July 29, 2024 UPDATE
Romanian swimmer David Popovici wins the men's 200 m freestyle final in Paris and other local and international news.
Newsroom, 29.07.2024, 19:52
ANTHEM DAY. President Klaus Iohannis on Monday issued a statement on National Anthem Day, saying that this is “a good opportunity to reaffirm our generation’s collective commitment to further developing Romania”. Iohannis also said that the national anthem “expresses the unity of our nation and defines not only the important moments in history, but especially the fulfilment of the ideals that we have embraced over time – ensuring freedom and sovereignty, establishing democracy and the state of law, Romania’s EU and NATO membership”. National Anthem Day was marked on Monday with military ceremonies in all garrisons in Romania. In Bucharest, the programme included a religious service and a concert performed by the Representative Music of the Ministry of National Defence. Romania’s National Anthem Day was proclaimed in 1998 and is celebrated every year on July 29. “Awaken thee, Romanian!” was composed by Anton Pann and the lyrics were written by the poet Andrei Mureșanu.
MOLDOVA CONSTITUTION. The majority Romanian-speaking Republic of Moldova on Monday celebrated 30 years since the adoption of its Constitution, by holding a solemn Parliament meeting and a conference jointly with the Romanian Senate. President Maia Sandu said in a statement that for the last 30 years, the Moldovan people have been building a country where people live freely. Radio Chişinău recalls that some of the articles of the Constitutions have over the years caused protests, controversies and even political crises: for example, the name of the state language imposed by the Soviets as Moldovan instead of Romanian, and the neutrality status that is not even respected as Russian troops have been stationed by force on the country’s territory, in the break-away region of Transnistria.
SECURITY. The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends Romanian citizens to avoid any trip to Lebanon, given the recent armed confrontations on the Lebanese-Israeli border. Romanian citizens already in this state are urged to responsibly assess the need to stay in Lebanon, and those in the southern part of the country are strongly advised by the ministry to leave the region immediately. At the same time, the ministry strongly recommends Romanian citizens who are in Lebanon to register their presence at the Romanian Embassy in Beirut. Israeli warplanes struck several Hezbollah targets in northern Lebanon on Saturday night, following a rocket attack that killed 12 people, including children, on a football pitch in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
UNESCO. The Heroes’ Path monumental ensemble sculpted by Constantin Brâncuşi in Romania and the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia have been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Created by the Romanian sculptor almost 90 years ago, the ensemble is considered by experts as an exceptional work. The Romanian authorities submitted the application as early as January 2018, and a technical evaluation mission took place in Romania last year. The second application accepted by UNESCO concerns Roman fortifications (the so-called Danube Limes) erected along the northern border of the province of Dacia, totalling 277 sites from 16 counties, part of the general defence system of the Roman Empire, the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia.
OLYMPICS. The 19-year-old Romanian swimmer David Popovici won the gold medal in the men’s 200 m freestyle final at the Paris Olympics on Monday evening. This is Romania’s first gold medal at the Games.
