On International Health Day, president Klaus Iohannis joins an event on climate change
On Wednesday, President Klaus Iohannis joins an event on climate change, marking the International Health Day, at Cotroceni Palace. According to the Presidential Administration, talks will focus on climate change effects on public health but also the relationship between the degradation of the environment and the occurrence of pandemics. Participants will try to find measures to be taken by representatives of the health system to help the population that encounters these issues. The debate will be attended by representatives of the United Nations Environment Programme, of the European Parliament, members of the Government and Legislative from Bucharest but also the regional director of the World Health Organization bureau for Europe, Hans Kluge.
Surveillance drone system launched on the coast of the Black Sea
Yesterday, a large drone system for multifunctional surveillance of the coast line has been launched in Mangalia. The service will be used by the Border police to enhance the reaction and intervention ability in surveying and controlling the state border, naval traffic control, searching and saving, protecting the environment and the maritime fauna.
The maritime border of our country will be guarded, starting this month, day and night, by large drones that have an automatic sensor that can scan and detect various objects on the sea surface, as well as an identification system of automatic identification of ships, corelated with a system of emergency messaging reception.
The service has been allocated by the European Agency for Maritime Safety for six months and will serve joint operations with multiple purposes on the Black Sea, coordinated by the European Agency FRONTEX.
Owners of restaurants and clubs in Constanţa suggest authorities organizing a test event on the Romanian seashore
Owners of restaurants and clubs in Constanţa suggested authorities organizing a test event in July, following the model of a similar event in Netherlands. Over 1,000 participants would be allowed, based on a negative coronavirus test or on a vaccination certificate. In a Facebook post, bar owners from Constanţa announced they have made the suggestion to the Public Health Direction, while organizing Untold and Neversea festivals is uncertain because of the coronavirus pandemic. They say participants will be monitored for two weeks and, if medical results are good, they might open the event industry in Romania, with certain access conditions.
Alexandra Ioniță, RADOR
