April 30, 2024
A roundup of local and international news.
Newsroom, 30.04.2024, 13:54
Elections. Political parties wishing to enter the race for the local elections of 9th June only have today to file their applications with the electoral bureaus. This includes the candidates for the positions of mayor, local, city and county councillors and county council president. The candidatures for the local public administration will be finalised by 8th May and the election campaign will start on 10th May. European Parliamentary elections will also be held on the same day as the local elections on 9th June. Foreign minister Luminiţa Odobescu said her ministry will set up over 900 voting stations for the European elections, almost double compared to 2019 and the biggest number of voting stations ever set up abroad by Romania.
Holiday. The interior ministry has taken additional measures to ensure public order and safety for Labour Day, when the summer season starts officially, and Orthodox Easter, celebrated on 5th May. Public order forces will be primarily dispatched to the main roads, accompanied by air support, and near churches. Measures were also taken together with the Bulgarian police to reduce waiting time on crossing the border. More than 80,000 people are expected to spend their holidays at the seaside, where concerts and an electronic music festival are scheduled.
Airline. The European Commission on Monday approved Romania’s plans to provide restructuring aid for the Romanian state-owned airline TAROM to the amount of 95 million euros, in keeping with state aid EU norms, the Commission said in a statement. The measure is expected to help the company restore its feasibility in the long term. After the announcement, prime minister Marcel Ciolacu said TAROM can become in the next two years an airline that can support its development on its own and that as the country’s prime minister, he has the duty to support “a Romanian national company with tradition”.
Cinema. Freedom by Tudor Giurgiu won the Gopo Trophy for best Romanian feature film at the Gopo Awards ceremony held on Monday in Bucharest. The film is inspired by true events that took place in Sibiu, in the centre, during the anti-communist revolution of December 1989. The film also won the award for best director, best actor, which went to Alex Calangiu, best supporting role, which went to Iulian Postelnicu, and best script, which went to Cecilia Ştefănescu and Tudor Giurgiu, the latter to be shared with Radu Jude for Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, which he also directed. Ilinca Manolache won the best actor award for her role in Jude’s film. Vlad Petri won the best documentary award for Between Revolutions, while the film for best European production went to Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall.
Handball. The Romanian men’s handball champions CS Dinamo Bucharest are today facing the Danish side Skjern Handbold in the second round of the EHF European League quarterfinals. In the first round, Dinamo won 28-27 at home. The winner will qualify for the European League Final Four in Hamburg, in Germany. In women’s handball, the champions CSM Bucharest lost on Sunday at home to the French side Metz Handball 27-24, in the first round of the Champions League quarterfinals. The second round will be played in Metz on 4th May.
