September 24, 2016
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Newsroom, 24.09.2016, 12:00
MIGRATION Romanian Interior Minister Ioan-Dragos Tudorache is in Vienna to participate in the summit on Migration Along the Balkans Route. The event is being attended by representatives of the countries in the EU and in the Western Balkans, which have been affected by this phenomenon in the past year. Even if Romania was not confronted with the phenomenon, the country was invited to participate thanks to the contribution it made at the European level in handling the issue. At the end of the visit he paid to New York, where he participated in the UN General Assembly, Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos said at the end of this week that Romania continues to support the idea of fighting illegal migration by imposing a tight control at the EUs foreign borders. In an interview with Romanian news agency Agerpress, Ciolos said the main way in which Europe could stem the refugee tide is by getting involved in settling the conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa.
RESIGNATION Romanian senator Gabriel Oprea, former deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, who is currently facing charges of manslaughter said that he would resign from Parliament the next week. On Monday his Senate colleagues turned down a prosecution request from the National Anti-corruption Directorate for Oprea a move that triggered protest rallies in Romanias major cities. We recall the former Interior Minister has been placed under investigation after a police officer from his motorcade was killed in a road accident.
ENVIRONMENT Famous American actor Leonardo DiCaprio has posted an Instagram message in support of actions aimed at protecting environment in Romania. The actor said the government in Bucharest should protect forests from illegal logging and destruction. DiCaprio has congratulated Greenpeace volunteers who cleaned the waste from forests in central Romania. In 1998, the actor founded a foundation that develops projects for the protection of the environment.
CONCERT The Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra of China on Friday night opened the third edition of the International Radio Orchestras Festival – RadiRo, staged by Radio Romania in Bucharest. The Shenzhen Orchestras performance was a double first – the first by a Chinese orchestra in Romania and the first participation of an orchestra from Asia in the RadiRo festival. The Festivals agenda includes until October 1st concerts given by radio orchestras from Norway, Leipzig, Vienna, the BBC Concert Orchestra and the National Radio Orchestra of Romania.
EARTHQUAKE An earthquake of 5.3 Richter rocked Romania last night. With an epicenter in Vrancea, eastern Romania, the termor was felt in Bucharest, the Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria, Ukraine and Serbia. According to the Inspectorate for Emergency situations no victims or material damage have been reported. Since the beginning of the year Romania has witnessed four earthquakes with magnitudes above 4 Richter, all with epicenters in Vrancea.
