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00:00:00across the country after the approval of the new
00:00:43parliamentary parties in an attempt to gain support for his
00:00:47government. Luca Niculescu wants to submit the list of ministers
00:00:58Luca Niculescu's government, but does not rule out early
00:01:01elections. The leadership of the Social Democrats has a broad
00:01:05negotiating mandate and asks Luca Niculescu for a government for the
00:01:08people.
00:01:11The weather has changed radically, it is raining in several areas of the country, and 12
00:01:15counties in the south and the capital are under a yellow code for significant
00:01:18precipitation. Temperatures are dropping, and sleet and
00:01:22snow will fall in the mountains.
00:01:24Heavy Russian strikes in Ukraine shortly after Trump announced an
00:01:28energy ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow, Volodymyr Zelensky
00:01:32announced that Russia had attacked energy facilities in
00:01:383-4 hours. I would also like to tell you that since Kharkiv.
00:01:44The designated Prime Minister continues negotiations in an attempt to find support for
00:01:47his future cabinet. He would prefer a political government
00:01:50rather than a technocratic one and says he wants to submit the program
00:01:54and team to parliament on Thursday. He met earlier with USR leaders, and at this
00:01:58hour, the discussion is scheduled
00:02:12a meeting with Luca Niculescu, after which he
00:02:16stated that USR does not wish to support
00:02:20a government led by Luca Niculescu, only if that government
00:02:23includes PNL, USR, UDMR.
00:02:27At the same time, Luca Niculescu continues
00:02:30these discussions, and at this hour, he is meeting with representatives of the national
00:02:34minorities group, and at 3:30 PM he will
00:02:37try to convince the Pace group to support him, and at 5 PM
00:02:40the context of the White House chief criticizing he will also have a meeting with the representatives of the United for Romania
00:02:44group, but in parallel, there was also a meeting at
00:02:48way. We are not yet talking about PSD this morning, and Sorin Grindeanu
00:02:51maintained his point of view. He stated that PSD does not
00:02:55support a technocratic government and does not support
00:02:58any
00:03:01Improving milk government that includes both technocrats and ministers
00:03:04of the Social Democratic Party. Therefore,
00:03:07PSD still wants all parties to assume
00:03:11governance, meaning that PSD would only enter governance alongside PNL and
00:03:15UDMR, and this is in the context that from PNL, through Ilie Bolozan's
00:03:18voice, a response came just a few days ago,
00:03:21mentioning that PNL can provide an investiture
00:03:24vote, but does not wish to enter governance.
00:03:28The game at the moment is quite complicated,
00:03:32it is complicated because everyone has a
00:03:35position that they have not made flexible, and
00:03:39Luca Niculescu is trying to continue these discussions, but
00:03:42the calculations are quite difficult to
00:03:45make, the 233 votes might not be gathered in
00:03:49the context that PSD does not support a government led by
00:03:52Luca Niculescu. It remains to be seen
00:03:56there will be precipitation in the form of however, what the reaction of national minorities will be, of the parliamentarians from this group and
00:04:00of the other opposition groups.
00:04:03preparing this government for the next two years, but at least for six
00:04:07months, to have this minimal agreement on essential
00:04:10issues, progress has been made since last week,
00:04:14discussions are open and I don't want to
00:04:17close any doors to dialogue. I told him
00:04:20that if there
00:04:24is the possibility of a PNL,
00:04:27USR, UDMR government, with him
00:04:30as Prime Minister, it is certainly
00:04:32something we would look at with great
00:04:36openness, I
00:04:39areas of the Entertainment Capital of the saw in public that Sorin Grindeanu is also open to such a
00:04:42variant and this might be the unblocking that is
00:04:46needed, we will not make
00:04:49backdoor arrangements, don't ask me to
00:04:52interpret
00:04:54Mr. Grindeanu's shifts, I don't know, he seems like a scared rabbit
00:04:58running in all directions.
00:05:01PSD's position remains unchanged. The Social Democrats only support
00:05:05a political government assumed in parliament by a clear and
00:05:08solid majority. But Sorin Grindeanu slightly nuances his position.
00:05:12PSD does not completely exclude the scenario proposed by Dominic Fritz, a
00:05:15PNL, USR, UDMR government, led by Luca
00:05:18Niculescu, provided that social democratic measures are included
00:05:22in the government program. In parallel, however, the social democrats are also making preparations
00:05:26for the increasingly discussed alternative of early
00:05:29elections. For PNL and
00:05:31UDMR, to be part of this
00:05:35effort, to get through this
00:05:38difficult period, in which we have a rectification,
00:05:42we must. we have a new budget, it will come in February, rating
00:05:45agencies will start coming again
00:05:48and in spring we will make an evaluation, Luca
00:05:52Niculescu is not the Prime Minister
00:05:54of PSD,
00:05:57why should the Social Democratic Party assume him, he is
00:06:01the president's proposal, I don't believe
00:06:04in issues proposed
00:06:07by Dominic Fritz, but would you be open to a governmental rotation, no, but let
00:06:09me give a nuance, I don't
00:06:12exclude it. The Social Democratic Party
00:06:16is ready for early elections. If this scenario
00:06:19is started. We will start a domino
00:06:22game, which at some point will not be
00:06:26stopped.
00:06:30Stagnant situation in PNL as well, which will not vote for a government with PSD ministers,
00:06:34but considers the investiture of Luca Niculescu's cabinet. The liberals are waiting for
00:06:37the government program and the designated prime minister's team for a final
00:06:41decision.
00:06:43"The invitation remains as unhonored as it has been
00:06:46until now, we will not enter a governing formula alongside
00:06:50PSD, we are obviously considering a vote of investiture for the
00:06:54Luca Niculescu government to unblock the situation
00:06:57in which Romania finds itself. The National Liberal Party has 80
00:07:01parliamentarians. If we are talking about a support
00:07:03of the National Liberal Party, a possible support,
00:07:07we are talking about this number, if we are talking about other
00:07:10possibilities, factions or what is desired, of course it is
00:07:14also the option of the designated prime minister, I saw that he wants to discuss with
00:07:18the party leaders, that's what he did, we appreciate
00:07:21that. President Trump is considering
00:07:24dismissing Kimberly Gillfoil from the position of ambassador to Greece, reports the
00:07:28overseas press, citing sources close to the scandal in which Romania's name
00:07:32was also mentioned. Both Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco
00:07:35Rubio are extremely furious, according to sources, and will make a decision
00:07:39after reports regarding, we quote,
00:07:42inappropriate conduct and possibly illegal behavior by
00:07:45Kimberly Gilfoyl. In fact, Trump avoided publicly defending his eldest
00:07:49son's former fiancée, but the president followed
00:07:52reports that Gill Foyle had accepted luxury gifts in her capacity
00:07:56as ambassador to Greece and had solicited money in exchange
00:08:00for facilitating access to administration officials before being
00:08:03confirmed to the position. The State Department is analyzing the aspects widely
00:08:07reported by the press. According to Gilfoyl's lawyer, his client
00:08:11did not violate any
00:08:14rules.
00:08:17The Minister of Environment requests the resignation of the leadership of the National
00:08:20Meteorological Administration, after the control body discovered that perfumes,
00:08:24clothes, cosmetics were bought with the institution's money and also reported
00:08:35postponed until tomorrow the decision regarding Călin Georgescu's request to replace
00:08:39pre-trial detention with a milder measure. The former presidential
00:08:42candidate has been in pre-trial detention since September 29 in
00:08:46the case in which he is accused of having defrauded a businessman of over 1
00:09:00preventive measure with a milder one, fell
00:09:04at the Bucharest Tribunal to Judge Vlad Andriescu,
00:09:08he is the judge who rejected the first
00:09:11request by DIICOT to issue an arrest warrant for
00:09:15Călin Georgescu in this case. Later,
00:09:18DIICOT filed an appeal, appealed to the
00:09:22Bucharest Court of Appeal and won there.
00:09:26So Călin Georgescu ended up in the Capital Police detention center. Now
00:09:29Călin Georgescu has filed a new request to replace
00:09:33the preventive measure, as it is called. Which
00:09:36fell, coincidentally or not, to the judge who
00:09:40first rejected DIICOT's request to issue
00:09:44the arrest warrant, it remains to be seen what
00:09:47the judge from the Bucharest Tribunal, Vlad
00:09:51Andriescu, will decide tomorrow. Now, Călin Georgescu is
00:09:54at DIICOT, where the procedure for
00:09:57the IT search continues. This procedure is taking
00:10:00a long time, because prosecutors are looking for evidence in his phones, laptops
00:10:04and data sticks, which is why this
00:10:08judicial procedure is so laborious. And here
00:10:11at DIICOT. a few hundred supporters and
00:10:14followers of Călin Georgescu have come from the
00:10:18tribunal, there are not many, but they are very
00:10:21vehement, chanting in favor of Călin
00:10:25Georgescu, the former independent presidential candidate,
00:10:29who is in pre-trial detention.
00:10:31Approximately 300 employees of IAR Ghimbav participated in
00:10:35a protest organized within the company, dissatisfied with the low level
00:10:39of activity and the blocking of salary indexation with
00:10:42inflation. Employees demand that authorities bring new contracts to
00:10:45the Romanian defense industry and warn that they will resort to new actions
00:10:49if their demands are not met by mid-December.
00:10:52Union members complain about the lack of firm
00:10:56contracts for the production of military helicopters in Romania, although in the last year
00:11:00there have been discussions about manufacturing Airbus helicopters of two
00:11:03different types at Ghimbav, employees say they are waiting for concrete documents
00:11:07that will guarantee the factory's
00:11:09activity.
00:11:12Representatives of Nuclearelectrica announced that units 1 and 2 of the
00:11:15Cernavodă nuclear power plant remain safely shut down. Authorities
00:11:19emphasize that the population and the environment are not exposed to
00:11:22any danger. The technical maneuver was initiated in accordance
00:11:26with the strict nuclear safety procedures of the power plant for routine checks and
00:11:30preventive maintenance of the electrical systems. The company's experts explained
00:11:33that the temporary shutdown does not affect national security and that
00:11:37all facilities are operating at designed safety
00:11:41parameters. Until reconnection to the national energy grid, electricity
00:11:45production is supplemented by the country's other resources, and
00:11:48engineering teams are working to resume deliveries as soon as
00:11:52possible.
00:11:55Perfumes, clothes and cosmetics bought with the institution's money, as well as
00:11:58contracts worth millions of lei directly awarded, are the irregularities
00:12:01reported by the National Meteorological Administration following
00:12:05checks by the control body of the Ministry of Environment. Minister
00:12:09Diana Buzoianu demands the resignation of the leadership and announces that the report will be
00:12:12sent to the General Prosecutor's Office and the Court of Accounts. The ANM director claims
00:12:16that she did not use the institutional card and did not approve illegal
00:12:19purchases. Elena Matescu states that she ordered an internal audit and
00:12:23reported it to the police since August after the discovery of some
00:12:26irregularities. Last night in the show Power Corridors on TVR Info,
00:12:29the Minister of Environment spoke exclusively about
00:12:33contracts that would have been dedicatedly awarded to
00:12:36two companies. Diana Buzoianu claims that the procurement department is under
00:12:40the direct subordination of Elena Mateescu and that she would have
00:12:43signed the disputed acquisitions.
00:12:46The control body actually brought to light many more
00:12:50problems than just this part of unjustified
00:12:53expenses from cards, one of the
00:12:57essential things that it brought to light was that in the last few years
00:13:00contracts were given with dedication to two companies
00:13:04affiliated with ANM, they were given
00:13:07with dedication through direct procurement
00:13:11worth millions, even though there are very
00:13:15clear limits for what you can buy directly, a sum of
00:13:1827,000 RON. So basically we see how the system
00:13:22was used, how the money was used, including to
00:13:25favor, so to speak, some in-house companies close to
00:13:28this institution, and I just want to mention that Director
00:13:32Mateescu has the procurement department directly under her, so
00:13:36all these acquisitions were signed at some
00:13:39point by her as well, no matter how much she wants to
00:13:43exclude herself from this process.
00:13:47The weather has changed radically in almost the entire country, the National
00:13:50Meteorological Administration has issued a yellow code for rain. valid until
00:13:54tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM, but also a weather warning for bad
00:13:58weather, rain and snow at high altitudes, in force until
00:14:02Wednesday. Thus, 20-30 liters of water
00:14:05per square meter will be registered, and isolated
00:14:09quantities may even exceed 40 liters per square
00:14:12meter. Meteorologists warn that a sharp cooling of the weather is coming
00:14:16in most of the country, and in the mountains at over 1500 meters altitude
00:14:21sleet and snow, and beware, the wind will blow
00:14:25at 90 km/h.
00:14:29serious traffic accident in Mihăiești locality in Vâlcea county, beware,
00:14:33there are images and information that may affect you emotionally. A 25-year-old
00:14:36man and two 17-year-old girls, passengers in his
00:14:40car, died as a result of the impact. The first data from the
00:14:43police show that the 25-year-old driver drove too fast
00:14:46and in a curve entered the opposite lane, colliding
00:14:49head-on with a car driven by a 67-year-old man. He
00:14:53and a 61-year-old woman, passenger in the hit car, were injured and
00:14:57transported to the hospital. Police continue investigations to
00:15:00establish all these
00:15:02details.
00:15:05Thousands of believers continue to queue despite the rain to reach
00:15:20energy infrastructure, says Volodymyr Zelensky, despite the fact that the White House leader
00:15:23had announced the day before that the belligerent parties had agreed
00:15:27on an energy ceasefire. Zelensky stated
00:15:30that his armed forces did not target Russian oil refineries during the
00:15:34night. The Kyiv leader called on Washington to increase
00:15:37pressure on Moscow instead of offering concessions or easing
00:15:41sanctions on Russian diesel
00:15:45rejected Zelensky's proposal for a 60-day ceasefire to
00:15:49organize elections in Ukraine.
00:15:52The President of Ukraine accused Russia of violating the energy ceasefire.
00:15:56The energy and railway infrastructure in Zhytomyr was
00:15:59attacked overnight and the city of Izium was left in darkness after
00:16:03the Russians hit the city's thermal power plant. In
00:16:06Kharkiv, the second largest city in the country, 12 people were
00:16:09injured after a residential building was
00:16:12bombed.
00:16:17Yesterday, a locality near Kharkiv was also targeted.
00:16:21The attack resulted in the death of three people and the injury of another
00:16:2425. Shortly before these attacks, Donald Trump
00:16:28stated in a message published online that Moscow and Kyiv had
00:16:31agreed on an energy ceasefire. Later, Zelensky
00:16:35stated that he was unaware of such a...
00:16:44The United States about the energy ceasefire
00:16:47being reached is good news for everyone.
00:16:51It is important that it becomes
00:16:54part of reality. Ukraine
00:16:56supports all real and reliable formats
00:17:00for a ceasefire and an end to the
00:17:03war. Ukraine is ready not to strike
00:17:06at...
00:17:42EU foreign ministers have adopted new sanctions against
00:17:45almost 1600 entities and individuals, targeting
00:17:49the Russian military-industrial complex. The measures contrast with
00:17:52recent statements by Donald Trump about concluding an agreement
00:17:55regarding the import of Russian diesel into
00:17:58the US.
00:18:07Because if they stop.
00:18:13Several European leaders have shown solidarity with Volodymyr Zelensky in
00:18:18Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil facilities
00:18:21and saying that Ukraine should change its
00:18:24president. The Kyiv leader explained that a two-month
00:18:28ceasefire is needed to organize elections in his
00:18:31country. Europeans are hypocrites, this is the defense
00:18:35built by the US Treasury Secretary around the
00:18:38Trump administration's decision to greenlight diesel deliveries from
00:18:41Russia, the institution that practically manages sanctions
00:18:45against Moscow, issued a temporary authorization allowing
00:18:49Russian diesel imports until the first week of April
00:18:522027.
00:19:01because they tried to have a choke
00:19:04point on the Strait of Hormuz, that didn't work. They tried to have a choke
00:19:08point on diesel prices, now that's not working. And Charlie, it's just as
00:19:12you said, the Europeans have given the
00:19:15Russians more money, they have, since the start of this war, than
00:19:19they have given the Ukrainians, because they cannot wean themselves
00:19:22off Russian energy. They had a failed
00:19:26energy policy, and Vladimir Putin, they
00:19:30continue to fund him. So for them to
00:19:33say that we cannot have a respite in
00:19:37diesel.
00:19:41Romania asks Ukraine to maintain the current network of schools with
00:19:44teaching in Romanian. The request comes in the context of the Ukrainian
00:19:47education reform which next year could reduce the number of
00:19:51Romanian high schools. At the same time, the Kyiv Parliament is set to
00:19:55debate a new law on the rights of national
00:19:57minorities, important for EU accession negotiations.
00:20:01The project is supported by the Hungarian minority, but causes
00:20:04discontent in the Romanian community in Ukraine. And President Maia Sandu
00:20:08asked Kyiv to maintain Romanian high schools.
00:20:12What works do you know from
00:20:15Mihai
00:20:16Eminescu's creation?
00:20:20Now students in Ukraine finish high school after the 11th
00:20:22grade. From next year, the gymnasium cycle will include
00:20:26the 9th grade, followed by three years of
00:20:30high school. In the Chernivtsi region of Ukraine, there are currently
00:20:3344 high schools with teaching in Romanian. Next year's
00:20:37reform envisages that only 15 Romanian
00:20:40high schools will remain until the 12th grade, the remaining
00:20:4329 will be gymnasiums, meaning up to the ninth
00:20:46grade. The Romanian High School in Crasna is in a pilot
00:20:50project with 12 classes, while the high school in
00:20:53Suceveni will become a gymnasium with nine classes. Maria and
00:20:57Alisa are students here in the ninth grade, from next year they will be
00:21:01forced to commute to another locality to continue their
00:21:04studies in Romanian. I would still like to
00:21:08stay here in my high school, in my hometown,
00:21:11because I have spent so many years here, I want
00:21:14to continue my studies here in my mother
00:21:18tongue, not to go to...
00:21:20Marinela is the mother of another ninth-grade student from the Suceveni high school,
00:21:24from next year she will no longer be able to study
00:21:27here. Continuing
00:21:30to study in another locality
00:21:34means daily commuting for children, which does
00:21:37not give me the assurance that during
00:21:40alarms, children will
00:21:44be safe. Teachers are also dissatisfied
00:21:48that their high school remains only a
00:21:51gymnasium, not that they are against reforms, no,
00:21:55but I still want the children to finish, if they
00:21:59started here in the first grade, to finish. Romania officially
00:22:03asked Ukraine to maintain the existing number of schools teaching in
00:22:06Romanian and to avoid regressive measures.
00:22:10Our goal now is to preserve our historical
00:22:13network of schools.
00:22:17Exceptions should be applied to the minority.
00:22:44And therefore it is very important, let's look at the experience of Romania, Suceava
00:22:47County, if I'm not mistaken. 98
00:22:50communes in Suceava County, look, not in
00:22:54every one of your communes there is a
00:23:21platform for transparency in the forestry sector.
00:23:24Citizens will be able to submit requests, petitions, and also request
00:23:28participation in inspectors' field controls. On the
00:23:31platform, the status of complaints, controls, and
00:23:35applied fines can be tracked. We
00:23:37at the Ministry of Environment have already issued an order requiring all
00:23:41subordinate authorities with control responsibilities to
00:23:44make transparent the results, the conclusions
00:23:48of all controls they conduct in their activity. At
00:23:52this moment, the only authority that has
00:23:56implemented the order transposed and issued by
00:24:00the Ministry of Environment is the National Forest Guard. We will have discussions even
00:24:04this week with the other authorities that carry out control
00:24:07activities, precisely because we want exactly what happens
00:24:11at the Forest Guard to also happen at the Environmental
00:24:14Guard and at the Romanian Waters in the inspection area. It is very important
00:24:18not to hide the results
00:24:22of controls anymore. For the transparency
00:24:25of control activity, I have stipulated disciplinary sanctions for those responsible who must
00:24:29be nominated for uploading these controls to platforms, so
00:24:33yes, the answer is that they can be administratively
00:24:36sanctioned. Administrative sanctions are provided for in the Administrative
00:24:39Code, they can range from a warning to even dismissal
00:24:43from public office.
00:24:45Six families with limited financial means will receive
00:24:49houses on Friday in a locality near Ploiești.
00:24:52Habitat for Humanity Romania builds these homes with the help of
00:26:34The fifth day of pilgrimage to Iași, already tens of thousands of people have
00:26:38passed by the shrine with the relics of Saint Parascheva. Meanwhile,
00:26:41the weather has changed, it's raining and temperatures have dropped drastically. The faithful are
00:27:01weather of the past few days has been replaced by less
00:27:05friendly conditions for those who came to worship at the relics of Saint
00:27:09Parascheva. Nevertheless, the faithful maintain
00:27:13their patience and slowly advance towards the baldachin. Many of them
00:27:16have prepared for the changing weather and brought umbrellas and thicker clothes
00:27:20to cope with the hours spent waiting.
00:27:23So far, over 131,000
00:27:26pilgrims have passed by the baldachin. And at this moment, another
00:27:3013,000 are waiting to reach the shrine. The queue
00:27:34stretches for approximately 3 km, and the
00:27:37waiting time is
00:27:41the beginning of the pilgrimage, 900
00:27:43people have needed medical care, and another 40
00:27:47have been transported to the hospital. All this time, volunteers,
00:27:51gendarmes, firefighters and medical staff are mobilized
00:27:54to offer pilgrims the necessary support and to
00:27:58intervene promptly where the situation
00:28:00requires it.
00:28:04Over 100 flamingo birds heading to warm countries stopped
00:28:08at lakes in Dobrogea in
00:28:18researchers from Botoșani say they have found the solution. After almost
00:28:2210 years of experiments, they managed to obtain a new population of
00:28:25goats with fatter milk, but with a taste and smell that
00:28:29would appeal to even the most reluctant consumers.
00:28:32The animals could soon reach farms
00:28:36breed. Since 2017, local goats
00:28:39have been crossed with males of the Anglo-Nubian
00:28:42breed. At the Popăuți research station,
00:28:45third-generation specimens are now growing, obtained in this
00:28:50a breed, we are only talking about a population now.
00:28:54The main characteristic we are working on
00:28:57now is
00:29:01milk production.
00:29:03production, we are talking about fat percentage and quantity and
00:29:07the idea of having in the north-eastern part
00:29:10of Romania a biological creation
00:29:13specific to the climatic zone
00:29:17and
00:29:20a breed
00:29:22created in our area came to me even in the early years, because here
00:29:26I found a lot of goats undefined as a breed. The most
00:29:30important achievement of this project is the quality of the milk, specialists have
00:29:33sought to increase the fat content, important for
00:29:37cheeses, but especially to eliminate the specific taste and
00:29:40smell that keeps some consumers
00:29:43away. If I were to milk
00:29:46goat milk from this
00:29:48Anglo-Nubian breed and give it to a
00:29:51consumer to drink, without saying where it came from, they would certainly
00:29:55not realize it was goat milk. The project
00:29:59was initiated with the station's own funds, but promising
00:30:02results attracted financial support from the Academy of Agricultural
00:30:05Sciences and the Ministry of Agriculture. Researchers
00:30:09hope that this new biological creation will be approved
00:30:12soon and reach farms across the
00:30:15country. Tropical storm Rachel wreaked havoc in
00:30:19Southern California. Huge waves destroyed houses near
00:30:22the famous Long Beach. The century-old wooden promenade
00:30:26was completely destroyed in places.
00:30:29Efforts to protect with sandbags were in vain. It had barely
00:30:32recovered from the damage caused by Hurricane Marie last month.
00:30:36The storm then moved towards Las Vegas, causing floods in iconic
00:30:42World.
00:30:45Nepal is once again facing violent weather phenomena, a
00:30:48landslide blocked a river in the center of the country. This formed a
00:30:52powerful flood that destroyed homes, bridges and other infrastructure
00:30:55elements. Five people are missing. Several army
00:30:59helicopters.