April 25, 2022
A roundup of local and international news.
Newsroom, 25.04.2022, 14:04
EASTER – Orthodox Christians, who are the majority in Romania, and Greek Catholics celebrate today the second day of Easter. Easter is the most important holiday of the Christian world, celebrated along three days. On the second day of Easter, priests hold the same mass as in the Resurrection Night and the Holy Liturgy. They are dressed in while and hold the candle with which they shared the Holy Fire to believers on the Easter Night. Everything this week stands under the sign of light, the symbol of Christ’s Resurrection. Believers greet each other with the words “Christ is risen!”
RESULTS — European leaders have hailed the victory of Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election. The European Council President, Charles Michel said Europe can count on France for another five years. Together we will make France and Europe progress, the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in turn. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was the first to congratulate Macron, over the phone, on his re-election. This is great news for Europe, Italian PM Mario Draghi has said. In Bucharest, President Klaus Iohannis and PM Nicolae Ciuca said “they hail the vote of the French people for a strong and united Europe”. Macron won the elections with 58.55% of the votes, while his contender, Marine Le Pen got 41.45%.
STUDY — A recent European study shows that only one quarter of the patients infected with Covid-19 and hospitalized fully recover a year after discharge. Women and overweight people run the highest risk of long-term health problems, just like patients who used ventilators. ‘Long Covid’ has symptoms like fatigue, muscle ache, shortness of breath and insomnia. The study has been presented recently at the European Congress of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases in Lisbon. The data was collected from adult patients from 39 British hospitals, between March 2020 and April 2021.
CELEBRATION – Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has today conveyed a message on the occasion of the Land Forces Day. The Romanian Land Forces will continue to have a significant role in consolidating Romania’s strategic profile, including by taking part in international missions, Iohannis said. Having taken part, in the last 30 years, in numerous international missions in theatres of operations on various continents under NATO, UN and EU command, alongside military from the world’s most advanced armies, the Romanian Land Forces’ military, from soldiers to generals, have proven to be, through their results, the most valuable resource of this category of troops, Romanian Defence Minister, Vasile Dincu has said. In turn, PM Nicolae Ciuca conveyed a congratulation message on the day when St. George, the protector of the Romanian land Forces is also celebrated.
HANDBALL – The Romanian national women’s handball team qualified on Sunday to the 2022 European Championship after defeating Austria 38-29 at home, in the last match of the 2nd group preliminaries. Cristina Neagu was the best player of the match, having scored 12 goals. Denmark is first in the group with 12 points, followed by Romania with 7, Austria with 5 and the Faeroe Islands. The first two ranked qualified to Euro 2022 held in November in Slovenia, North Macedonia and Montenegro. (EE)
