October 9, 2024
A roundup of local and international news.
Newsroom, 09.10.2024, 13:55
Centre. The Romanian government is today approving a bill on the creation of a Centre of excellence for public administration in the field of sustainable development. This will support innovation in the public sector and the formation and fostering of a future-orientated mindset in public administration, the government said. The centre will support the creation of a regional network in the area of sustainable development in Romania’s 8 development regions and the coordination of their activity at national level. The government will also approve a draft emergency order on the establishment of measures for the drafting of a social national plan for climate needed by Romania to be able to access non-reimbursable external funds as part of the Social Climate Fund.
Romania-Egypt. Romanian foreign minister Luminiţa Odobescu today had official talks with Egypt’s Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat. The two officials reiterated their countries’ common interest in consolidating dialogue and cooperation, both with respect to bilateral relations and in regional and international matters. Minister Odobescu conveyed Romania’s appreciation for Egypt’s efforts to ensure peace and stability in the Middle East and Africa and thanked the Egyptian authorities for their help with the repatriation of Romanian citizens from the Gaza Strip. She also reiterated Romania’s support for the consolidation of the EU-Egypt Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership. The Egyptian minister, who co-chairs the mixed committee for economic, technical and scientific cooperation between Romania and Egypt, voiced her country’s interest in developing economic and sectoral relations with Romania. She also referred to the extended efforts of the government in Cairo for the development of international economic partnerships and the efficient management of the economic effects of regional crises.
Defence. Romania is ready to fulfil its obligations for maintaining security, said defence minister Angel Tîlvăr on Tuesday in Pristina, where he met the command of the KFOR peace keeping mission, to which Romania has a significant contribution, and with the Romanian military deployed to this theatre of operations. The minister is visiting the Western Balkans at the start of a new rotation of a large number of the troops deployed to Pristina, in Kosovo, and to Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Hertegovina. As a NATO and EU member state, Romania is ready to fulfil its obligations and support allied efforts to maintain security and promote peace in the Western Balkans, said Angel Tîlvăr. He is travelling to Sarajevo today for talks with his counterpart from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zukan Helez, the commander of the European Union’s Force in Bosnia and Hertegovina, the commander of the NATO force in Sarajevo and Romanian military stationed at this base.
Holocaust. Romanian president Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday issued a statement on the National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust, saying terrorism, hatred, violence, disinformation and hate speech are again gaining ground and that it is the responsibility of today’s generations to put a stop to them. He reiterated the commitment of the Romanian state to democratic values and the respect for human dignity. Prime minister Marcel Ciolacu also said anti-Semitism is tragically a reality today, but that it is our duty not to make it a reality of the future.
Nobel. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to the American researcher David Baker from the Washington School of Medicine for computational protein design and to the British researchers Demis Hassabis and John Jumper from Google Deepmind for protein structure prediction, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced. In 2023, the prize was shared by Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Alexei I. Ekimov for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots. The prizes will be awarded during a special ceremony held on 10th December, on the day when Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, passed away in 1896. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has so far announced this year’s prizes for medicine and physics.
