June 28, 2019 UPDATE
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Newsroom, 28.06.2019, 20:06
PRESIDENCY Romania’s presidency of the
EU Council, which ends on Sunday, involved courage, responsibility and
political commitment – the Romanian minister delegate for European Affairs,
George Ciamba said on Friday. The mandate was a litmus test for Romania and a
reconfirmation of its commitment to the European project, the Romanian official
also said. According to Minister Ciamba, during the six months at the helm of
the EU Council, Romania has definitely contributed through concrete actions to
the consolidation of the Union, a project that remains vital for Europe’s wellfare
and security. At the end of the half-yearly presidency, Minister Ciamba has
voiced his conviction that Romania has strengthened its profile at European
level becoming a more powerful, more credible and relevant voice. Finland is to
take over the EU rotating presidency from Romania on July 1st.
FESTIVAL
Over June 28th
and 30th, the city of Sibiu in central Romania will be playing venue
for the European Film Festival. Among other productions the screenings will
include Emmanuel Finkiel’s Memoir of Pain, Rodrigo Sorgoyen’s political
thriller The Realm and Benedikt Erlingsson’s comedy Woman at War. Film
lovers will have the opportunity to watch the 1989 Irish production ‘My Left
Foot’ signed by Jim Sheridan, which tells the story of Irish writer Christy
Brown. The European Film Festival has this year been hosted by Bucharest,
Ramnicu Valcea, in southern Romania, Targu Mures, in the country’s center and by
Chisinau, the capital of the ex-soviet Romanian-speaking Republic of Moldova.
PSD
The National Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the main
political group in the incumbent ruling coalition in Romania convened on Friday
to validate the candidatures for the first positions within the party and to
establish the agenda of the party’s extraordinary congress on Saturday. At the
end of the meeting the head of the government, Viorica Dancila, who also holds the
PSD’s interim presidency, has announced that four Social-Democrats are running
for the first position in the party, while three are vying for the position of
executive president. The position of party president became vacant last month,
after the party’s strongman Liviu Dragnea had been indicted and sent to prison
on corruption charges.
FOOTBALL Romania’s Under-21 football side on Thursday night conceded a 2-4
defeat to Germany, in the semifinals of the Under-21 European Football
Championship jointly hosted by Italy and San Marino. In the other semifinals
fixture, Spain outperformed France, 4-1. Romania’s under-21 football team has
had an en excellent run in the aforementioned tournament. Having qualified for
the semifinals, Romania secured their ticket for the 2020 edition of the
Olympic Games in Tokyo.
(translated by bill)
