August 22, 2024
A roundup of local and world news
Newsroom, 22.08.2024, 13:55
ELECTIONS In its Wednesday meeting the government of Romania set the calendar for the parliamentary election scheduled for December 1. The election campaign will begin on November 1 and end at 7 AM on November 30. The Romanians in the country will be able to vote between 7 AM and 9 PM. For the Romanian nationals in the diaspora, the voting will begin on November 30 at 7 AM and end on December 1 at 9 PM. The legislative elections will take place between the 2 rounds of the presidential election. Romania organised local and European elections on June 9.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION While on a visit to Brussels, PM Marcel Ciolacu has talks today with the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen about the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and the seat Romania will hold in the new Commission. According to a government spokesman, the Romanian PM is not making any nominations at this point, but he will indicate the European commissioner post Romania is seeking, more specifically one related to the economic field. Marcel Ciolacu is accompanied in Brussels by the finance minister, Marcel Boloş and by the official in charge with European projects, Adrian Câciu.
BONDS The government passed an order enabling Romanian nationals living abroad to purchase treasury bonds online. The measure comes as the finance ministry is preparing the introduction of new technical solutions for the online purchase of such bonds. At present, people who want to purchase government bonds online must register on a special governmental platform. Government bonds are low-risk financial instruments through which the government borrows money from citizens to finance the budget deficit and refinance public debt.
US ELECTION Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s running mate in the campaign for the US presidential election, has today accepted officially the Democratic Party’s nomination for vice-president. On Tuesday night in Chicago, in the party’s national convention, the US Democrats officially confirmed Kamala Harris as their candidate for the November 5 presidential election. Delegates from all US states and territories once again expressed their support for Harris in a symbolic vote, after she had been already elected in an online ballot early this month. Vice-president Kamala Harris (60) is the second woman nominated by the Democrats for president since its establishment in 1828, and could become the first female president in the history of the US. The incumbent US president Joe Biden (81) withdrew his candidacy for a second term in office. The Republican candidate in the presidential race is the former president Donald Trump (78).
TENNIS The Romanian tennis player Ana Bogdan has qualified for the quarterfinals of the WTA 250 tournament in Cleveland (Ohio), after defeating Greet Minnen (Belgium) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3. In the quarter-finals she is to play against Russia’s Anastasia Potapova. Another Romanian player, Gabriela Ruse, managed to reach the last qualifying round of the US Open main draw in New York. In the second qualifying round, Ruse defeated China’s Ye-Xin Ma 6-3, 6-3. And in the WTA 500 tournament in Monterrey (Mexico), Monica Niculescu (Romania) / Hanyu Guo (China) have today qualified into the semi-finals of the doubles competition, after winning against Ulrikke Eikeri (Norway) / Aldila Sutjiadi (Indonesia) 6-4, 5-7, 10-3. (AMP)
