April 26, 2015
A roundup of domestic and international news.
Valentin Țigău, 25.04.2015, 12:01
The European Commission President, Jean Claude Junker, congratulated Romania and Bulgaria on the occasion of the anniversary of 10 years since the two countries singing the EU Accession treaty. In a post on a social network Junker wrote “Congratulations! in both Romanian and Bulgarian and added he was very proud to have been, since the beginning, a witness to these countries accession process. In Bucharest, President Klaus Iohannis said in a release that Romanias having signed the Treaty proved that the country was ready to join a group of states defined by democracy and, just like in the case of the NATO accession, this proved the societys and the political elites capacity to work together in order to reach some major national goals beyond any individual interests. The Social Democrat PM Victor Ponta and Liberal co-president Alina Gorghiu made public their messages on this special occasion.
The revenues obtained by the Romanian citizens in Italy and by the Italian citizens in Romania will no longer be taxed in both countries. The finance ministers in Romania and Italy signed, at the Ecofin meeting in Riga, a Convention on avoiding double taxation. Its stipulations will produce effects as of January 2016 according to a release by the Finace Ministryin Bucharest. Romania has as many as 80 such accords with countries world wide. The first of them was signed in 1972 with Germany.
A photo exhibition, investigation documentaries by Bankwatch and Vice, debates on the situation in Ukraine, finance and environment, manipulation and propaganda in cinema are part of the program of the 4th edition of Cinepolitica International Film Festival opened today in Bucharest. N the last day of the festival, which is April 30th, Bankwatch Romania will present examples of the organizations efforts to stop the negative environmental effects of the European financial investment in developing countries.
The electorate in the former Soviet republic Kazakhstan are going to polls today for a presidential election expected to overwhelmingly reconfirm the incumbent head of state, Nursultan Nazarbayev , who has ruled over the former Soviet republic for more than 25 years. The election is taking place against the background of economic difficulties and concerns over unrest in the nearby countries of Ukraine and Afghanistan.
The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Nepal exceeded 2,000 on Sunday, France Press reports. Officials are still struggling to gauge the full scale of the disaster. An avalanche triggered by the quake struck a section of Everests base camp, killing at least 17 people, local reports said. The Romanian Foreign Ministry announced that 19 Romanian citizens , tourists and mountain climbers, are safe. As many as 3,000 tourists are currently in Nepal. The Romanian Foreign Ministry recommends Romanian citizens to avoid trips to Nepal and the neighbouring regions.
