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COMMEMORATION The mountain resort of Busteni in southern Romania has today seen a series of events aimed at commemorating WWI heroes, celebrating the Great Union and 90 years since the inauguration of the Heroes Cross on the Caraiman Peak. Situated at an altitude of 2291 meters, the Cross was erected upon the initiative of Queen Marie of Romania in memory of Romania's WWI heroes. The monument has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the largest summit cross.
VISIT Currently on a visit to Romania, the EU's regional policy commissioner Corina Cretu will today be meeting local authorities in Alba, central Romania, a region with a high level of EU-funds absorption. Cretu had earlier made an appeal to the Romanian authorities to submit to the Commission ample transport infrastructure projects in order to be able to absorb the EU funds allotted to this sector. During a debate with citizens held in Cluj, north-western Romania on Friday, commissioner Cretu criticised the high level of bureaucracy and intricate procedures. Romania lost funds allotted to transport infrastructure, Cretu said adding that Bucharest managed an absorption rate of 20% between 2007-2013 and lost 2 billion euros destined to transport infrastructure. The EU commissioner has also criticized the delayed works at the three regional hospitals in Romania.
ROWING Romanians Ionela-Livia Cozmiuc and Gianina-Elena Beleaga reaped gold in the lightweight double scull race of the World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on Saturday. Also on Saturday Marius-Vasile Cozmiuc and Ciprian Tudosa reaped silver in the men's pair while Romania's men four ended the race on the fifth position. On Sunday our men's double, women's and men's eight will also be vying for a medal in Plovdiv.
CLEANUP Currently underway in Romania, the National Cleanup Day is an event staged by 'Let's Do it, Romania!' foundation, which has reached its sixth edition this year. 'Let's Do it, Romania!' is the largest social movement in this country, which has so far involved the participation of 1.4 million volunteers who have gathered over 18 thousand tons of waste. The event is part of the international action plan World Cleanup Day, unfolding under the aegis of 'Let's Do it, World' and the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP. The objective of the World Cleanup Day is to mobilize 5% of the world population in order to change people's attitude towards the proper waste management and disposal and could be considered the most ambitious civic initiative at world level ever. The Romanian organizers want to mobilize one million volunteers who could get actively involved in cleanup operations. The Let's Do it, World movement was born in 2008, when Estonia staged its first national cleanup day.
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