COMMEMORATION The mountain resort of Busteni in southern Romania has today
\nseen a series of events aimed at commemorating WWI heroes, celebrating the
\nGreat Union and 90 years since the inauguration of the Heroes Cross on the
\nCaraiman Peak. Situated at an altitude of 2291 meters, the Cross was erected upon
\nthe initiative of Queen Marie of Romania in memory of Romania’s WWI heroes. The
\nmonument has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the largest summit
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VISIT Currently on a visit to Romania, the EU’s regional
\npolicy commissioner Corina Cretu will today be meeting local authorities in
\nAlba, central Romania, a region with a high level of EU-funds absorption. Cretu
\nhad earlier made an appeal to the Romanian authorities to submit to the
\nCommission ample transport infrastructure projects in order to be able to
\nabsorb the EU funds allotted to this sector. During a debate with citizens
\nheld in Cluj, north-western Romania on Friday, commissioner Cretu criticised
\nthe high level of bureaucracy and intricate procedures. Romania lost funds
\nallotted to transport infrastructure, Cretu said adding that Bucharest managed
\nan absorption rate of 20% between 2007-2013 and lost 2 billion euros destined
\nto transport infrastructure. The EU commissioner has also criticized the
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ROWING Romanians Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc and Gianina-Elena Beleaga
\nreaped gold in the lightweight double scull race of the World Rowing
\nChampionships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on Saturday. Also on Saturday Marius-Vasile
\nCozmiuc and Ciprian Tudosa reaped silver in the men’s pair while Romania’s men
\nfour ended the race on the fifth position. On Sunday our men’s double, women’s
\nand men’s eight will also be vying for a medal in Plovdiv. <\/p>\n
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CLEANUP Currently underway in Romania, the National Cleanup Day is
\nan event staged by ‘Let’s Do it, Romania!’ foundation, which has reached its
\nsixth edition this year. ‘Let’s Do it, Romania!’ is the largest social movement
\nin this country, which has so far involved the participation of 1.4 million
\nvolunteers who have gathered over 18 thousand tons of waste. The event is part
\nof the international action plan World Cleanup Day, unfolding under the aegis
\nof ‘Let’s Do it, World’ and the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP. The
\nobjective of the World Cleanup Day is to mobilize 5% of the world population in
\norder to change people’s attitude towards the proper waste management and
\ndisposal and could be considered the most ambitious civic initiative at world
\nlevel ever. The Romanian organizers want to mobilize one million volunteers who
\ncould get actively involved in cleanup operations. The Let’s Do it, World
\nmovement was born in 2008, when Estonia staged its first national cleanup day. <\/p>\n
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