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Presidential race.<\/strong> Two more
\ncandidates have joined the race for the presidential elections to be held in
\nRomania in November. They are Kelemen Hunor, from the Democratic Union of
\nEthnic Hungarians in Romania, and Mircea Diaconu, who has the backing of the
\nAlliance of Liberals and Democrats and the Pro Romania party. The incumbent
\npresident Klaus Iohannis, on behalf of the National Liberal Party, and Dan
\nBarna, who is backed by the USR-PLUS alliance, officially joined the race on
\nFriday. Other candidates include the Social Democrat prime minister Viorica
\nDancila and Theodor Paleologu, on behalf of the People’s Movement Party. The
\ndeadline for registering in the election race expires Sunday at midnight. The
\nelection campaign begins on the 12th of October, but the outdoor
\nadvertising has already begun in Bucharest. Political commentators say this
\npre-campaign period is characterised by a greater variety of political figures
\ncompared with the previous elections, while in terms of the aesthetics of the
\nadvertising materials, the focus appears to be on images rather than slogans. <\/p>\n

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Securitate.<\/strong> The former president of
\nRomania between 2004 and 2014 Traian Basescu collaborated with the Securitate,
\nthe communist secret police, the Bucharest Court of Appeal ruled on Friday,
\nalmost 30 years after the collapse of the communist regime. The ruling is not
\nfinal and Basescu, who currently serves as an Euro MP on behalf of the People’s
\nMovement Party, says he will appeal it in the Supreme Court. According to the
\nNational Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives, the former president
\nwrote two reports signed under the secret name of Petrov in 1957, when he was
\nan officer in the commercial navy. As a result of one of these reports, the
\nSecuritate prevented one of Basescu’s colleagues from being sent to work on a
\nship that sailed abroad. Since the early 2000s, the National Council for the
\nStudy of the Securitate Archives has issued a number of memos saying Traian
\nBasescu did not collaborate with the Securitate. Also, to be able to occupy
\npublic positions, Basescu himself had to sign declarations stating that he did
\nnot work with the communist secret police. \n<\/p>\n

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Waste.<\/strong> It’s been nine years since
\nthe Let’s Do It, Romania! organisation has been organising a campaign in which
\ntens of thousands of volunteers gather to collect tonnes of waste. The
\ninitiative forms part of a wider project involving more than a hundred
\ncountries from around the world. A volunteering action to clean Romania’s
\nbeaches has also got under way. According to its organiser, the Act for
\nTomorrow association, waste floating on the water surface near the Black Sea
\nshore is collected. On Monday, divers will pick some of the solid waste on the
\nsea bed along the coast. An activity to clean the banks and waters of the river
\nDanube will be carried out in October. 254 kg of household waste per capita per
\nyear is produced in Romania, and less than 10% is recycled, much below the
\nEuropean average of 28%. If Romania fails to achieve a recycling rate of 50%
\nstarting next year, it faces penalties of up to 200,000 euros a day and the
\nsuspension of EU funds for environmental protection. <\/p>\n

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Anniversary.<\/strong> The city of Bucharest
\ncelebrates 560 years since it was first recorded in historical documents. To
\nmark this anniversary, a number of events are taking place this weekend around
\nthe city, including performances, concerts, light projections and others. The 6th
\nedition of an international 3D video mapping competition is held on Saturday
\nevening, with 8 teams projecting their videos on the facade of the Palace of
\nParliament. Bucharest is also hosting the 10th edition of the
\nAero-Nautical Show, the only festival in the country combing air and water
\nacrobatics. <\/p>\n

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Enescu festival.<\/strong> Two days are left until the final concert of
\nthis year’s George Enescu International Festival. Saturday’s highlights include
\na concert by the Bucharest Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Nicolae Moldoveanu;
\na performance by the French pianist Fran\u00e7ois-Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Guy, who has earned an
\ninternational reputation in particular for renditions of the music of German
\nRomanticism; the Mahler Chamber Orchestra which brings together musicians from
\n20 different countries give a performance at the Romanian Athenaeum featuring
\nthe pianist and conductor Mitsuko Uchida; while Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw
\nOrchestra are giving a concert in the evening. The George Enescu International
\nFestival, which is co-produced by Radio Romania, has this year brought together
\nover 2,500 of the world’s greatest musicians in 84 different concerts and
\nrecitals. <\/p>\n

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