Presidential elections in Romania scheduled this Sunday
Presidential elections in Romania are just around the corner with the campaign closing on Saturday, November 1st at 7 AM and the poll scheduled on Sunday November 2nd. More than 18 million Romanian citizens with a right to vote are expected to the polls to elect from 14 candidates. A second round of the elections will be organized on November 16th should neither candidate obtain a half-plus-one score of the total valid votes in the first round. Citizens who are travelling to another city can vote in any ballot station throughout the country on additional lists whereas the Romanian citizens living abroad can cast the vote at the special polling stations organized by the Foreign Ministry. According to the laws, the permanent electoral lists are drawn up and printed by mayors based of data and information in the Electoral Register. Deadlines for printing copies of the electoral lists this year are October 31st and November 14th.
Chinese-Romanian mixed capital company to build one-billion-dollar energy group in Rovinari
China Huadian Engineering and Romanian state-controlled energy holding Complexul Energetic Oltenia (CE Oltenia) have signed an agreement in Bucharest today creating a mixed capital company to build a 500 MW energy group in Rovinari. The CE Oltenia holding includes a state-run mining company and the Craiova, Turceni and Rovinari thermal power generation complexes. The president of the Chinese company has vouched for the new group as a source of quality energy production whilst Prime Minister Victor Ponta has reiterated the Government’s support for all investements targeting energy facilities’ development and modernization. The investment in Rovinari is worth one billion dollars according to the Romanian PM.
October 31st – International Black Sea Action Day
International Black Sea Action Day has been marked on October 31st since 1996 when all six riverside countries – Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, The Russian Federation, Turkey and Ukraine have signed a pollution prevention plan. The Black Sea is almost completely separated from the planet’s oceans. Over the last years it has seen significant environment degradation mostly accounted for by coastal erosion, deficiencies in wastewater treatment, habitat loss and mismanagement.
As biological diversity has dramatically dropped, several NGOs and government institutions have decided to organize drawing competitions for children, conferences, seminaries, exhibitions and debates – all concerning the Black Sea and its problems – in the attempt to take action for better preservation.
Suspicion of Ebola virus ruled out for Romanian pacient returning from Nigeria
Suspicion of Ebola virus in case of a Romanian national returning from Nigeria has been ruled out today by representatives of National Institute of Infectious Diseases „Matei Balş” who have instead confirmed his infection with malaria. The pacient living in Constantza is now in critical but stable condition at „Victor Babeş” Infectious and Tropical Diseases Hospital in Bucharest. Another Romanian in Suceava, recently returned from Sierra Leone, is being permanently monitored by health authorities despite his normal condition, for safety reasons, part of standard procedure measures.
Romanian NGO „Save the children!” launches school project
Romanian NGO „Save the children!” has announced today the launch of a project called „Involvement and transparency” meant to increase awarness among elementary and secondary school students and teachers regarding their rights in the decision-making process. The project will take place in 25 schools in Bucharest and four other counties: Timiş, Mureş, Iassy and Suceava. The organisation aims to deliver a strong message about non-discrimination and multiculturalism to a number of 5.000 students, 500 teachers and 1.000 parents. „Save the children” has stated in a press release that the lack of involvment of school children in decisions that concern them is a mistake and reminded the public about an older project called „Children’s Forum” whose conclusions have become normative acts in Romania’s legislation over time.
One-of-a-kind concert marks 86th anniversary of Romania’s public radio
Radio Romania marks its 86th anniversary on November 1st by a series of events, one of them taking place tonight at the Radio Hall in Bucharest: a special concert performed by the National Radio Orchestra and broadcast live by Radio Romania Cultural and Radio România Muzical stations, on air and online.
The one-of-a-kind concert – led by its celebrated young conductor Tiberiu Soare – brings together tradition of the public radio and the great musical Western tradition. The opening sequence is a series called „Moldavian landscapes” by composer Mihail Jora, the first art director of the Radio Symphonic Orchestra back in 1928, followed by classical works of Edvard Grieg and Ludwig van Beethoven.
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