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  • September 26, 2022

    September 26, 2022


    VISIT Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and the president of the Chamber of Deputies Marcel Ciolacu have arrived in Japan to attend the state funeral for the countrys former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who made a significant contribution to the process of bringing up the relations between the two countries to that of a strategic partnership. Abe was killed on July 8th by a former officer with a makeshift gun while delivering a campaign speech. The two Romanian officials have today met the Parliamentary League Japan-Romania Friendship headed by president Ichiro Assawa. Talks focused on economic cooperation as Japan is the biggest Asian investor in Romania. Prime Minister Ciuca has underlined the determination of the Romanian government to boost investment given the latest encouraging dynamics of the bilateral contacts. In turn, the Japanese official has appreciated the presence in Japan of the Romanian Prime Minister and announced the all-out support for the implementation of the Japan-Romania Strategic Partnership and strengthening bilateral cooperation, including at the exterior level, against the regional and international background, which needs the protection of democracy and the rule of law. During his three-day visit to Tokyo, the Romanian Prime Minister will be meeting his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida and with high officials from other countries who are attending the funeral.



    REFUGEES According to sources with the General Inspectorate of the Border Police, over 90 thousand people entered Romania on Sunday, including 10 thousand Ukrainian nationals, 7.6% less than in the previous day. Since February 10, 2022, over 2.4 million Ukrainian nationals have crossed the border into Romania.



    FLU Health experts are expecting the flu to have a major impact during the cold season 2022-2023. According to these experts vaccination remains extremely important to reduce the risk of the double infection with the classical flu virus and with SARS-CoV-2 mainly with the vulnerable categories. Romania has already received the first batches of anti-flu vaccines, which are available at family physicians.



    FOOTBALL Romanias national football side is today playing Bosnia in Bucharest in their last game in Nations League B. We recall that the game is very important to Romania as its side is presently ranking last in its group and runs the risk of being demoted to the competitions third section. Also today Montenegro plays Finland. Romania is hankering for a win against Bosnia and also needs that Finland may not win in Podgorica.



    WAR Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday in a televised interview that his troops had received from the USA an advanced anti-aircraft system, which would significantly contribute to the consolidation of their positions on the frontline. The NASAMS interceptors are effective against cruise missiles, drones as well as warplanes and helicopters. In the meantime on the ground, Russian troops have shelled several regions in southern Ukraine. According to Radio Romania correspondent in Ukraine, in Mykolaiv, Russian drones have hit several buildings and the water pipeline has been hit by a rocket. Kamikaze drones from Russia have allegedly hit several targets in Odesa, where the anti-aircraft defence managed to bring down a Russian Su-25 jet, which was strafing ground troops close to Kherson. In Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, two Russian missiles have destroyed a hospital and another building. In another development, the first Russian reservists have arrived at their military units, sources with the British Defence Ministry have announced.



    HANDBALL Romanias women vice-champions CSM Bucharest managed to avoid defeat in their home game on Sunday ending 28-all against German handball side BBM Bietigheim. The match was counting towards the Group A of the Champions League in womens handball. CSM will be up against Danish side Odense on October 9th. Another Romanian side Rapid Bucharest secured a 33-26 away win against Turkish side Kastamonu. On October 9th, Rapid will be up against Danish side Team Esbjerg. Bucharest is the only city in Europe with two sides in the continents most important handball competition.


    (bill)


  • Bucharest is closely monitoring the situation in the Middle East

    Bucharest is closely monitoring the situation in the Middle East

    Through its Foreign Ministry, Romania
    has announced it is closely monitoring the situation in the Middle East after
    Iran acknowledged against the political turmoil last week that it had shot down
    a Ukrainian passenger plane. According to the diplomacy in Bucharest, the
    monitoring includes the observance of the Vienna convention, which regulates
    the diplomatic relations and the liberty to associate in public places.








    Hundreds of students gathered in
    Tehran on Saturday night to bring homage to the 176 victims mostly Iranian and
    Canadian of the 737 Boeing plane shot down by mistake by an Iranian missile
    shortly after its take-off from the Tehran airport. Iran’s Islamic
    Revolutionary Guard Corps have assumed responsibility for shooting down the
    passenger plane of Ukraine Airlines International.






    Missiles fired due to human error
    have regrettably caused the horrific crash of the Ukrainian plane and the death
    of 176 innocent people. Investigations continue to identify and prosecute this
    great tragedy and unforgivable mistake. The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply
    regrets this disastrous mistake. My thoughts and prayers go to all the mourning
    families. I offer my sincerest condolences, Iranian president Hassan Rohani
    wrote on Twitter.








    In response his Ukrainian
    counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kiev expects Tehran to conduct
    complete investigation so that the culprits may be punished and Iran offer
    compensations. In turn, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he expects
    the Iranian authorities to fully cooperate in the investigation over the
    incident and that his government is working together with foreign partners to
    make sure the investigation is complete and detailed.








    The EU High Representative for
    Foreign, Security and Defence Policies Josep Borrell has summoned the EU
    foreign ministers, Romania’s Bogdan Aurescu included for a special session on
    Middle East issues. During the session, the head of the Romanian diplomacy has
    urged the EU members to get actively involved in easing tensions and boosting
    dialogue in the region. Aurescu has equally voiced Romania’s support for NATO’s
    increased role in the Middle East and in fighting terrorism. Bucharest believes
    in the EU & NATO complementary action.




    (translated by bill)

  • December 9, 2019

    December 9, 2019

    GRAFT The scourge of corruption is
    undermining democracy and the rule of law. At the same time corruption endorses
    organized crime rings and will eventually lower the citizens’ standard of
    living, Romanian president Klaus Iohannis says in his address on the
    International Anti-corruption Day. 30 years on from the demise of the communist
    regime, Romania made ‘immense headway’ in fighting corruption at high level and
    in society, the head of state went on to say adding that this process is
    ‘ongoing’, and involves the effort of changing outlooks, involves consistency,
    as well as a set of firm principles. In turn Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said
    the fight against this phenomenon is a desideratum of all the Romanians
    irrespective of their age and reiterated ‘the Romanian government’s determination
    and commitment to relentlessly supporting this process. Established by the
    United Nations Organisation in 2003, the International Anti-corruption Day is being
    celebrated every year on December 9th.










    MEETING Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu is attending the
    proceedings of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. This is the first
    meeting of the EU Foreign Ministers under the chairmanship of Josep Borrell,
    the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and
    Vice-President of the European Commission. High on the agenda are relations
    between EU and Africa and human rights observance around the world. On the
    sidelines of this formal meeting, Minister Aurescu will be participating in a
    working breakfast hosted by the Greek Foreign Minister, which has as special
    invitees foreign ministers from North Macedonia and Albania.








    MOTION Romania’s
    Senate is today debating and voting on the first simple motion against a member
    of the cabinet led by Prime Minister Ludovic Orban. The document has been tabled
    by the Social-Democratic opposition against Finance Minister Florin Cîţu who
    has been accused of improper statements regarding the state of the public
    finances, which led to the depreciation of the national currency. The Liberals
    say however, the motion will be another good opportunity to provide details in
    Parliament about the disastrous situation the state budget is currently in, due
    to the latest PSD ruling. The PSD’s move puts to the test the fragile majority
    of the Liberal cabinet and speaks about the support the Social Democrats currently
    rely on.












    HANDBALL The Romanian
    women’s handball side plays Sweden on Tuesday in group ll of the World Handball
    Championships underway in Japan. On Saturday Romania lost to Russia and thus blew
    their chances to qualify for the competition’s semifinals. The Romanians are
    currently fighting for the fourth position, which will allow them to play in pre-Olympic
    tournaments. Romania will be playing the host country in their last game of
    this championship. Our side is currently ranking last in their group which is
    led by Russia and Spain.












    TALKS French capital Paris is today hosting a
    first round of face-to-face talks between Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky
    and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin under French-German mediation. The
    latest round of talks of the so-called Normandy Four Summit was held in 2016 in
    Berlin. The talks’ main objective is to kick-start peace negotiations between
    the authorities in Kiev and pro-Russia separatists, engaged in a conflict,
    which started five years ago and killed over 13 thousand people. The West and
    Ukraine are accusing Moscow of supplying funds and weapons to the rebels, a
    fact denied by Russia. Russian president Vladimir Putin is also to have talks
    in Paris with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and with German chancellor
    Angela Merkel.




    (translated by bill)