May 12, 2016
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Newsroom, 12.05.2016, 12:00
INAUGURATION NATO must permanently prove its unity, solidarity and determination — Romanian president Klaus Iohannis said this morning following talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The Romanian official went on to say that Romania would continue to strengthen its profile of a European ally with transatlantic vocation and with a stabilizing role in the region. In turn Stoltenberg has described Romania as a very committed and staunch ally, which has along the years largely contributed to the collective defence and security of NATO members. Stoltenberg has arrived in Romania to attend the inauguration of the US anti-missile shield in Deveselu, southern Romania.
IMF The International Monetary Fund has forecast an economic growth of more than 4% for Romania this year and of 3.6% in 2017. According to the IMF experts, the economy is on a cyclic upward trend boosted by the latest pay-rises in the public sector and the VAT cut, which gave an impetus to consumption. The latest IMF report shows that these favorable circumstances of growth cannot be kept in the absence of reforms. Experts say that authorities should not cave in to social pressure.
FILM Romanian director Cristi Puiu’s latest production Sieranevada, which is running in the Palm d’Or race of the Cannes international film festival will be screened today on the festival’s first day of screening. The film is about a successful neurologist who is attending a remembrance ceremony for his late father in his parents’ old apartment and the conversations taking place between the participants while waiting for the priest. This is Cristi Puiu’s first participation in the Palme d’Or contest. We recall that his production ‘The death of Mr. Lazarescu’ reaped the Un certain regard trophy back in 2005. Another Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu is at his third participation in the festival with a film entitled Baccalaureate. In 2007, Mungiu won the Palm d’Or prize with a film entitled ‘4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days’. 3 other Romanian productions are running in the festival; Bogdan Mirica’s ‘Dogs’, Catalin Rotaru and Gabi Sarga’s ‘The end of the World’ and Alexandru Badea’s short reel ‘All Rivers flow into the sea.’
TENNIS The only Romanian left in the single tennis competition, the 35th-WTA seeded Irina Begu has today qualified for the finals after a two-set win against Russian Daria Kasatkina in the eighth finals of the tennis tournament in Rome, a competition with 2.7 million dollars in prize money. Also today Begu will join Monica Niculescu in the doubles game against the pair made up of Yung-Jan Chen of Taiwan and Anna-Lena Groenfeld of Germany.
