September 28, 2024 UPDATE
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Newsroom, 28.09.2024, 20:00
Weather – The weather in Romania will become unstable and will cool significantly, except for the extreme southeast, where the temperatures will be comparable to those of the previous day. The showers will extend over most of the country, some will turn into torrential downpours, and locally, in the south, they will be accompanied by electrical discharges. Water quantities will amount to 25 l/sq.m. up to 70 l/sq.m. and on isolated areas in the southwest, south, center and east it will reach over 80 l/sq.m. Storms and hail will be reported on isolated areas. The wind will gradually intensify in all regions, with speeds of 45 up to 65 km/h, and in the east and southeast, speeds will temporarily reach 70-85 km/h. In the mountains, at altitudes above 1,700 m and mainly in the Eastern Carpathians, sleet and snow will be reported. The maximum temperatures will range from 12 to 29 degrees C, and the lows between 4 and 17 degrees C. Heavy rains and wind are also announced in Bucharest, from Sunday to Monday. Hydrologists have issued flood alerts for 18 river basins throughout the country. Teams from the Romanian Waters National Administration prepared thousands of sandbags and intervention equipment in areas where river flow increases are expected. Mountain rescuers in several regions have warned tourists to avoid outdoor activities this weekend. Another recommendation is that people should not spend a lot of time in the valleys, given that the rainfalls can form torrents.
Middle East – The security situation in the Middle East is volatile and it is very important to avoid a war that would affect the entire region, the Romanian Foreign Minister, Luminiţa Odobescu, told AGERPRES on Saturday. She attended the UN General Assembly in New York. Romania supports the two-state solution, but until then it is very important to continue supporting the efforts of the Biden administration, which together with Qatar and Egypt proposed a three-point plan focused on a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, with the release of all hostages and the continuation of humanitarian aid for the population of Gaza, Odobescu stated. Regarding the possible expansion of the conflict in Lebanon, Luminiţa Odobescu said that Romania’s mission in this country focuses on the Romanian citizens who live there with their families. According to the Romanian Foreign Ministry, until now, approximately 950 Romanian citizens and their family members have registered their presence in Lebanon and no evacuation requests have been received. On the ground, the Hezbollah terrorist group confirmed that Israel killed its veteran leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an attack on Friday that targeted the group’s headquarters in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
Tennis – The Romanian tennis player Jaqueline Cristian on Saturday qualified for the third round of the WTA 1,000 tournament in Beijing, which has total prizes up for grabs worth almost 9 million dollars, after defeating the Czech Barbora Krejcikova, 1-6, 6-4, 7-5. Jaqueline Cristian needed almost three hours of play to pass the 7th seeded player. In the next round, the Romanian will face another representative of the Czech Republic – Karolina Muchova. Also on Saturday, in Beijing, Irina Begu lost the match against the Russian Mirra Andreeva.
Audiovisual – The National Audiovisual Council (CNA) in Bucharest requested, on Saturday, the protection of the Romanian journalist Mircea Barbu, a correspondent of the online publication HotNews. CNA also condemned the decision of the Russian Federal Security Service to open a criminal file against him and two other foreign journalists, who did their job in areas of conflict between Ukrainian and Russian forces. The Romanian Foreign Ministry also emphasized, on Friday, that media representatives must be protected, not silenced. Moscow claims that the three journalists illegally crossed the Russian border from Ukraine to make reports in the occupied part of the Kursk region, where the Ukrainian army launched a surprise offensive on August 6, the first by a foreign army in Russia since World War II.
Moldova – In the Republic of Moldova, the headquarters of the Supreme Court of Justice and of the TeleRadio Moldova public Radio and Television Company were vandalized last night by unknown persons, who threw paint at the two buildings. According to Radio Chişinău, the police have announced that they have a circle of suspects. Previously, the Moldovan Government and the Labor Ministry were vandalized, and two people were detained by the police. They admitted that they are part of a group of 20 people who were trained in Moscow to attack institutions in the Republic of Moldova, with the aim of destabilizing the situation. The Intelligence and Security Service in Chişinău decided to block access from the Republic of Moldova to six websites from Russia, as well as to an online platform from Moldova, on the grounds that they encouraged a negative vote in the referendum on the country’s accession to the European Union, which will take place on October 20. (LS)
