Consultations at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace
President Klaus Iohannis holds consultations today starting at 15:00 with the leaders of the parliamentary parties in order to designate a new Prime Minister, following Grindeanu Cabinet’s dismissal by censure motion. In the morning, the National Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) will choose one of the prime minister’s variants announced by party leader Liviu Dragnea, proposal which will then be discussed by the leadership of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE). Also today, the heads of the National Liberal Party (PNL) branches will decide the exact mandate for consultations, says president Ludovic Orban. National Liberal Party (PNL), Save Romania Union (USR) and the People’s Movement Party (PMP) will not support a government in which there are social democrats. Until the meeting with the President, the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) and the group of national minorities will define their point of view. (RADIO ROMANIA reports)
Cotroceni Palace was illuminated on Sunday evening in red, yellow and blue on the eve of National Flag Day
Cotroceni Palace was illuminated on Sunday evening in red, yellow and blue on the eve of National Flag Day. The same will happen tonight,
to mark the day of June 26, 1848, when the Revolutionary Government decreed that Tricolor to represent the national flag of all Romanians. On Monday morning, the flag will be raised in Tricolor Square in front of the National Military Club Palace and in garrisons in the capital, but also in the country. In the town Constanta, National Flag Day will be marked by the Romanian Naval Forces through a military and religious ceremony. (RADIO ROMANIA reports)
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is marked today worldwide
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is marked today worldwide, an initiative launched in 1987 by the United Nations hoping to reduce the magnitude of this phenomenon which has become one of the most dangerous social problems. This year, the event has a message that reminds parents of how important it is to listen to children so as to raise them healthy and safe, away from the attraction of drugs. In Romania, the National Antidrug Agency has started yesterday an awareness campaign with many manifestations in parks and in major cities. „Through these activities we try to draw attention to this very serious phenomenon”, said Sorin Oprea, director of the National Antidrug Agency. We try to offer alternatives to consumption, especially through sport, so that young people to be those who can decide what they will do in the future”. According to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) data, around 200 million people worldwide use drugs at least once a year and the most vulnerable are young people. (RADIO ROMANIA reports)
Adrian Strugariu, RADOR
