Section: Romania
As much as 33.5 million lei budgeted for Romanians abroad in 2017-2019
Minister for Romanians Abroad Natalia Intotero said on Friday, at the presentation of her ministry's activity report for the years 2017-2019, that the budget allocated to MRP for supporting the activity of Romanians everywhere was 33,539,000 lei, of which 7,029,000 lei for 2017, 11,785,000 lei for 2018 and 14,665,000 lei for 2019. She...
Romanian MEPs on odds of Romania’s future European Commissioner to keep Transport portfolio
Although they see the rejection of Romania's Commissioner-designate Rovana Plumb by EP's Legal Affairs Committee for conflict of interest as a warning, the Social Democrat MEPs are satisfied that Romania cannot lose the Transport portfolio in the future European Commission; however, their Liberal and USR-PLUS colleagues have a different...
Romania’s Halep progresses to China Open 2019 women’s singles 2nd round
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number six, on Sunday advanced to the women's singles second round of the 8,285,274-USD China Open WTA tournament in Beijing, after defeating Sweden's Rebecca Peterson 6-1 6-1. Halep, 28, who last week withdrew from the 2019 Wuhan Open tournament with back pain, prevailed over 24-year-old...
Sorana Cirstea qualifies for final of Tashkent WTA tournament
Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea qualified, on Friday, for the final of the 250,000-dollar WTA tournament in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), after defeating Katarina Zavatska (Ukraine) in the next to last act, by 6-0, 6-3. Cirstea (29 years old, WTA #96), seeded eighth, will play her second final in Tashkent, after conquering there her only...
Iohannis tells Zelensky: Appropriate remedy necessary for problems caused by Education Law in Ukraine
President Klaus Iohannis had, on Wednesday, a bilateral meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, on the sidelines of the high level segment of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, context in which he emphasized the need for an appropriate remedy to the problems caused by the Education Law adopted by Ukraine, which...
President Iohannis has bilateral meetings with Ukrainian, Georgian counterparts on sidelines of UN General Assembly
President Klaus Iohannis had bilateral meetings with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Georgia's President Salome Zourabichvili, on the sidelines of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, held in New York City, the US. As of 22:05hrs (15:05 local time), the President will participate in the High-level...
CSA Steaua ranks 3rd at Europe Cup Foil Fencing Women
CSA Steaua Bucharest ranked third at the Europe Cup Foil Fencing Women, a competition held on Monday in the ''Ana Pascu'' Hall in Bucharest. CSA Steaua, made up of Maria Boldor, Malina Calugareanu, Andreea Gheorghe and Anca Seanu, was defeated in the semifinals by the Spanish team Cardenal Cisneros Club 45-43. In the other...
Romanian, Polish Foreign Affairs ministers talk about Western Balkans, cooperation within NATO
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ramona Manescu, attended, on Wednesday, the second round of intergovernmental consultations between Romania and Poland, in Bucharest, context in which she spoke with her Polish counterpart, Jacek Czaputowicz, about the situation in the Western Balkans, included, but also about cooperation within NATO. The head of...
Consolidation of bilateral cooperation, discussed by President Iohannis with Polish PM Morawiecki
President Klaus Iohannis received, on Wednesday, at the Cotroceni Palace, the visit of Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, the two discussing about the consolidation of bilateral cooperation between the two states, the regional, European and security agenda, the Presidential Administration informs. According to a release remitted to...
Romania sweeps nine gold medals at European Under-23 Rowing Championships
This year too Romania dominated the European Under-23 Rowing Championships in Ioannina – Greece, winning 9 gold, one silver and two bronze medals in the finals this Sunday. The girls' squads won 5 gold medals, and the boys 4. The women's coxed eight (Madalina Heghes, Roxana Parascanu, Andrea-Ioana Budeanu, Raluca-Georgiana...
