September 15, 2018
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Newsroom, 15.09.2018, 13:37
COMMEMORATION The mountain resort of Busteni in southern Romania has today
seen a series of events aimed at commemorating WWI heroes, celebrating the
Great Union and 90 years since the inauguration of the Heroes Cross on the
Caraiman Peak. Situated at an altitude of 2291 meters, the Cross was erected upon
the initiative of Queen Marie of Romania in memory of Romania’s WWI heroes. The
monument has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the largest summit
cross.
VISIT Currently on a visit to Romania, the EU’s regional
policy commissioner Corina Cretu will today be meeting local authorities in
Alba, central Romania, a region with a high level of EU-funds absorption. Cretu
had earlier made an appeal to the Romanian authorities to submit to the
Commission ample transport infrastructure projects in order to be able to
absorb the EU funds allotted to this sector. During a debate with citizens
held in Cluj, north-western Romania on Friday, commissioner Cretu criticised
the high level of bureaucracy and intricate procedures. Romania lost funds
allotted to transport infrastructure, Cretu said adding that Bucharest managed
an absorption rate of 20% between 2007-2013 and lost 2 billion euros destined
to transport infrastructure. The EU commissioner has also criticized the
delayed works at the three regional hospitals in Romania.
ROWING Romanians Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc and Gianina-Elena Beleaga
reaped gold in the lightweight double scull race of the World Rowing
Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on Saturday. Also on Saturday Marius-Vasile
Cozmiuc and Ciprian Tudosa reaped silver in the men’s pair while Romania’s men
four ended the race on the fifth position. On Sunday our men’s double, women’s
and men’s eight will also be vying for a medal in Plovdiv.
CLEANUP Currently underway in Romania, the National Cleanup Day is
an event staged by ‘Let’s Do it, Romania!’ foundation, which has reached its
sixth edition this year. ‘Let’s Do it, Romania!’ is the largest social movement
in this country, which has so far involved the participation of 1.4 million
volunteers who have gathered over 18 thousand tons of waste. The event is part
of the international action plan World Cleanup Day, unfolding under the aegis
of ‘Let’s Do it, World’ and the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP. The
objective of the World Cleanup Day is to mobilize 5% of the world population in
order to change people’s attitude towards the proper waste management and
disposal and could be considered the most ambitious civic initiative at world
level ever. The Romanian organizers want to mobilize one million volunteers who
could get actively involved in cleanup operations. The Let’s Do it, World
movement was born in 2008, when Estonia staged its first national cleanup day.
(translated by bill)
