A roundup of domestic and international news
NOMINATION - European Commission spokeswoman Mina Andreeva has said that the proposal made by the outgoing Prime Minister Viorica Dancila for European Commissioner does not have the support of President Klaus Iohannis, which raises serious doubts in Brussels over its legitimacy. The EU official went on to say that the Commission can neither accept nor refuse the proposal, and that the problem has to be settled in Romania. We recall that Victor Negrescu is the third proposal for European Commissioner made by Romania, after Rovana Plumb and Dan Nica.
UNEMPLOYMENT - The unemployment rate in Romania reached 3.9% in September, up by 0.1% as against its level in August, according to data made public by the National Statistics Institute on Thursday. According to official statistics, the unemployment rate was 1% higher in men as compared to women, 4.3% as against 3.3% respectively. At the same time, the number of unemployed people aged between 15 and 74 estimated for September 2019 was 347 thousand, as compared to 343 thousand the previous month.
MISSION - 'Regele Ferdinand' Frigate of the Romanian Navy, together with a Puma Naval helicopter and a Navy Special Operations unit are taking part until November 7th in a new NATO mission in the Mediterranean. The goal of Operation 'Sea Guardian 19' is to deter illegal activities on the southern flank of NATO and the EU, through sea and air traffic monitoring. During the mission, the Romanian frigate will have stopovers in Haifa, Israel, and Limassol, Cyprus. The first stop was in the port of Aksaz, in the south of Turkey, followed by another one in Alexandria, Egypt, where a first meeting was held on board the ship with members of the Romanian community in Egypt.
ANNIVERSARY - On November 1st, Radio Romania marks 91 years since its first broadcast. One of the few radio stations in the country that has been broadcasting for decades, Radio Romania has also been broadcasting abroad, every since the 1930s. Radio Romania International has programmes in 11 foreign languages, in Romanian and in the Aromanian dialect.
MOLDOVA - The European Commission has approved the payment of some 25 million Euros in budget support assistance for the Republic of Moldova, to help the former Soviet state with a predominantly Romanian-speaking population implement crucial reforms in police, agriculture and rural development, and also to combat corruption and money laundering. The fourth package approved on Thursday "demonstrates the EU's strong and continued commitment to address problems within vital areas for the benefit of the Moldovan people" said the European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn. The Commission resumed its budget support to the Republic of Moldova in July, following a nearly two-year period during which such payments had been put on hold due to a deterioration of the rule of law situation in the country. Following the change of government in June, the Moldovan authorities have engaged in a significant and substantial structural reform process, which has allowed the EU to resume its budget support and macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova.
HANDBALL- Romania's men's handball team Dinamo Bucharest on Wednesday evening defeated, on home turf, the Polish team Orlen Wisla Plock, 29-20, in Champions League's group D. With 3 wins and 2 draws in the previous matches, Dinamo Bucharest is the leader of the group.
TENNIS - World's no.1 tennis player, the Australian Ashleigh Barty and the Swiss Belinda Bencic (7WTA) on Thursday qualified for the semifinals of the Shenzhen tournament in China, after the end of the Red Group. Barty defeated Petra Kvitova and Bencic won the match against Kiki Bertens, after the Dutch player abandoned for health reasons. On Wednesday, the Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the holder of the trophy, qualified for the finals after defeating the Romanian Simona Halep. The second player qualified in the Violet Group will be decided on Friday, after the match between Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova. Halep played the WTA Finals in 2014, when she was defeated by Serena Williams.
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