RRI Live!

Listen to Radio Romania International Live

25 June, 2015

A roundup of domestic and international news

25 June, 2015
25 June, 2015

, 25.06.2015, 12:03

Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis is attending in Brussels the summer meeting of the European Council. The agenda of talks covers issues such as migration, European security and defence, economic growth, competitiveness and employment, the head of state has announced. The EU leaders will also debate the crisis in Greece and will discuss the renegotiation of the relationship between Great Britain and the EU. The participants will also tackle the European Commission’s proposal regarding the digital single market. The report on the completion of Europe’s economic and monetary union, recently drafted by the EC in collaboration with the European Council, the European Central Bank, the Eurogroup and the European Parliament will also be presented at the meeting, Romania president Iohannis has also said.



Romanian deputy Sebastian Ghita, who is being prosecuted for corruption, is now forbidden to carry out his responsibilities as member of parliament, after the prosecutors came up with new charges against him. Sebastian Ghita, who is very close to Prime Minister Victor Ponta, is prosecuted in a case involving a contract co-funded from European money for the extension of the sewerage network in Prahova county, in southern Romania. Several politicians and business people are also involved, among whom the prime-minister’s brother-in-law, Iulian Hertanu. On Wednesday, the prosecutors announced Sebastian Ghita was to be prosecuted for other acts of corruption as well, namely influence peddling, tax evasion, money laundering, accessory to detouring the destination of EU money and corrupting voters at the 2012 parliamentary elections and at the 2014 presidential elections. Sebastian Ghita claims he is innocent, and that his case was built for political reasons. He says he’s been constantly pressured and threatened, the real target being the resignation of prime-minister Ponta.



The head of the Allied Joint Force Command Naples, the US Admiral Mark Ferguson, is today attending the Trident Joust 15 exercise in Romania, at the Cincu range in Brasov county. As part of this exercise, NATO command units have been temporarily deployed in Romania, and, also as a first, the command and control of NATO’s Response Force has been transferred to a temporary location, in this case to Romania. Trident Joust started on June 17th and will last until Sunday, involving the participation of 1000 soldiers from 25 NATO member countries.



The Eurogroup is to convene again in Brussels this afternoon, for the third time this week, to find solutions to the Greek crisis, as last night the Eurozone finance ministers failed to reach an agreement. The meeting was attended by representatives of the EC, the IMF and the ECB. The Greek government needs financial aid to pay its debt by the end of the month. In order to solve the debt crisis, the Greek authorities have proposed the implementation of economic policies that would not affect the poorer layers of society, but its creditors have not accepted these proposals. The Eurogroup’s decision is to be submitted to the EU heads of state and government who have gathered in Brussels for a two-day summit. According to Eurostat, last year Greece had the highest debt level in the whole of the EU, namely over 177%. Unless it reaches an agreement with its creditors by June 30th, Greece runs the risk of default on payment and leaving the Eurozone.



The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has today warned about the risk of heavy clashes being resumed in eastern Ukraine, where the truce signed in February has been constantly broken. Stoltenberg has recalled Russia’s role in this conflict, saying that Moscow keeps supporting and training the separatists, supplying them weapons and solders. Despite the peace agreements in Minsk, violence escalated again in early June, after the separatists started an offensive against the town of Mariinka, near Donetsk, which is under the control of the government forces. In the past few days, the number of clashes has dropped, but fighting continues in the area. Since March 2014, the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine has claimed over 6 thousand 5 hundred lives.



The US president Barack Obama has assured his French counterpart, Francois Hollande, that the US observes its commitment to not intercepting the communication of world leaders following information in the media according to which the Americans allegedly monitored for years the French heads of state. On Wednesday, Francois Hollande summoned the Defence Council for an emergency meeting and termed as inadmissible the espionage activities carried out by the National Security Agency — NSA. On Tuesday, the WikiLeaks website published information according to which the NSA spied on Francois Hollande and the former presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac, since 2006 until May 2012, when Holland took over the presidential office. We recall that in November 2013, after the former NSA collaborator Snowden talked about the US’s electronic espionage programs, the United States committed to putting an end to such practices, regarded as unacceptable by the allies.

Newsflash
Newsflash Wednesday, 01 January 2025

January 1, 2025

A roundup of local and international news.   CELEBRATION – On the first day of the year, Orthodox Christians (the majority in Romania) and...

January 1, 2025
Newsflash
Newsflash Tuesday, 31 December 2024

December 31, 2024 UPDATE

A roundup of local and international news.   FLU – In Romania, 57,184 cases of respiratory infections were reported on December 23-29...

December 31, 2024 UPDATE
Newsflash
Newsflash Tuesday, 31 December 2024

31 December, 2024

Deficit. Romania’s budget deficit went up to 7.12% of GDP after the first 11 months of the year, from 6.19% after ten months and compared with...

31 December, 2024
Newsflash
Newsflash Monday, 30 December 2024

December 30, 2024 UPDATE

GOVERNMENT On Monday, during its last meeting this year, the government of Romania passed an emergency order cutting down public sector spending in...

December 30, 2024 UPDATE
Newsflash Monday, 30 December 2024

December 30, 2024

GOVERNMENT In their last session this year, the government in Bucharest is working on an emergency ordinance aimed at curbing public expenses in...

December 30, 2024
Newsflash Sunday, 29 December 2024

December 29, 2024 UPDATE

A roundup of local and international news.     ORDER – The Bucharest government on Monday, in their last meeting this year, will pass an...

December 29, 2024 UPDATE
Newsflash Sunday, 29 December 2024

December 29, 2024

A roundup of local and international news.   SURVEY – More than half of Romanians say that 2024 has been, from an economic viewpoint,...

December 29, 2024
Newsflash Saturday, 28 December 2024

December 28, 2024 UPDATE

Election – The first round of the presidential election in Romania might take place on March 23, 2025, and the decisive round on April 6, the media...

December 28, 2024 UPDATE

Partners

Muzeul Național al Țăranului Român Muzeul Național al Țăranului Român
Liga Studentilor Romani din Strainatate - LSRS Liga Studentilor Romani din Strainatate - LSRS
Modernism | The Leading Romanian Art Magazine Online Modernism | The Leading Romanian Art Magazine Online
Institului European din România Institului European din România
Institutul Francez din România – Bucureşti Institutul Francez din România – Bucureşti
Muzeul Național de Artă al României Muzeul Național de Artă al României
Le petit Journal Le petit Journal
Radio Prague International Radio Prague International
Muzeul Național de Istorie a României Muzeul Național de Istorie a României
ARCUB ARCUB
Radio Canada International Radio Canada International
Muzeul Național al Satului „Dimitrie Gusti” Muzeul Național al Satului „Dimitrie Gusti”
SWI swissinfo.ch SWI swissinfo.ch
UBB Radio ONLINE UBB Radio ONLINE
Strona główna - English Section - polskieradio.pl Strona główna - English Section - polskieradio.pl
creart - Centrul de Creație Artă și Tradiție al Municipiului Bucuresti creart - Centrul de Creație Artă și Tradiție al Municipiului Bucuresti
italradio italradio
Institutul Confucius Institutul Confucius
BUCPRESS - știri din Cernăuți BUCPRESS - știri din Cernăuți

Affiliates

Euranet Plus Euranet Plus
AIB | the trade association for international broadcasters AIB | the trade association for international broadcasters
Digital Radio Mondiale Digital Radio Mondiale
News and current affairs from Germany and around the world News and current affairs from Germany and around the world
Comunità radiotelevisiva italofona Comunità radiotelevisiva italofona

Providers

RADIOCOM RADIOCOM
Zeno Media - The Everything Audio Company Zeno Media - The Everything Audio Company