UN General Assembly<\/strong> Romanian prime minister Dacian
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La Francophonie<\/strong> Romania’s foreign minister Lazar Comanescu
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Refugees <\/strong>The Committee
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Illegal border crossing<\/strong>
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Fundraising<\/strong> A little
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Tennis <\/strong>Three Romanian tennis
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\nCiolos is today having talks in New York with the Swiss president Johann
\nSchneider-Ammann, the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and members of the
\nRomanian community in New York. Ciolos travelled to the US on Tuesday to attend
\nthe latest session of the United Nations General Assembly. On his first day in
\nNew York, he held a number of bilateral talks and met his Canadian counterpart
\nJustin Trudeau to discuss the liberalisation of visas for Romanian citizens,
\namong others. In the evening, at a later summit on refugees hosted by US
\npresident Barack Obama, Dacian Ciolos said Romania fully acknowledges the
\ncommon responsibility to manage the large flow of refugees and recalled that
\nhis country provided humanitarian aid to the states affected. <\/p>\n
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\non Tuesday attended the Ministerial meeting of francophone countries held on
\nthe sidelines of the UN General Assembly. In his address, Comanescu said La
\nFrancophonie must consolidate its position within the global governance by
\nstrengthening its partnerships with other international organisations such as
\nthe United Nations. He also stressed the role of the International Organisation
\nof La Francophonie (OIF) in the
\napplication of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Minister Comanescu
\nalso announced that Romania wishes to host, in Bucharest, the 2018 Francophone
\nRegional Economic Forum. Talks focused, among others, on migration flows and
\nways to manage climate change.<\/p>\n
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\nfor European Affairs in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday gave a
\nnegative opinion on the proposal of the European Commission to impose a penalty
\nof 250,000 euros for each refugee a country refuses to take in based on the
\nquotas established in Brussels. The head of the committee, Ana Birchall, said
\nthe proposal is unacceptable, it does not address the root cause of the problem
\nand that it may generate a profound crisis in the community space. She recalled
\nthat Romania is the second biggest contributor to Frontex actions, the European
\nagency at the forefront of combating migration, and has actively taken part in
\nthe actions carried out by Interpol, Europol and the European Asylum Support
\nOffice. <\/p>\n
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\nSix adult and two children migrants were found on Tuesday in Dolj county as
\nthey were trying to cross the border into Romania illegally, the Romanian
\nBorder Police has said. Six of the migrants are of Iraqi origin and two of
\nSyrian origin. Their plan was to reach Austria, and they had crossed the Danube
\nby boat from Bulgaria into Romania after paying 2,000 dollars to a guide. In
\nrecent weeks, Romania has tightened security on its southern and western
\nborders as a number of small groups of migrants have been found trying to enter
\nthe country illegally. <\/p>\n
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\nover 900,000 euros has been raised so far as part of a public fundraising
\ncampaign to purchase a work by the Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi called
\nThe Wisdom of the Earth. Culture minister Corina Suteu said 200,000 people have
\ndonated to the campaign and that solutions are being considered to extend the
\nend of the month deadline by which donations can be made. Six months ago, the
\nprivate owners of the sculpture agreed to sell the work to the Romanian state
\nfor 11 million euros. The government said it would provide 5 million euros and
\ncover the rest through public fundraising. Made in 1907, The Wisdom of the
\nEarth dates back to one of Brancusi’s most celebrated periods, together with
\nThe Kiss and Prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nplayers, Irina Begu, Monica Niculescu and Patricia
\nTig, have reached the last 16 of the tournament in Seoul, South Korea, worth
\n250,000 dollars in prize money. Seeded first in Seoul, Begu, who is the
\ndefending champion, on Thursday faces Jana
\nCepelova of Slovakia. Also on Thursday, Niculescu (world no. 55) and Tig (world
\nno. 135) play against Anna Karolina Schmiedlova of Slovakia and Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium, respectively. If they
\nboth win their matches, Niculescu and Tig will play each other in the following
\nround. (Translated by: C. Mateescu)<\/p>\n