September 14, 2016
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Newsroom, 14.09.2016, 12:00
ELECTION Today is the last day in which the Romanian citizens abroad can enlist in the election registry for the upcoming Parliamentary election on December 11th. The Foreign Ministry in Bucharest recalls that on the basis of their enlisting, the Romanians residing in other countries could call for the setting up of a polling station in their locality of residence or domicile. According to data released by the Permanent Election Authority about 9100 applications in this respect have so far been validated, although the number of Romanians living abroad stands at three million.
FOOTBALL Romanian football champion team Astra Giurgiu on Thursday take on Austria Vienna in the Europa League group stage debut fixture. Also part of the same group are Czech squad Viktoria Plzen and the famous Italian team AS Roma. Also on Thursday, vice-champions Steaua Bucharest play their debut group fixture against Turkish contenders Osmanlispor, away from home. The forthcoming fixtures will see Steaua taking on Spain’s Villareal and Swiss side FC Zurich. Astra Giurgiu and Steaua Bucharest reached the Europa League’s group stage having been eliminated from the preliminary stages of Europe’s most important inter-clubs competition, the Champions League. Also playing in the Europa League preliminaries, Viitorul Constanta in the southeast, Pandurii Targu Jiu in the southwest and CSMS Iasi in the east have in turn been edged out of the Europa League’s group stage.
STATE OF THE UNION The European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has today said in his State of the Union speech that it respects but regrets the UK’s decision of leaving the bloc. He underlined that the EU is not at risk because of the Brexit. The EU official has urged the UK government to trigger exit talks “as quickly as possible” in order to allow a new relationship with Britain. He pleaded for rising integration in Europe, which shouldn’t ignore the interests of the national states.
NETWORK A migrant smuggling network operating on Romania’s western border has been dismantled by border police in Cenad, Timis county. 24 Syrian migrants have been detained in the operation as well as four guides of Serbian nationality, a border police communiqué says. The number of migrants trying to cross the Serbian border to Romania on their way to the West has significantly increased of late. 130 migrants attempting to illegally cross the border between the two countries have been detained since the beginning of September, double the number on the entire month of August.
ORDINANCE The government in Bucharest is today passing an emergency ordinance on the issue of the mandatory liability insurance premiums, which would stipulate, among other things the freezing of these premiums for a period of six months, Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos has today announced. Ciolos said the Financial Surveillance Authority must come with a reference price within 30 days set on the basis of an average price calculation. The Romanian official added that the ordinance stipulates the premium can be concluded for a month and suspended upon requests from clients. Road transporters are to announce whether they will continue their protest tomorrow, when 5,000 cargo trucks are expected to picket the government building in Bucharest. Transporters have lately staged a series of protests on various motorways in Romania against the staggering prices of these insurances.
