August 27, 2021

A roundup of domestic and international news

Newsroom, 27.08.2021, 13:55

MEDALS On Friday Romania obtained its
first two medals in Tokyo Paralympics. Romanian cyclist Eduard Novak, who is
also Romania’s incumbent Minister of Youth and Sports, won silver in the 4,000
meter individual pursuit. Novak has thus won Romania’s first medal in the
present edition of the Paralympic Games and his fourth. Eduard Novak, 44,
obtained gold and silver medals at the 2012 edition of these games held in
London and silver in Beijing in 2008. Another Romanian, judoka Alex Bologa, won
bronze in the 60 kg category of the aforementioned competition. Romania is
being represented by 7 athletes at the present edition of the Tokyo Paralympics
who participate in judo, athletics, table tennis, cycling and archery.

ATTACKS Romanian Foreign Minister
Bogdan Aurescu has firmly condemned the terror attacks in Kabul on Thursday,
which made numerous victims. In a Twitter message, Aurescu has conveyed
condolences to the families of the victims. He mentioned that the institutional
crisis cell is keeping in touch with the 9 Romanian citizens in Afghanistan,
who were not wounded in the attacks. In another development, US president Joe
Biden has pledged to hunt down all responsible for the attacks claimed by the
ISIS, which killed and wounded many people, including 13 US troops. The White
House leader says the evacuations will carry on whereas France, Canada, Poland,
the Netherlands and Norway have announced the cessation of their evacuation
efforts. Over 100 thousand people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since
the Taliban takeover. The US and its allies have warned that more terror
attacks are likely in the Afghan capital as the deadline for military
withdrawal from Afghanistan draws near.

ANNIVERSARY Romanian president Klaus Iohannis is in the
neighbouring Republic of Moldova, an ex-soviet Romanian-speaking country to
participate in the ceremonies occasioned by the 30 anniversary of the country’s
independence. Besides the country’s president Maia Sandu, the events bring
together her counterparts from Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski and Poland Andrzej
Duda. The four presidents are to also participate in a round of talks on this
occasion. Created on a part of Romania’s eastern territories, annexed by
the Soviet Union through an ultimatum in 1940, the Republic of Moldova won its
independence after the abortive coup in Moscow against the then Soviet leader,
Mikhail Gorbachev. Adopted on August 27th 1991 by Parliament in
Chisinau, the declaration of independence was recognized by Romania on the same
day. The Republic of Moldova got international recognition on March 2nd
1992 upon its accession to the United Nations Organization.

FOOTBALL Romania’s football champions CFR Cluj will soon find out their
opponents in the groups of the newly-created Europa Conference League as lots
are to be drawn in Istanbul today. CFR was eliminated from Europa League’s
playoffs after a 1-2 defeat to Serbian side Red Star. We recall the Romanians
had come a cropper 4-0 in the first away game in Belgrade. Romania used to have
three sides in the Conference League, FCSB, CSU Craiova and Sepsi OSK, but all
three of them were eliminated in July.

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