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  • December 18, 2024 UPDATE

    December 18, 2024 UPDATE

    Council – Romania’s President, Klaus Iohannis, who is participating in the EU Summit – Western Balkans and the European Council meeting, argued, on Wednesday, that an integrated approach and finding tools and solutions are needed, because this is what the people are awaiting from the EU leadership and from the national leaderships. The head of state, who had a first meeting with the new president of the European Council, António Costa, discussed with him “the importance of resilience and a strategic orientation, to be able to manage all the challenges”. Klaus Iohannis stated that efforts are needed to combat Russia’s “malignant” interference, to reduce exposure to these treacherous attacks. “Romania had an enormous problem and it coped with it”, the president declared on Wednesday, referring to foreign interference in the electoral process. On Thursday, the agenda of the European Council will include topics such as Ukraine, migration, the situation in the Middle East, the EU’s preparation in the civil and military fields and the response to crises, the role of the EU in the world and the EU enlargement, the Republic of Moldova, Georgia and issues related to freedom, security and justice.

     

    Rating – Fitch confirmed Romania’s long-term foreign currency rating at ‘BBB minus’, but worsened the assigned outlook from stable to negative, which means that a further downgrade is possible – the financial rating agency said in a statement. According to Fitch, the rating reflects the major risks facing Romania due to additional political tensions emerging on the political scene following the cancelation of the presidential election due to external interference, as well as to the parliamentary elections that resulted in a more divided Parliament, with an increase in extreme right-wing, anti-EU parties, reflecting the increased polarization of Romanian society. Added to these causes are fiscal imbalances and the increase in public debt. The rating granted by Fitch, which measures the ability of a Government to honor its financial obligations, could lead to an increase in interest rates for the loans that the Executive intends to take out from the foreign market.

     

    Parliament – A reception center for the newly elected senators and deputies is open as of Wednesday until Friday at the Parliament Palace in Bucharest. The new MPs are being guided, these days, through the formalities needed in order to take over their mandates. The new Parliament resulting from the legislative elections of December 1 was convened, on Friday, for the setting-up session. On Wednesday, the representatives of the PSD, PNL, UDMR and the group of national minorities other than the Hungarian one continued the discussions to finalize the governing program and the structure of the new executive. The leaders of USR left the meeting, after they conditioned their entry into the government on the approval of some measures, including the urgent adoption of the state budget for next year and the establishment in the coalition of a commission of inquiry regarding the conditions for organizing the elections and preventing foreign influences. The intention of the pro-European parties is for the future government to be endorsed by Parliament by the holidays. If USR decides not to be part of the future executive – PSD, PNL, UDMR and the group of national minorities have a total of 244 mandates of senators and deputies. 233 votes are needed to invest the government in Parliament.

     

    Timişoara – In Timişoara (western Romania), manifestations dedicated to the anti-communist revolution of December 1989 continued on Wednesday. Tuesday, in the city in western Romania, was a day of mourning in memory of those killed at the outbreak of the Revolution. After the bloody repression of the revolt on December 17, the big factories went on strike and the workers lined up and gathered in the city center. On December 20, Timişoara became the first city free from communism in Romania, and from here the flame of the Revolution spread throughout the country, to culminate, on the 22nd, in Bucharest, with the escape of dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu and his wife, Elena.

     

    Handball – Romania will host the European Men’s Youth Handball Championship in 2026, the Romanian Handball Federation announced on Wednesday. The championship will take place in Cluj-Napoca and Turda. This is the second European competition that Romania will organize in 2026, when the country will host the European Women’s Handball Championship, along with the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Turkey.

     

    National minorities – Romania is a model of good coexistence between citizens, whether they belong to the majority or to national minorities, and a model of promoting identity rights – the Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said, on Wednesday in a message on the occasion of the Day of National Minorities in Romania, December 18. “Through dialogue, respect and understanding, the Romanian citizens, belonging both to the majority and the minority, have managed to coexist harmoniously in their communities, as well as at the national level” the head of Romania’s government also said. Several events dedicated to the Day of National Minorities were organized, also on Wednesday, by the Department for Interethnic Relations within the General Secretariat of the Government, in collaboration with the “Dimitrie Gusti” National Village Museum. The 19 minorities, other than the Hungarian one, recognized by the Romanian state are represented, practically, ex officio, in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies. UDMR, the main political party of the Hungarian minority, the most numerous in the country, has been present without interruption, since 1990, in post-communist Romania’s Parliament. As of 1996, UDMR has been part of numerous coalition governments in Bucharest, whether right-wing or left-wing. (LS)

     

  • December 16, 2024 UPDATE

    December 16, 2024 UPDATE

    SANCTIONS – EU Foreign Affairs Ministers on Monday greenlit the 15th package of sanctions against Russia since the launch of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The new economic measures are designed to combat Russia’s efforts to bypass existing sanctions and to weaken its army and defense sector. Another 52 ships believed to be part of Putin’s so-called “shadow tanker fleet” were blacklisted. 32 companies were added to the list of export restrictions for contributing “to the technological enhancement of Russia’s defense and security sector”, the EU Council announced. Some of these entities are located in China, India, Iran, Serbia and the United Arab Emirates. 84 individuals and entities will be subject to fully-fledged sanctions (travel ban, asset freeze, prohibition to make economic resources available) “for actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine”. At the same time, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, has denied information according to which the EU was planning to deploy a peace-keeping corps to Ukraine. Representing Romania at the Foreign Affairs Council meeting was Foreign Minister Luminița Odobescu.

     

    CANDIDACY – Bucharest Mayor General, Nicușor Dan, has announced his intention to run as an independent candidate in the 2025 presidential election. At present, Romania is facing the most difficult period in its history after the 1989 anti-communist revolution, Nicușor Dan said, arguing in favor of a fundamental change in the way the authorities meet citizens’ expectations. The candidacy was not negotiated with pro-European parties in the new Parliament, the Bucharest official told journalists. Nicușor Dan needs to gather 200 thousand signatures to be able to run for the presidential office. We recall that last week the Constitutional Court of Romania annuled the second round of the presidential election slated for December 8 after allegations of Russian interference with the election process.

     

    NEGOTIATIONS – Leaders of pro-European parties (PSD, PNL, USR and UDMR) met on Monday for a new round of talks regarding the structure of the new government. The governing program and budget estimates have generated tensions. Finance Minister Marcel Boloș told leaders that the budget deficit will exceed 8% this year, and that the only way to boost budget revenues is to increase taxes and cut public spending. USR representatives criticized the Minister and argued against any tax increases, calling instead for slashing public spending and the disclosure of public data linked to the budget execution for November before deciding on the 2025 budget. A new meeting is expected to take place to decide on the final list of ministries that each party will control.

     

    TIMIȘOARA – The city of Timișoara (west) on Monday marks 35 years since the start of the anti-communist revolution of 1989. 35 years ago on December 16, parishioners of the local reformed church gather to voice support of Pastor László Tőkés, who was to be evicted by the former political police, the Securitate. Their protest quickly escalated into a genuine uprising, which triggered reprisals from the authorities. 100 people were killed and several hundreds were wounded. On December 20, Timișoara became the first city free of communism in Romania and the flame of revolution engulfed the entire country. Under the motto, “35 years of freedom”, the city this week is hosting a series of commemorative events devoted to the martyrs of the 1989 events, such as conferences, exhibitions, shows, concerts and film screenings. The ‘Freedom Portal’, an audio-visual installation, which reproduces the sounds recorded during the revolution, was inaugurated on Monday. Later in the evening the traditional march, “Heroes Never Die” took place. The city will observe a day of mourning on Tuesday, while the series of events will end on December 20 with a concert entitled ‘Rock for Revolution’. (VP)

  • Timișoara, 35 years ago

    Timișoara, 35 years ago

    It’s been 35 years since the start of the Romanian anti-communist Revolution.

     

     

    Installed at the end of WW2 by the Soviet occupation troops, the communist dictatorship in Bucharest seemed unshakable. In November 1989, the congress of the single ruling party unanimously re-elected Nicolae Ceaușescu as secretary general, a position he had held for almost a quarter of a century. The fact that he was already in his seventies did not prevent him from making plans for the so-called socialist development of Romania by the year 2000. His ambition to pay off, ahead of schedule, the foreign debts that he had contracted,  was only a burden for ordinary Romanians, not for their leaders. Almost everything that was being produced locally, was  exported. In the country, food was rationed, apartment blocks were unheated and electricity was cut off unexpectedly, for hours. In addition to hunger and cold, fear also reigned.

     

    The regime’s political police, the Securitate, had created the myth of knowing everything about everybody, so people were afraid to protest. In an absurd game, the regime’s propaganda system – that included, the public Tv and radio stations and and the newspapers –  were painting a parallel reality in which Ceaușescu was a genius, his wife, Elena (a functional illiterate), was a world-famous scientist and a loving mother to the entire people and the Romanians lived in the best of all worlds.

     

    In Romania’s neighboring countries, encouraged by the policies of the last Soviet leader, the reformer Mikhail Gorbachev, huge street protests had overthrown communist dictatorships. Warsaw, Prague, East Berlin, Budapest, Sofia were already experiencing freedom after almost half a century of tyranny. Historians say that it was no coincidence that the spark of the Romanian Revolution occurred in Timisoara, the largest city in the west of the country, a cosmopolitan and multiethnic city, where TV signal from Hungary and the former Yugoslavia were easily received.

     

    On December 16, 1989, the solidarity  of several parish members with the Protestant, ethnic Hungarian pastor, Laszlo Tokes, whom the Securitate wanted to deport from Timisoara, was the snowball that turned into an avalanche. More and more people gathered around the parish house, who ended up openly protesting on the streets of the city. The repression system reacted immediately and opened fire. Unarmed people were killed until December 20, when the army fraternized with the protestors and returned to the barracks. On that day, Timisoara became the first city in Romania free from communism. The revolution spread rapidly throughout the country and culminated, in Bucharest, on December 22, with Ceaușescu’s escape in a helicopter from the headquarters of the communist party’s central committee, besieged by hundreds of thousands of demonstrators. Captured and hastily tried by an improvised court, the Ceaușescus were executed on December 25th. Over a thousand people died during the 1989 Revolution. Romania was the only country behind the former Iron Curtain where liberation from communism occurred with bloodshed.

  • December 15, 2024 UPDATE

    December 15, 2024 UPDATE

    FAC – Romania’s Foreign Minister, Luminița Odobescu, is attending the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting hosted by Brussels on Monday. This will be the first meeting presided by the new EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and European Commission Vice-President, Kaja Kallas, since she took office on December 1. The agenda for talks includes Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, developments in Georgia, the Middle East, Syria and Belarus. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine will be tackled in light of the recent developments on the ground, amidst growing EU pressure on Russia, including through the adoption of the 15th package of restrictions and the continuation of EU multidimensional support for Ukraine.

     

    INCIDENT – The Romanian Foreign Ministry conducted its own inquiry after a Romanian citizen was detained on the territory of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia, a Georgian territory current under Russian occupation, whose independence is not currently recognized by the international community. The Romanian national was arrested by security services in the pro-Russian separatist region, and was accused of having tried to film military objectives on this territory. Local authorities claim the Romanian citizen had been forced to make the recordings by Ukrainian military spies, who told him this was the only way he could leave Abkhazia. Romanian authorities are in permanent contact with the citizen’s family and are making efforts to provide consular assistance.

     

    GOVERNMENT – President Klaus Iohannis is expected to convene the new Parliament on December 20. The New Parliament will comprise 7 political parties. The Social-Democratic Party (PSD) will have 122 seats, the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) 91, the National Liberal Party (PNL) 71, the Save Romania Union (USR) 59, the SOS Romania Party 40, the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians (UDMR) 32 and the Young People’s Party (POT) 31. The group of national minorities will be represented by 19 MPs. The youngest members of Parliament are aged 34 and are members of USR and AUR, while PSD is at the opposite pole, with the largest number of MPs aged 65 and over. The Social-Democrats and the Liberals have the largest number of women MPs. On Friday, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies will each set up special committees to validate the new mandates.

     

    LEGISLATION – Current deputies and senators are expected to end their mandate by the end of next week. The Chamber of Deputies is set to adopt a new Forestry Code, a milestone in the Recovery and Resilience plan and a government priority that needs to be adopted by the end of 2024. Among other things, the law stipulates seizing all vehicles involved in illegal logging, the construction of green belts around large cities, the right to pre-emption and quality raw materials at affordable prices for furniture manufacturers, introducing video surveillance on forestry roads and a ban on root cutting in protected areas. On the other hand, the Senate is expected to vote on projects that introduce penalties for public office aggregation or a reduction in the number of maximum terms held by heads of secrete services. The current legislature ends its mandate on December 20, when the new Parliament is set to convene in its first sitting.

     

    UKRAINE – Romania is a valuable partner of Ukraine, both in terms of the prospective reconstruction of the country, as well as the war effort, Kyiv informs. The opening of new border crossing points is a point in case, the head of the Ukrainian State Agency for Infrastructure Reconstruction and Development, Serhii Sukhomlyn has said. Five new border checkpoints have been opened, while another six are currently being discussed. The Ukrainian official said the new border crossings are of great help to Ukrainian exporters, and that Romania is a valuable partner not just for its assistance in rebuilding infrastructure, but also owing to the military assistance it provides to Ukraine in the conflict against the invading Russian forces.

     

    TIMIȘOARA – The city of Timișoara (west) on Sunday celebrates 35 years since the anti-communist revolution of 1989. Under the motto “35 years of freedom”, the municipality is organizing a large number of commemorative events celebrating the martyrs of the revolution, as well as the moment when Timișoara became the first city in Romania to be declared free of communism. Religious services, wreath-laying ceremonies, exhibitions, film screenings and concerts are all on the agenda. On Monday, the authorities will officially inaugurate the Freedom Portal, a light installation reproducing sounds from the revolution, followed by the traditional march titled “Heroes never die”. Tuesday is an official mourning day, while festivities are expected to end on December 20 with the concert “Rock for revolution”.

     

    HANDBALL – The Romanian women’s handball team will play Italy in the playoffs for the 2025 World Cup, following Sunday’s draw in Vienna. The two matches will be played in April. The 2025 World Cup will be co-hosted by Germany and the Netherlands over November 26 – December 14, 2025. Romania has taken part in every edition, and its best ranking was 12th place in 2023. (VP)

  • December 15, 2024

    December 15, 2024

    INCIDENT – The Romanian Foreign Ministry conducted its own inquiry after a Romanian citizen was detained on the territory of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia, a Georgian territory current under Russian occupation, whose independence is not currently recognized by the international community. The Romanian national was arrested by security services in the pro-Russian separatist region, and was accused of having tried to film military objectives on this territory. Local authorities claim the Romanian citizen had been forced to make the recordings by Ukrainian military spies, who told him this was the only way he could leave Abkhazia. Romanian authorities are in permanent contact with the citizen’s family and are making efforts to provide consular assistance.

     

    GOVERNMENT – President Klaus Iohannis is expected to convene the new Parliament on December 20. The New Parliament will comprise 7 political parties. The Social-Democratic Party (PSD) will have 122 seats, the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) 91, the National Liberal Party (PNL) 71, the Save Romania Union (USR) 59, the SOS Romania Party 40, the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians (UDMR) 32 and the Young People’s Party (POT) 31. The group of national minorities will be represented by 19 MPs. The youngest members of Parliament are aged 34 and are members of USR and AUR, while PSD is at the opposite pole, with the largest number of MPs aged 65 and over. The Social-Democrats and the Liberals have the largest number of women MPs. On Friday, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies will each set up special committees to validate the new mandates.

     

    LEGISLATION – Current deputies and senators are expected to end their mandate by the end of next week. The Chamber of Deputies is set to adopt a new Forestry Code, a milestone in the Recovery and Resilience plan and a government priority that needs to be adopted by the end of 2024. Among other things, the law stipulates seizing all vehicles involved in illegal logging, the construction of green belts around large cities, the right to pre-emption and quality raw materials at affordable prices for furniture manufacturers, introducing video surveillance on forestry roads and a ban on root cutting in protected areas. On the other hand, the Senate is expected to vote on projects that introduce penalties for public office aggregation or a reduction in the number of maximum terms held by heads of secrete services. The current legislature ends its mandate on December 20, when the new Parliament is set to convene in its first sitting.

     

    UKRAINE – Romania is a valuable partner of Ukraine, both in terms of the prospective reconstruction of the country, as well as the war effort, Kyiv informs. The opening of new border crossing points is a point in case, the head of the Ukrainian State Agency for Infrastructure Reconstruction and Development, Serhii Sukhomlyn has said. Five new border checkpoints have been opened, while another six are currently being discussed. The Ukrainian official said the new border crossings are of great help to Ukrainian exporters, and that Romania is a valuable partner not just for its assistance in rebuilding infrastructure, but also owing to the military assistance it provides to Ukraine in the conflict against the invading Russian forces.

     

    TIMIȘOARA – The city of Timișoara (west) on Sunday celebrates 35 years since the anti-communist revolution of 1989. Under the motto “35 years of freedom”, the municipality is organizing a large number of commemorative events celebrating the martyrs of the revolution, as well as the moment when Timișoara became the first city in Romania to be declared free of communism. Religious services, wreath-laying ceremonies, exhibitions, film screenings and concerts are all on the agenda. On Monday, the authorities will officially inaugurate the Freedom Portal, a light installation reproducing sounds from the revolution, followed by the traditional march titled “Heroes never die”. Tuesday is an official mourning day, while festivities are expected to end on December 20 with the concert “Rock for revolution”. (VP)

  • December 14, 2024 UPDATE

    December 14, 2024 UPDATE

     

    NEGOTIATIONS In Bucharest, negotiations on a future coalition of the pro-European parties in Parliament have made progress with respect to the structure of the new government. The Social Democratic Party will control 7 ministries, the National Liberal Party 4, Save Romania Union 3, and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania 2, said the Social Democrats’ senior vice-president Sorin Grindeanu. It has not yet been decided which ministries will go to each party and the names of the new ministers. On the other hand, the Social Democrats and and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians plead for a single presidential candidate of the coalition. After the Constitutional Court cancelled the election for president, the future executive will have to decide by the end of the year on a new presidential election calendar, the UDMR believes. The pro-European parties elected in Parliament hope to come up with a cabinet by Christmas.

     

    EU FUNDING Romania collected EUR 1.9 billion in EU structural and cohesion funds in 2021-2027, and the overall absorption rate, 6.11%, is close to the EU average of 6.19%, the minister of investments and European projects, Adrian Câciu announced. The absorption rate for the structural and cohesion funds under centrally managed programmes is higher, namely 7.3%, Caciu said in a Facebook post. He emphasised that Romania is yet to to catch up on Regional Programmes, where the absorption rate is 3.2%, but he voiced confidence that the example set by the current coalition comprising the Social Democrats and the Liberals in terms of management and implementation of European funds, including decentralisation, will be followed by the new government, and the pace of EU fund absorption will be sustained, so as to replicate the success of the 2014-2020 period.

    PARLIAMENT On Monday the last week of work for the current legislature begins, with many bills still unfinished for Romanian Senators and Deputies. Until the new Parliament is convened, the Chamber of Deputies should adopt the new Forestry Code, which has been on the agenda for several months. The code is a benchmark in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and a priority for the Government, which says the document must be adopted by the end of the year. The bill provides, among other things, for the seizing of vehicles carrying stolen wood, for green belts around major cities, for preemptive rights and reasonably priced quality materials for local furniture manufacturers, for video monitoring of forest roads, and bans clear-cutting in all protected areas. Meanwhile, the Senate is expected to vote on a bill punishing holders of multiple positions financed from the state budget and on another one limiting to two the number of terms in office for the heads of the secret services. The current MPs remain in office until December 20, when the first session of the new Parliament is scheduled, following the December 1 general elections.

     

    ECONOMY Romania’s trade deficit was EUR 5.5 billion higher in the first 10 months of the year than in the same period in 2023, according to data made public by the National Bank. More than half of this deficit is the result of growing imports of goods. The central bank also says that the total foreign debt went up over EUR 18 billion and exceeded EUR 186 billion. According to analysts, along with the very high budget deficit, these are the main problems of the Romanian economy, and they must be solved concurrently, which is very difficult. They believe that through a correct budget adjustment, expenses would be cut, and revenues could be raised by eliminating corruption and through a fair tax system.

     

    ANNIVERSARY Timişoara marks 35 years since the anti-communist Revolution of December 1989, which broke out in this city in western Romania. Under the motto “35 years of freedom”, events dedicated to the 1989 heroes and celebrating the three and a half decades since Timişoara became the first city free from communism in Romania will take place between December 15 and 20. The agenda includes, as every year, religious services, wreath-laying, exhibitions and film screenings. A concert entitled Requiem in Memoriam is scheduled on Sunday at the Banat Philharmonic, Monday will see the inauguration of the Freedom Portal, a light installation that reproduces sounds from the Revolution, followed by the traditional march “Heroes Never Die”. Tuesday will be a day of mourning, and the events on December 20 will end with a concert called “Rock for revolution”. (AMP)

  • December 14, 2024

    December 14, 2024

     

    NEGOTIATIONS In Bucharest, negotiations on a future coalition of the pro-European parties in Parliament have made progress with respect to the structure of the new government. The Social Democratic Party will control 7 ministries, the National Liberal Party 4, Save Romania Union 3, and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania 2, said the Social Democrats’ senior vice-president Sorin Grindeanu. It has not yet been decided which ministries will go to each party and the names of the new ministers. On the other hand, the Social Democrats and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians plead for a single presidential candidate of the coalition. After the Constitutional Court cancelled the election for president, the future executive will have to decide by the end of the year on a new presidential election calendar, the UDMR believes. The pro-European parties elected in Parliament hope to come up with a cabinet by Christmas.

     

    EU FUNDING Romania has collected EUR 1.9 billion in EU structural and cohesion funds in 2021-2027, and the overall absorption rate, 6.11%, is close to the EU average of 6.19%, the minister of investments and European projects, Adrian Câciu announced. The absorption rate for the structural and cohesion funds under centrally managed programmes is higher, namely 7.3%, Caciu said in a Facebook post. He emphasised that Romania is yet to catch up on Regional Programmes, where the absorption rate is 3.2%, but he voiced confidence that the example set by the current coalition comprising the Social Democrats and the Liberals in terms of management and implementation of European funds, including decentralisation, will be followed by the new government, and the pace of EU fund absorption will be sustained, so as to replicate the success of the 2014-2020 period.

     

    ECONOMY Romania’s trade deficit was EUR 5.5 billion higher in the first 10 months of the year than in the same period in 2023, according to data made public by the National Bank. More than half of this deficit is the result of growing imports of goods. The central bank also says that the total foreign debt went up over EUR 18 billion and exceeded EUR 186 billion. According to analysts, along with the very high budget deficit, these are the main problems of the Romanian economy, and they must be solved concurrently, which is very difficult. They believe that through a correct budget adjustment, expenses would be cut, and revenues could be raised by eliminating corruption and through a fair tax system.

     

    ANNIVERSARY Timişoara marks 35 years since the anti-communist Revolution of December 1989, which broke out in this city in western Romania. Under the motto “35 years of freedom”, events dedicated to the 1989 heroes and celebrating the three and a half decades since Timişoara became the first city free from communism in Romania will take place between December 15 and 20. The agenda includes, as every year, religious services, wreath-laying, exhibitions and film screenings. A concert entitled Requiem in Memoriam is scheduled on Sunday at the Banat Philharmonic, Monday will see the inauguration of the Freedom Portal, a light installation that reproduces sounds from the Revolution, followed by the traditional march “Heroes Never Die”. Tuesday will be a day of mourning, and the events on December 20 will end with a concert called “Rock for revolution”.

     

    IMPEACHMENT South Korea’s prime minister Han Duck-soo Saturday vowed to ensure a stable government after the National Assembly voted to impeach president Yoon Suk-yeol over his failed attempt to introduce martial law on December 3, AFP reports. Tens of thousands of protesters cheered outside the National Assembly building as the vote was announced. Citing difficulties in passing his budget, Yoon Suk-yeol stunned the country by imposing martial law overnight, but was forced to lift it 6 hours later under pressure from parliament and the street. Under investigation for mutiny, Yoon, 63, is banned from leaving the country, as are his former defence and interior ministers and the commander of the short-lived martial law. (AMP)

  • “The Lights of Caravaggio” are on in Timisoara

    “The Lights of Caravaggio” are on in Timisoara

    “The Lights of Caravaggio: The Beginning of Modernity in European Painting – Masterpieces from the Roberto Longhi Collection” opened its doors at the National Art Museum in Timisoara, on November 16.

    The exhibition evolves around Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s incredible and revolutionary style, showcasing not only his dramatic interplay of light and shadow, the strong contrasts between light and dark, but also the Italian master’s influence on other painters and his contribution to European art.

    It brings together no less than 43 artworks by 33 painters, having Caravaggio’s  work “Boy Bitten by a Lizard”, painted in 1597, as centerpiece.

    Present at the opening of the exhibition in Timisoara, RRI’s Eugen Cojocariu has had a talk with the Italian Ambassador to Bucharest, H.E. Alfredo Durante Mangoni, on this exhibition that is “meant to shine a light on Caravaggio”.

  • Să ciTimişoara!

    Să ciTimişoara!

    Patricia Lidia has initiated over the years a number of cultural projects, including a book club for detainees, the first of its kind in the country, as well as creative writing workshops for children. We asked her to tell us more about her latest project entitled Să ciTimișoara, which seeks to promote the writers from Timişoara and the books about this city in western Romania.

    “The name is a playful combination between the verb to read and Timișoara. Our intention is to promote writers from Timișoara and books about Timișoara, for we often feel that because we are at some distance away from the capital city, in another geographical region of the country, writers from Timișoara are little known outside of their own city. Four years ago we launched this initiative in the form of informal meetings rather than book launches in which we look at how the city is reflected and in which we promote the city’s writers.”

    The participants in these meetings are writers themselves, although they also have other day-to-day jobs, says our interlocutor Patricia Lidia:

    “We each discovered Timișoara’s history during research for our own books and each realised in our own way that the city’s Freedom Square, its baroque buildings, the fancy restaurants, Trajan Square and Fabric, which is now unfortunately in ruins, have a captivating history, much more so than we could have imagined or about which we didn’t know because we often tend to glorify the cities we go to on holiday but forget that we live in a beautiful city ourselves, a city that attracts many tourists. We discovered the city’s hidden treasures and were united in a desire to show the world that this city full of history but little known is not just a collection of Habsburg-era vestiges and bored engineers, but also a cultural destination, a place that witnessed important historical events and which are not taught in school but which should be known not only by adults and older people but also children, so as to understand in fact the context in which Timișoara developed.”

    Patricia Lidia says the project is completely apolitical:

    “We don’t do politics, have nothing to sell. We simply want to get together regularly, we, the writers of Timișoara with the readers of Timișoara, with people who are passionate about Timișoara, and talk without affectation, like friends, about the corners of the city that caught our attention and listen to fragments from books inspired by these places read by the very writers who discovered those wonderful places. We started out with a small group of 6 or 8 friends and at our last gathering there were 35 of us. Much to our surprise and joy, we had to borrow chairs from the neighbours, there were so many of us. We usually meet at two locations, at Cărturești Mercy in the centre and at AmPm, a bar in the Fabric area, but recently we started working with an antique book shop, Queen, which will create a special section dedicated to writers from Timișoara.”

    We asked our interlocutor about the interesting things these readings uncovered:

    “One seminal work I discovered is Cristian Vicol’s ‘Short History of Timișoara until 1716’, which doesn’t just focus on historical data as we learn them in school, but weaves them together with captivating stories and images to provide a new perspective on the city’s history and myths. I found out from this book, for example, that although we learn in school about the famous battle of Posada of 1330, when the Hungarian king Carol Robert of Anjou was defeated and driven out, we don’t also learn that his residence was in Timișoara, which was at the time an integral part of the Hungarian Kingdom and that the whole operation in fact had been launched from here.”

    Patricia Lidia is full of confidence in the future when it comes to reading and the writers of Timișoara:

    “Apart from the established, albeit amateur, writers we have here in Timișoara, we are also trying to cultivate a passion for writing and for the city among children. So we also have our little writers. I’m very proud of my contribution to the publication of a book coordinated by Elena Manolache, who teaches at School no. 25 in Timișoara, where they published a book containing texts written by children, so I’m confident that the future generations of writers are being forged and that we will have some wonderful surprises.”

  • Holiday in Timiș county

    Holiday in Timiș county

    Timiș is a multicultural county and an example of cohabitation among different ethnic groups. This ethnic diversity is also to be seen in the architecture, the crafts and the culture of the place. Today we will look at some of the most interesting tourist sites in this county with the help of Iosif Nicoară, the executive director of the Association for Tourist Promotion and Development in Timiș County. The city of Timișoara itself, which is the county seat, is home to over 900 tourist sites, according to this association. This includes the city’s heritage buildings, with Timișoara boasting the most extensive surface area with heritage buildings in all of Romania. Iosif Nicoară takes us on a walk through the city that was the European Capital of Culture in 2023:

    “I would start with a visit to the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral, which is the second largest building of its kind in the country. It has a very distinctive architectural style and from the steps leading to its entrance you can have a nice view over the centre of the city. It’s also a place laden with history. The outbreak of the anti-communist revolution of 1989 is linked to this area. We could then visit Victory Square, Freedom Square and Union Square, all of which are also full of history. Union Square is home to the National Museum of Art, which hosted the big Brâncuși retrospective exhibition. It was an immense success and people came from as far as the United States to see it. It was the first exhibition in the last 50 years to bring together, in this country and in one place, most of the works by sculptor Constantin Brâncuși. Another site worth visiting is the Timișoara fortress, also known as the Terezia Bastion, and which today houses the National Museum of Banat. The Banat Village Museum is another interesting tourist site in the city.”

    Timișoara’s historical centre is unique in Romania in that it consists of three different squares, each with its own architectural style. The dominant style of the city is the Viennese Baroque, but there are also many buildings in the neo-Byzantine and Art Nouveau styles. The city has the most diverse ethnic and religious make-up in the country, with 21 different ethnic groups and 18 religious denominations living here in harmony, says Iosif Nicoară, the executive director of the Association for Tourist Promotion and Development in Timiș County:

    “The city of Timișoara and the whole county of Timiș, in fact, are home to ethnic Germans, Hungarians, Serbs, as well as many other different communities. And if there’s one thing that best sums up this county is that all these communities live together in harmony. There was never any hostility between them, on the contrary, they learnt from each other, they took the good things, they grew in harmony with each other and made this city and this county to grow and to become a tourist attraction for any foreign traveller to Romania. Little Vienna is what they used to call Timișoara and it fully deserves this description.”

    But there are many more places worth visiting in Timiș county apart from Timișoara, and Buziaș is one of them. This spa town is mostly known for its treatment facilities specialising in heart diseases. The treatment is based on the natural resources available here, such as mineral springs and mofettes, which are discharges of carbon dioxide believed to help with peripheral circulation. Last but not least, the air in Buziaș is rich is ion, its concentration similar to places located at an altitude of 1,000 metres, despite it only being at an elevation of 128 metres. So the bioclimate here is most suited to rest and treatment. Iosif Nicoară explains:

    “If a tourist’s time is limited and it is only two or three days, after seeing Timișoara in one day, very briefly, the first place I would take them, it would be extremely close, it would be Buziaș. Moreover, very few people know that there is a hill, Dealul Silagiului, right next to Buziaș, where there are six wineries. Few people know that there are six wineries in one place on the stretch of this hill, which have developed harmoniously. There are local producers there who make a special wine, and where we intend to do this year, on the second of June, a Marathon of the Heart. There will be races for children, starting at 600m, because they are the target audience to exercise outdoors and see how beautiful the area is. By car, it takes 30 minutes from Timișoara to Buziaș, and, in addition to the extremely generous offer of the city, this hill of Silagiu offers beauty and splendor in terms of nature. I was talking about the six wineries, but there are also local producers who offer all kinds of natural products in the area, honey, very good cheese, meat from some producers, as well as other authentic local products.”

    Called Bucovina Banatului, Șara Făgetului lies in the eastern area of Timiș County. It is a picturesque area, the possibilities for rest and recreation being multiple here, as we learned from Iosif Nicoară, the executive director of the Association for the Promotion and Development of Tourism in Timiș County.

    “I was born in a hilly area towards the mountain, and the second destination to which I would guide and lead them would be the Făget area. It is an extraordinarily beautiful area, where there is also the oldest documented church in the area, where you can visit the Șopot Waterfall, see the place where the Bega River springs, and go by car or motorcycle. Those who want to ride a bike can choose a very beautiful route, called Transluncani. You can cross to the other side, in Caraș-Severin county. In the area, you can find the Cornet Waterfall, the Jdioara Fortress, the Surduc Lake, on which you can take a trip with the catamaran that belongs to our association. So this area is also extraordinarily beautiful. It’s a hill and mountain area where people can relax and feel great.”

    Also in Timiș county, you will find many craftsmen. Unlike other areas of Romania, here, the wealth of traditions fascinates, due to the multi-ethnic character of the region. Thus, the rural universe is expected to be discovered without haste, as the reward will be commensurate. And, to visit the craftsmen at their homes, you can contact the Association for the Promotion and Development of Tourism in Timiș County. They can organize a trip to folk craftsmen from all over the county.

  • End of the Brâncuşi exhibition from Timișoara

    End of the Brâncuşi exhibition from Timișoara

    A central point on the list of events that took place in Timișoara – European Capital of Culture, the exhibition Brâncuşi: Romanian sources and universal perspectives at the Art Museum, dedicated to the sculptor Constantin Brâncuşi, ended on Sunday evening. There were four months of visual delight and a record number of visitors, over 130,000 – double the estimates. People queued to see the works of the great artist, many of them emblematic: Măiastra, Bird in Space, The Kiss, Mademoiselle Pogany, Head of a Child, Prayer, Milestone or Sleeping muse, some borrowed from prestigious museums or art galleries such as the Pompidou Center in Paris or the Tate Gallery in London. Besides the sculptures, photographs, archive documents and filmed materials were also presented.



    The curator of the exhibition, Ovidiu Şandor, believes that the event proved to be a phenomenon that gives people back the hope for a change in society through culture: I think that the exhibition touched a lot of people also through the way in which Doina Lemny chose the works, through the dialogue between sculpture, photography, drawing, and also through the scenography made by Attila Kim, innovative compared to how Brâncuşi has been presented until now, in other exhibitions.



    According to the curator Doina Lemny, from the Pompidou Center, the exhibition was not so much a retrospective of Brâncuşi’s creation, as a demonstration of the sculptor’s permanent connection with his native country, even though he became famous in France. Constantin Brâncuşi was born on February 19, 1876, in the village of Hobita (south), later he studied in Bucharest, and in 1905 he went to Paris, where he came into contact with the artistic avant-garde there. His creative activity reached its peak between 1914 and 1940. The Georges Pompidou Museum of Modern Art in Paris holds an important number of Brâncusi’s works bequeathed to Romania by will, but gladly accepted by France, together with everything that was in his workshop in Rue du Montparnasse, after the refusal, in the 50s, of the communist government in Bucharest to receive them after the sculptor’s death. He died on March 16, 1957 and was buried in the French capital.



    In the socialist realism Romania, Constantin Brâncuşi was contested as a representative of cosmopolitan bourgeois formalism. Hardly in the 60s was the sculptor rediscovered, at home, as a national genius. With an insured value of half a billion euros, but with an inestimable sentimental value, the works exhibited, now, for four months, in Timișoara, represented the most important exhibition of the last half century that is dedicated to him in Romania. A pillar of Romanian culture, Constantin Brâncuşi is also one of the world’s greatest sculptors of the 20th century. (LS)

  • Fin de l’exposition Brancusi de Timisoara

    Fin de l’exposition Brancusi de Timisoara

    Tombée de rideau, dimanche soir, sur l’événement phare du
    programme « Timișoara – Capitale européenne de la culture », l’exposition
    intitulée « Brancusi : sources roumaines et perspectives universelles »,
    au Musée des Beaux-Arts, consacrée au grand sculpteur roumain Constantin Brancusi.


    Quatre mois durant, de septembre 2023 à janvier 2024, l’exposition
    a accueilli un nombre record de visiteurs – plus de 130 000, soit le double par
    rapport aux estimations initaile. Parmi les chefs-d’œuvre du grand artiste qui pouvaient
    être admirés l’on a retrouvé : « Maïastra » (L’oiseau-lyre), « L’oiseau
    dans l’espace », « Le Baiser », « Mademoiselle Pogany »,
    « Tête d’enfant », « Prière » ou encore « La muse
    endormie ». Certaines œuvres ont été empruntées à de prestigieux musées ou
    galeries d’art telles le Centre Pompidou de Paris ou la Tate Gallery de
    Londres. Outre les sculptures, des photographies, des documents d’archives et
    des vidéos ont également été présentés.




    Aux dires du commissaire de exposition, Ovidiu Şandor, l’événement
    s’est avéré être un phénomène qui lui donne l’espoir de voir un changement au
    sein de la société grâce à la la culture :



    « Je pense que l’exposition a touché
    beaucoup de visiteurs aussi à travers la manière dont Doina Lemny a choisi les
    œuvres, le dialogue entre sculpture, photographie et dessin, mais aussi par la
    scénographie réalisée par Attila Kim, innovante par rapport à la manière dont
    Brancusi avait été présenté jusqu’ici dans d’autres expositions. »


    Selon la
    commissaire d’exposition Doina Lemny, l’exposition n’était pas une
    rétrospective de la création de Brancusi mais une preuve de la connexion
    permanente du sculpteur avec son pays natal, même s’il était déjà devenu
    célèbre en France.




    La vie
    de Brancusi




    Rappelons brièvement que Constantin Brancusi est né le 19
    février 1876, dans le village de Hobita (sud). Il a fait ses études Bucarest. En
    1905, il s’est rendu à Paris, où il y est entré en contact avec l’avant-garde
    artistique. Son activité créatrice a atteint l’apogée entre 1914 et 1940. Le
    Musée d’Art Moderne Georges Pompidou de Paris conserve un nombre important d’œuvres
    de Brancusi léguées par testament à la Roumanie, mais acceptées par la France
    aux côtés de tout ce qui se trouvait dans l’atelier de l’artiste, rue
    Montparnasse, sur toile de fond du refus, dans les années 50, du gouvernement
    communiste de Bucarest de recevoir les créations de Brancusi après sa mort.


    Il est décédé le 16 mars 1957 et a été inhumé dans la
    capitale française. Dans la Roumanie du réalisme socialiste, Constantin Brancusi
    a été contesté et accusé d’être un représentant du formalisme bourgeois
    cosmopolite. Ce n’est que dans les années 60 que le sculpteur a été « redécouvert » en
    tant qu’un génie national, dans son pays natal.


    Ayant une valeur assurée d’un demi-milliard d’euros, et une
    valeur sentimentale inestimable, les œuvres exposées ces quatre derniers mois à
    Timișoara, constituent l’exposition la plus importante qui lui a été consacrée
    en Roumanie pendant ces 50 dernières années. Pilier de la culture roumaine,
    Constantin Brancusi est également l’un des plus grands sculpteurs du monde du
    XXe siècle.

  • Maia Sandu, awarded for promoting European values

    Maia Sandu, awarded for promoting European values

    The
    president of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, Saturday received the ‘Timişoara
    Award for European Values, established this year by the authorities of the
    2023 European Capital of Culture to honour personalities who champion or uphold
    European values within and outside the Union.


    I
    accept this prize, Maia Sandu said at the award ceremony, as a vote of
    confidence in Moldova’s and its citizens’ capacity to see through their fight
    for freedom. She also thanked Romania for its unwavering support, and said she
    wanted for her country the prosperity enjoyed by the other EU member states.


    Maia
    Sandu: I would like to take this opportunity to emphasise the gratitude and high
    appreciation for the support we have received from Romania, an unconditional,
    brotherly support for which we will always be grateful. What we see here in Timişoara,
    what we see in the European Union’s cities, is what we want for the Republic of
    Moldova as well. Let the living standards I see in your city, the freedom of
    thought and of speech, the European values become undefeatable, here and in the
    Republic of Moldova.


    The
    Moldovan official also highlighted that the eastward enlargement of the EU has
    been a large-scale historical reparation, which will not be complete as long as
    countries like Moldova and Ukraine are left outside the bloc. The nations that
    choose freedom, she argued, belong together with the states and peoples of the
    free world, and not in a grey area, subject to constant threats to their
    sovereignty and independence.

    We all know that in the Republic of Moldova such
    threats, be they direct or via disloyal agents, oligarchs willing to sell out
    their fellow countrymen without shame, will not disappear, but rather they will
    strengthen unless we break our harmful ties with the past. But we are not
    afraid and we are not wavering. Over the past few years, we have managed to end
    our dependence on Russian natural gas, we have redirected our exports to new
    markets, we have been building and restoring bridges and roads connecting us to
    the EU. The Republic of Moldova is no longer at the service of Kremlin;
    instead, it is taking its fate in its own hands and stepping resolutely on the
    path of European integration, Moldova’s president added.


    She
    also said that this has been acknowledged by the EU member countries in
    December 2023, when they decided that Moldova and Ukraine deserve to start
    accession negotiations.


    In
    these troubled times, Maia Sandu is not only a strong leader for her nation,
    but a role model for millions of Europeans outside Moldova as well, the Mayor
    of Timişoara Dominic Fritz emphasised. According to him, Maia Sandu believed in
    Moldova’s European aspirations when many were dismissing them as utopian and, with
    unbelievable effort and courage, she is fighting resolutely to shape a European
    future for Moldova. (AMP)

  • Maia Sandu – prix pour des valeurs européennes

    Maia Sandu – prix pour des valeurs européennes

    Samedi dernier,
    la Présidente de la République de Moldova, Maia Sandu, a reçu le Prix
    « Timişoara pour des valeurs européennes », créé cette année par la
    municipalité de la capitale culturelle européenne en 2023 pour honorer les
    personnalités qui soutiennent ou défendent les valeurs européennes à l’intérieur
    et en dehors de l’Union européenne.


    « Je reçois ce prix comme un vote
    de confiance dans la capacité de la République de Moldova et de ses citoyens de
    mener à bien la lutte pour la liberté »     a déclaré Maia
    Sandu lors de la cérémonie de remise. La présidente moldave a remercié la
    Roumanie pour l’aide constante accordée à son pays. Et elle de déclarer
    souhaiter à son propre pays de la prospérité dont jouissent les autres pays
    européens.


    Maia
    Sandu :

    « Je souhaite profiter de cette occasion pour souligner la
    gratitude et la vraie appréciation pour l’appui que j’ai reçu de la part de la
    Roumanie, un soutien inconditionnel et fraternel, pour lequel nous serons
    toujours reconnaissants. Ce que nous voyons ici à Timisoara, ce que nous voyons
    dans les villes européennes nous souhaitons aussi voir en République de
    Moldova. Que le niveau de vie que je vois dans votre ville, la liberté de penser
    et de s’exprimer, les valeurs européennes deviennent invincibles, ici et à
    République de Moldova ! »


    Plus loin de Moscou…


    Et la cheffe de
    l’état moldave de souligner que l’expansion de l’Union européenne vers l’est a
    représenté une réparation historique à grande échelle qui ne sera jamais
    complète si d’autres pays, tels la République de Moldova ou l’Ukraine restent
    en dehors de l’espace communautaire.


    Aux dires de
    Maia Sandu, la place des personnes qui choisissent la liberté est auprès des
    Etats et des peuples du monde libre et pas dans une zone grise ou à l’ombre de
    menaces permanentes à la souveraineté et à l’indépendance :

    « Nous
    savons tous qu’en République de Moldova ces menaces, soit directes, soit par
    intermédiaire de traîtres, d’oligarques, prêts à vendre leurs concitoyens sans aucune
    honte, ne s’arrêteront mais tout au contraire, s’intensifieront lorsque nous
    coupons les liens toxiques avec le passé. Mais nous n’aurons pas peur et nous n’allons
    pas nous éloigner de notre chemin. Au cours des dernières années nous avons
    réussi à éliminer la dépendance du gaz russe, nous avons réorienté nos
    exportations vers de nouveaux marchés, nous construisons et nous réparons des
    routes et des ponts qui font nous relient à l’Union européenne. La République
    de Moldova n’est plus asservie au Kremlin, mais elle décide seule de son avenir
    et se dirige d’une manière déterminée vers l’intégration européenne. » a déclaré
    la présidente de la République de Moldova.


    … plus proche de l’Union européenne




    Selon elle, ce
    fait a été reconnu par les Etats de l’Union lorsqu’en décembre 2023 ils ont
    décidé que la République de Moldova, aux côtés de l’Ukraine, méritait de
    démarrer les négociations d’adhésion.



    « Dans cette époque tumultueuse, Madame Maia Sandu
    apparaît non seulement comme un leader fort pour son peuple, mais aussi comme
    un modèle pour des millions d’européens en dehors de la République de
    Moldova. »     a souligné à son tour le maire de Timisoara, Dominic Fritz.
    Selon lui, la présidente Maia Sandu a fait confiance aux aspirations
    européennes de la République de Moldova lorsque beaucoup d’autres les
    considéraient utopiques et, avec un travail incroyable et avec du courage, elle
    lutte avec persévérance dans le but de construire une voie européenne pour la
    République de Moldova.

  • Prezidenta Maia Sandu laureatâ a Premiului Timişoara ti axii evropeni

    Prezidenta Maia Sandu laureatâ a Premiului Timişoara ti axii evropeni

    Prezidenta ali Republicâ Moldova, Maia Sandu, apruche sâmbătâ Premiul Timişoara ti axi evropeni, adratu di Municipiul Timişoara ta s-tiñiseascâ personalităţ pricunuscuti pi planu internaţional ți, cu apufuseari, curai ş-creativitati, scotu tu padi ică apărâ axiili evropeni tu Uniunea Evropeanâ, ama ș-nafara a llei.



    Dimarhul ali Timişoarâ, Dominic Fritz, scoasi tu migdani că yinitorlu deadun evropean easti ma fragili ş-ma fuvirsit di cumu fu vârâoarâ, dupâ 1989, iara competiţia anamisa di democraţiili liberali ş-reghimurli autoritari crescu. Maia Sandu s-aleadzi di alanțâ nu maș ca unu lideru vârtosu ti populu a lui, ma ca unu modelu ti miliuni di evropeni ți suntu nafoara ali Moldovâ. Prezidenta Maia Sandu pistipsi tu aspiraţiili evropeni ali Moldovâ atumțea cându mulţâ li luyursea utopiți. Cu para multu lucru, apufuseari, curai ş-cu unâ tiñii cumu aretcu s-vedu tu politicâ, alumtă fârâ dânâseari ta s-adarâ unâ cali evropeanâ ti Moldova, dzâsi Fritz.



    Aprochiu aestu premiu ca unu votu di pisti ti capațitatea ali Republicâ Moldova ş-a cetăţeñlor a llei ta s-ducâ pânâ u soni alumta ti libirtati; unâ alumtâ ndreaptâ, legitimâ ş-di cari easti ananghi ti yinitorlu a nostu ş-a ântreglui continentu. Ți videm aoa, Timişoara, ți videm tu câsâbadzlli evropeñi vrem ş-ti Republica Moldova, dzâsi Maia Sandu. Şefa a statlui moldovean dzâsi că tindearea ali Uniunâ Evropeanâ câtâ Apiritâ easti unâ reparaţíi istoricâ la scarâ largâ. Aestâ reparaţíi nu va s-hibâ canâoarâ acutotalui maca stati cata cum suntu Republica Moldova ică Ucraina armânu nafoarâ a spaţiului comunitaru. Tu añilli dit soni, putumu s-ascâpămu di dependenţa di gazlu arusescu, reorientămu exporturli a noasti câtâ năi pâzări iu s-nâ vindemu lucârli, adrămu năi călliuri apunțâ ș-li andridzemu ațeali ți suntu asparti, li adrămu călliuri ți va nâ leagâ di Uniunea Evropeanâ. Republica Moldova nu mata adarâ ți va Kremlinlu, ama ș-pufiseaști singurâ mira şi s-duți pufisitu câtâ calea a integrarillei evropeanâ, scoasi tu migdani prezidenta ali Republicâ Moldova.



    Maia Sandu scoasi tu migdani că aestu lucru fu pricunuscut di statili ali Uniuni Evropeanâ atumțea cându, tu andreu 2023, ea apufusi că Republica Moldova, deadun cu Ucraina, pot s-anchiseascâ pâzârâpserli di aprucheari ca apartenenţa aților dauâ vâsilii la comunitatea di axii evropeani să-şi aflâ confirmarea istoricâ pritu apruchearea la UE. Ea lâ hâristusi ti andruparea ți vâsilia a llei u apruche ditu partea ali Româníi, unâ andrupari nicondiţionatâ, frăţeascâ.



    Maia Sandu, dzâsi că Federaţia Arusâ deai, tut tut aestu chiro, s-aspargâ arada ș-putearea di Chişinău, cathi oarâ vrândalui s-filiseascâ reghimlu ditu reghionlu transnistrean, ama vâsilia a llei adarâ tutu ți poati ta s-ancheadicâ aesti duchimâseri. Ea dzâsi nica că Republica Moldova că ari nâdia că va s-aibâ andruparea ali Româníi ş-ali comunitati internaţionalâ. Ştim că aestâ primuvearâ Arusia s-da diznău s-aspargâ catastisea dit vâsilíi, scoasi tu migdani Maia Sandu.



    Prezidenta ali Republicâ Moldova fu aprucheatâ, tut sâmbătâ, de Custodili ali Cârunâ di vâsille, Margareta, ş-Prințipili Radu la Castelu Vâsilichescu Săvârşin. Dupâ prândzu, prezidenta ali Republicâ Moldova vizită Parcul Vâsilichescu şi Muzeulu Vâsilichescu a Automobilului deadun cu Taifa Vâsilicheascâ.



    Mi hârsii sâ-lli vedu diznău Majestatea a ljei Margareta, Custodili ali Cârunâ di vâsille ș-Alteța a Llei Vâsilicheascâ Prințipeli Radu, ți mi apruchearâ la Castelu Vâsilichescu Săvârșin, ți easti aproapea di Timișoara. Ași cumu s-fați di arada, avui parti di unâ aștiptari dipiratâ ș-moabeț multu buni ti ligâturlli ti anami anamisa di Republica Moldova ș-România, anyrâpsi prezidenta. Âlli hâristusi ali Majestati a Llei ti vrearea ți u ari ti vâsilia ș-oamiñlli a noșțâ, ama ș-ti andruparea a llei, ți nu duți ma aproapea di yislu a nostu evropean. Apofasea pozitivâ ditu andreu ali Uniuni Evropeanâ, ta s-ahurheascâ pâzârâpserli di aprucheari cu Moldova, s-fați ș-di furnia că Majestatea a Llei Margareta și Mârillea a Lui Vâsilicheascâ Prințipili Radu, promovarâ tu capitalili evropeani nâdiili a moldoveñilor ta s-agiungâ membri aili taifâ evropeani.



    Tu aestâ vizitâ, plantămu ș-unu cupaciu pi aleea a Cupacilor Bitârñi ditu parcul a ciuflicâllei vâsilicheascâ, ca semnu ti suțata streasâ ți u avemu cu Casa Vâsilicheascâ ali Româníi, adâvgă Maia Sandu.


    Autoru: Eugen Cojocariu


    Armânipsearea: Mirela Biolan Sima