May 27, 2024
A roundup of local and international news
Newsroom, 27.05.2024, 14:21
EU Romania’s Foreign Minister, Luminita Odobescu is in Brussels to attend the meeting of the EU Foreign Ministers, the Foreign Affairs Council. High on the agenda are the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba is expected to attend a video-conference. ‘We are vehemently condemning the recent attacks against civilians and civil infrastructure in Ukraine. And for this reason it is important to increase the military support for Ukraine’ – the head of the Romanian diplomacy said before the meeting. The event will also include an informal exchange of opinions with a series of Foreign Ministers from the Middle East and with the Secretary General of the Arab League. Also on the talks agenda are the latest developments in Georgia, Venezuela and Iran. “Georgia is a partner of Romania’s” minister Odobescu said in Brussels, underlying the need for granting support to this people and its European aspirations. After the Foreign Affairs Council, the Romanian minister will be attending the eighth edition of the “Conference on the Future of Syria and the region”.
UNITER Romanian actors and directors are going to be awarded tonight during the 32nd edition of the UNITER Awards Gala, which takes place at the National Theatre in Bucharest. The 15 categories include Best Radio Drama Award, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Performance. Four new categories have been added this year to satisfy the need for interconnecting theatre with the new technologies such as the Best Animation Performance, the Best Performance for Children, Best music, sound design, video design, and lighting design. According to organizers, this gala brings together all artists irrespective of their age in an attempt to celebrate them all.
FOOTBALL The return game in the playoffs securing a place in the Romanian Football Superleague between second leaguer FK Csikszereda and Dinamo Bucharest in Miercurea Ciuc, central Romania, will end the present football season in Romania. Dinamo has won the first match in Bucharest 2-0. Romania’s new champion FCSB will be representing this country in the Champions League; second leaguer and winner of the Romanian cup, Corvinul Hunedoara, will be playing in Europa League and CFR Cluj, the side on the second position in the ranking, will be playing in Conference League. The last matches in the domestic championship were overshadowed by the farewell game of the so-called Golden Generation of the Romanian football, which back in the nineties managed to get qualification for three world and two European tournaments.
COOPERATION On Monday, the Romanian President Klaus Iohannis congratulated his Lithuanian counterpart, Gitanas Nauseda, on the occasion of his re-election to the presidential post and emphasized the ‘excellent’ cooperation between the two states. ‘I look forward to continuing the excellent cooperation between Romania and Lithuania as EU partners and NATO allies, in the context in which we are facing numerous challenges in the region and in the world’ the Romanian president wrote on a social network. The acting president of Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda, was re-elected on Sunday after the second round of the presidential election.
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