President Klaus
\nIohannis and prime minister Dacian Ciolos agreed on Friday on the need to amend
\nthe public procurement law in the medical field as soon as possible to ensure a
\nmore efficient control of the products purchased by hospitals. According to the
\npresident’s office, standardising the procurement process will make sure that
\nhospitals are supplied with materials and equipment that do not pose a threat
\nto people’s health. Judicial sources said on Friday that charges were brought
\nagainst the Hexi Pharma company for foiling disease control and forging and
\nreplacing food and other products. Recent controls carried out in Romanian
\nhospitals have confirmed revelations in the media that the substances supplied
\nby the company have a lower concentration than required. The health minister
\nhas resigned over the scandal. <\/p>\n
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Prime minister
\nDacian Ciolos will be travelling to the US between the 22nd and the
\n25th of May. According to a government release, he will have talks
\nwith vice-president Joe Biden and other senior US officials, as well as with
\nbusiness people and members of the Romanian community in the Washington area.
\nThe purpose of his trip is to highlight the success of the Romanian-US
\nstrategic partnership in the area of security and discuss economic aspects, the
\ngovernment’s release also writes. <\/p>\n
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The speaker of the Chamber of Deputies in Bucharest Valeriu Zgonea met the US ambassador in Romania Hans
\nKlemm. Talks focused on the bilateral strategic partnership and the fight
\nagainst corruption. The meeting came one day after the inauguration of the US
\nmissile defence facility in Deveselu, southern Romania, which was attended by
\nambassador Klemm. <\/p>\n
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Romania’s
\neconomy grew by 4.3% in the first quarter of the year compared with the same
\nperiod last year, according to estimates published on Friday by the National
\nInstitute for Statistics. Also, the country’s GDP went up by 1.6% compared with
\nthe last quarter of last year. In its spring forecast, the European Commission
\nestimates that Romania’s economy will see a 4.2% growth rate in 2016 before
\nslowing down to 3.7% in 2017.<\/p>\n
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Sieranevada, the latest work from Romanian director Cristi
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Irina Begu of Romania has qualified for the semifinals of the
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The Romanian
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Indian food and culture will
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\nPuiu, which is vying for a Palme d’Or at the Cannes Festival, has been
\ndescribed by the French magazine Le
\nMonde <\/em>as a domestic
\nballet, a symphony of movement, while the American Variety<\/em> magazine wrote that Puiu is something
\nof a philosopher. In 2005, Cristi Puiu won the Un Certain Regard award in
\nCannes for his dark comedy The Death of Mr. Lazarescu. <\/em>On Sunday, another Romanian
\nproduction will compete in the Un Certain Regard section, the thriller Dogs<\/em>,
\nfrom first-time director Bogdan Mirica. Five Romanian productions are in the
\nrunning in Cannes this year, including Graduation<\/em>, by Palme d’Or
\nwinner Cristian Mungiu. The film explores the challenges of being a parent in
\nRomanian society today. <\/p>\n
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\ntennis tournament in Rome worth 2.6 million dollars in prize money. The Italian
\nOpen is the last big competition ahead of Roland Garros. Begu defeated Misaki
\nDoi of Japan in straight sets. Last week at the Madrid Open, she reached as far
\nas the quarterfinals, where she lost to another Romanian player, Simona Halep. <\/p>\n
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\nhigh jumper Mihai Donisan and race walker Claudia Stef, who had qualified for
\nthe Rio Olympics, tested positive for traces of meldonium, a substance banned
\nat the beginning of the year. Earlier, two other Romanian athletes, Eva Tofalvi
\nand Mirela Lavric had also failed the meldonium test, while rower Liviu
\nDumitrescu, a European and world champion, last month tested positive for the
\ngrowth hormone. Dumitrescu says, however, that he has not taken any drugs and
\nthat he will request to be tested again. <\/p>\n
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\nbe celebrated in Bucharest between May 15 and June 30 as part of the Namaste India<\/em> festival. The event, held under the high patronage
\nof the Indian Embassy in Bucharest, is currently in its 8th year.
\nIts 6-week programme features film screenings, concerts, dance
\nperformances, language classes, yoga sessions, exhibitions as well as
\ncooking demonstrations. All these events will be held at three locations in
\nBucharest: the Elisabeta Theatre, the Elvira Popescu Cinema Hall and
\nthe Dimitrie Gusti Village Museum. (Translated by: E. Enache and C. Mateescu)<\/p>\n