September 20, 2019
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Newsroom, 20.09.2019, 14:05
ELECTION Candidates in the presidential election in November have
Sunday as deadline to enlist with the Central Electoral Office. Incumbent
president Klaus Iohannis backed by the opposition National Liberal Party and
Dan Barna, supported by the USR-PLUS Alliance also in opposition, have enlisted
today. The country’s incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the ruling PSD,
Viorica Dancila and the opposition PMP leader Theodor Paleologu submitted their
applications on Thursday. The first round of the presidential election is due
on November 10th and the second round two weeks later.
PROTEST Environmental and human rights organizations have kicked
off a week of protests in Romania denouncing the lack of effective measures to
fight climate change. Romania’s capital city Bucharest will today see a protest
march, due to end in front of the Environment Ministry meant to draw attention
to pressing climate issues Romania is currently facing and the necessary solutions
for major pollutants in this country. The move is part of a larger
international anti-pollution campaign, which will culminate with a massive
rally in New York on Friday, three days ahead of the UN Climate Summit. A
report recently published by French scientists shows that global warming is
faster than it was initially thought.
FESTIVAL The last three days of the George Enescu International Festival are
rich in musical events. The ‘Banatul’ Philharmonic Orchestra, based in
Timisoara, western Romania will today give a concert at the Radio Concert Hall
in Bucharest, while at the Romanian Atheneum, also in Bucharest, French
ensemble ‘Les Talens Lyriques’ led by Cristophe Rousset will be performing ‘Julius
Caesar in Egypt’ by George Frideric Handel. Canadian soprano Karina Gauving
will play the Cleopatra role in the show. Arnold Schoenberg’s opera ‘Moses and
Aaron’ will be performed by the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra. The
George Enescu Festival, which has Radio Romania as co-producer, has brought
together over 2500 of the world’s best artists who performed in 84 concerts and
recitals. Bucharest and other Romanian cities as well as cities in five
countries, such as Germany, France, Italy, Canada and the Republic of Moldova
have played venue for events part of this festival.
NATO
Over 80 servicemen and military gear belonging to Romania’s Air and Ground
Forces are participating in NATO days hosted by Ostrava, in the Czech Republic.
Romania has the statute of special partner in this event. NATO Days in Ostrava
is a public event staged annually, which consists of air shows and exhibitions staged
by the police and armed forces of NATO participant and partner countries.
Speaking yesterday in the opening of an exhibition entitled ‘We are Together:
Romania and the USA in NATO’ at the US embassy in Bucharest, Romanian Prime
Minister Viorica Dancila said that Romania remains firmly committed to its
pledge to allocate 2% of its GDP for defense. Dancila went on to say that
Bucharest would continue to actively and responsibly contribute to promoting NATO values to its neighbours.
FOOTBALL Romania’s football champions CFR Cluj secured a 2-1 win
against Lazio Rome in a home match on Thursday counting towards Europa League
group E. The other group match pitching
French side Rennes against Celtic Glasgow ended in a draw, one-all. Lazio will
be playing Rennes and Celtic will be up against CFR Cluj on October 3rd.
PROSECUTOR Romania’s
former anti-corruption prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi on Thursday was voted by
most of the EU ambassadors to become the EU’s first public prosecutor, the EU
Observer has announced. According to US News, Kovesi, who will become the EU’s
first anti-fraud prosecutor, got support from the member states in spite of opposition
from the government in Bucharest.
(translated by bill)
