Romanian Language Day. <\/strong>A series of cultural and
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The Annual Meeting of Romanian Diplomacy.<\/strong> Romania must have an active contribution to
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Italy earthquake.<\/strong> Prime minister Dacian Ciolos
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Former PM faces disbarring.<\/strong> The Council of the
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Pakistani
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US Open.<\/strong> Monica Niculescu of
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\neducational programmes and events are held by the Romanian authorities, public
\ninstitutions, diplomatic representations and cultural institutes abroad to
\ncelebrate Romanian Language Day on the 31st of August. Celebrations
\ninclude Romanian traditional music shows, theatre performances and poetry
\nreadings both in Romania and abroad, in countries with large ethnic Romanian
\ncommunities, such as Serbia, Bulgaria and Ukraine. The ex-Soviet, majority
\nRomanian-speaking Republic of Moldova, where Romanian became the official state
\nlanguage in 2013, also celebrates Romanian Language Day. <\/p>\n
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\nthe efforts of the international community, the European Union and NATO, that
\nis the community of values it belongs to, the Romanian president Klaus Iohannis
\ntold the Annual Meeting of Diplomacy in Bucharest. Romania’s interests as a
\nstate located on the external border of this community obliges us to act in
\nsuch a way as to ensure the security of the nation and that of the essential
\norganisations, the EU and NATO, of which we are part of. At the same time,
\nRomania’s stability and economic growth, its low energy dependence, democratic
\npredictability and support for the rule of law, as well as its actions in the
\nareas of foreign policy and security are very important assets, especially in
\nthis region. They must be used wisely and in a visionary way so that Romania
\nbecomes stronger and more efficient, president Iohannis also said. At their annual meeting, Romania’s ambassadors and consuls are looking
\nat the main challenges, such as the relationship with the country’s main
\npartners, the development of the international institutions Romania forms part
\nof, security and economic development. Both prime minister Dacian Ciolos and
\nthe foreign minister Lazar Comanescu said that in the face of the crises
\nthreatening Europe, Romania would continue to urge for a process of reflection
\nso as not to deepen the already existing rifts between various states and
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\nwill propose during a government meeting today that September 1st be
\ndeclared a day of national mourning in memory of the 11 Romanians who died in
\nthe earthquake in Italy. The prime minister made this announcement after
\nattending the mass funerals held on Tuesday in Amatrice for 37 of the quake
\nvictims. He also visited the Romanian nationals who lost their homes and said
\nthe government would provide them with financial support and also take care of
\nthe bureaucratic aspect of their predicament. The labour minister Dragos
\nPislaru, who also travelled to Italy, said the Romanian families whose homes
\nwere destroyed in the earthquake may benefit from the financial aid made
\navailable by the authorities in Bucharest after submitting a sworn statement to
\nthis effect. The application is available at Romania’s diplomatic missions and
\nconsular offices in Italy and the county agencies for payments and social
\ninspection in Romania. <\/p>\n
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\nBucharest Bar is today discussing a request on the exclusion from the bar of
\nthe former Social Democratic prime minister Victor Ponta. The request was made
\nby the Conservative euro MP and former justice minister Monica Macovei who
\nargued that Ponta became a lawyer without sitting the bar exams, based on his
\nholding a doctoral title in law, a title that was subsequently withdrawn over
\nplagiarism in his PhD paper. Later, Ponta sent a note to the Bar saying he had
\nchallenged, before the Bucharest Court of Appeal, the order on the withdrawal
\nof his doctoral title and had requested that the effects of the order be
\nsuspended. Last summer, he became Romania’s first acting prime minister to come
\nunder criminal investigations after the National Anticorruption Directorate
\naccused him of forgery, complicity to tax evasion and money laundering. Ponta
\nresigned in November 2015 following massive street protests against widespread
\npolitical corruption. <\/p>\n
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\ncitizen declared undesirable.<\/strong> The Bucharest Court of Appeal declared the
\nPakistani citizen Shahzad
\nAhmed undesirable in Romania for a period of 10 years. This ruling came after
\nthe intelligence service discovered that he carried out on-line propaganda for
\nterrorist groups active in Pakistan, supporting the supremacy of extremist
\nIslamism. Shahzad Ahmed, who is married to a Romanian national, has been placed
\nunder public custody prior to his removal from Romania. <\/p>\n
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\nRomania (no. 57 WTA) today faces another Romanian player, Ana Bogdan (no. 117
\nWTA), in the second round at the US Open tennis tournament. World no. 5 Simona
\nHalep, also of Romania, faces the Czech player Lucie Safarova on Thursday, in
\nthe second round. Three other Romanian players, Irina Begu (no. 23 WTA),
\nPatricia Tig (no. 128 WTA) and Sorana Cirstea (no. 88 WTA), were eliminated in
\nthe first round. In the men’s doubles, the Romanian-Dutch pair Horia Tecau and
\nJean-Julien Rojer today play the German-Austrian pair Florian Mayer and Julien
\nKnowle. (Translated by: C. Mateescu)<\/p>\n