ELECTION Candidates in the presidential election in November have
\nSunday as deadline to enlist with the Central Electoral Office. Incumbent
\npresident Klaus Iohannis backed by the opposition National Liberal Party and
\nDan Barna, supported by the USR-PLUS Alliance also in opposition, have enlisted
\ntoday. The country’s incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the ruling PSD,
\nViorica Dancila and the opposition PMP leader Theodor Paleologu submitted their
\napplications on Thursday. The first round of the presidential election is due
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PROTEST Environmental and human rights organizations have kicked
\noff a week of protests in Romania denouncing the lack of effective measures to
\nfight climate change. Romania’s capital city Bucharest will today see a protest
\nmarch, due to end in front of the Environment Ministry meant to draw attention
\nto pressing climate issues Romania is currently facing and the necessary solutions
\nfor major pollutants in this country. The move is part of a larger
\ninternational anti-pollution campaign, which will culminate with a massive
\nrally in New York on Friday, three days ahead of the UN Climate Summit. A
\nreport recently published by French scientists shows that global warming is
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FESTIVAL The last three days of the George Enescu International Festival are
\nrich in musical events. The ‘Banatul’ Philharmonic Orchestra, based in
\nTimisoara, western Romania will today give a concert at the Radio Concert Hall
\nin Bucharest, while at the Romanian Atheneum, also in Bucharest, French
\nensemble ‘Les Talens Lyriques’ led by Cristophe Rousset will be performing ‘Julius
\nCaesar in Egypt’ by George Frideric Handel. Canadian soprano Karina Gauving
\nwill play the Cleopatra role in the show. Arnold Schoenberg’s opera ‘Moses and
\nAaron’ will be performed by the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra. The
\nGeorge Enescu Festival, which has Radio Romania as co-producer, has brought
\ntogether over 2500 of the world’s best artists who performed in 84 concerts and
\nrecitals. Bucharest and other Romanian cities as well as cities in five
\ncountries, such as Germany, France, Italy, Canada and the Republic of Moldova
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NATO
\nOver 80 servicemen and military gear belonging to Romania’s Air and Ground
\nForces are participating in NATO days hosted by Ostrava, in the Czech Republic.
\nRomania has the statute of special partner in this event. NATO Days in Ostrava
\nis a public event staged annually, which consists of air shows and exhibitions staged
\nby the police and armed forces of NATO participant and partner countries.
\nSpeaking yesterday in the opening of an exhibition entitled ‘We are Together:
\nRomania and the USA in NATO’ at the US embassy in Bucharest, Romanian Prime
\nMinister Viorica Dancila said that Romania remains firmly committed to its
\npledge to allocate 2% of its GDP for defense. Dancila went on to say that
\nBucharest would continue to actively and responsibly contribute to promoting NATO values to its neighbours. <\/p>\n
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FOOTBALL Romania’s football champions CFR Cluj secured a 2-1 win
\nagainst Lazio Rome in a home match on Thursday counting towards Europa League
\ngroup E. The other group match pitching
\nFrench side Rennes against Celtic Glasgow ended in a draw, one-all. Lazio will
\nbe playing Rennes and Celtic will be up against CFR Cluj on October 3rd. <\/p>\n
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PROSECUTOR Romania’s
\nformer anti-corruption prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi on Thursday was voted by
\nmost of the EU ambassadors to become the EU’s first public prosecutor, the EU
\nObserver has announced. According to US News, Kovesi, who will become the EU’s
\nfirst anti-fraud prosecutor, got support from the member states in spite of opposition
\nfrom the government in Bucharest. <\/p>\n
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