April 21, 2016
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Newsroom, 21.04.2016, 12:00
Romania is staunchly supporting the
sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, Romanian
president Klaus Iohannis has today said in Bucharest at the end of his meeting
with Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko. The Romanian official has also said
that Bucharest supports Kiev in the process of implementing the domestic
reforms needed in the EU-association programme. The Ukrainian president is
expected to hold talks with Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos and with Valeriu
Zgonea, president of the Chamber of Deputies. We recall that last year president Iohannis went on
an official visit to Kiev where he voiced support for Ukraine’s coming closer
to the EU. On that occasion president Iohannis said he agreed with Poroshenko that
the two states provide more support to the communities of Romanians living in
Ukraine and to the communities of Ukrainians living in Romania.
This weekend Romania will be seeing a series of events devoted to
the Ground Forces Day, whose spiritual patron is Saint George. This day is
celebrated every year on April 23rd. A series of exhibitions,
documentary films, military ceremonies or shows will be presented in army units
and centers all over Romania as well as among its troops deployed to
Afghanistan. The events are to end on the night of April 23rd, when
troops will return to their barracks carrying torches.
Augustin Lazar, a prosecutor proposed by the Justice Minister for
the position of Romania’s prosecutor general, has today been unanimously
endorsed by the Higher Council of Magistrates, CSM. His priorities include the
fight against crime in vulnerable sectors, the fight against corruption in
local administration, stepping up investigations in cases of money laundering
and tax evasion as well as in those involving crimes against humanity, such as
the file of the anti-communist Revolution of 1989. The prosecutor general is
appointed by the Romanian president, upon a proposal from the Justice minister
with CSM approval. The prosecutor general has a three-year mandate and is
allowed only two mandates.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has announced that his country
will be keeping the terror-threat level high during the European Football
Championship over June 10th and July 10th. 2.5 million
spectators are expected to attend the tournament’s 51 games. France is on high
terror alert after the November attacks, which left 130 dead in Paris. At that
time terrorists tried to enter Stade de France, the stadium, which will be
seeing the opening game pitching Romania against France. 1200 security agents
will be permanently deployed to the stadium, while 900 security agents, 200
volunteers and 80 doctors are to be deployed to the other stadiums hosting
games during this edition of the European Football Championship.
