July 14, 2015 UPDATE
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Mihai Pelin, 14.07.2015, 12:30
The Romanian Foreign Ministry has hailed the final agreement reached in Iran’s nuclear file during the talks in Vienna between the P5+1 group of world powers and Iran after two years of discussions. According to the Romanian Foreign Ministry, the agreement has a historic significance marking the beginning of a cooperation relation with Teheran. The USA, the West and the UN have also hailed the deal but the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described it ‘a historic mistake’. The agreement imposes a significant reduction in Iran’s nuclear programme also providing for a thorough verification mechanism in order to make sure that Iran cannot make atomic bombs. In exchange Iran will be seeing a series of economic sanctions lifted. The UN embargo over Iran’s arms imports will remain in place five years after its conclusion while that on missiles will be valid for eight years. The UN sanctions could be reinstated in 65 days unless the agreement is observed.
On Tuesday, the last day of his visit to Spain, Romanian president Klaus Iohannis met the president of the Senate in this country Pio Garcia Escudero. The topics tackled were cooperation inside the European Union and NATO, economic cooperation and the situation of the Romanian community in Spain. On Monday, Iohannis held talks with King Felipe, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and met representatives of the Romanian community in Madrid.
Air traffic controllers on Bucharest’s international airport Henri Coanda are to launch a two-hour token strike on Wednesday, a move expected to ground scores of flights. The protest takes place after the union’s talks with company representatives ended in a deadlock on Tuesday. Under Romanian legislation, only a third of the total number of flights is to be operated during the strike. Protesters claim protection for the employees, air traffic safety and other rights. The retiring age was also tackled during the talks but representatives of the company said the union’s decision to launch a strike would be contested in court. Representatives of the air traffic controllers say they don’t rule out the idea of an all-out strike in the long term.
Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu on Tuesday qualified for the eighth finals of the BRD Bucharest Open with 226 thousand dollars in prize money. Niculescu seeded 41st in WTA standings has outperformed her compatriot Ana Bogdan in a marathon game 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. Niculescu will be meeting the winner of the match pitching Kristina Kucova of Slovakia against Teliana Pereira of Brazil. The BRD Bucharest Open draw includes other several Romanian players, such as Alexandra Dulgheru, Andreea Mitu and Sorana Carstea.
