June 5, 2018 UPDATE
Romanian PM Viorica Dăncilă on Tuesday received Montenegrin foreign minister Srdjan Darmanović/ Romanias Constitutional Court has ruled that women should have the right to continue their activity until they turn the standard retiring age of men
Florentin Căpitănescu, 05.06.2018, 19:21
ROMANIAN-MONTENEGRIN RELATIONS –Romania considers Montenegro to be a friend, a close partner and an important ally in the region, Romanian foreign minister, Teodor Meleşcanu, said on Tuesday in a press conference he gave jointly with his Montenegrin counterpart, Srdan Darmanovic, who is currently on a visit to Bucharest. Meleşcanu recalled that to Romania and the region, Montenegros accession to NATO, which has been constantly supported by Bucharest, contributes to a large extent to security and stability in the area. In turn, Srdan Darmanovic has described Romania as an allied country which has supported Montenegro not only on its way to NATO, but also along its path to the EU. Also on Tuesday, the visiting Montenegrin foreign minister was received by Romanian PM Viorica Dăncilă, who reiterated Bucharests support for Montenegros EU accession. She underlined that the enlargement policy will be on the agenda of the Romanian presidency of the EU Council and mentioned that during its tenure, Romania will be an active and constructive partner, supporting the West Balkan states.
RETIRING AGE – Romanias Constitutional Court has ruled that women should have the right to continue their activity until they turn the standard retiring age of men, if they want to. The Court has said the termination of the individual employment contract for women at a younger age than in the case of men might have discriminatory valences and infringes upon the womens right to work. Consequently, at 63 years of age, women should have the right to opt for continuing their employment contracts until they turn 65, the age stipulated by the law for the termination of the employment contract in the case of men.
VISIT – The EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sports, Tibor Navracsics will pay a two-day visit to Romania, as from Wednesday. According to a communiqué issued by the EC Representation in Romania, the EU high official is due to meet on Wednesday with the Romania education minister Valentin Popa and the culture minister George Ivaşcu, among others. Also on Wednesday, he will start a dialogue with the citizens on Europes future. On Thursday, Commissioner Navracsics will be in the central Romanian city of Targu Mureş to attend a forum on education and a debate on cultural heritage. The European official will also meet with the president of the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania (a parliamentary party) Kelemen Hunor, the communiqué also reads.
ROMANIAN-PORTUGUESE RELATIONS – Romanian PM Viorica Dăncilă, will pay a two day visit to Portugal, as from Wednesday, for talks with her Portuguese counterpart, Antonio Costa, the Romanian Government has announced. The visit is meant to boost bilateral cooperation, particularly in the economic and defence fields. The two sides will also approach such issues as cooperation at EU level, in the run up to Romanias taking over the rotating presidency of the EU Council, in the first half of 2019, the Romanian Government has also announced.
IRAN – The EU called on Iran on Tuesday to further comply with its commitments with respect to its nuclear activity and announced it is analysing the decision by the Tehran authorities to increase the countrys uranium enrichment capacity. Teheran has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, of its intention to launch a plan meant to boost its uranium enrichment capacity, by increasing the number of centrifuges, Iranian vice-president Ali Akbar Salehi has announced. What we are doing does not violate Irans nuclear agreement signed in Vienna in 2015, an agreement that the US withdrew from, in May, Salehi went on to say. The European signatories to the agreement say they will further abide by it, but this might not be enough to safeguard it, against the backdrop of US sanctions. Iran had accepted to freeze its nuclear program in exchange for a suspension of some international sanctions. The US President Donald Trump has considered the agreement was disadvantageous, because it does not limit Irans ballistic missile programme and Tehrans destabilising influence in the Middle East.
TENNIS – Romanian Simona Halep, no.1 WTA and first seed, on Wednesday will play against Germanys Angelique Kerber (no.12 WTA), in the quarterfinals of the Roland Garros, the second Grand Slam tournament of the year. Of the nine direct matches played so far, Halep has won five. If she outperforms Kerber, Halep will meet in the semi-finals the winner of the match between Garbine Muguruza (Spain) and Maria Sharapova (Russia). On Tuesday in the doubles, the all-Romanian pair Mihaela Buzărnescu / Irina Maria Bara lost, 1-2, in the quarterfinals to the pair Hao-Ching Chan (Taiwan) / Zhaoxuan Yang (The Peoples Republic of China).(Translated by D. Vijeu)
