CARACAL INVESTIGATION – Prosecutors with the
\nDirectorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism have extended their
\ninvestigation into the Caracal murders. They are now investigating a potential
\ncase of criminal negligence in the case of the police officer who talked to 15-year-old Alexandra Macesanu, who dialed the emergency number calling for
\nhelp, saying she was abducted and raped. The police officer allegedly did not
\nfollow standard procedures. The suspect in the Caracal murders, Gheorghe Dinca,
\nis today being transported to the Penitentiary Hospital in Jilava near
\nBucharest, where he will undergo a specialized medical exam. Dinca will also be
\nsubjected to a psychiatric evaluation to ascertain whether his judgment was
\nimpaired at the time he committed the two murders he is charged with. Gheorghe
\nDinca, a 60-year-old mechanic from Caracal, admitted on Sunday to having
\nabducted, detained, raped and murdered two teenagers. Alexandra Macesanu was
\nreported missing on Wednesday, and on Thursday last week she dialed the
\nemergency number 112, operated by the Special Telecommunications Service, which
\nwas unable to pinpoint the exact origin of the call. Police officers took 19 hours to get into the
\nsuspects’ home. 18-year-old Luiza Mihaela Melencu shared the same fate in
\nApril, when the family reported her missing. The bodies of the two girls have
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INVESTMENT – The European Commission has approved an investment package worth 27.4
\nmillion euros for the modernization of the port of Galati, the largest port on
\nthe Danube in Romania. Included in the project are the modernization of the
\ndocks and necessary infrastructure for a modern intermodal terminal. The new
\nlogistic hub will promote the interchange from road traffic to rail traffic and
\nmaritime traffic on the pan-European Rhine-Danube corridor, thus fulfilling a
\ncommon goal of the European Union. The total value of the investment stands at
\n90 million euros, with the Romanian state expected to co-fund the project.<\/p>\n
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MILITARY EXERCISE – The Resolute Castle 19 multinational
\ntraining exercise is coming to a close at the Getica National Training Grounds
\nin Cincu, Brasov County, central Romania. Taking part in the exercise were military
\nengineering units with the Romanian Land Forces and the South Carolina National
\nGuard. For the fifth consecutive year, the South Danube 10th Military
\nEngineers Brigade, with support from Divisions 2 and 4 Military Engineers’
\nInfantry, carried out works aimed at creating the training infrastructure and
\nplatforms. Resolute Castle 2019 is aimed at increasing the level of
\ninteroperability by means of constant training and the implementation of
\ninnovative solutions to joint military engineering issues. All the works are
\npart of a project under the European Reassurance Initiative (ERI), carried out
\nby the United States in cooperation with Military Engineering structures within
\nthe Romanian Land Forces.<\/p>\n
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UNEMPLOYMENT – The
\nunemployment rate rose to 4% in June, which is 0.1% more compared to the
\nprevious month (3.9%), the latest figures of the National Statistics Institute
\nreveal. The number of unemployed aged 15-74 in June stood at 352 thousand
\npeople, as compared to 351 thousand in May, although on the wane as compared to
\nthe same period of 2018 (379 thousand). Broken down in terms of gender, male
\nunemployment is 1.1% higher than female unemployment, standing at 4.4%. The
\nunemployment rate for adults aged 25-74 stood at 3.1% in June. <\/p>\n
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MEDALS – Romanian students taking part in the International Chemistry Olympiad
\nin Paris grabbed one gold and three silver medals, the Education Ministry
\nreports. Mircea Raul Bodrogean, a 10th grader with the International
\nComputer Science High School in Bucharest won gold. The silver medals were
\nscooped by Ioana Maria Popa, a 12th grader with the National High
\nSchool in Iasi, Ana Florescu Ciobotaru, an 11th grader with the
\nInternational Computer Science High School in Bucharest, and Tudor Lile, a 10th
\ngrader with the Moise Nicoara National High School in Arad. A total of 309
\ncompetitors from 84 countries took part in the 51st edition of the
\nInternational Chemistry Olympiad hosted by Paris, France.<\/p>\n
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FOOTBALL -
\nRomania’s football champions CFR Cluj on Tuesday advanced to the third
\npreliminary round in Champions League after drawing 2-all against Maccabi Tel
\nAviv of Israel away from home. In the first leg CFR defeated Maccabi 1-nil. The
\nteam from Cluj will next play Celtic Glasgow of Scotland, which in the previous
\nround ousted Estonia’s Nomme Kalju 5-nil in the first leg and 2-nil in the
\nreturn leg. On Thursday, Romanian vice-champions FCSB will play FC Alashkert of
\nArmenia in the return leg at home, after winning 3-nil away from home in the
\nfirst leg. CSU Craiova will also play against Honved Budapest at home after
\ndrawing nil-all in the first leg. And finally, Romanian Cup winners Viitorul
\nConstanta will play the return leg against KAA Gent, to which it lost 3-6 last
\nweek.<\/p>\n
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(Translated by V. Palcu)<\/p>\n
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