May 27, 2022 UPDATE
A round up of local and international news.
Newsroom, 27.05.2022, 19:41
Summit. President Klaus Iohannis will attend the European Council summit on May 30-31, which will focus on the security situation and the consequences of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. European leaders will discuss ways to further provide political, economic and financial support to Ukraine, including the EUs involvement in post-war reconstruction efforts, the Romanian presidents office announced on Friday. The EU Council summit will also address the need to help Moldova consolidate its resilience. The EU heads of state and government will also examine approaches to ensure continuous food exports from Ukraine in order to maintain food safety at global level. Another topic on the summits agenda is streamlining the EU single electricity market in order to keep volatile prices in check and to protect vulnerable categories, the Presidents office also said in a statement.
Trilateral. The security architecture in Europe and the Euro-Atlantic area was seriously affected by Russias illegal war against Ukraine, said Romanias foreign minister Bogdan Aurescu in Istanbul, where he attended the trilateral meeting between Romania, Poland and Turkey. “This is an unprecedented threat. I emphasised that the most important thing we must do now, as allies, is to consolidate Euro-Atlantic security in the long term”, said the Romanian minister. He also spoke about supporting Ukraine, recalling that over one million people fleeing war in this neighbouring country have crossed the border into Romania, and that the humanitarian assistance has been substantial. Aurescu also said Romania was willing to help with the transport of goods from Ukraine, including grain, via its Danube ports and the Black Sea port of Constanţa.
PNRR. Next week, Romania is expected to submit to the European Commission the first funding request under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) worth 3 billion euros, after the government adopted the last piece of legislation required, namely a mechanism that will help prevent the mismanagement of funds. This was the third prerequisite Romania had to fulfil before submitting its funding request. The first referred to verification procedures for completing its milestones, while the second prerequisite was to upload evidence of having fulfilled the 21 milestones by the end of 2021.
Radio. The Romanian foreign ministry said in a statement it regrets the decision of the municipal council of the capital of the Republic of Moldova, which it describes as “unjustified and unfounded” to ban the use of the Chişinău place name by Radio Chişinău, a station that forms part of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation. The ministry hopes the necessary measures will be taken to address the situation of the station from an administrative and legal point of view as soon as possible. Radio Chişinău has been present on the media market in the Republic of Moldova since 1 December 2011 and has stood out from the beginning for the quality and fairness of its reporting and editorial content and the professionalism of its team, the statement by the Romanian foreign ministry also reads.
Tennis. Romanias Irina Begu will be playing Frances Leolia Jeanjean on Saturday in the third round at Roland Garros. She defeated Russias Ekaterina Alexandrova in three sets on Thursday and is the only Romanian player still in competition in the womens singles. In the womens doubles, the Romanian-Ukrainian pair Gabriela Ruse and Marta Kostiuk defeated the all-British pair Samantha Murray Sharan and Heather Watson to reach the next round and will next be facing the American-Chinese pair Catherine McNally and Shuai Zhang. (CM)
