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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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  • September 28, 2018 UPDATE

    September 28, 2018 UPDATE

    SAME-SEX MARRIAGE – Same sex relationships fall within the ‘private life and ‘family life categories, argue the judges of Romanias Constitutional Court in response to a notification by a Romanian-American couple related to a Civil Code article regarding the non-recognition of same-sex marriages. According to the Constitutional Court, members of stable same sex couples have the right to express their personality as part of their relationship and to have their corresponding rights and obligations recognised officially. The Constitutional Court adds that Romania has no form of official and legal recognition of same sex relationships, a situation only found in 5 other EU member states, namely Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia. The Constitutional Court clarifications come during the campaign for a referendum on October 6 and 7, when Romanians are called to vote if they want the concept of “family redefined in the Constitution as being based on the marriage of a man and a woman, rather than of spouses, as it is at present. The revision bill is based on a citizens initiative and it was denounced as discriminatory by human rights and sexual minority rights associations.




    TREASON CASE – The Directorate Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism in Romania (DIICOT) announced on Friday that it has closed a case based on the high treason accusations brought by the president of the National Liberal Party in opposition against PM Viorica Dăncilă. According to the Directorate, the case, which concerned the memorandum approved by the Government with respect to the relocation of the Romanian Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, was dismissed because no breach of the law has been established. The criminal complaint filed in May by the Liberal leader Ludovic Orban also concerned Liviu Dragnea, the president of the Social Democratic Party in power, who was accused of unlawful disclosure of state secrets, Orban said at the time.




    EU PRESIDENCY – The Government of Romania must stand united ahead of taking over the rotating presidency of the EU Council, and domestic political disputes are an obstacle in this respect, the Ambassador of Germany to Bucharest, Cord Meier-Klodt said on Friday. The German diplomat also added that with the EU presidency, which Romania is to hold in the first half of 2019, come opportunities that the country must not miss. The statements were made in Cluj, north-western Romania, where the German Ambassador attended a conference on The Romanian Presidency of the European Union Council: Opportunities and Challenges. The participants also included the Ambassador of Romania to Germany, Emil Hurezeanu.




    INFLATION – The annual inflation rate in the Euro zone increased in September 2018 from 2% to 2.1%, shows a preliminary survey published on Friday by Eurostat. In September, the most significant price hikes in the Euro zone were reported in the energy field, where an annual increase of 9.5% was reported, followed by 2.7% price rises for foodstuffs, alcohol and cigarettes and 1.3% for services. In August, Eurostat says, Romania had the highest year-on-year inflation rate among EU states for the 7th consecutive month, with a 4.7% increase in consumer prices, after 4.3% in July. The National Bank of Romania revised its inflation forecast for the end of 2018 from 3.6% to 3.5%.




    TURKEY – The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, criticised the situation in Turkey during a joint press conference on Friday with the visiting President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The German official mentioned issues such as the freedom of the press and human rights, and called for immediate solutions to the situation of several German citizens detained in Turkey. Still, Merkel listed shared German-Turkish interests, including the partnership within NATO, the migration problems and the fight against terrorism. In turn, Erdogan called on Germany to extradite the supporters of Turkish cleric Gülen. Hundreds of supporters of this terror group live in Germany, the Turkish President said, blaming them for a failed coup 2 years ago. Turkey and Germany also announced on this occasion that they will have a meeting in the forthcoming weeks, together with Russia and France, on the situation in Syria.




    TENNIS – The Romanian tennis players Irina Begu and Raluca Olaru Friday qualified for the doubles final of the tournament in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), with 250,000 US dollars in total prize money. In the semi-finals, they defeated the Russians Margarita Gasparian and Anastasia Potapova, 2-1. In the final Begu and Olaru are facing Olga Danilovic (Serbia) / Tamara Zidansek (Slovenia).


    (translated by: Ana-Maria Popescu)

  • 16.10.2014 (mise à jour)

    16.10.2014 (mise à jour)

    Sommet — Le président roumain, Traian Basescu, participe ces jeudi et vendredi, à Milan, au Sommet Europe-Asie, aux côtés des représentants de l’UE et de plusieurs pays asiatiques. Cette année, les pourparlers portent sur «Le partenariat responsable pour une croissance économique et de sécurité ». L’occasion pour l’Europe de transmettre sont engagement ferme à l’Asie. Créé en 1996, le sommet Europe — Asie se veut un forum de dialogue et coopération entre les deux continents.



    Corruption — Les procureurs anti – corruption de Roumanie ont demandé jeudi le placement en détention provisoire de deux juges et de quatre autres personnes impliquées dans une affaire de rétrocessions illégales de forêts. La demande intervient après une série de perquisitions et d’auditions marathon. Sont également soupçonnés de corruption des parlementaires issus du Parti Social Démocrate (membre de la coalition gouvernementale), des hommes d’affaires, ainsi que le prince Paul, descendant illégitime de l’ancien souverain Carol II de Roumanie, et son épouse. Les rétrocessions illégales de plusieurs dizaines de milliers d’hectares de terrain forestier auraient causé à la Régie nationale des forêts (Romsilva) un préjudice estimé à plus de 300 millions d’euros.



    Exportations — Cette année, les exportations roumaines pourraient dépasser les 50 milliards d’euros, après avoir atteint, en 2013, la valeur record de 49 milliards — affirment les responsables de Bucarest. Durant les 8 premiers mois de l’année, les investissements étrangers directs ont progressé de 27% par rapport à la même période de l’année dernière. Selon le ministre de l’économie, Constantin Niţă, la Roumanie devrait diversifier les marchés de destination de ses produits. Les responsables de Bucarest s’attendent à ce que notre pays devienne un important exportateur d’énergie dans la région.



    Judo – Jeudi, au premier jour du Grand Prix de judo de Tashkent, en Ouzbékistan, la judoka roumaine Corina Căprioriu a remporté la médaille d’or, en battant, en finale, Camila Minakawa d’Israël, dans la catégorie des 57 kilos. Antérieurement, une autre judoka roumaine, Andreea Chiţu, avait vaincu, dans la catégorie des 52 kilos, Tsolmon Adiyasmbuu, de Mongolie. Le tournoi de Tashkent, doté de prix de 100.000 dollars, réunit 282 judokas de 42 pays. Son enjeu est la qualification pour les Jeux olympiques de 2016 à Rio de Janeiro, au Brésil.