sunt CSM Baia Mare, CSM Constanța și Dinamo București.


  • Info Sport

    În sferturile de finală ale turneului de
    tenis de la US Open, ultimul turneu de Mare Şlem al anului, jucătoarea română
    Sorana Cîrstea a fost învinsă în două seturi, 6-0, 6-3, de jucătoarea Karolina
    Muchova din Cehia. Partida a durat o oră şi 37 de minute de joc. Cîrstea, în
    vârstă de 33 de ani și care ocupă locul 30 Mondial, a intrat în posesia unui
    cec în valoare de 455.000 de dolari şi a 430 de puncte WTA.


    La
    același turneu, perechea româno-ucraineană Gabriela Ruse-Marta Kostiuk a fost
    învinsă de cuplul american Coco Gauff-Jessica Pegula, cu 6-3, 6-1 în optimi.
    Americancele au obţinut victoria după o oră şi 16 minute. Ruse şi Kostiuk au primit
    un cec de 58.000 de dolari şi 240 de puncte WTA la dublu.


    Echipa
    naţională de ciclism şosea a României a câştigat 13 medalii, 7 de aur, 4 de
    argint şi 2 de bronz, la Campionatele Balcanice desfăşurate la Larissa, în
    Grecia. România a participat cu 18 sportivi însoţiţi de stafful lor. Ciclista Manuela
    Mureşan a câştigat două medalii de aur la elite, la contratimp şi fond, ciclistul
    Emil Dima a obţinut o medalie de argint la elite. Restul medaliilor au fost
    obținute la Under-23, la juniori și la cadeți.


    În
    ultimele trei meciuri ale etapei a 8-a a superligii române la fotbal
    desfășurate luni s-au înregistrat rezultatele: Universitatea Cluj – Politehnica
    Iași 0-2, FC Botoșani – FC Hermannstadt 2-2 și Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe – UTA 1-0. În
    clasament, pe primul loc este FCSB cu 18 puncte, urmată de CFR Cluj cu 16
    puncte și Rapid București cu 14 puncte.


    În turul secund din
    liga națională română la rugby s-au înregistrat rezultatele: CSM Baia Mare -
    Bârlad 90-9, Știința Petroșani – Politehnica Iași 7-50, Universitatea Cluj -
    Municipal Galați 64-7, Steaua București – CSM Constanța 29-29, Dinamo București
    – Săgeata Năvodari 5-0 și SCM Timișoara – Grivița 5-0. Liderele celor trei
    grupe sunt CSM Baia Mare, CSM Constanța și Dinamo București.


  • Athlete of the Week on RRI – Tennis player Sorana Cîrstea

    Athlete of the Week on RRI – Tennis player Sorana Cîrstea


    The US Open, the last Grand Slam tournament of the year is underway in Flushing Meadows. In 2023, Romanias best result was grabbed by Sorana Cîrstea, who entered the main draw directly due to being ranked 30 in the womens singles standings. In the first round, Cîrstea eliminated Karla Day of the USA, 6-2, 6-3. In the second round, Cîrstea ousted Anna Kalinskaya of Russia, 6-3, 6-4. In the third round, Sorana had a more difficult match against Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, whom she knocked out in three sets, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4. In the round of 16, Cîrstea eased past Belinda Bencic of Switzerland in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3. In the quarterfinals, Sorana is playing Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic. So far, Cîrstea has secured a 455-thousand-dollar check and 430 WTA points. This is the second time Cîrstea qualifies to a Grand Slam quarterfinal, after the 2009 tournament in Roland Garros, when she was only 19.




    Sorana Cîrsteas feat at US Open is not a surprise. The Romanian player has upped her game and grabbed very good results of late. This year she reached the quarterfinals at Indian Wells and the semi-finals in Miami. For her remarkable performance, we have designated Sorana Cîrstea Athlete of the Week.




    Sorana Cîrstea was born on April 7, 1990 in Târgoviște. She turned pro in 2006. She has won two WTA tournaments, Tashkent in 2008 and Istanbul 13 years later. In 2013 she climbed onto the highest position in WTA standings, 21. She then sustained a number of injures that kept her away from the courts, but in recent years Sorana made a spectacular comeback. According to WTA, Sorana has so far earned 8 million USD from tennis. (VP)




  • September 5, 2023

    September 5, 2023


    VICTIM – Another patient severely injured in the explosions in Crevedia (southern Romania) has died this morning, bringing the number of deaths to 5, the Health Ministry announced. The victim was of Nepalese origin and had burns on more than 90% of his body. We remind you that powerful explosions followed by a fire took place, a week ago, at an LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) station in Crevedia, south of Bucharest, which was operating illegally.




    SUMMIT – Romania and President Klaus Iohannis are getting ready to host in Bucharest, as of Wednesday, a summit and a business forum of the Three Seas Initiative, a political platform that brings together 12 EU countries bordering the Adriatic, Baltic and Black seas. Talks will focus on the promotion of economic growth and strategic interconnections, but also on redefining the Initiatives relationship with its neighborhood, which has undergone geopolitical reconfiguration. President Klaus Iohannis has announced that at the summit in Bucharest, the Three Seas Initiative will expand with a new member, while two other countries will receive the associate status. The US reaffirmed its support for the objectives of the Three Seas Initiative and also its willingness to collaborate closely with partner countries. The US special presidential envoy for climate, John Kerry, will head the American delegation to the summit in Bucharest.




    DECISIONS – The PSD-PNL Government in Bucharest will assume responsibility in Parliament for the measures aimed at reducing the budget deficit. According to PM Marcel Ciolacu, the legislative package will cover the fight against evasion, the reforms in the local administration, and fiscal changes. The Liberals want to maintain the flat tax and do not agree with measures such as increasing the tax on dividends or reducing the ceiling for SMEs. The main opposition parties, however, criticize the Executives intention to assume responsibility and threaten with motions of no-confidence. The Government assuming responsibility for a legislative bill is a procedure that allows the bill to pass without being debated in Parliament.




    EXHIBITION — It is less than a month until the opening of the exhibition “Brâncusi: Romanian sources and universal perspectives”. The exhibition, on display between September 30, 2023 and January 28, 2024 will be hosted by the National Art Museum in Timisoara. It will bring together emblematic sculptures from the mature period of the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncuşi, brought from renowned museums such as the Pompidou Center or Tate Gallery, but also works from his youth, who are part of private collections. The exhibition, the largest one dedicated to Brâncusi in the last 50 years, is the peak moment of the programme Timișoara 2023 European Capital of Culture.




    MEETING — Romanian President Klaus Iohannis is today receiving the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, on the occasion of his visit to Cincu (centre), at the invitation of the Romanian side, the Presidential Administration announced. The two officials will have political consultations and will visit together the troops stationed at the Getica National Joint Training Center in Cincu. They will address the soldiers from Luxembourg who are part of the NATO battle group in Romania. President Iohannis and Prime Minister Xavier Bettel will discuss about the consolidation of the deterrence posture on NATO’s Eastern Flank, the continuation of the multidimensional support offered to Ukraine, as well as about the support for vulnerable partners in the region, with an emphasis on the Republic of Moldova, a country seriously affected by the consequences of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.




    TENNIS — Romanian tennis player Sorana Cîrstea is playing tonight against the Chech Karolina Muchova in the quarterfinals of the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the year. Cîrstea defeated the Swiss Belinda Bencic in the previous round, 6-3, 6-3. The Romanian athlete, (33 years old, 30 WTA), seed number 30, played only one quarterfinal at a Grand Slam tournament, in 2009, at Roland Garros, when she was 19 years old. (EE)






  • Sportivul săptămânii: Jucătoarea de tenis Sorana Cârstea

    Sportivul săptămânii: Jucătoarea de tenis Sorana Cârstea

    Openul
    american de la Flushing Meadows este ultimul mare turneu al careului de ași de
    Mare Șlem. În ediția 2023, cea mai mare performanță românească a fost realizată
    de Sorana Cîrstea. Ea a intrat direct în primul tur grație locului 30 în
    clasamentul mondial pe care îl ocupă, primele 32 de jucătoare beneficiind de
    prevederile regulamentului. În primul tur, Cîrstea a trecut de jucătoarea
    americană Karla Day cu 6-2, 6-3, iar în turul secund a depășit-o pe rusoaica
    Anna Kalinskaia cu 6-3, 6-4. În turul al treilea, Sorana a avut un meci mult
    mai greu cu kazaha Elena Râbakina pe care a învins-o în trei seturi, 6-3, 6-7,
    6-4, iar în optimile de finală a învins-o pe elvețianca Belinda Bencici cu 6-3,
    6-3. În sferturi, Sorana joacă cu jucătoarea cehă Karolina Muchova. Turneul
    american i-a adus deja
    un cec de
    455.000 de dolari şi 430 de puncte WTA.
    Prin accederea în sferturi la
    Flushing Meadows, ea și-a egalat performanța de la un turneu de Mare Șlem din
    2009, sfertul de finală de la Roland Garros, obținut pe când avea 19 ani.



    Performanța Soranei Cîrstea de la Openul
    american 2023 nu e întâmplătoare. Ea trece printr-o perioadă bună a carierei
    sale. Anul acesta a jucat un sfert de finală la turneul de la Indian Wells, iar
    la Miami a jucat o semifinală. Pentru performanța de la New York, Radio România
    Internațional o declară pe Sorana Cîrstea sportiva săptămânii.



    Românca s-a născut la Târgovişte, în sudul României,
    pe 7 aprilie 1990. Din 2006 a trecut la profesionism. A câştigat în carieră
    două turnee WTA. Primul în 2008, la Taşkent, și al doilea, 13 ani mai târziu,
    la Istanbul. În august 2013 a urcat pe cea mai înaltă poziție din clasamentul
    WTA, locul 21. A urmat o perioadă marcată de probleme medicale, dar Sorana şi-a
    revenit în ultimii ani. Potrivit website-ului WTA, a câștigat din tenis peste
    opt milioane de dolari.