September 30, 2013
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Ştefan Stoica, 30.09.2013, 23:59
Starting September 30, the first edition of the Grand Prix Nova International Radio Theater Festival is hosted by Radio Romania, under the patronage of Crown Princess Margaret of Romania. Competing are 56 productions from 22 countries. The festival marks Radio Romania’s 85th anniversary, celebrating on November 1st the first public radio broadcast in Romania. The first radio theater play was broadcast in Romania in February 1929.
Romania faces difficult weather as several counties in the west, south and east are under code yellow alert for severe rain and winds of up to 80 km/h until Wednesday night. In the mountains, at altitudes over 2000 meters, rain is already mixed with snow. Maximums today are between 9 and 17 degrees Celsius, about 10 degrees below the average for this time of the year. The noon reading in Bucharest was 9 degrees.
In Bucharest, the special parliament committee formed to regulate the issue of Rosia Montana issue is scheduled to meet on Monday representatives of the executive in charge of that mining operation. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered on Sunday once again in several Romanian cities, as well as in London and New York to protest the project to mine gold at Rosia Montana. In August, the government passed a bill allowing a Canadian company to extract gold and silver there using cyanide based agents. The protesters call on Parliament to reverse the bill, to ban cyanide mining in Romania, and to apply for UNESCO protection status for the area.
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has once again risen in the WTA standings, reaching 17th place, the best of her career. Next in line from Romania in the WTA is Simona Cirstea, holding 21st place, while another Romanian player, Monica Niculescu, dropped from the 42nd to the 44th position. The first three places are held by Serena Williams of the US, Viktoria Azarenka of Belarus and Maria Sharapova of Russia.
