Click here for a roundup of domestic and international news
FESTIVAL The George Enescu International Festival, which has Radio Romania as co-producer, has reached its 16th day. This Sunday will be seeing concerts given by the radio choir and the National Orchestra of the Romanian Radio Brodcasting Corporation under the baton of British conductor Paul Daniel. The Romanian artists will be performing fragments from Benjamin Britten's opera, Peter Grimes. This year's edition of the festival, which is due to come to an end on September 22nd, is expected to bring together 25 hundred of the world's best musicians who will be performing in no less than 84 concerts and recitals. Events part of this festival are to be hosted by the Romanian capital and other cities across the country as well as by countries like Germany, France, Italy, Canada and the Republic of Moldova. Radio Romania has been co-producer of this festival since its very first edition back in 1958.
USR A congress of the opposition Save Romania Union (USR) has today validated Dan Barna to run for the presidential seat and has elected the new members of the National Office. We recall that USR has forged an alliance with PLUS, the party of Romania's technocratic Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos. Barna is the candidate of this USR-PLUS alliance for the presidential election in Romania in November.
IRAN An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander on Sunday said that U.S. bases and aircraft carriers in the region were within range of Iranian missiles. The statement comes after the United States has accused Iran of leading attacks on Saudi oil plants, raising tensions in the Middle East. US president Donald Trump has condemned the drone attack, carried out by Iranian-backed rebels, which knocked out more than half of the Kingdom's output. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Iran of being behind the attack underlining that the USA is ready to work with its partners and allies to ensure that energy markets remain well supplied and Iran is held accountable for its aggression.
VOTING Deadline for the Romanians abroad to register as voters for the upcoming presidential election is tonight at midnight. Voters can either apply to cast their ballot at a certain polling station or may opt for postal voting. 39 thousand applications have so far been registered for postal voting, whereas 37 thousand people prefer polling stations. Diplomatic missions can present proposals for polling stations abroad to the Foreign Ministry until October 19th. We recall that the election's first round is on November 10th and the second round two weeks later.
VOLLEYBALL Romania's national volleyball side today playes Italy in group A of the European Championships in Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovenia and France. Romania conceded defeat to France in their first game. In the same group Portugal will be up against France also today. Bulgaria ranks first in group A, while Romania occupies the last but one position with no points. The first four sides in the group qualify for the round of 16.
(translated by bill)
Useful Links
Copyright © . All rights reserved