May 25, 2019

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ELECTIONS Citizens of Latvia, Malta, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are today voting in the European Parliament elections. Britain, the Netherlands and Ireland have already cast their ballot in this election while in the other EU countries, Romania included, people are going to vote on Sunday. 13 political groups and 3 independent candidates are vying for a seat in the European Parliament and Romania has been earmarked 33 seats in the European Legislature. The 33rd mandate will come into effect only after Britain's withdrawal from the block has produced judicial effects. 441 polling stations have been set up for the Romanians abroad, most of them in Italy, Spain and the neighboring Romanian-speaking Republic of Moldova. Romania is the only member state, which is staging a referendum concurrently with these elections. The referendum on legal issues has been summoned by the country's president Klaus Iohannis.


CONFERENCE Romania's Agriculture Minister Petrre Daea has today attended a conference entitled 'Beekeeping in A European and Global Context', an event held in Bucharest during Romania's holding the EU rotating presidency. The event, staged on the occasion of the World Bee Day, is aimed at underlining the importance of these insects for the entire ecosystem against the background of the present climate change as well as their crucial role in raising crops production. Daea said Romania comes second after Spain in terms of bee families and the first in terms of honey production. Romania produces on an average 22 thousand tons of honey annually ranking fourth in Europe in terms of honey output. Statistics show though that Romanians are consuming 3-4 times less honey than in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.


NAFSA 24 Romanian universities are presenting their educational offer in Washington, over May 26th and 31st within the annual NAFSA exhibition, the most prestigious international event of this kind, Romania's National Council of Rectors has announced. The conference is expected to bring together more than 10 thousand participants and 35 hundred universities from 100 countries. According to a communiqué of the National Council of Rectors, Romania offers a high-quality education environment as well as a series of facilities in its campuses up to European standards at better prices than in other European countries.


FOOTBALL Former champion sides, Astra Giurgiu and Viitorul Constanta are today meeting in Ploiesti, southern Romania for the finals of Romania's football cup. Another famous football side from Romania, CFR Cluj has for the fifth time and the second in a row won Romania's football championship. They are followed by FCSB, formerly known as Steaua Bucharest.

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