September 5, 2016
PM Ciolos visits Bavaria, Romania joins CERN
Corina Cristea, 05.09.2016, 11:59
PREMIER — While on a two day official visit to Munich, Romanian PM Dacian Ciolos meets Bavarian Speaker of Parliament Barbara Stamm and PM Horst Seehofer. He will be holding discussions with the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations, part of a round table on topics such as IT and telecom, joining representatives of chambers of commerce and German companies. On Sunday, Dacian Ciolos met business representatives. This is the premiers second visit to Germany this year. In January, he sat with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other German high officials on common goals part of the European agenda. Later this week, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis will also meet Chancellor Angela Merkel.
CERN — Romanian President Klaus Iohannis today attended the ceremony marking Romanias adherence to the European Organization for Nuclear Research. According to the Presidency, Iohannis is accompanied by a delegation of Romanian researchers who already work with the organization, known as CERN. On July 17, 2016, Romania became the 22nd full member of CERN, the highest level nuclear research organization worldwide.
G-20- The last day of the G-20 summit in China was dedicated to high level meetings, such as that between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin. According to the Kremlin, the two heads of state discussed tensions in the east of Ukraine and the Syrian situation, which is still a matter of contention between the two countries. The Brexit was also an issue, considering the on-going negotiations for a free trade agreement between the US and the UK. European Council President Donald Tusk pointed out that Europe is at its limit in terms of taking in refugees, calling on the international community to contribute.
PARLIAMENT — Back from summer break, the members of the Romanian Parliament are debating laws awaiting a final vote, such as the anti-smoking law, regulations on the activity of attorneys, healthcare regulations, alongside cuts to healthcare contributions. This parliament session ends ahead of the December 11 parliamentary elections.
TENNIS — Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, 5th seeded, plays today against Spanish player Carla Suarez Navarro, 12th seeded, in the eighth finals of the US Open, the last Grand Slam of the year, with 22 million dollars in prize money. In the previous round, Halep defeated Hungarian player Timea Babos, 34th seeded, 2-1. In the doubles, the Romanian-Dutch pair Horia Tecau- Jean-Julien Rojer also play the eight finals against the Pakistani-Swedish pair Aisam-ul Haq Qureshi- Robert Lindstedt.
FOOTBALL — Romanians national football team tied against Montenegro 1-all in Cluj, on home turf, in the first game counting towards the 2018 World Cup, to be held in Russia. This was the coaching debut of German Cristoph Daum, the first foreign coach of the Romanian national team. Also in Group E, Denmark defeated Armenia 1-0, while Poland tied against Kazakhstan 2-all in an away game. Romania has two more matches scheduled soon, on 8 October in Armenia, in Kazakhstan, on 11 October, and at home against Poland, on 11 November.
(Translated by Calin Cotoiu)
