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CULTURE Romania's Minister of Culture Valer Daniel Breaz chaired the Culture and Audiovisual Section of the Council for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport in Brussels on Thursday. Culture ministers from the EU countries on Thursday discussed ways to fight disinformation and regain the citizens' trust into press. Brussels has already taken measures to improve the digital space while several online platforms have signed a code of good practice. Member countries believe the union needs a better coordination as well as shared responsibilities in fighting disinformation. They also support the involvement of the private sector, mainly the online platforms and the field industry, in this initiative. On Wednesday night, the Romanian minister jointly with European Commissioner Tibor Navracsics presented the winners of the EU prizes for literature, which included Romanian Tatiana Ţîbuleac.
TENNIS Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea (WTA 93rd) on Thursday qualified for the semifinals of the WTA tournament in Nuremberg, Germany. Cirstea secured a 2-1 win against Nina Stojanovic of Serbia in the quarters. The Romanian challenger qualified after defeating her compatriot Laura Ioana Paar and Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium. She will be up against the odds-on favourite Yulia Putintseva of Kazahstan.
FAIR Furniture producers from Romania have for the second year in a row participated in the International Contemporary Furniture Fair New York - ICFF, an American platform for global design. Over May 19th and 22nd, the Romanian companies displayed their products together with 900 other companies from 72 countries. The Romanian stands were organized by the Ministry for Business Environment, Trade and Entrepreneurship jointly with the Association of Furniture Producers in Romania. According to a communiqué published by the ministry on Thursday, the talks the Romanian furniture producers held with their foreign counterparts in the fair are to materialize in 1.2 million Euros worth of orders and contracts. The Romanian stands were visited by over 15 hundred company representatives from Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, India, Mexico, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the USA.
VOTING Elections for the new European Parliament have kicked off in the Netherlands and Great Britain, with voting slated for Sunday in Romania. Ireland and the Czech Republic are voting on Friday, with Saturday set aside for voting in Slovakia, Latvia, and Malta. All other states are voting on Sunday. Romania votes for 33 of the 751 seats in the European Parliament.
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