VISIT The presidents of Romania and
\nChile, Klaus Iohannis and Gabriel Boric respectively have agreed to develop
\ncooperation between the two countries in fields like trade exchanges,
\ninvestment, green energy, the environment and climate change, civil protection,
\neducation, culture, research, innovation and digitalization. The two high
\nofficials met at the La Moneda Palace in Santiago, during a visit, which is part of the Romanian
\npresident’s South-American tour. Iohannis said that Chile is one of Romania’s
\ntraditional partners in Latin America as well as an economic partner with a
\nmajor potential. Iohannis has announced that the first Romanian language
\nlectureship in South America will be set up this year at the University of
\nChile. A memorandum has also been signed during Iohannis’ visit to Chile for
\ncooperation in emergency situations, such as earthquakes and wildfires.
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\nEXTRADITION The former president of the County Council in Neam\u0163, north-eastern Romania, Social-Democrat Ionel Arsene will not be extradited to Romania where he must serve a prison sentence of six years and eight months on corruption charges. A court in Italy has rejected the extradition application filed by the Romanian authorities. The politician had fled the country shortly before the sentence was pronounced and went to Italy to join the other indicted Romanians who found refuge in that country. According to the Radio Romania correspondent in Italy, extradition in that country is conditioned by the so-called ‘double criminality’ requirement, which means the act that is the subject of the criminal procedure for which extradition is requested must be provided as a crime both in Italian and in foreign criminal law.<\/p>\n
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GOLD
\nRomanian athlete Nicoleta Anghel walked away with gold from the European
\nWrestling Championships in Croatia after a win against Turkish opponent Bu\u015fe Tosun in the 72 kilogram
\ncategory. This has been Anghel’s best performance so far after the bronze medal
\nshe reaped in Kaspiysk, Russia and the world’s third performance she obtained
\nlast year in Belgrade. Anghel has also brought the second continental title for
\nRomania that she won in Zagreb after that claimed by Andreea Beatrice in the 55
\nkilogram category. Romania has so far won four medals, all in the women’s
\ncontest, two gold and two bronze, claimed by Catalina Axente in the 76 and
\nKriszta Tunde Incze in the 65 kilograms category. <\/p>\n
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STRIKE Trade unions in Romania’s education system have commenced the
\nprocedure of gathering signatures for an all-out strike after their claims have
\nbeen rejected by the authorities. According to a press communiqu\u00e9 released on
\nSaturday, the decision to launch this extreme form of protest is all the more
\nso justified as under the latest emergency ordinance on new fiscal-budgetary
\nmeasures, the government intends to implement more measures with an additional
\nnegative impact for the employees in the country’s education system. Several
\nmajor trade unions in the field are going to again picket the headquarters of
\nthe Romanian government over 25th and 26th of April and
\nstage a protest march, which is expected to be attended by 15 thousand trade
\nunionists on May 10th. <\/p>\n
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