November 26, 2022
A roundup of domestic and international news
Newsroom, 26.11.2022, 14:15
National Day. Over 1,500 soldiers and specialists from the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Romanian Intelligence Service, the Special Telecommunications Service and the National Penitentiary Administration, as well as approximately 120 pieces of equipment, including 40 aircraft, will participate on 1 December in the military parade organized in Bucharest on the occasion of Romanias National Day. According to a press release from the Ministry of Defense, approximately 150 foreign soldiers from Belgium, France, North Macedonia, the Republic of Moldova, Portugal, the United States of America and the Netherlands will march in the parade, as well as soldiers representing the allies contributing to the NATO structures on the territory of Romania. On Romanias National Day, representatives of the Romanian Army will participate, at the request and with the support of the local authorities, in the preparation, organization and holding of ceremonies in some garrisons where military units are deployed. The Romania. soldiers on mission abroad will also organize events on the occasion.
NATO. The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will arrive in Bucharest on Monday to participate in the meeting of the NATO foreign ministers, the US State Department has announced. Together with Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă, Blinken will visit the photo exhibition “We, the people – 25 years of strategic partnership”, which recalls the key moments of the partnership between Romania and the United States, since 1997. The US Secretary of State will have separate meetings with President Klaus Iohannis, Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The meeting of the foreign ministers of the allied states will focus, among other things, on the war waged by Russia against Ukraine, on the implementation of the new NATO strategic concept and on energy security.
Ukraine. 15 residents were killed and 35, including a child, were injured in bombings by the Russian invasion army on the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, from where Moscows troops had withdrawn two weeks ago. An official of the citys military administration wrote on social media that several “private residences and high-rise buildings” were damaged. “The Russian invaders opened fire on a residential area, using (…) rocket launchers. A large building caught fire”, the Ukrainian governor of the Kherson region, Yaroslav Yanushevich wrote. “Due to the constant Russian bombings, we are evacuating patients from hospitals in Kherson”, announced the Ukrainian Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, who stated that a train has already left for Khmelnytskyi, “with the first 100 citizens (…), including 26 children, seven immobilized patients and six disabled people”. More than six million Ukrainian households were affected by the power outages, caused by the Russian bombings on critical infrastructure. In the capital, Kyiv, “a third of the homes (…) already have heating (…). Half of the users are still without electricity” – mayor Vitali Kliciko stated. The operation of mobile phone networks was also disrupted in some neighborhoods of the capital.
Agriculture. The Romanian Minister of Agriculture, Petre Daea, has announced that the national strategic plan for agriculture will be endorsed by the European Commission in December. He said that the document allows the allocation of almost 16 billion euros for agriculture and for the development of the Romanian countryside. Minister Daea has also stated that he has the confirmation of the European Commission regarding the aid of 365 million lei (equivalent to more than 70 million euros) approved by the government for farmers who suffered due to the drought, and the money is due to arrive soon.
Visit. The State Secretary for Romanians Abroad, Gheorghe Cârciu, is on a working visit to the United States, until November 30. He will participate in a series of events organized by the Consulate General of Romania in Chicago and the Romanian community, devoted to the programs and actions developed to support the activity of Romanians in this area, as well as the celebration of Romanias National Day. The Secretarys agenda also includes meetings with local authorities and representatives of religious denominations, the Department for Romanians Abroad has announced.
Concert. More than 600 Italians and Romanians participated, on Friday evening, in the concert held by the ConTempo quartet in Venice, to celebrate 160 years of diplomatic relations with Italy, as well as Romanias National Day, December 1. According to the Radio Romania correspondent in Rome, the National Day will be celebrated on Sunday in most Romanian churches in Italy, as well as through numerous events organized by Romanian associations. Over one million Romanians live in Italy. (MI)
