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May 5, 2018

Providing the means and instruments needed to support Romanians in southern Italy can put an end to labour exploitation, says Minister Intotero

May 5, 2018
May 5, 2018

, 05.05.2018, 13:47

SECRET PROTOCOLS – Romania’s Higher Magistracy Council on Friday made public the declassified protocol signed by this institution with the country’s Intelligence Service (SRI) in 2012. The document stipulates, among other things, that in exceptional situations the data and information provided by the SRI can be used in the Magistracy Council’s investigation cases. Judge Dana Garbovan, the president of the National Union of Judges, has said that by signing this protocol, the Higher Magistracy Council gave up its constitutional role and transferred the independence of justice to the SRI. Talking about the secret protocols signed between the state institutions, President Klaus Iohannis has said their signatories must defend, denounce or explain them. Last fall, the head of the Parliament’s committee for the control of the SRI, Claudiu Manda, said that the country’s intelligence service signed 65 secret protocols with various state institutions. One of these protocols, forged with the General Prosecutor’s Office, was declassified and made public a month ago.



DIASPORA — Providing the means and instruments needed to support Romanians in southern Italy can put an end to labour exploitation, Minister for the Romanians Abroad, Natalia Intotero, said on Friday after meetings with representatives of the local authorities in the Italian regions of Bari and Puglia. Talks focused on the protection of the rights of the Romanian citizens in Italy, on improving their image and initiating an information campaign. Also on Friday, Natalia Intotero took part in the official opening of the first of the three info-kiosks purchased by the Romanian Consulate in Bari. These info kiosks provide Romanian citizens with information on consular services, working conditions in Italy and on their rights and obligations. According to the National Statistics Institute, more than 1.1 million Romanians are currently residing in Italy.




NOMINATION — The name of the new president of the Romanian Writers’ Union, to hold this position until 2023, will be made public later today. The members of this body are preparing to vote the new president today, and will have to choose from among five candidates, namely, the current president, literary critic Nicolae Manolescu, writers Dan Lungu, Stefan Mitroi and Simona Vasilache and essayist Narcis Zarnescu. The Romanian Writers’ Union has 26 hundred members, activating in 19 branches in Romania and in Chisinau, the Republic of Moldova.




TENNIS Romanian tennis player Mihaela Buzarnescu on Friday qualified for the finals of the WTA tournament in Prague with more than 226 thousand dollars in prize money after a win against Italian challenger Camila Giorgi. The Romanian is today playing the final against Petra Kvitova, the tournament’s second favourite. This is Buzarnescu’s second WTA final after the one in Hobart, Australia early this year.




VOLLEYBALL – Bucharest is for the first time hosting the Final Four tournament of the Champions League in women’s volleyball. CSM Volei Alba Blaj has this year made it to the semi-finals, the first Romanian team to reach this phase of the competition since Champions League got its new format. Today, VakiBank Istanbul of Turkey, the defending champions are facing Imoco Volley Conegliano of Italy. In the second semi-final, Alba Blaj takes on Galatasaray of Istanbul. The final and the bronze final matches will be played on Sunday. (Translated by Elena Enache)




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