Romanian former Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu has been elected member of the UN International Law Commission
The former Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, has been elected as a member of the United Nations International Law Commission, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry. It says that the choice for the Romanian candidate was made on November 3rd, in New York, with the vote of 158 out of 193 UN member states. The election of Bogdan Aurescu confirms the appreciation of the Romanian international law school by the UN member states, the statement says.
Two Romanian climbers have reached a remote edge of the Himalaya Mountains, for the first time in history
The Romanian climber Vlad Capusan, from the city of Cluj and Zsolt Torok, from Arad, are the first people in the world who managed, for the first time in the world, to conquer a remote peak in the Himalaya Mountains. They have climbed the Peak 5 edge, known as Saldim Peak, with an altitude of 6,374 meters. It was a technical ascend, with the two climbers remaining isolated for a week inside a huge wall, crossed by a labyrinth of crevasses. The weather conditions were extreme, both on the ascent and descent. Earlier this year, Zsolt Torok has had another success in Himalaya, where he conquered two peaks, one of them in the first such achievement for a Romanian.
The German Radio Show at Radio Timisoara has celebrated 60 years of broadcast
On November the 4th, the German Radio Emission marks 60 years since it was first broadcast. On this occasion, our colleagues are holding a festive show, on Friday afternoon, with the participation of German artists from Romania and Hungary, in the festivity hall of the Nikolaus Lenau High-school. Radio Timisoara is broadcasting on Friday an anniversary edition of the emission, dedicated to the German minority in Western Romania. The coordinator of the editorial office, Astrid Weisz, has said that the German show has the role of a bridge between communities.
Astrid Weisz: Germans in the region and in our country find out what is going on in the neighboring communities and the expat Germans keep a direct link with their birth places, through the online shows. At the same time, the main population, the Romanians, have the opportunity to find out more about the Germans in Banat, about their traditions and their language. We assume a mission to safeguard the German language and to promote German values and traditions among youngsters that we are guiding on their first steps as German journalists.
The abolishment of the Radio-TV license fee does not affect the editorial independence of these media services, PSD leader says
The Leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) in Romania, Liviu Dragnea, has said that removal of the license fees for public radio and television does not affect the editorial policy of these media institutions.
Liviu Dragnea: There are at least nine countries in the European Union and another two – America and Canada, where there is no charge for the public radio and television and they have no problem with the political independence. As far as the impact is concerned, it is bearable by the state budget. It is the only way to evade political independence. Why? Because now they have to appeal to the Government all the time, as they do not have enough funding from the radio-tv fee.
Mr. Dragnea has asked the President in a Facebook post not to postpone the signing of the law initiated by his party, in order to allow the Romanian people to pay fewer taxes, starting next year and has underlined that he would react depending on the motive invoked by the President, if he decides to send tha law back to Parliament, for re-examination. The Romanian President, Klaus Iohannis, has said that wants to learn the opinion of the civil society and people from the media and that he will set up at least one public debate on the abolishment of 102 non-fiscal taxes, including the license fee for public Radio and Television.
Mădălina Brotăcel – Agenţia de presă RADOR
