May 27, 2018 UPDATE

The state institutions should make the Romanians worldwide regain confidence in their country, says President Iohannis/ To avoid sanctions, the provisions of the EU Directive on the presumption of innocence should be transposed into the national law

Newsroom, 27.05.2018, 18:17

ROMANIANS WORLDWIDE – The large Romanian Diaspora contributes to the promotion of our identity, each Romanian national being the message bearer of our culture and customs, says Romanias President, Klaus Iohannis, in a message conveyed on the Day of the Romanians Worldwide, which is celebrated every year on the last Sunday of May, as of 2015. “The state institutions should make the Romanians worldwide regain confidence in their country. This way, the Romanians can return home and use their skills, renewed mentality and the experience accumulated abroad to the benefit of community, and thus contribute to developing a stronger Romania, the president also says in his message. President Iohannis on Wednesday received a group of Romanians who hold public positions in their countries of residence, to underline how important it is to get them involved in the communities in which they live and to take a first step forward towards creating informal networks of professionals to promote the exchange of experience and good practices. To celebrate the Day of the Romanians Worldwide, musician Mircea Florian gave an electronic and folk-rock music concert in downtown Bucharest. The event was part of a festival devoted to the culture of the Romanians worldwide, which also included an exhibition of Romanian painters living in the country and outside its borders.

JUSTICE – To avoid sanctions, the provisions of the EU Directive on the presumption of innocence should be transposed into the national law until the European Commission notifies the European Court of Justice, the relevant minister, Tudorel Toader said on Sunday. The European Commission has launched the infringement procedure against Romania for failing to transpose the provisions of this Directive into its Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes, respectively. Infringement is a standard procedure used by the European Commission against the EU member states which do not announce in due time the transposition of the measures included in the EU Directive, AGERPRES news agency on Friday quoted an EC spokesperson as saying. According to the spokesperson, the procedure envisages 10 EU member states, and the transposition of the provisions of the respective Directive into the national law does not run counter to the legitimate objective of fighting corruption.

REPATRIATION – The Romanian Foreign Ministry has announced the bodies of the nine Romanian citizens who died in a car accident in neighbouring Hungary on Tuesday have been repatriated. According to a communiqué issued by the aforementioned ministry, the repatriation efforts have been coordinated by a crisis cell, set up at the level of the institution. The repatriation expenses have been covered by the ministry, from the special emergency fund, the communiqué also reads. The minivan involved in the car crash was coming from Slovenia, heading for Romania.

COMMEMORATIONS – A series of commemorative events were held in Sighetu
Marmaţiei (northern Romania), on Sunday, when the bust of Elie Wiesel, the 1986
Nobel Peace Prize Winner was unveiled. Many guests, among whom representatives
of the authorities, historians, members of the Jewish communities in Romania
attended the events at the Ellie Wiesel Memorial House. Elie Wiesel, a
Holocaust survivor, was born in Sighetu Marmaţiei, in 1928, and passed away in
New York, two years ago. He was an
American writer, philosopher and member of the American Academy of Arts and
Letters and honorary member of the Romanian Academy.

EUROPEAN ROWING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Romania won seven medals- one gold, five
silver and one bronze at the 2018 European Rowing Junior Championships which
came to a close on Sunday in Gravelines, France. The gold medal was grabbed by the women’s
four, cox-less. Romania has had the second largest number of rowers in the competition,
42, after Italy, with a total of some 470 rowers.