June 12, 2015 UPDATE
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România Internațional, 12.06.2015, 12:15
The Parliament in Bucharest on Friday voted against a no-confidence motion introduced by the Liberal opposition against the coalition government led by the Social Democrat leader Victor Ponta. Only 194 MPs voted in favour of the motion, well short of the 278 votes required for it to pass. The motion accused the government of excess of power and infringing on the voting rights of Romanian citizens at home and abroad during last years presidential elections.
The prime minister of the Republic of Moldova Chiril Gaburici resigned on Firday amid accusations that he forged his baccalaureate diploma. He said he was resigning to allow the public to stay focused on the problems of the country and not his graduation papers. A young businessman, Gaburici took office in February, being supported by a minority coalition of Liberals and Liberal Democrats and communist MPs, traditionally pro-Russian. His pro-western government has been criticised as inefficient and corrupt, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets last Sunday to demand the resignation of the coalition leaders. Gaburicis resignation comes two days before local elections in Moldova. Commentators say the biggest trophy in these elections is winning the mayor seat in Chisinau, Moldovas capital. The main contenders for this office are the incumbent Liberal mayor Dorin Chirtoaca, a supporter of closer ties with neighbouring Romania and the West, and the former communist prime minister Zinaida Greceanîi, who runs on behalf of the pro-Russian socialists.
Romanias president Klaus Iohannis on Friday had talks in Bucharest with the president of the European Court of Human Rights Dean Spielmann. They tackled the Courts reform process to improve the way it addresses the considerable increase in the number of applications. The Courts president thanked Romania for its excellent collaboration with the Court. In the last ten years, the Romanian state has had to pay over 45 million euros in damages in over 1,000 Court rulings stating that the Romanian judiciary violated at least one of the rights laid down in the European Convention on Human Rights and other protocols. In 2014, Romania had the third highest number of Court judgments against it, after Russia and Turkey.
The Romanian President, Klaus Iohannis, on Friday sent to Parliament the country’s National Defence Strategy and asked to address Parliament on June 22, the presidential administration informs. The new strategy was approved on Wednesday by the country’s Higher Defence Council and forwarded to Parliament for approval. According to the Romanian President, one of the main elements of the new strategy is the extended concept of security. National security is not regarded solely from the defense perspective. Other aspects are considered which are related to public order, the economy, the infrastructure, education, healthcare, the environment and culture, all of them having an impact on national security. In this large-scale construction the strategic partnership with the US, NATO and EU membership are considered pillars of the foreign and security policy.
Two Tunisian citizens, accused of extremist propaganda in favor of the terrorist organization the Islamic State will be expulsed from Romania following a court ruling, the Romanian Intelligence Service announced on Friday. The two, who were students in Romania, had been monitored by the Service since 2014. They had acted to gather and radicalize a group of persons that supported the aforementioned terrorist group. The two Tunisian citizens were declared undesirable in Romania for a period of 10 years. In April another 7 foreign citizens affiliated to the radical ideologies promoted by the Islamic State and Al Qaeda were declared undesirable and ousted from Romania, after they carried out activities with an impact on the national interest. rship with the US, NATO and EU membership are considered pillars of the foreign and security policy.
The biggest performing arts event in Romania, the Sibiu International Theatre Festival got under way on Friday in central Romania. The festival features over 400 different events and brings together around 2,500 performers from 70 countries. For ten days, Sibiu will be hosting theatre, dance, music and circus performances. Les 7 doigts de la main, the innovative Canadian performance troupe, the show Cinderella, staged by the National Theatre of the French Community in Belgium and the show Carmen, a production of the Stabile Theatre in Turin, are but some of the attractions of the festival.
The first winners of the prize-winning contest “Holiday on the Black Sea” organized by RRI Jaroslaw Jedrzejczak and Justyna Drgas-Jedrzejczak from Poland have arrived in Romania. Accompanied by RRI editor Daniel Bilt, they will spend an 8-day holiday and will be accommodated with full board for 7 nights at the Delta Hotel in Jupiter resort. The two winners will enjoy the sea and the sun on the Black Sea Coast and also visit the main cultural and historical objectives in Constanta and Mangalia, they will visit the Navy Training School, will ride horses in Mangalia and enjoy spa treatments. In September we will receive the winners of the second trip to the Romanian Black Sea Coast, Olexandr Getz and his wife from Kiev, Ukraine.
