Friday, November 25th 2016

Romania’s strategy for culture and national heritage for the next four years was discussed in a public debate

Romania’s strategy for culture and national heritage for the next four years was discussed in a public debate, attended also by Minister Corina Suteu. She explained that the document includes government’s public policies for culture made in accordance with national strategies for economic and administrative development. „All the normative acts”, said Corina Suteu, „all initiatives were based on an ad hoc choice. We want to avoid that henceforth this choice to be ad hoc. It must be integrated into an overall strategic plan”. Romania’s strategy for culture was discussed in public debate this month and those interested could make proposals and suggestions with recommendation value on this draft normative act. (RADIO ROMANIA reports)

Preparations for Romania’s National Day

3,000 soldiers and specialists from the Ministries of Defense, Interior and from the Romanian Intelligence Service will march on December 1st from 11:00 at the Military Parade beneath the Arch of Triumph in Bucharest. Two rehearsals will take place tomorrow from 09:00 at Ghencea training ground, respectively on Sunday from 08:00 at the Arch of Triumph. People with criminal matters will not be invited at the Military Parade on December 1st and at the reception which Romanian President Klaus Johannis offers with the occasion of National Day. This is the specification presidency spokesperson Madalina Dobrovolschi has announced on Thursday. Madalina Dobrovolschi: „I will not refer to specific people, I will not refer to certain names because it is not about this. It is about the criteria as basis for drawing up the list of guests and that for the establishment of these criteria was mainly taken into account the criterion that a person holds a state position, but also to meet some criteria of integrity, and here we are talking, of course, about the non-existence of criminal issues”. 500 people were invited at the reception given by the President gives at Cotroceni Palace on the occasion of Romania’s National Day. (RADIO ROMANIA reports)

More than 110 kilograms of marijuana were discovered by border guards in the town of Calafat in a truck’s cab

More than 110 kilograms of marijuana were discovered by border guards in the town of Calafat in the cab of a truck driven by a Bulgarian citizen. Refrigerators were written in the documents accompanying the consignment, bound for Germany. During the routine control, the driver suddenly became very nervous, so that Romanian police have asked the Bulgarian customs a X-ray scanning of the truck. Several parcels with drugs were hidden in a specially designed space through interior remodeling. According to the Bulgarian-Romanian protocol on joint control at border crossings, the driver, the goods and the truck have been taken by the Bulgarian Border Police for further investigation. (RADIO ROMANIA reports)

Adrian Strugariu