October 17, 2016 UPDATE
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Newsroom, 17.10.2016, 12:30
MIGRATION Three Pakistani citizens have been caught by the Romanian border police while trying to illegally cross the border into Romania. The three men with ages between 17 and 27 have reportedly crossed the border between Romania and Serbia on foot in order to join their relatives in Italy. Earlier, Romanian border policemen detained four Iraqis, who had tried to illegally cross the border into Hungary by using false IDs. More than 100 migrants from Asia, Africa and Kosovo have been discovered at Romania’s western and southwestern borders in the past two months.
TENNIS Romania’s best tennis player, Simona Halep, comes fourth in the WTA rankings published on Monday. Halep has already qualified for the WTA Finals in Singapore, which brings together the world’s best eight players and is to take place over October 23rd and 30th. Germany’s Angelique Kerber tops the ranking followed by Serena Williams of the USA and the Polish Agnieskza Radwanska. Romania has another three players in Top 100: Irina Begu currently ranking 28th, Monica Niculescu who went down one place and is now on the 51st position, and Sorana Carstea who comes 83rd.
CONFERENCE The Chief of Staff of the Romanian Army, general Nicolae Ciuca, is in Washington to attend a conference on combating terrorism in response to an invitation by general Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs. High on the agenda are issues related to the stage and prospects of the campaign against Daesh terror threats, the Romanian army’s participation in international missions and operations aimed at combating terrorism as well as the evolution and prospects of the process of modernizing Romania’s Armed Forces.
INVESTIGATION Teodosie, the Orthodox archbishop of Constanta in southeastern Romania, has been placed under investigation by the anti-corruption prosecutors on charges like bribe taking and misappropriation of European funds. Last month, Teodosie was placed under penal investigation together with other high-ranking members of the Orthodox clergy in another corruption file. The archbishop has thus become the first Orthodox hierarch to be facing a double anti-corruption investigation in Romania, a country whose largest religious denomination is Orthodoxy.
