On Monday in Paris Romania’s
\npresident Klaus Iohannis will attend, alongside heads of state and government
\nfrom some 145 countries, the opening of the 21st session of the
\nConference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
\n(UNFCCC). The main goal of the conference is to adopt a new international
\nagreement on climate change, which would be legally binding for all states, as of January 1st, 2021. On Sunday, the Romanian head of
\nstate attended in Brussels the EU – Turkey summit. The talks focused on
\nmigration, as Ankara plays a major role in controlling the migrant flows to
\nEurope, as well as on matters concerning the process of negotiation on Turkey’s
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\nparticipate in the December 1st parade in Bucharest, on Romania’s
\nNational Day. A general rehearsal was staged in the capital on Sunday. Joining the Romanian
\nmilitary at the December 1st parade will be troops from the Republic of Moldova, Romania’s
\nneighbour with a predominantly Romanian-speaking population. Military staff
\nfrom Bulgaria, the US, Poland and Turkey, some of Romania’s NATO allies, will
\nalso take part in the parade. The National Day is celebrated by the Romanian
\ndiplomatic missions across the world through concerts, exhibitions, film
\nscreenings and receptions. December 1st became Romania’s National
\nDay after the anti-Communist Revolution of December 1989, marking the formation
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Representatives of Romanian communities
\nabroad have gathered in Alba Iulia and Zlatna, in central Romania, to
\nattend the 19th Congress of Romanian Spirituality. The congress was created by the Cultural
\nLeague for the Union of Romanians Around the World, with a view to helping
\nthese communitie maintain ties with the mother land, promoting Romanian culture
\nand spirituality, and urging Romanian officials and NGOs to really support
\nthese communities abroad. Delegates from over 30 countries are attending the
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\nMinister Delegate for Relations with Romanians Abroad, Dan Stoenescu, attended
\nin Spain on Saturday and Sunday a string of events devoted to Romania’s
\nNational Day. According to the Romanian Foreign Ministry, during meetings with
\nrepresentatives of the Romanian community in Spain, Stoenescu said that one of
\nhis short-term priorities was to run an information campaign on postal voting,
\nfor all Romanians abroad to know the procedures. Stoenescu also said he was
\nconsidering organizing information and consulting sessions for the Romanians living abroad, including on the means they can use to access European funding
\nunder the Operational Programme for the Development of Human Resources. There
\nare three axes available under this programme: life-long professional
\ntraining, Romanian entrepreneurs in Europe and preventing early school drop-out.<\/p>\n
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On
\nSunday, Romania’s national women’s handball
\nteam defeated Cuba’s team 36-23, in a friendly game held as part of an
\ninternational tournament hosted by France. On Saturday, the Romanian players
\ndefeated the Czech 31-26, after on Thursday they had been beaten by France, 27-29, in
\nthe first training match before the World Championship in Denmark, which will
\ntake place between December 5th and 20th. The Romanian team will take the last test
\nbefore the world games on Wednesday against the Swedish squad,
\naway from home. Romania is the only country that has participated in all the
\nfinal tournaments of the World Championships since 1957. The Romanian handball
\nplayers won gold in 1962 and silver in 1973 and 2005.<\/p>\n
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