EASTER Orthodox believers who are a majority in Romania, together with
\ntheir Greek-Catholic counterparts will tonight be celebrating Easter, also
\nknown as the Resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ, the most important event of
\nChristianity. On Saturday in Jerusalem, the Greek Patriarch will be holding the
\nCeremony of the Holy Light, a regular Orthodox service during which the
\nPatriarch is to go out of the Holy Sepulchre and share light with the
\nbelievers. A delegation of the Romanian Orthodox Church is in Jerusalem ready to
\nbring into Romania the Holy Light by means of a charter plane. At midnight,
\nchurches all over Romania will see special services devoted to Christ’s
\nResurrection. Roman Catholics and Protestant believers celebrated Easter on
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CAMPAIGN An election campaign for the European Parliament, whose elections
\nare due on May 26th, kicked off in Romania today. Out of the 13
\npolitical groups vying for seats in the European Parliament, there are the
\nruling PSD and ALDE, UDMR, the Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania, as well
\nas the opposition PNL, the USR-PLUS alliance, PMP and ProRomania, a group
\nformed by PSD dissidents. There are also other extra-Parliament parties in this
\nelection race, such as the National Unity Bloc, UNPR and the United Romania
\nParty, PRODEMO, the Romanian Socialist Party, and the Independent Social
\nDemocratic Party. There are also three independent candidates vying for seats
\nin the European Parliament. Romania will have 33 members in the future European
\nParliament, but under a European Council decision, the 33rd mandate
\nwill commence only after Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc has produced
\njudicial effects. 441 polling stations have been set up for the Romanians
\nabroad, most of them in Italy, Spain and the neighboring Republic of Moldova.
\nConcurrently with the aforementioned elections, the Romanians are expected to
\nhave their say in a referendum on justice, initiated by the country’s president
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TABLE TENNIS Romanian-Spanish pair Ovidiu Ionescu and Alvaro Robles
\nare today taking on their Chinese opponents Long Ma and Chuqin Wang in the
\nfinals of the World Table Tennis Championship in Budpaest, Hungary. In the
\nsemifinals, Ionescu and Robles secured a 4-3 win against the Portuguese Tiago
\nApolonia and Joao Monteiro, while Ma and Wang clinched a 4-0 win against
\nJingkun Liang and Gaoyuan. Also on Friday, the board of the European Table
\nTennis Federation decided that Romania host the 2021 edition of the European Table
\nTennis Team Championships. Romania hosted the European Cadet and Junior Table
\nTennis Championship in 2018. <\/p>\n
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MINI-HOLIDAY Over 22 thousand policemen,
\ngendarme, border police troops and paramedics have been deployed to crowded
\nareas in Romania to assist traffic and events unfolding during the mini-holiday
\nof Easter and Labour Day. According to the Interior Ministry in Bucharest, the over
\n900 public events due to take place during these days, are expected to bring
\ntogether one million people. The Romanian authorities are cooperating with
\ntheir Hungarian and Bulgarian counterparts to ease traffic at the most crowded
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FOOTBALL Former national champion sides, Astra Giurgiu and Viitorul
\nConstanta will be playing the finals of Romania’s Football Cup. In the
\nsemifinals, Astra eliminated CFR Cluj, while Viitorul defeated CSU Craiova. All
\nthe four semifinalists are also playing in the domestic championship whose leader
\nis CFR followed by FCSB, formerly known as Steaua Bucharest. <\/p>\n
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FREQUENCIES
\nDear friends, Radio Romania International has operated new changes into the
\nfrequencies of its transmissions due to come into effect on April 27th.
\nSo, the RRI broadcast at 3:00 UTC to North America, (the West Coast) can be
\nreceived on the frequency of 7375 kHz in the analogue system, while our
\nprogrammes to India are carried by 13630 kHz in the DRM system. <\/p>\n
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