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[00:00:00] Ukrainians have honored the White
[00:00:02] House's proposal.
[00:00:04] Several supporters of Donald Trump are distancing themselves from the White
[00:00:08] House leader as the November elections approach, even in traditionally
[00:00:11] Republican states.
[00:00:15] And here, the largest Orthodox pilgrimage also included a
[00:00:19] procession through the streets of Iași. Tens of thousands of faithful greeted
[00:00:22] the holy relics of Saint Paraskeva and Saint Paisie carried on the
[00:00:26] shoulders of priests.
[00:00:36] A six-month political agreement for supporting the government, not just a
[00:00:39] vote for investiture, is the proposal the designated prime minister made to the
[00:00:43] parties of the former governing coalition. Only the PSD
[00:00:47] reacted favorably because it practically meets the condition they
[00:00:50] announced from the start: a parliamentary majority with PNL and
[00:00:53] UDMR. However, the Liberals remain consistent and exclude any alliance with
[00:00:57] social democrats, as do the USR leaders. Time is pressing, Luca
[00:01:01] Niculescu has only three days left to present his team of
[00:01:04] ministers and program.
[00:01:07] Luca Niculescu conveyed to the leaders that this time it is imperative to
[00:01:10] vote for the government, because there is a high risk of blocking payments in
[00:01:14] vital areas. Niculescu prefers a political government or a mixed
[00:01:18] formula, political-technocratic, to carry out the budget rectification, adopt
[00:01:22] the budget for 2027 and take measures in energy. Luca
[00:01:25] Niculescu failed to convince those from USR. They are preparing this
[00:01:29] government for the next two years, but at least for six months there
[00:01:33] should be this minimal agreement, progress has been made
[00:01:36] since last week, discussions are
[00:01:39] open and I don't want to close any door to
[00:01:43] dialogue. Dominic Frița changed the direction of negotiations, he wants Luca
[00:01:46] Niculescu to lead a minority political government, PNL,
[00:01:50] USR, UDMR. We will not vote for a government
[00:01:54] that includes PSD ministers.
[00:01:57] Grindeanu, I don't know, he seems like a frightened rabbit that runs in
[00:02:00] all directions, I don't understand anything anymore, but maybe he will succeed
[00:02:03] in clarifying PSD's position. The Liberals also maintain the same line,
[00:02:07] never with PSD. We are obviously considering a vote of
[00:02:10] investiture for Luca Niculescu's government to
[00:02:13] unblock the situation in which Romania finds itself. Neither
[00:02:17] does PSD give up on conditions, it will enter government only together with other
[00:02:21] parties and wants social-democratic measures. What gives
[00:02:24] you the right to be so nervous? You have had
[00:02:28] four prime ministers in the last six
[00:02:30] years, benefiting non-stop from PSD's vote, and now because
[00:02:34] we come and appeal for this common
[00:02:37] effort and to make peace for
[00:02:41] a few months to get Romania through
[00:02:44] this period, we invent all
[00:02:47] sorts of things. Luca Niculescu obtained the support of the small
[00:02:51] groups for investiture, who are open to signing an agreement
[00:02:54] for governance. I think we have a
[00:02:56] candidate
[00:02:59] with real chances to do a very
[00:03:02] good job. From the opposition, Aur gives no chance to Niculescu's
[00:03:05] cabinet. What is happening these days is nothing but
[00:03:09] a rehash of what has been happening for the last
[00:03:13] five months. And we believe that the solution, ultimately,
[00:03:17] is to
[00:03:19] go to early elections. While the uncertainty of Niculescu's
[00:03:23] cabinet's investiture persists, the parties are also making their strategy in case Luca
[00:03:27] Niculescu doesn't reach a vote or is rejected. There are only two
[00:03:31] options: a fifth nomination or early
[00:03:34] elections. Luca Niculescu remains thus
[00:03:37] blocked in the war between PSD and the former partners in the government he
[00:03:41] overthrew five months ago. According to political sources, the social
[00:03:45] democrats would have promised to support the investiture if Luca Niculescu
[00:03:48] guarantees he receives 110 votes, which together with the
[00:03:52] 127 of the PSD would meet the necessary
[00:03:55] threshold of 233 votes. Parliamentary arithmetic
[00:04:00] shows, however, that at this moment Niculescu has only
[00:04:03] 17 votes promised from the group of national minorities,
[00:04:07] seven from the Peace group and 16 from Victor Ponta's
[00:04:11] UPR, far below what he needs. Moreover, the designated prime minister
[00:04:15] gave up presenting the conclusions of the consultations with the parties tonight
[00:04:18] and said he would hold a press conference when he is sure with whom he will form
[00:04:21] the government. A new drug with a high risk of
[00:04:25] addiction has reached the Romanian market.
[00:04:29] Narcotics obtained extremely easily online are becoming
[00:04:33] increasingly difficult to identify in hospitals, the alarm signal
[00:04:37] raised by doctors in a few
[00:04:38] moments.
[00:04:45] Călin Georgescu will find out tomorrow if he escapes preventive arrest. The Bucharest
[00:04:48] Tribunal postponed its decision on his request to replace
[00:04:51] arrest with a milder measure, namely house arrest or judicial
[00:04:55] control. The request was analyzed by the same judge who on
[00:04:59] the 22nd.
[00:05:12] is accused that together with other people he would have defrauded a businessman of
[00:05:16] over 1 million
[00:05:18] euros.
[00:05:20] Marriage ended tragically for a 44-year-old woman from Galați county.
[00:05:24] Attention, the following information may emotionally affect you. The woman
[00:05:28] was killed by her husband after an argument. The man was preventively
[00:05:32] arrested, and two minor children will now grow up without parents. Another
[00:05:35] case of femicide from a series that seems unstoppable despite the fact that a
[00:05:39] law came into force this year that punishes such
[00:05:43] crimes much more harshly. In the family of the two spouses, scandals were
[00:05:47] constant, the whole village knew about their conflicts, but each
[00:05:50] time she was beaten, the woman forgave her husband. They had four
[00:05:54] daughters together, two adults. Why didn't she leave, madam, why did she stay with
[00:05:57] him? She was, I left at that time when I went to
[00:06:01] the police because her eye was cut, I went to the mayor's office with
[00:06:04] the other daughter on the other side, and she
[00:06:07] said no, I have student daughters, I'll shame my daughters, everyone
[00:06:10] knows he beats.
[00:06:12] everyone, but she had her sister next to me and I know he used to beat her,
[00:06:16] he used to beat her, why, because they were just householders, they had
[00:06:20] money,
[00:06:21] they had,
[00:06:24] I don't know, the two argued again on Saturday night, and the man allegedly took a
[00:06:28] knife and stabbed her. The authorities now say that in the past the woman did not
[00:06:32] want to do anything to defend herself, calling at the mayor's office here, she did not want to make
[00:06:36] any statement and neither did she take any
[00:06:40] measure. I understand that people saw her with visible
[00:06:43] marks on her face, now yes, but she hadn't been
[00:06:47] going out much lately, I explained that there was
[00:06:50] a possibility to file a complaint, to issue a restraining
[00:06:54] order, all that, but she really refused
[00:06:57] and, not only did she refuse, but she also defended herself in the sense
[00:07:01] that she too would have her share of the blame. One of the
[00:07:05] woman's daughters called 112 after finding her mother unconscious,
[00:07:08] doctors could not save her. The man was preventively
[00:07:11] arrested for murder and faces up to 25 years in prison if found
[00:07:15] guilty. Russia continued to attack Ukraine's
[00:07:18] electricity infrastructure despite
[00:07:21] Donald Trump announcing an energy ceasefire on his social
[00:07:25] platform. It is clear that Vladimir Putin does not read Truth
[00:07:29] Social," said Volodymyr Zelensky in an apparent allusion
[00:07:32] to the American president. Zelensky stated that
[00:07:35] the Ukrainian army respected instructions from Washington and did not
[00:07:39] hit Russian refineries overnight. European leaders, such as the
[00:07:42] French President or the Polish Prime Minister, doubt the Kremlin's good faith
[00:07:46] and advocate for firmness in dealing with Moscow.
[00:07:48] moscovei.
[00:07:53] The energy ceasefire announced by US leader Donald Trump in a
[00:07:57] message published online. Volodymyr Zelensky said he learned about this
[00:08:00] agreement from the press.
[00:08:13] he had secured an energy fire
[00:08:17] between russia and ukraine that at
[00:08:19] that
[00:08:21] moment.
[00:08:24] According to Zelensky, Kyiv awaits details of discussions
[00:08:27] between Washington and Moscow. The High Representative of the European Union
[00:08:31] for Foreign Affairs, Kaya Calas, cautiously welcomed this
[00:08:34] agreement.
[00:08:38] The energy cease fire when it holds. We haven't yet seen
[00:08:41] that that also.
[00:09:12] from the area, in the city of Kharkiv, the second largest in the country, 12
[00:09:16] people were injured after a residential building was
[00:09:19] bombed.
[00:09:23] And the city of Ivano-Frankivsk was targeted by Russian forces, three people were
[00:09:27] killed and three others injured. Also, several buildings and
[00:09:31] cars were damaged.
[00:09:33] It would be a mistake for the United States to buy diesel from Russia,
[00:09:37] the statement belongs to former US Secretary of State Mike
[00:09:40] Pompeo, who is also a member of the Republican Party. He made this
[00:09:44] statement in the context of President Trump's surprising announcement about an agreement
[00:09:47] with Moscow for the purchase of diesel. On the other
[00:09:50] hand, the Kremlin rejected the ceasefire for 60 days, as
[00:09:54] proposed by Volodymyr Zelensky, in order to organize the elections that
[00:09:58] Trump is demanding in Ukraine.
[00:10:01] Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated that it would be a
[00:10:04] mistake for the United States to buy diesel from
[00:10:07] Russia.
[00:10:12] Europeans continue to buy energy from
[00:10:15] Russia, that's a mistake too, uh, no, we we should not
[00:10:18] provide any resources to the Russian reg, we'll see what actually comes from, we'll see
[00:10:22] if there's any diesel that's actually delivered.
[00:10:33] Donald Trump caused a stir a few days ago when he announced that he had reached
[00:10:37] an agreement with Vladimir Putin. According to the agreement, Russia will supply
[00:10:41] 4.8 million tons of diesel in stages to
[00:10:44] the global market, including the American one. From the other side of the
[00:10:48] barricade, Volodymyr Zelensky called for firm measures against
[00:10:51] Russia.
[00:11:55] of the Russian presidency spokesman, Vladimir Putin would be ready to
[00:11:58] order the army not to attack Ukraine on the day presidential
[00:12:01] elections would be held in the country.
[00:12:05] Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada adopted the law on the rights of national
[00:12:09] minorities in education, requested by Budapest to unblock
[00:12:12] accession negotiations with the European Union. For it to come into force,
[00:12:16] it must be promulgated by President Zelensky. However, the law does not satisfy
[00:12:19] the Romanian community in Ukraine, whose representatives fear that the new
[00:12:23] provisions could restrict education in the mother tongue and could lead to
[00:12:27] a reduction in the number of schools teaching in Romanian. An alternative project
[00:12:30] submitted by the deputy of Romanian origin Gheorghe Mazurașu to protect
[00:12:34] Romanian schools received a negative opinion from the parliamentary
[00:12:37] education committee. Ukrainian authorities claim that the new
[00:12:41] law allows minorities who speak official languages of the European
[00:12:45] Union to use their mother tongue more in education.
[00:12:48] Schools where more than half of the students learn in a minority
[00:12:51] language could receive a special status. However, the
[00:12:55] Romanian community fears that this threshold will disadvantage schools with fewer
[00:12:59] Romanian students, especially those in small localities. The law does not
[00:13:03] apply to Russian speakers. The exclusion is part of the Kiev
[00:13:06] authorities' policy of limiting Russian influence after decades
[00:13:10] of Russification.
[00:13:13] Here, a new extremely dangerous drug has hit the market, it has
[00:13:17] powerful effects, and the risk of addiction is very high even from the
[00:13:21] first dose. Anti-drug police in Bucharest dismantled a network
[00:13:25] that sold this drug along with other prohibited substances. Behind the
[00:13:28] business were a father, his son, and a friend of
[00:13:31] his.
[00:13:33] Police and anti-drug prosecutors managed in just three months to gather
[00:13:36] enough evidence to annihilate a criminal group that sold
[00:13:40] narcotics in Bucharest and elsewhere. Among the most sought-after
[00:13:43] products were Exstasy Panicher pills and a new drug called
[00:13:46] Nep, Netil Norpente Drone. It is a very
[00:13:49] powerful stimulant of the central nervous system that causes
[00:13:52] addiction even from the first dose. It is a
[00:13:56] substance about which the European anti-drug agency has raised
[00:14:00] several alarms. Nep is generally manufactured in Western
[00:14:04] European countries. The Netherlands is the
[00:14:08] number one producer of synthetic drugs, including this
[00:14:11] nep. Judicial sources also speak of drug cocktails
[00:14:15] made by Romanian traffickers that include ketamine, a veterinary
[00:14:19] anesthetic. Police detected eight types of prohibited
[00:14:23] substances sold by the three dealers.
[00:14:25] Transactions were made by the network leader through accounts on the
[00:14:29] Telegram network. Customers only contacted him through an encrypted
[00:14:32] messaging application and paid in cryptocurrencies. After
[00:14:36] payment, they received the location where the drugs had been hidden. And
[00:14:40] that place was Carol Park in the Capital. Doctors say
[00:14:44] that the mixtures of substances devised by the chemists of criminal
[00:14:47] groups competing in a crowded market also lead to almost last-resort
[00:14:51] interventions in the treatment of overdoses. For doctors,
[00:14:55] especially in provincial hospitals, it seems an almost impossible
[00:14:58] mission. These hospitals do not even have the capacity to
[00:15:02] detect these substances in patients'
[00:15:06] samples. There are no toxicology laboratories in the country that can
[00:15:09] perform this detection. The rapid appearance on the market
[00:15:13] of new psychoactive substance molecules makes
[00:15:17] it impossible to detect them with existing equipment.
[00:15:20] The group leader was preventively arrested for 30 days. He had previously
[00:15:24] been convicted of drug trafficking.
[00:15:28] Approximately 300 employees from IAR Ghimbav protested inside
[00:15:32] the company. Trade unionists are asking authorities for new contracts in
[00:15:35] the Romanian defense industry and warn
[00:15:37] that they will resort to other protest actions if their demands are not
[00:15:41] met by mid-December.
[00:15:45] Union members are dissatisfied that they do not have enough work, given that Romania
[00:15:48] allocates significant sums for military endowment, including from the European
[00:15:52] Safe program. The biggest problem is the lack of loading. All
[00:15:56] evils stem from here. We have a loading rate below 20%, even
[00:15:59] though everyone knows about the safe,
[00:16:03] the 16.8 billion that was spent. Union members also complain
[00:16:07] about the lack of firm contracts for the production of military helicopters in Romania,
[00:16:11] although in the last year there have been discussions regarding the manufacturing at Ghimbav of
[00:16:14] Airbus H215M and H225M
[00:16:17] helicopters, employees say they are waiting for concrete documents that
[00:16:21] guarantee the plant's activity. Until we see those contracts in black and
[00:16:25] white that are promised to us on television with H225,
[00:16:28] H215 or other helicopters that
[00:16:32] Romania buys from abroad, they seem
[00:16:35] just promises. The company's management
[00:16:39] claims it is making efforts to increase the factory's loading rate and is considering
[00:16:43] several development levels. An industrial cooperation agreement signed
[00:16:46] with Airbus Helicopters partners for a new type of latest generation
[00:16:50] aircraft, 12 aircraft contracted through the Safe
[00:16:53] program are expected to arrive, which will be equipped and
[00:16:57] delivered to the Ministry of National Defense, and also the production
[00:17:00] of two special types of drones. The union members are
[00:17:03] also dissatisfied with the increase in the allowance for Board members, while
[00:17:07] the indexation of salaries with inflation has not been granted to
[00:17:10] employees. The company's management explains in the same statement that
[00:17:13] the indexation has not been implemented yet, because it is conditional
[00:17:17] on government approval through a memorandum. Environment Minister Diana Buzoianu
[00:17:21] stated that she will consult with lawyers
[00:17:25] to find a way to dismiss ANM director Elena Mateescu
[00:17:29] following an inspection carried out at the institution
[00:17:32] by the ministry's control body. According to the findings presented
[00:17:36] by Diana Buzoianu, the institution's cards were used to purchase
[00:17:39] products such as underwear, perfumes, dresses, pajamas,
[00:17:43] handbags and other luxury items. Two of the companies from which
[00:17:46] the mentioned goods were purchased each have one
[00:17:49] employee.
[00:17:52] I discovered direct acquisitions, I
[00:17:54] mean, contracts concluded directly
[00:17:58] worth millions
[00:18:01] cumulatively, thus exceeding any ceiling provided by
[00:18:04] legislation. I discovered underwear,
[00:18:08] dresses, skirts, high
[00:18:12] heels and I don't know what else bought with the institution's
[00:18:15] cards, so it's very clear that there was a debauchery of public money there. What
[00:18:19] other reasons would be necessary to demand the
[00:18:23] dismissal of a person, other than the fact that 120,000
[00:18:26] lei were identified last year that were spent from the institution's
[00:18:30] card for perfumes. What other
[00:18:33] reasons would be necessary other than the fact that a
[00:18:36] bra was bought for 1300 lei from the institution's
[00:18:40] card, reimbursed with an invoice and
[00:18:42] receipt. What other reason could
[00:18:46] there be than the fact that we have direct
[00:18:50] acquisitions for two companies that do not even have
[00:18:53] activities in the fields in which they signed
[00:18:56] the respective acquisition contracts.
[00:18:59] After almost four months without consistent rain, animal breeders in Mehedinți
[00:19:03] have big problems providing food. The lands where the
[00:19:07] sheep, goats, or cattle grazed are parched by the heat, and farmers are
[00:19:11] forced to offer fodder from their winter supplies. Many have
[00:19:14] started selling their animals because they cannot bear the high
[00:19:17] costs.
[00:19:19] To give them grain because they have nothing else to eat since he buys them. For a week, this farmer from
[00:19:23] Șimian commune started feeding the animals with corn from winter supplies. He has
[00:19:27] over 350 sheep and goats, but after the drought of the last two years and the increases in
[00:19:31] fodder and fuel prices, he is considering halving them. Moreover, providing
[00:19:34] food and water for the animals is becoming increasingly difficult for all two
[00:19:38] sheep and goat breeders in Mehedinți. Nature no longer helps us,
[00:19:41] fodder is expensive, diesel is expensive,
[00:19:45] the lambs haven't come, there are lambs in the sheep and now you
[00:19:48] are giving us, this is the situation, I have nothing to do, I have to give them, we struggle
[00:19:52] here and there, what can we do, are you thinking of selling them because I have
[00:19:56] nothing to live on, we have no
[00:20:00] income, no, not even my husband, but
[00:20:03] the fields are parched, yes, they are dry, everything
[00:20:06] is dry, can food be found in the fields? Not
[00:20:10] anymore because it rained, severe drought, fodder is very
[00:20:13] difficult to find, expensive, very
[00:20:16] expensive, the price of diesel is very high,
[00:20:20] we can't plant anything in the ground if it rained because it's dry,
[00:20:23] this cow breeder from Angu says that in the last two years, affected
[00:20:27] by drought, he has reduced his herd by 50%. After the field
[00:20:31] is harvested, how it still is, there's still a kind person who sets
[00:20:34] fire to nature and destroys the fauna. And everything
[00:20:38] in the forest and fields, did you sell any? Yes, well, from
[00:20:41] year to year, every year I sell some and I sold some this
[00:20:45] autumn and I will sell some now and I want to keep
[00:20:48] only 30 cows. At most. After four months without
[00:20:51] precipitation, it has only rained in some areas of Mehedinți county
[00:20:55] in recent days. The quantities that fell are too small for the huge
[00:20:58] water deficit in the soil.
[00:21:01] A decree, thousands of destroyed lives and abandoned children. 60
[00:21:05] years ago, the communist regime banned abortions, and women
[00:21:08] ended up risking their lives to terminate a pregnancy.
[00:21:12] The stories of the victims bring back into focus one of the most painful
[00:21:15] pages in recent history. We'll be back with details
[00:21:18] shortly.
[00:21:21] Impressive procession last night on the streets of Iași, the reliquaries with
[00:21:24] the relics of Saint Parascheva and Saint Paisie from Sihăstria were
[00:21:28] carried on the shoulders by more than 40 priests in the city
[00:21:32] center. At this traditional moment of the patron saint's day, called the Way of the Saints,
[00:21:36] over 3,000 faithful participated, a record number, authorities
[00:21:39] say.
[00:21:45] The procession of the Way of the Saints was one of the most anticipated
[00:21:49] moments of the celebration of Saint Parascheva,
[00:21:52] the pilgrimage was interrupted, and the reliquaries with the Holy Relics were lowered from the
[00:21:56] canopy to be then carried through the streets of
[00:21:59] the city. Christ
[00:22:02] God for all
[00:22:04] of us.
[00:22:07] The gathering of priests stopped for prayers in three places: in front of
[00:22:11] the chapel at the Zavoda maternity hospital, at the Saint
[00:22:14] Sava church, and at the Three Hierarchs monastery. The most impressive
[00:22:17] were the mothers admitted to the maternity ward and the nurses,
[00:22:21] they came down from their rooms to pray. Saint Parascheva, I hope she will
[00:22:25] help us bring the pregnancy to a successful conclusion.
[00:22:29] Such emotions and blessings, that's all I can
[00:22:32] say. We're going to service. The faithful say they come every year to
[00:22:35] participate in this procession. It is an emotion difficult
[00:22:39] to explain.
[00:22:42] We see the relics
[00:22:45] of two saints. A great blessing for all of us
[00:22:48] for all.
[00:22:51] and from everywhere once a year Saint Parascheva comes to us,
[00:22:54] we travel with her on the streets that during the year have
[00:22:58] their routine, but this evening these streets
[00:23:02] become paths of prayer. After the
[00:23:05] procession, the pilgrimage was resumed, and the faithful who came from
[00:23:08] all corners of the country continued to worship the relics.
[00:23:12] We come from Bârlad, God granted that we also
[00:23:15] arrived. With great joy. We pray for
[00:23:18] health, peace. You know and what good
[00:23:21] God wants. The pilgrims to enjoy a moment in the presence
[00:23:25] of the saints and to take them home, to tell
[00:23:28] those met on the way and those at
[00:23:32] home, that good and sweet
[00:23:35] is the Lord, wonderful in His saints. The culminating
[00:23:38] point of the Iași pilgrimage will be on October 14, the
[00:23:42] day when Saint Parascheva is celebrated.
[00:23:46] Over 1,000 women died during
[00:23:50] communism due to clandestine abortions. Today marks 60
[00:23:53] years since the adoption of Decree 770, which banned
[00:23:56] abortions, a decision that radically changed the lives of
[00:24:00] millions of women in Romania. The tragedies caused by this policy
[00:24:03] are brought back into focus in debates dedicated to the victims, whose
[00:24:06] official recognition remains incomplete. Attention, the following
[00:24:10] information and images may affect you emotionally. Tens of thousands of children were orphaned following
[00:24:14] one of the communist regime's harshest policies. These are the
[00:24:17] so-called "decreței" (decree children), children born after
[00:24:21] 60 years ago, Ceaușescu imposed Decree
[00:24:23] 770, which banned abortions, a
[00:24:26] decision that radically changed the lives of
[00:24:29] millions of women in Romania, forcing women to produce at least
[00:24:33] four children. Ceaușescu, gynecologist and midwife, became
[00:24:36] the number one enemy of all families in Romania. In the absence
[00:24:40] of legal means of contraception, many women resorted to self-induced
[00:24:44] abortions using empirical and brutal methods. Statistics speak of
[00:24:48] over 1,000 Romanian women who died
[00:24:52] this way, but in reality the number is much higher than
[00:24:55] the figures in communist reports, the legislation aiming to
[00:24:59] numerically increase the population of Romania, but not through
[00:25:02] such absurd methods, in my opinion.
[00:25:06] Deaths following such methods
[00:25:08] are interpreted as violent deaths.
[00:25:12] The lives of women in communism and the rights that were violated
[00:25:16] are at the center of debates organized by the Institute for Investigating
[00:25:19] crime of communism, specialists draw attention to the sacrifices
[00:25:23] of a generation affected by the restrictive policy of the regime.
[00:25:27] We must document the facts,
[00:25:30] find those responsible and bring
[00:25:33] them to, bring them to justice and
[00:25:37] let the law, justice condemn them. And
[00:25:41] at the same time, we must grant victim status to these children
[00:25:45] and women. Behind every number is a woman who
[00:25:48] did not have the opportunity to choose. A woman whose needs and desires were
[00:25:52] secondary to the ideals of the state. The National Agency for
[00:25:56] Equal Opportunities also proposes a strategic framework to make
[00:25:59] these experiences known and to promote
[00:26:03] human rights. Let us seriously consider those women
[00:26:06] who live today, but who carry
[00:26:09] the very
[00:26:12] deep traumas of practices, with
[00:26:15] an overwhelming effect on health.
[00:26:19] The debates bring together specialists and representatives of public
[00:26:22] institutions to analyze the effects of communist policies on
[00:26:26] women and Romanian society. The event is
[00:26:29] organized by the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and Memory
[00:26:32] of the Romanian Exile and the Agency for Equal Opportunities for Women
[00:26:36] and Men. Tensions in the cultural world, after
[00:26:39] a controversial decision by the Minister of Culture. In 2028,
[00:26:43] Romania is invited, guest of honor, to the most important book fair in
[00:26:47] Europe. But the Film Office will handle the participation.
[00:26:51] Writers and publishers are outraged and warn that
[00:26:54] a historic opportunity for Romanian literature risks turning
[00:26:58] into a major failure. The minister defends his decision and
[00:27:01] claims that no one else wanted to take on
[00:27:03] the project.
[00:27:05] The Association of Publishers in Romania and writers are upset that
[00:27:09] the interim Minister of Culture decided that the Film Office
[00:27:13] should organize it, an institution that finances
[00:27:16] cinematographic productions. Does the air want to switch
[00:27:20] places in quotation marks
[00:27:23] with the Office? I have no problem. Please, let's ask
[00:27:26] the air after seven months? I asked the air,
[00:27:29] you were asked the air.
[00:27:32] AER Vice President. The tense dialogue took place at
[00:27:36] the press conference dedicated to Romania's participation in the
[00:27:39] International Book Fair in Frankfurt. For over two years, Andrei
[00:27:43] Pleșu and Mircea Cărtărescu are among the signatories of a
[00:27:46] petition that demands explanations. The minister invokes a
[00:27:50] legislative and institutional blockage. On
[00:27:52] my calendar, six months of silence have passed
[00:27:56] in the sense that I was proposing and the feedback
[00:27:59] was smiles, pats on the back. Yes, you can
[00:28:03] count on us, but no commitment. I started
[00:28:06] then
[00:28:09] to have a
[00:28:12] discussion with institutional partners. I replied
[00:28:15] because we are a subordinate institution
[00:28:18] of the Ministry of Culture. I was able to do in those few days
[00:28:21] an analysis of what happened from a logistical,
[00:28:25] budgetary, administrative point of view with
[00:28:28] the countries, guest of honor from the last five
[00:28:33] years, the budgets are not small at all, I think
[00:28:36] Romania has all the resources.
[00:28:39] The Association of Publishers in Romania contradicts the Minister
[00:28:42] of Culture and claims that it has not received any proposal to organize
[00:28:46] participation in the fair and warns that time
[00:28:49] is pressing. Romanian authors must be selected as soon as possible, and the translation
[00:28:52] of books into German must begin without delay. We don't have 100
[00:28:56] translators from Romanian to
[00:28:59] German, there are a few translators. They should have
[00:29:03] started translating on February 21st when the
[00:29:06] contract was signed and today we are talking about a t0.
[00:29:10] In Frankfurt, books must
[00:29:13] be present, not so much authors, it is
[00:29:16] not just an image exercise, they must
[00:29:19] have a firm gain, as many
[00:29:23] books written by Romanian authors as possible should be translated
[00:29:27] and published by publishers in Germany. The
[00:29:30] Frankfurt Book Fair in 2028 will take place
[00:29:34] between October 11th and 15th, and Romania is the
[00:29:38] guest of honor country.
[00:29:41] The dream of six families with limited financial possibilities is taking shape
[00:29:45] in Prahova County. At the end of the week, they will have a
[00:29:48] home. On the Habitat for Humanity construction site, 350
[00:29:52] volunteers are working to build the six houses.
[00:29:54] A swarm of people and good intentions
[00:29:58] in Berceni commune near Ploiești. The dream of six families to have a home
[00:30:02] is taking shape. We were, in fact, living in my mother-in-law's
[00:30:06] house, but with five other families, besides.
[00:30:09] My daughter is paralyzed with a severe disability, and she is
[00:30:13] dependent on me and she needs peace. Ana Maria has
[00:30:17] three children, but she cannot afford a home. Salaries are too
[00:30:20] low, needs are too high, it is very difficult, banks do not
[00:30:24] approve such a large loan, and Raluca is on the list
[00:30:27] of beneficiaries, she has a six-year-old son and she raises him alone. I have
[00:30:31] a net salary of 3500, but it is very difficult today.
[00:30:34] Were you happy when you received the news that you were selected? Yes, and especially
[00:30:38] since I received this news on my birthday. We always select families by looking
[00:30:42] at three criteria. The first criterion is the urgency of the need, we do a social investigation, the second
[00:30:46] criterion is the low level of income. And the third criterion is
[00:30:50] their willingness to volunteer. You will see the families with yellow helmets
[00:30:53] here on the construction site, they work alongside volunteers to build their own homes.
[00:30:57] On the construction site, along with those from the association.