April 10, 2025
A roundup of local and world news
Newsroom, 10.04.2025, 13:55
TALKS NATO headquarters in Brussels is today hosting a meeting of the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ staged by the United Kingdom and France to safeguard a potential deal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine. London and Paris are working on a European peace-keeping contingent, which could contribute to the security of Ukraine. Headed by France and the UK, the Coalition of the Willing is made up of 31 countries, Romania included, which pledged sustained support for Ukraine against the Russian aggression. The coalition’s declared objective is to facilitate the peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow the United States kicked off in February this year, through contributions to security guarantees with a view to ensuring a durable ceasefire and peace agreement in Ukraine.
MARKET Financial markets in Asia have seen major gains after President Trump announced a 90-day pause for countries hit by higher US tariffs, the BBC reports. The growth has been registered after the US president’s announcement of a pause in applying the new tariffs on imports from most of the countries with the exception of those from China. The S&P index yesterday notched a 9.5% rise and Nikkei today went up by 8%. Stock exchanges seem to have stabilized after the last week’s slump with thousands billion dollars in losses.
INVESTMENT The responsibility of political people is to create conditions to encourage foreign investors to develop business in Romania – the country’s interim president Ilie Bolojan said during a meeting with their representatives. According to a recent survey, Romania’s attractiveness for investment has dropped down to a point close to that during the pandemics. According to the president of the Foreign Investors Council, Daniel Anghel, business people need predictability.
MISSION A cargo plane of the Romanian Air Forces with 18 Palestinian patients from Gaza accompanied by 29 family members touched down in Bucharest on Wednesday night. Part of them will remain in Romania and others have been transferred to Norway, Malta and Luxembourg. The transport mission was carried out upon the request from the EU’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre and was coordinated by the Emergency Situations Department with the Romanian Interior Ministry. This has been the third support mission this year for the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.
HANDBALL Romania’s female handball side clinched a clear win, 30-19, against Italy on Wednesday night in Chieti, in a match counting towards the first round of the play-offs for the World Women’s Handball Championship in 2025. The second round has been slated for April 13 in Bistrita, northern Romania and the winning side is going to buy plane tickets to the aforementioned prestigious competition due in Germany and the Netherlands over November 26 and December 14. Romania, who has participated in all editions of the Championship ranked 12th in 2023.
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