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  • August 25, 2024

    August 25, 2024

    NOMINEE The Romanian Prime Minister, Marcel Ciolacu, leader of the Social-Democratic Party (PSD), was officially nominated as the PSD candidate for the upcoming presidential election during a PSD congress held in Bucharest yesterday. He was also reconfirmed as president of the Political-Parliamentarian formation, which is presently co-ruling Romania. In a speech delivered at the event, Ciolacu presented the programme with which he wants to win the highest position in Romania. The country’s industry, agriculture and public services are the main axes of his strategy. According to him, the Social-Democrats have managed to win the trust of the Romanians through unity, and he proposes a new type of president, ‘a president for all’. Most of the PSD members who took the floor during the Congress lashed out at their partners in the coalition that is presently ruling Romania and made ironical statements against the country’s incumbent president Klaus Iohannis. The Social-Democrats haven’t won the presidential election since the year 2000. The first round of the presidential ballot is due on November 24 and the second on December 8.

     

    HEAT Romania is in for its 13th consecutive day of extremely high temperatures. Meteorologists have issued new code yellow and orange alerts for three thirds of the country. Counties in the country’s west and south are bracing up for temperatures of 36-38 degrees Celsius and higher thermal discomfort. A code yellow alert has also been issued for the regions in the north-west, center, north-east and the Black Sea coast where the highs of the day are expected to go up to 36 Celsius. The heat wave persists in the capital city Bucharest, whose citizens are bracing up for temperatures of 36 degrees Celsius. The noon reading in Bucharest was 33.

     

    MEDALS Students from Romania have walked away with four medals from the International Geography Olympiad hosted by the Irish capital Dublin over August 19th and 24th. David Mihai Dumitrescu, from the National College ‘Carol l’ in Craiova, south-western Romania, won gold in Dublin and Ian Mitocaru, from the National College in Iasi became silver medalist. Tudor Olariu from the Iasi-based ‘Costache Negruzzi College’ and Iustin Balan from the ‘Garabet Ibraileanu’ National College in Iasi stepped onto the podium third step. According to the Education Ministry in Bucharest, Romania’s team in Dublin has been coordinated by teachers Mihaela and Dorin Fiscutean of the National College in Iasi.

     

    COAL According to the National Institute for Statistics in Bucharest, Romania’s coal production dropped by 20% in the first six months of the year against the same period of 2023. The country’s coal imports have also dropped by 30%, the same report says. According to the estimates of the National Commission for Strategy and Prognosis, this downward trend is likely to continue in the following years as other energy-production facilities will become operational. The EU’s consumption and production of coal last year dropped by 23%, to its lowest level in recorded history, says the EU statistical Office, Eurostat. According to the same sources, the 100 million ton slump in the coal production in a single year is one of the sharpest ever registered in the EU for this type of fuel. With almost two thirds of the entire EU consumption, Germany and Poland were the biggest coal consumers.

     

    VOLLEYBALL The Romanian women’s volleyball side was outperformed 3-0 by Croatia, in its first match of Group G of the preliminaries of the European Championships EuroVolley 2026. The entire game was dominated by the Croatian side, which tops the ranking after having also defeated the selection of Kosovo. Romania will be taking on Kosovo at home on August 29th. Winners of the seven preliminaries groups as well as the best five teams ranking second are to qualify for the final tournament.

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  • 18 August, 2017 UPDATE

    18 August, 2017 UPDATE

    Terrorism – Romania has joined the international community in condemning the attacks in Spain. President Klaus Iohannis has sent his condolences to King Felipe VI of Spain, saying the joint initiative to create an International Court for Terrorism must be pursued with even more determination. President Iohannis also reiterated Romanias determination to cooperate closely and continue the fight against terrorism. Three Romanian citizens were wounded in Thursdays terrorist attack in Barcelona, in which 14 people were killed. A van ploughed into the crowds walking along Las Ramblas, the citys busiest pedestrian street. People of more than 30 different nationalities from Europe, South America, Australia and Africa are among the victims. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack. Just a few hours after the attack in Barcelona, in the resort of Cambrils, also in Catalonia, five people were shot dead by the police as they were launching another attack. More than 130 people were wounded in the two successive attacks. Three days of national mourning have been declared in Spain. In another development, several people were reportedly stabbed in the Finnish city of Turku. The police have confirmed that one person is in custody, after being shot in the leg.



    Refugees – The Romanian foreign minister Teodor Melescanu said Romania recently offered to take in 1,942 refugees who are currently in Greece and Italy. 700 refugees are already in this country, Melescanu told a private TV station. He emphasised Romania was playing an active role in the operations carried in the Black Sea to stop the flow of refugees and rescue those at risk. He also said Romania was working on an initiative to deploy 50 gendarme and police forces to train the Iraqi security forces in the fight against the Islamic State.



    Visit – The French president Emmanuel Macron will next Thursday travel to Romania at the invitation of his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis. Talks will focus on ways to expand and develop bilateral relations under the Strategic Partnership, as well as on European and international developments. The visit was decided on the sidelines of the European Council of June 23rd, when Macron accepted the invitation of president Iohannis to continue their dialogue in Bucharest.



    Diaspora – The Summer University in Izvoru Muresului, central Romania, came to an end on Friday. The 200 Romanian participants from the historical communities around Romanias borders adopted a resolution calling for the creation of a national strategy to ensure their constitutional right to national identity and their fundamental rights and liberties as members of an ethnic minority. They also called for the creation of a department for Romanian ethnic minorities, an advisory body to support these communities and facilitate access and a direct relationship between the central administration and civil society. The participants raised the alarm about ongoing assimilation policies. The situation is dramatic in the Timoc province, in eastern Serbia, where the around 300,000 ethnic Romanians who live here have no fundamental rights. The representatives of the ethnic Romanian communities in Ukraine warned they are subject to an ongoing process of assimilation, by the dismantling and Ukrainisation of their schools and by discouraging ethnic Romanian children from speaking their mother tongue. They said they needed support from the Romanian state to help them maintain their national identity.



    Weather – The Romanian National Meteorology Administration has issued a warning for extreme heat and thermal discomfort, affecting the entire country on Friday and Saturday. The weather will be hot in all regions, with highs reaching 36 degrees Celsius, and even 37 in the south. The temperature-humidity ratio will exceed the critical 80 unit threshold. On Sunday, the weather will grow unsettled in the west, and temperatures will start dropping there.



    Football – Romanias football champions FC Viitorul lost 3-1 at home to the Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg, in a qualifying match for the Europa League main groups. The return game will take place next Thursday in Austria. We recall that Romanias vice-champions FCSB (formerly known as Steaua Bucharest) have secured a place in the Europa League groups. FCSB hope, however, to play in the Champions Leagues. On Tuesday, they held Sporting Lisbon to a goalless draw in an away match as part of the Champions League playoffs. The return game is scheduled for August 23rd in Bucharest.