{"id":103022,"date":"2018-09-20T12:53:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T09:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-103022.html"},"modified":"2024-02-15T20:20:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T18:20:48","slug":"20-september-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html","title":{"rendered":"20 September 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

EU meeting.<\/strong> President Klaus Iohannis again
\nrepresents Romania today at an informal meeting of the European Council held in
\nthe Austrian city of Salzburg. Talks focus on migration, the internal security
\nof the European Union and Brexit. According to Radio Romania’s correspondent,
\npresident Iohannis said Bucharest is willing to contribute constructively to
\nthe debates on two news concepts, regional disembarkation platforms and the
\ncontrolled centres for migrants. With respect to energy security and the
\nprotection of external borders, Romania supports efforts to strengthen
\ncooperation among member states and European institutions. Bucharest also wants
\nthe European Union to maintain a unitary and coherent voice in the negotiations
\nwith the UK in order to arrive at a Brexit agreement that is fair to all sides.
\nRomania’s priority is protecting the rights and interests of its citizens who
\nlive in the UK and a close as possible a relationship between the EU and the UK
\nafter Brexit, the Romanian president also said. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

Military.<\/strong> Romanian-Ukrainian military
\nexercises are today held in the Black Sea. The Counter Admiral Horia Macellariu
\nnavy corvette is taking part in a series of exercises at sea together with two
\nUkrainian speed patrol boats close to the mouths of the river Danube and the
\nSerpent Island. These exercises, which form part of the plan of international
\nactivities of the Romanian defence ministry, aim to achieve tactical
\noperability and develop bilateral relations between the naval forces. Following
\nthe deterioration of the security situation in the Black Sea area with the
\nannexation of the Crimean Peninsula by Russia in 2014 and the destabilisation
\nof eastern Ukraine, joint training exercises by NATO and Ukraine have
\ndiversified in order to ensure constant military presence and thus peace,
\nsecurity and stability on the NATO eastern flank, the Romanian Naval Forces
\nhave said. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

Repatriation.<\/strong> Campulung Muscel in southern
\nRomania today hosted a special ceremony to welcome back the Carpathian Eagles
\nBattalion. The mission of the Romanian military was to secure an important area
\naround the military air base in Kandahar, in Afghanistan. They also provided
\ntraining to the Afghan army. The battalion is mostly made up of military from
\nthe Dragoslavele
\n30th Mountain Troops Battalion who have also taken part in missions
\nin theatres of operation in Kosovo, in 2005, and Afghanistan, in 2008. In
\nApril, the Mountain Troops military from Campulung were the target of a car
\nbomb attack. Eight military were initially believed to be injured, but in the
\nend only one needed more thorough medical investigations at a hospital in
\nGermany. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

Romania-US.<\/strong> The Romanian foreign minister
\nTeodor Melescanu has received a delegation of the American-Romanian Business
\nCouncil known as AMRO, who are in Bucharest for the 6th annual
\nmission of economic promotion. According to a foreign ministry press release, minister
\nMelescanu reiterated the commitment of the authorities in Bucharest to
\nconsolidate the economic dimension of the Romania-US Strategic Partnership. He
\nagain stated the wish of the Romanian authorities to see an increase in
\nAmerican investments in Romania and projects to promote Romanian companies in
\nthe US. Earlier, the AMRO delegation attended the Three Seas Summit in
\nBucharest, which brought together 12 EU member states from the area between the
\nBaltic Sea, the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea, as well as the Economic Forum
\nheld on the margins of the summit. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

Fountains.<\/strong> The fountains in Bucharest’s Union
\nSquare will reopen today during a special symphonic and multimedia show. After
\nextensive restoration, the central fountain now has four water screens facing
\nthe four cardinal points and meant to create an immense multimedia platform for
\nvideo and laser projections, the 3D effect thus created being unique in Europe.
\nBeginning on the 28th of September, visitors will be able to watch multimedia
\nshows over the weekend. Built at the end of the 1980s, during Nicolae
\nCrausescu’s communist regime, the fountain structure is, at 1.4 km, one of the
\nlongest in the world. The reopening of the fountains previews the Bucharest
\nDays celebrations this weekend, marking 559 years since the capital city was
\nfirst mentioned in historical documents and 100 years since the Great Union of
\n1st December 1918, when Romania became a unitary state. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

Football.<\/strong> Romania went up one position from last
\nmonth in the ranking of the International Football Federation, now occupying
\nthe 27th place. Romania began the year in the 40th place,
\nbut went up four places in February, another four in April, two in June and
\nanother two in August. This is Romania’s highest ranking since 2016. This
\nmonth, Romania drew twice in the newly created UEFA Nations League, nil-all at
\nhome against Montenegro and 2-all away against Serbia. Romania’s Nations League
\nadversaries occupy lower rankings: Serbia went up one place to reach no. 35,
\nMontenegro remain on 41, while Lithuania are on 126, one place higher than last
\nmonth. Turkey, who are managed by the Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu, remain on
\n38. At the top of the ranking, world champions France have been caught up by
\nBelgium, the winners of the third place at the World Cup in Russia, followed by
\nBrazil in the third place. <\/p>\n


\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Klaus Iohannis attends informal European Council meeting to discuss migration, EU internal security and Brexit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":75903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-103022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsflash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n20 September 2018 - Radio Romania International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"20 September 2018 - Radio Romania International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Klaus Iohannis attends informal European Council meeting to discuss migration, EU internal security and Brexit.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Radio Romania International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-20T09:53:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-15T18:20:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/stiri-engleza-ok.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/20-september-2018-id103022.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a479940371b9fdefd194f561e8a7f88\"},\"headline\":\"20 September 2018\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-20T09:53:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-15T18:20:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/20-september-2018-id103022.html\"},\"wordCount\":838,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/stiri-engleza-ok.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Newsflash\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/20-september-2018-id103022.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/20-september-2018-id103022.html\",\"name\":\"20 September 2018 - Radio Romania International\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/stiri-engleza-ok.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-20T09:53:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-15T18:20:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a479940371b9fdefd194f561e8a7f88\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/20-september-2018-id103022.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/stiri-engleza-ok.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/stiri-engleza-ok.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":480},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Homepage\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News and Current Affairs\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Newsflash\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"20 September 2018\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/\",\"name\":\"Radio Romania International\",\"description\":\"Totul despre Rom\u00e2nia \u015fi rom\u00e2ni, \u00een 13 limbi\\\/dialecte!\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a479940371b9fdefd194f561e8a7f88\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/author\\\/newsroom\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"20 September 2018 - Radio Romania International","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"20 September 2018 - Radio Romania International","og_description":"President Klaus Iohannis attends informal European Council meeting to discuss migration, EU internal security and Brexit.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html","og_site_name":"Radio Romania International","article_published_time":"2018-09-20T09:53:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-15T18:20:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":480,"url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/stiri-engleza-ok.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Newsroom","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Newsroom","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html"},"author":{"name":"Newsroom","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#\/schema\/person\/4a479940371b9fdefd194f561e8a7f88"},"headline":"20 September 2018","datePublished":"2018-09-20T09:53:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-15T18:20:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html"},"wordCount":838,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/stiri-engleza-ok.png","articleSection":["Newsflash"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html","url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html","name":"20 September 2018 - Radio Romania International","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/stiri-engleza-ok.png","datePublished":"2018-09-20T09:53:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-15T18:20:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#\/schema\/person\/4a479940371b9fdefd194f561e8a7f88"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/stiri-engleza-ok.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/stiri-engleza-ok.png","width":640,"height":480},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/20-september-2018-id103022.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Homepage","item":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News and Current Affairs","item":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Newsflash","item":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"20 September 2018"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/","name":"Radio Romania International","description":"Totul despre Rom\u00e2nia \u015fi rom\u00e2ni, \u00een 13 limbi\/dialecte!","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#\/schema\/person\/4a479940371b9fdefd194f561e8a7f88","name":"Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/author\/newsroom"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103022"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=103022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}