October 4, 2024
A roundup of local and international news.
Newsroom, 04.10.2024, 13:55
FRANCOPHONIE – The Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, is on a two-day visit to France, to attend the Francophonie Summit. According to the Presidential Administration, the 19th High-level Conference of the heads of state or government of the 88 member states, full members, associate members and observers of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) has the theme “Create , innovate and do business in French’ (“Creer, innover, entreprendre en francais”). The participation of the Romanian President in the Francophonie Summit is an opportunity to highlight the country’s contribution to the global effort to transform and adapt multilateralism, an effort that also concerns the OIF, in a context marked by major challenges to the rules-based international order.
VISIT – The Romanian Prime Minister, Marcel Ciolacu, is today making an official visit to the neighboring Republic of Moldova, to meet with President Maia Sandu, PM Dorin Recean and Parliament Speaker, Igor Gross. The Prime Minister is accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister Marian Neacşu, the Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism, Ştefan-Radu Oprea, and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Florin Barbu. Ciolacu said previously that he was going to Chisinau to reaffirm Romania’s solid and unequivocal support for the Republic of Moldova, at all levels.
SUMMIT – Romania’s development depends on investments and initiative, and our country needs people with a western attitude towards work, said Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, at a summit for Romanians everywhere held Thursday in Bucharest. According to Ciolacu, over 3 million Romanians emigrated between 2008 and 2022 alone, pointing out that last year was the first time that 190,000 Romanians returned to the country. Attending the event, Senate Speaker Nicolae Ciucă said that he very much wants Romanians from the diaspora to return home, adding that the involvement of the state in facilitating the return of Romanians to the country is “absolutely necessary and important”.
EUROBAROMETER – The main motivation for Romanians to vote in the European Parliament elections was the economic situation, according to a Eurobarometer survey published by the European Parliament. The other main reason was the increase in prices and the cost of living. The study places Romanians above the average of the 27 member states in terms of optimism regarding the future of the Union. According to the Eurobarometer, other topics that led Romanians to go to the polls were social protection, well-being and access to healthcare, the international situation, democracy and the rule of law, but also defense and security.
REPATRIATION – The 69 people repatriated from Lebanon on Thursday are Romanian citizens and first degree family members, most of them women, children and medical cases, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest. The flight was made with the support of the Romanian Defense Ministry, with an aircraft of the Romanian Air Force. The move was made in the context of the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East.
EUROPA LEAGUE – The Romanian soccer champion, FCSB (Bucharest), won its second victory in as many games in the new Europa League format, after beating the Greek champion, PAOK Thessaloniki, 1-nil on Thursday evening. The Greek team is trained by the Romanian Razvan Lucescu. In the first match of the group, the Bucharest team defeated the Latvian RFS at home, 4-1. FCSB, Lazio, Lyon, Tottenham and Anderlecht are the only teams with maximum points after two stages in the Europa League. The next match of the Romanian champions is also away, against the Scots from Glasgow Rangers.
