23 May, 2016
Hexi Pharma manager dies in car crash, PM Ciolos visits US
Bogdan Matei, 23.05.2016, 11:59
CAR CRASH — Dan Condrea, manager of Hexi Pharma, the company at the center of the hospital disinfectant scandal, died on Sunday in a car crash. The police have not ruled out the possibility of suicide. The investigation was taken over by the prosecutors assigned to the High Court of Cassation and Justice. At the same time, the crisis in the healthcare system will be next week on the agenda of the Higher Defense Council.
STATE VISIT — Romanian PM Dacian Ciolos started on Sunday a four day working visit to the United States. His main objective is to develop further economic cooperation as part of the Strategic Partnership between the two countries. According to Radio Romanias correspondent, todays agenda includes a meeting in Detroit with the management of Ford automotive company and a visit to the company R&D center. The Prime Minister will further hold talks in Washington with VP Joe Biden and the secretaries of agriculture, commerce and energy. As part of the visit, the premier and his delegation will also be meeting members of the Romanian community and Romanian businesspeople.
COUNCIL — Romanian Foreign Minister Lazar Comanescu, takes part today in the Council for Foreign Affairs. On the agenda in Brussels are the EU regional strategy for Syria and Iraq, the anti-ISIS strategy, and migration, according to the Romanian Foreign Ministry. At a working lunch, the ministers will discuss the EUs global strategy, in preparation for the European Council of June 2016. Comanescu will also be attending the meeting of foreign ministers of EU countries with their counterparts in the Eastern Partnership, made up of the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus), where talks will focus on achieving the aims set at the summit in May 2015.
CANNES — Romanian director Cristian Mungiu, winner of the Palme dOr in 2007, won last night in Cannes the best director award for his film Baccalaureate (Graduation). The feature length film tells the story of a small town physician who has to settle an incident involving his daughter right before her graduation exam. Another Romanian director, Bogdan Mirica, won the film critic award for his movie Dogs. The Palme dOr went to Ken Loach for I, Daniel Blake, and the Grand Prize went to Its Only the End of the World by Xavier Dolan. Well have more after the news.
ANTI-CORRUPTION — In Bucharest, representatives of police and anti-corruption organizations from 9 countries, along with representatives of the EC and the European Health Fraud and Corruption Network are debating for two days investigating corruption in the healthcare system. The meeting is hosted by the Romanian National Anti-corruption Directorate. The purpose of the working group is to offer a framework for dialog, discussing case studies and best practices in fighting corruption in the medical field. Among the participating countries are Austria, Germany, Moldova, Serbia and Spain.
