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FUND - The Romanian Ministry of Public Finance has launched a bill aimed at defining the legal framework for the Sovereign Development and Investment Fund for public debate. The fund will be a Romanian judicial entity whose organization and functioning are regulated by Government decree. The Fund will be a joint stock company owned entirely by the Romanian state. According to the Finance Ministry, the Fund is aimed at developing and financing sustainable investment projects using its own funds. It will bring together 33 state-owned companies, with a total social capital of some 2 billion euros.
MEETING - Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu met with counterparts from Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Laos on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly held in New York. Additionally, the Romanian official met with his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Szijjarto. According to a Ministry release, the two officials looked at ways to improve bilateral relations, based on the Strategic Partnership between the two countries, EU and NATO membership and mutual respect. Talks focused on topics of mutual interest, especially supporting the European track of states in the Western Balkans and the need to diversify energy transport routes, in order to ensure energy security at regional and European level.
LAW ENFORCEMENT - The Romanian Police has identified 32 vehicles wanted internationally. Eight were reported as stolen in the United Kingdom, five in Belgium and Spain each, four in Italy, three in Germany, two in France and one in Poland, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania each. The Romanian Police recommends prudence to people who want to buy a second-hand vehicle in trade fairs abroad and to ask the buyer for all the proper car identification documents.
GUAM - Ex-soviet states making up the so-called GUAM group - Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and the Republic of Moldova, will join efforts to consolidate their positions and defend territorial integrity, GUAM officials said as part of a GUAM Parliament Assembly held in Chisinau. GUAM officials have criticized Russia's involvement in fueling territorial conflicts and military aggression, particularly in Georgia and Ukraine. GUAM was set up in 2006, with the aim of developing cooperation between members, consolidating stability and joint security at European level. The Republic of Moldova is currently holding the rotating presidency of GUAM. Chisinau is facing increased pro-Russian separatism in Transdniestr, a region the broke with Moldova in 1992 in the wake of an armed conflict that killed hundreds and that ended with the military intervention of Russian forces.
TSUNAMI - The Romanian Foreign Ministry has conveyed its deepest condolences to the families of the victims of Friday's earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit Sulawesi Island, the Republic of Indonesia, which killed hundreds and left scores wounded or missing. The Ministry also expressed compassion and solidarity with the Indonesian people and authorities, also in connection to the high number of victims and the level of damages. Most casualties were reported in Palu city on the western coast of the island.
RECORD - 4,807 people, mostly high-school children from all over the country, on Saturday set a new world record in Alba Iulia, central Romania, making up the largest human image of a country. The map of Romania had the number 100 highlighted at its center, standing for the celebration of the Great Union Centennial in 2018. The previous record was held by Myanmar, where 3,466 people made a human representation of their country in February 2018.
TENNIS - Romanian tennis players Irina Begu and Raluca Olaru on Saturday lost 7-5, 6-3 to Olga Danilovic of Serbia and Tamara Zdansek of Slovenia in the women's doubles final at the tournament in Taskent, Uzbekistan, totaling 250 thousand dollars in prize money. Olaru has previously won the Taskent doubles twice, in 2008 alongside Olga Savchuk of Ukraine and in 2016 with Ipek Soylu of Turkey. Begu won the women's singles in 2012.
(Translated by V. Palcu)
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