RRI Live!

Listen to Radio Romania International Live

June 21, 2020 UPDATE

A roundup of domestic and international news.

June 21, 2020 UPDATE
June 21, 2020 UPDATE

, 21.06.2020, 19:01

CORONAVIRUS – Romanian authorities on Sunday reported 315 new infections with COVID-19, which brings the total number of infections to 24,045. Also on Sunday 12 deaths have been reported, with the death toll so far being 1,512. As many as 16,911 people have recovered while 195 patients are in intensive care. If the number of infections continues to go up, authorities will take new restrictive measures. PM Ludovic Orban has announced in Vatra Dornei, in northern Romania, that he does not rule out the extension of the state of alert and has called for the observance of the hygiene rules. He has told people working in the hospitality industry, who asked for the relaxation of rectrictions, the opening of restaurants in particular, that this will only be possible if the evolution of the pandemic allows it.



SIBIU – The International Theatre Festival in Sibiu, central Romania, held online for the first time in its history, ended on Sunday. This year’s theme has been The power to believe.” For 10 consecutive days, some 138 events from 30 different countries were been held. They were all presented on the website sibiufest.ro and on the festival’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Adding to these were 12 special conferences. According to the organisers, the largest theatre festival in Central and Eastern Europe has offered 250 hours of theatre, dance, music, circus, conferences, debates and children’s shows, all free of charge.



BORDER – Romanian border policemen at the Bors check point in Bihor county have caught seven foreign citizens who were trying to illegally cross the border to Hungary, to reach Western Europe. The seven citizens are from Morocco, Syria and Ethiopia and are all asylum seekers in Romania. They are now under investigation.



HOTBED – Some 13 hundred workers at a slaughter house of one of Germany’s biggest producers in North Westfalia, where a COVID-19 hotbed was discovered, have been found positive to the virus. Half of them are Romanian, according to the Romanian Foreign Ministry. The consular office was announced that 17 Romanians left the quarantine area, with local authorities now trying to locate them. Romanian authorities have asked for information as regards the citizenship, identity and health condition of the infected people. Preliminary results show that 13 hundred people tested positive, of whom 7 thousand have been placed under quarantine.



SCHENGEN – European MPs have called on the EU Council and the member states to take the necessary measures for the admission of Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia to the Schengen Area. The request is included in a resolution passed on Friday, which shows that the quick return to a fully functional Schengen area is needed in order to guarantee the freedom of movement and to ensure the EU’s economic recovery. The move comes in the context in which EU countries have started to eliminate checks and restrictions introduced due to the pandemic. In Friday’s resolution, Parliament urges the Commission to assess the employment, health and safety conditions of cross-border and seasonal workers, including the role of intermediary agencies and subcontracting firms, to identify shortcomings in EU and national legislation and, possibly, revise the existing EU laws. The text also calls for a swift and balanced agreement on the coordination of social security systems that is needed to combat social fraud and the abuse of mobile workers’ rights.



WEATHER – The weather in Romania is unstable but warm in most regions. Metheorologists issued a code orange alert on Sunday for 33 counties, valid until Monday morning, as well as two code yellow alerts valid until Wednesday for almost the entire territory including the capital Bucharest. Also, hydrologysts issued a code orange alert for flooding, in place until Monday afternoon. Over 24 thousand employees with the Interior Ministry have been dispatched across the country to help people affected by floodings.



IMPORTS – The Romanian exports of cereals have gone up by 42% in the first three months of the year, as against the same period of 2019, the national Institute of Statistics reports. Romania has exported cereals worth over 822 million euros and imported cereals and cereal-based products worth more than 167 million euros. The main destination of exports in the EU were France, Spain and Italy, while most imports came from Hungary, Bulgaria and France.


(Translated by Elena Enache)








Newsflash
Newsflash Friday, 22 November 2024

November 22, 2024 UPDATE

Presidential election – Voting abroad for the first round of the presidential election in Romania began on Friday. According to the Permanent...

November 22, 2024 UPDATE
Newsflash
Newsflash Friday, 22 November 2024

November 22, 2024

  WEATHER Nearly 3-quarters of Romania’s territory is under various severe weather alerts, valid at least until tonight. A code red warning...

November 22, 2024
Newsflash
Newsflash Thursday, 21 November 2024

November 21, 2024 UPDATE

A roundup of local and international news. RULING – The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israel’s Prime...

November 21, 2024 UPDATE
Newsflash
Newsflash Thursday, 21 November 2024

November 21, 2024

Election – The first round of the presidential election takes place in Romania on November 24. The second round is scheduled for December 8, and...

November 21, 2024
Newsflash Wednesday, 20 November 2024

November 20, 2024 UPDATE

Schengen – The Romanian Interior Minister, Cătălin Predoiu on Wednesday talked, during a video conference, with his Hungarian counterpart,...

November 20, 2024 UPDATE
Newsflash Wednesday, 20 November 2024

November 20, 2024

BONDS – Foreign investors are showing great interest in the Romgaz bond issue, according to the company’s CEO Răzvan Popescu. He says...

November 20, 2024
Newsflash Wednesday, 20 November 2024

1,000 days of war in Ukraine

Representatives of several states, politicians and diplomats conveyed messages of support on the anniversary of 1,000 days since Russia launched its...

1,000 days of war in Ukraine
Newsflash Tuesday, 19 November 2024

November 19, 2024 UPDATE

  PARLIAMENT The parliament of Romania convenes on Wednesday to approve 2 inquiry committees and their membership. The joint standing bureaus...

November 19, 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