October 20, 2016 UPDATE

President Iohannis had talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May

Newsroom, 20.10.2016, 00:05

OFFICIAL TALKS – The President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, had talks with the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on Thursday, on the sidelines of the European Council meeting in Brussels. After the meeting, the President of Romania said that Bucharest was interested in the future of the Romanian citizens living in the UK, particularly after that country leaves the Union. Iohannis added that the Romanians living in Britain must not be subject to pressure. In turn, the British PM assured the Romanian official that she would be personally involved in making sure that there would be no incidents involving Romanian citizens. The European leaders attending the Council meeting, which is due to end on Friday, will discuss, among others, means to manage the migration and the Unions foreign relations, particularly the one with Russia.

SPAIN – Spain marked five years on Thursday since the separatist group ETA, which had waged a violent campaign for Basque independence for decades, announced the “definitive cessation of its armed campaign. More than 800 people were killed over the years in ETA attacks. Three hundred members of the group, which is yet to decommission its weapons, are still detained in Spanish prisons.

TENNIS – The Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu (51 WTA), Thursday qualified into the semi-finals of the tournament in Luxembourg, with 250,000 USD in prize money, after Danish Caroline Wozniacki (17 WTA) withdrew from the match. On Friday, Niculescu is to play the Dutch Kiki Bertens (22 WTA). Meanwhile, also on Thursday, the Romanian Marius Copil, no 198 in the world, defeated the Belgian Steve Darcis (120 ATP), 2-0, in the second round of the competition in Antwerp (Belgium), with nearly 600,000 euros in total prize money.