Visit. <\/strong>The Romanian
<\/p>\n
Seismic risk. <\/strong>Romania
<\/p>\n
Accident.<\/strong> The Romanian
<\/p>\n
NATO.<\/strong> The Parliament
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n EPPO. <\/strong>121 cases opened
<\/p>\n
Spring.<\/strong> On March 1st,
A roundup of domestic and international news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":105194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[31801,31664,13794,37421,37420,37406,32363],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-106508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsflash","tag-eppo","tag-martisor","tag-nato","tag-pm-dorin-recean","tag-pm-nicolae-ciuca","tag-seismic-risk","tag-trafficking"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nPrime Minister, Nicolae Ciuca, assured his Moldovan counterpart Dorin Recean of
\nhis support for respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of his (predominantly
\nRomanian-speaking) country within its internationally recognized borders. We
\nare witnessing more and more attempts to destabilize the Republic of Moldova,
\nto artificially create tensions and hostile narratives, built on the
\nintentional propagation of false information, Nicolae Ciuc\u0103 said. In turn, Dorin Recean stated that Bucharest
\nis Chisinau’s most important partner. Bucharest helped us enormously in
\novercoming the energy crisis. Bucharest remains our advocate in all European
\ninstitutions, so that we can accelerate the European course, added the
\nMoldovan Prime Minister. He was also received by the president Klaus Iohannis
\nwith whom he reviewed the implementation status of priority objectives in the
\nfields of energy, agriculture, transport and interconnectivity, health,
\neducation and information society. Iohannis reiterated Romania’s firm support
\nin managing security challenges, as well as economic imbalances, caused in the
\nRepublic of Moldova by the conflict in Ukraine. It is the first official trip
\nabroad of Dorin Recean since taking over the term of head of government in Chisinau.
\nThe President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, also visited Bucharest
\nlast week.<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\nis a country at seismic risk, and for this reason the responsibility of
\nconstruction companies regarding the resistance structure of the buildings they
\nmake will have to be regulated very clearly, Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuc\u0103
\nsaid on Wednesday. The government has developed a bill that will be sent to Parliament
\nfor debate and approval, which provides for the ban on leasing apartments in
\nbuildings that are part of the first category of seismic risk. The document
\nalso sets deadlines for the rapid visual assessment of schools and hospitals, as
\na priority, followed by the assessment other state buildings and apartment
\nblocks. The executive also adopted an emergency ordinance on the Safe
\nand healthy schools program, which proposes a simplified procedure for the
\nintroduction of schools that are part of the first category of seismic risk
\ninto the investment program. The list will be drawn up by the Ministry of
\nEducation and will be sent to the Ministry of Regional Development, and the beneficiaries
\nof the program will be the local public administrations. Also, Wednesday, at
\nthe beginning of the Government meeting, the first honorary government adviser
\nin Romania, but also in the world, was presented, which is a structure
\nexclusively based on artificial intelligence and which will receive proposals
\nand observations from citizens, will synthesize and send them to the competent
\nstate institutions.<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\nPrime Minister, Nicolae Ciuc\u0103, sent a message of support for the Greek people
\nand the authorities in Athens, after the tragic railway accident last night.
\nThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest has announced that no requests for
\nassistance have been received so far from Romanian citizens, in the context of
\nthe accident in which at least 36 people died and over 80 were injured,
\nfollowing the collision of a passenger train with a cargo one. According to
\nlocal media, it is the worst railway accident in Greece. The train, with 350
\npassengers, was going from Athens to Thessaloniki. Several passengers were
\nthrown out of the windows due to the impact. The Minister of Transport, Kostas
\nKaramanlis, resigned, and a station master was arrested.<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\nof Helsinki adopted on Wednesday the draft law that paves the way for Finland’s
\naccession to the North Atlantic Alliance, Reuters reports. Both Finland and
\nSweden are preparing to become NATO members and have officially applied for
\nmembership in May 2022, ending decades of neutrality. Recently, a group of
\nambassadors from NATO member countries, including that of Romania, Dan
\nNecul\u0103escu, paid a working visit to Finland, in the context of this country’s
\naspirations to join the North Atlantic Alliance. At the Madrid Summit in June
\n2022, the leaders of the NATO member countries took the decision to invite
\nSweden and Finland to join the Alliance. The accession protocols were signed by
\nthe 30 member states, of which 28 ratified them. Only Turkey and Hungary have
\nnot yet ratified the documents.<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\nTrafficking.<\/strong> 47 people were preventively arrested on Wednesday in Romania, and arrest warrants were issued for 18 in absentia, for migrant trafficking. Prosecutors with the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism in Romania (DIICOT) found 165 migrants hiding in the almost one hundred searches made in several counties and in the capital. Cars, money, ball guns, mobile phones and documents were confiscated. The criminal group was structured in two segments: the first one dealt with sheltering and transporting migrants to the boarding places in road cargo transport units, and the second segment was made up of truck drivers. According to DIICOT, the members of the group have also developed ties with people from some state institutions. The criminal activity took place from last year until now.<\/p>\n
\nlast year by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office targeted Romania, with the
\nestimated damages standing at over 508 million euros, the institution said in
\nits annual report published on Wednesday. Also, at the end of last year,
\nRomania was involved in ten active cross-border investigations. A number of
\npersons were indicted in Romania who were involved in five cases investigated
\nby the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, with a final court decision being
\nissued in one case. Most offences investigated in connection to Romania last
\nyear referred to non-procurement and procurement expenditure fraud, non-VAT and
\nVAT fraud, corruption and money laundering. The European Public Prosecutor’s
\nOffice, in which 22 of the European Union’s member states are taking part,
\nincluding Romania, is an independent body responsible for investigating,
\nprosecuting and bringing to judgment crimes against the financial interests of
\nthe EU. It consists of 112 European delegated prosecutors, including 11
\nfrom Romania.<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
\nRomania celebrated the M\u0103r\u021bi\u0219or (Spring Amulet) custom to mark the first day of spring. Early
\n20th century ethnologists found this ancient custom was practiced in the Romanian,
\nas well as the Bulgarian and Albanian communities in the Balkans. In rural
\nRomania, the M\u0103r\u021bi\u0219or was viewed as protection against disease and ill luck. A
\nsilver coin with a wool or cotton red and white thread would be tied around
\nchildren’s wrists to protect them from disease. 12 days later, the coins would
\nbe tied to a tree to ensure that the tree would yield fruit, or around the neck
\nof cattle to keep them healthy. Adopted by the urban world to become a fashion,
\nthe M\u0103r\u021bi\u0219or today comes in all shapes and forms, including as a small piece of
\njewelry to be worn as a broach or a necklace. The M\u0103r\u021bi\u0219or was inscribed in the
\nUNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2017, following a joint
\napplication from Romania, the Republic of Moldova, Bulgaria and North
\nMacedonia. (MI)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"