3 July, 2016 UPDATE

President Klaus Iohannis to discuss UK referendum result on Monday with the PM, National Bank governor and parliamentary parties.

Newsroom, 03.07.2016, 18:30

Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis has invited prime
minister Dacian Ciolos, the governor of the National Bank of Romania Mugur
Isarescu and the leaders of parliamentary parties for a new round of talks on
Monday to discuss the result of the UK referendum. The president will propose
the creation of a working group to evaluate the impact of the UK vote to leave
the European Union on Romania and identify the necessary measures and the
opportunities that may appear for Romania. A first round of talks on this
subject was held on the 24th of June. At the time, president
Iohannis said Romania maintained its commitment to the European project.

President Klaus Iohannis has
expressed his regrets over the death of Romanian-born writer and philosopher
Elie Wiesel. A Holocaust survivor, Wiesel was the recipient of the Nobel Prize
for Peace. In his message of condolence, the president said Elie Wiesel was a
great spirit who opposed tyranny and tirelessly fought for the cause of the
underprivileged. Romania will honour his memory with deep respect, while his
lessons will be a source of moral inspiration, president Iohannis also said.
Prime minister Dacian Ciolos has also deplored the death of Elie Wiesel,
describing him as a messenger of humanity and a tireless voice against
violence, oppression and racism. The foreign ministry in Bucharest said Wiesel
had a major contribution to accepting responsibility and the national history
with respect to the tragedy of the Holocaust. Born in 1928 in Sighetul
Marmatiei, in north-western Romania, into a Jewish family, Wiesel was deported
in 1944 by the Hungarian occupation troops to the concentration camps, where he
witnessed the brutal killing of his father. After the war, he lived in France
before settling in the US in 1963. He received the Nobel Prize for Peace in
1986 for his efforts to keep alive the memory of the Holocaust victims. He
visited Romania twice, and has given his name to the National Institute for the
Study of the Holocaust in Bucharest.

The minister delegate liasing
with Romanians abroad Dan Stoenescu has attended the launch of a programme of
youth camps for Romanians living abroad held in the village of Oglinzi, in
Neamt county, in the north-east. He underlined the programme was a meeting
place for young ethnic Romanians from all corners of the world, including the
historical communities in Romania’s neighbouring countries. The camps are held
during the summer holidays in Oglinzi and the Danube Delta town of Sulina and
targets Romanian school children, students and teachers living in Romania’s
neighbouring countries and the Balkans, as well as in Italy, Spain, Greece,
Canada and the Middle East. More than 2,000 young people are taking part in the
programme, which provides them access to Romanian realities and heritage and
cultural values.

Romania won two
gold and two silver medals at the 24th edition of the Balkan
Olympiad in Informatics held in Nicosia, Cyprus between the 27th of
June and the 2nd of July. The Romanian team thus finished second
after Bulgaria out of total of 11 participating countries. The initiative to
hold a Balkan Olympiad in Informatics belongs to Romania, which hosted the
first edition of this competition in 1993 in Constanta, in the south-east, and
again in 2003 and 2011.

World no. 5 Simona Halep of Romania
plays world no. 9 Madison Keys on Monday in the fourth round at Wimbledon. On
Saturday, in the third round, Halep, who is the only Romanian player still in
competition in the women’s draw, defeated the Dutch player Kiki Bartens in
straight sets.