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00:00:00Ukrainians have honored the White
00:00:02House's proposal.
00:00:04Several supporters of Donald Trump are distancing themselves from the White
00:00:08House leader as the November elections approach, even in traditionally
00:00:11Republican states.
00:00:15And here, the largest Orthodox pilgrimage also included a
00:00:19procession through the streets of Iași. Tens of thousands of faithful greeted
00:00:22the holy relics of Saint Paraskeva and Saint Paisie carried on the
00:00:26shoulders of priests.
00:00:36A six-month political agreement for supporting the government, not just a
00:00:39vote for investiture, is the proposal the designated prime minister made to the
00:00:43parties of the former governing coalition. Only the PSD
00:00:47reacted favorably because it practically meets the condition they
00:00:50announced from the start: a parliamentary majority with PNL and
00:00:53UDMR. However, the Liberals remain consistent and exclude any alliance with
00:00:57social democrats, as do the USR leaders. Time is pressing, Luca
00:01:01Niculescu has only three days left to present his team of
00:01:04ministers and program.
00:01:07Luca Niculescu conveyed to the leaders that this time it is imperative to
00:01:10vote for the government, because there is a high risk of blocking payments in
00:01:14vital areas. Niculescu prefers a political government or a mixed
00:01:18formula, political-technocratic, to carry out the budget rectification, adopt
00:01:22the budget for 2027 and take measures in energy. Luca
00:01:25Niculescu failed to convince those from USR. They are preparing this
00:01:29government for the next two years, but at least for six months there
00:01:33should be this minimal agreement, progress has been made
00:01:36since last week, discussions are
00:01:39open and I don't want to close any door to
00:01:43dialogue. Dominic Frița changed the direction of negotiations, he wants Luca
00:01:46Niculescu to lead a minority political government, PNL,
00:01:50USR, UDMR. We will not vote for a government
00:01:54that includes PSD ministers.
00:01:57Grindeanu, I don't know, he seems like a frightened rabbit that runs in
00:02:00all directions, I don't understand anything anymore, but maybe he will succeed
00:02:03in clarifying PSD's position. The Liberals also maintain the same line,
00:02:07never with PSD. We are obviously considering a vote of
00:02:10investiture for Luca Niculescu's government to
00:02:13unblock the situation in which Romania finds itself. Neither
00:02:17does PSD give up on conditions, it will enter government only together with other
00:02:21parties and wants social-democratic measures. What gives
00:02:24you the right to be so nervous? You have had
00:02:28four prime ministers in the last six
00:02:30years, benefiting non-stop from PSD's vote, and now because
00:02:34we come and appeal for this common
00:02:37effort and to make peace for
00:02:41a few months to get Romania through
00:02:44this period, we invent all
00:02:47sorts of things. Luca Niculescu obtained the support of the small
00:02:51groups for investiture, who are open to signing an agreement
00:02:54for governance. I think we have a
00:02:56candidate
00:02:59with real chances to do a very
00:03:02good job. From the opposition, Aur gives no chance to Niculescu's
00:03:05cabinet. What is happening these days is nothing but
00:03:09a rehash of what has been happening for the last
00:03:13five months. And we believe that the solution, ultimately,
00:03:17is to
00:03:19go to early elections. While the uncertainty of Niculescu's
00:03:23cabinet's investiture persists, the parties are also making their strategy in case Luca
00:03:27Niculescu doesn't reach a vote or is rejected. There are only two
00:03:31options: a fifth nomination or early
00:03:34elections. Luca Niculescu remains thus
00:03:37blocked in the war between PSD and the former partners in the government he
00:03:41overthrew five months ago. According to political sources, the social
00:03:45democrats would have promised to support the investiture if Luca Niculescu
00:03:48guarantees he receives 110 votes, which together with the
00:03:52127 of the PSD would meet the necessary
00:03:55threshold of 233 votes. Parliamentary arithmetic
00:04:00shows, however, that at this moment Niculescu has only
00:04:0317 votes promised from the group of national minorities,
00:04:07seven from the Peace group and 16 from Victor Ponta's
00:04:11UPR, far below what he needs. Moreover, the designated prime minister
00:04:15gave up presenting the conclusions of the consultations with the parties tonight
00:04:18and said he would hold a press conference when he is sure with whom he will form
00:04:21the government. A new drug with a high risk of
00:04:25addiction has reached the Romanian market.
00:04:29Narcotics obtained extremely easily online are becoming
00:04:33increasingly difficult to identify in hospitals, the alarm signal
00:04:37raised by doctors in a few
00:04:38moments.
00:04:45Călin Georgescu will find out tomorrow if he escapes preventive arrest. The Bucharest
00:04:48Tribunal postponed its decision on his request to replace
00:04:51arrest with a milder measure, namely house arrest or judicial
00:04:55control. The request was analyzed by the same judge who on
00:04:59the 22nd.
00:05:12is accused that together with other people he would have defrauded a businessman of
00:05:16over 1 million
00:05:18euros.
00:05:20Marriage ended tragically for a 44-year-old woman from Galați county.
00:05:24Attention, the following information may emotionally affect you. The woman
00:05:28was killed by her husband after an argument. The man was preventively
00:05:32arrested, and two minor children will now grow up without parents. Another
00:05:35case of femicide from a series that seems unstoppable despite the fact that a
00:05:39law came into force this year that punishes such
00:05:43crimes much more harshly. In the family of the two spouses, scandals were
00:05:47constant, the whole village knew about their conflicts, but each
00:05:50time she was beaten, the woman forgave her husband. They had four
00:05:54daughters together, two adults. Why didn't she leave, madam, why did she stay with
00:05:57him? She was, I left at that time when I went to
00:06:01the police because her eye was cut, I went to the mayor's office with
00:06:04the other daughter on the other side, and she
00:06:07said no, I have student daughters, I'll shame my daughters, everyone
00:06:10knows he beats.
00:06:12everyone, but she had her sister next to me and I know he used to beat her,
00:06:16he used to beat her, why, because they were just householders, they had
00:06:20money,
00:06:21they had,
00:06:24I don't know, the two argued again on Saturday night, and the man allegedly took a
00:06:28knife and stabbed her. The authorities now say that in the past the woman did not
00:06:32want to do anything to defend herself, calling at the mayor's office here, she did not want to make
00:06:36any statement and neither did she take any
00:06:40measure. I understand that people saw her with visible
00:06:43marks on her face, now yes, but she hadn't been
00:06:47going out much lately, I explained that there was
00:06:50a possibility to file a complaint, to issue a restraining
00:06:54order, all that, but she really refused
00:06:57and, not only did she refuse, but she also defended herself in the sense
00:07:01that she too would have her share of the blame. One of the
00:07:05woman's daughters called 112 after finding her mother unconscious,
00:07:08doctors could not save her. The man was preventively
00:07:11arrested for murder and faces up to 25 years in prison if found
00:07:15guilty. Russia continued to attack Ukraine's
00:07:18electricity infrastructure despite
00:07:21Donald Trump announcing an energy ceasefire on his social
00:07:25platform. It is clear that Vladimir Putin does not read Truth
00:07:29Social," said Volodymyr Zelensky in an apparent allusion
00:07:32to the American president. Zelensky stated that
00:07:35the Ukrainian army respected instructions from Washington and did not
00:07:39hit Russian refineries overnight. European leaders, such as the
00:07:42French President or the Polish Prime Minister, doubt the Kremlin's good faith
00:07:46and advocate for firmness in dealing with Moscow.
00:07:48moscovei.
00:07:53The energy ceasefire announced by US leader Donald Trump in a
00:07:57message published online. Volodymyr Zelensky said he learned about this
00:08:00agreement from the press.
00:08:13he had secured an energy fire
00:08:17between russia and ukraine that at
00:08:19that
00:08:21moment.
00:08:24According to Zelensky, Kyiv awaits details of discussions
00:08:27between Washington and Moscow. The High Representative of the European Union
00:08:31for Foreign Affairs, Kaya Calas, cautiously welcomed this
00:08:34agreement.
00:08:38The energy cease fire when it holds. We haven't yet seen
00:08:41that that also.
00:09:12from the area, in the city of Kharkiv, the second largest in the country, 12
00:09:16people were injured after a residential building was
00:09:19bombed.
00:09:23And the city of Ivano-Frankivsk was targeted by Russian forces, three people were
00:09:27killed and three others injured. Also, several buildings and
00:09:31cars were damaged.
00:09:33It would be a mistake for the United States to buy diesel from Russia,
00:09:37the statement belongs to former US Secretary of State Mike
00:09:40Pompeo, who is also a member of the Republican Party. He made this
00:09:44statement in the context of President Trump's surprising announcement about an agreement
00:09:47with Moscow for the purchase of diesel. On the other
00:09:50hand, the Kremlin rejected the ceasefire for 60 days, as
00:09:54proposed by Volodymyr Zelensky, in order to organize the elections that
00:09:58Trump is demanding in Ukraine.
00:10:01Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated that it would be a
00:10:04mistake for the United States to buy diesel from
00:10:07Russia.
00:10:12Europeans continue to buy energy from
00:10:15Russia, that's a mistake too, uh, no, we we should not
00:10:18provide any resources to the Russian reg, we'll see what actually comes from, we'll see
00:10:22if there's any diesel that's actually delivered.
00:10:33Donald Trump caused a stir a few days ago when he announced that he had reached
00:10:37an agreement with Vladimir Putin. According to the agreement, Russia will supply
00:10:414.8 million tons of diesel in stages to
00:10:44the global market, including the American one. From the other side of the
00:10:48barricade, Volodymyr Zelensky called for firm measures against
00:10:51Russia.
00:11:55of the Russian presidency spokesman, Vladimir Putin would be ready to
00:11:58order the army not to attack Ukraine on the day presidential
00:12:01elections would be held in the country.
00:12:05Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada adopted the law on the rights of national
00:12:09minorities in education, requested by Budapest to unblock
00:12:12accession negotiations with the European Union. For it to come into force,
00:12:16it must be promulgated by President Zelensky. However, the law does not satisfy
00:12:19the Romanian community in Ukraine, whose representatives fear that the new
00:12:23provisions could restrict education in the mother tongue and could lead to
00:12:27a reduction in the number of schools teaching in Romanian. An alternative project
00:12:30submitted by the deputy of Romanian origin Gheorghe Mazurașu to protect
00:12:34Romanian schools received a negative opinion from the parliamentary
00:12:37education committee. Ukrainian authorities claim that the new
00:12:41law allows minorities who speak official languages of the European
00:12:45Union to use their mother tongue more in education.
00:12:48Schools where more than half of the students learn in a minority
00:12:51language could receive a special status. However, the
00:12:55Romanian community fears that this threshold will disadvantage schools with fewer
00:12:59Romanian students, especially those in small localities. The law does not
00:13:03apply to Russian speakers. The exclusion is part of the Kiev
00:13:06authorities' policy of limiting Russian influence after decades
00:13:10of Russification.
00:13:13Here, a new extremely dangerous drug has hit the market, it has
00:13:17powerful effects, and the risk of addiction is very high even from the
00:13:21first dose. Anti-drug police in Bucharest dismantled a network
00:13:25that sold this drug along with other prohibited substances. Behind the
00:13:28business were a father, his son, and a friend of
00:13:31his.
00:13:33Police and anti-drug prosecutors managed in just three months to gather
00:13:36enough evidence to annihilate a criminal group that sold
00:13:40narcotics in Bucharest and elsewhere. Among the most sought-after
00:13:43products were Exstasy Panicher pills and a new drug called
00:13:46Nep, Netil Norpente Drone. It is a very
00:13:49powerful stimulant of the central nervous system that causes
00:13:52addiction even from the first dose. It is a
00:13:56substance about which the European anti-drug agency has raised
00:14:00several alarms. Nep is generally manufactured in Western
00:14:04European countries. The Netherlands is the
00:14:08number one producer of synthetic drugs, including this
00:14:11nep. Judicial sources also speak of drug cocktails
00:14:15made by Romanian traffickers that include ketamine, a veterinary
00:14:19anesthetic. Police detected eight types of prohibited
00:14:23substances sold by the three dealers.
00:14:25Transactions were made by the network leader through accounts on the
00:14:29Telegram network. Customers only contacted him through an encrypted
00:14:32messaging application and paid in cryptocurrencies. After
00:14:36payment, they received the location where the drugs had been hidden. And
00:14:40that place was Carol Park in the Capital. Doctors say
00:14:44that the mixtures of substances devised by the chemists of criminal
00:14:47groups competing in a crowded market also lead to almost last-resort
00:14:51interventions in the treatment of overdoses. For doctors,
00:14:55especially in provincial hospitals, it seems an almost impossible
00:14:58mission. These hospitals do not even have the capacity to
00:15:02detect these substances in patients'
00:15:06samples. There are no toxicology laboratories in the country that can
00:15:09perform this detection. The rapid appearance on the market
00:15:13of new psychoactive substance molecules makes
00:15:17it impossible to detect them with existing equipment.
00:15:20The group leader was preventively arrested for 30 days. He had previously
00:15:24been convicted of drug trafficking.
00:15:28Approximately 300 employees from IAR Ghimbav protested inside
00:15:32the company. Trade unionists are asking authorities for new contracts in
00:15:35the Romanian defense industry and warn
00:15:37that they will resort to other protest actions if their demands are not
00:15:41met by mid-December.
00:15:45Union members are dissatisfied that they do not have enough work, given that Romania
00:15:48allocates significant sums for military endowment, including from the European
00:15:52Safe program. The biggest problem is the lack of loading. All
00:15:56evils stem from here. We have a loading rate below 20%, even
00:15:59though everyone knows about the safe,
00:16:03the 16.8 billion that was spent. Union members also complain
00:16:07about the lack of firm contracts for the production of military helicopters in Romania,
00:16:11although in the last year there have been discussions regarding the manufacturing at Ghimbav of
00:16:14Airbus H215M and H225M
00:16:17helicopters, employees say they are waiting for concrete documents that
00:16:21guarantee the plant's activity. Until we see those contracts in black and
00:16:25white that are promised to us on television with H225,
00:16:28H215 or other helicopters that
00:16:32Romania buys from abroad, they seem
00:16:35just promises. The company's management
00:16:39claims it is making efforts to increase the factory's loading rate and is considering
00:16:43several development levels. An industrial cooperation agreement signed
00:16:46with Airbus Helicopters partners for a new type of latest generation
00:16:50aircraft, 12 aircraft contracted through the Safe
00:16:53program are expected to arrive, which will be equipped and
00:16:57delivered to the Ministry of National Defense, and also the production
00:17:00of two special types of drones. The union members are
00:17:03also dissatisfied with the increase in the allowance for Board members, while
00:17:07the indexation of salaries with inflation has not been granted to
00:17:10employees. The company's management explains in the same statement that
00:17:13the indexation has not been implemented yet, because it is conditional
00:17:17on government approval through a memorandum. Environment Minister Diana Buzoianu
00:17:21stated that she will consult with lawyers
00:17:25to find a way to dismiss ANM director Elena Mateescu
00:17:29following an inspection carried out at the institution
00:17:32by the ministry's control body. According to the findings presented
00:17:36by Diana Buzoianu, the institution's cards were used to purchase
00:17:39products such as underwear, perfumes, dresses, pajamas,
00:17:43handbags and other luxury items. Two of the companies from which
00:17:46the mentioned goods were purchased each have one
00:17:49employee.
00:17:52I discovered direct acquisitions, I
00:17:54mean, contracts concluded directly
00:17:58worth millions
00:18:01cumulatively, thus exceeding any ceiling provided by
00:18:04legislation. I discovered underwear,
00:18:08dresses, skirts, high
00:18:12heels and I don't know what else bought with the institution's
00:18:15cards, so it's very clear that there was a debauchery of public money there. What
00:18:19other reasons would be necessary to demand the
00:18:23dismissal of a person, other than the fact that 120,000
00:18:26lei were identified last year that were spent from the institution's
00:18:30card for perfumes. What other
00:18:33reasons would be necessary other than the fact that a
00:18:36bra was bought for 1300 lei from the institution's
00:18:40card, reimbursed with an invoice and
00:18:42receipt. What other reason could
00:18:46there be than the fact that we have direct
00:18:50acquisitions for two companies that do not even have
00:18:53activities in the fields in which they signed
00:18:56the respective acquisition contracts.
00:18:59After almost four months without consistent rain, animal breeders in Mehedinți
00:19:03have big problems providing food. The lands where the
00:19:07sheep, goats, or cattle grazed are parched by the heat, and farmers are
00:19:11forced to offer fodder from their winter supplies. Many have
00:19:14started selling their animals because they cannot bear the high
00:19:17costs.
00:19:19To give them grain because they have nothing else to eat since he buys them. For a week, this farmer from
00:19:23Șimian commune started feeding the animals with corn from winter supplies. He has
00:19:27over 350 sheep and goats, but after the drought of the last two years and the increases in
00:19:31fodder and fuel prices, he is considering halving them. Moreover, providing
00:19:34food and water for the animals is becoming increasingly difficult for all two
00:19:38sheep and goat breeders in Mehedinți. Nature no longer helps us,
00:19:41fodder is expensive, diesel is expensive,
00:19:45the lambs haven't come, there are lambs in the sheep and now you
00:19:48are giving us, this is the situation, I have nothing to do, I have to give them, we struggle
00:19:52here and there, what can we do, are you thinking of selling them because I have
00:19:56nothing to live on, we have no
00:20:00income, no, not even my husband, but
00:20:03the fields are parched, yes, they are dry, everything
00:20:06is dry, can food be found in the fields? Not
00:20:10anymore because it rained, severe drought, fodder is very
00:20:13difficult to find, expensive, very
00:20:16expensive, the price of diesel is very high,
00:20:20we can't plant anything in the ground if it rained because it's dry,
00:20:23this cow breeder from Angu says that in the last two years, affected
00:20:27by drought, he has reduced his herd by 50%. After the field
00:20:31is harvested, how it still is, there's still a kind person who sets
00:20:34fire to nature and destroys the fauna. And everything
00:20:38in the forest and fields, did you sell any? Yes, well, from
00:20:41year to year, every year I sell some and I sold some this
00:20:45autumn and I will sell some now and I want to keep
00:20:48only 30 cows. At most. After four months without
00:20:51precipitation, it has only rained in some areas of Mehedinți county
00:20:55in recent days. The quantities that fell are too small for the huge
00:20:58water deficit in the soil.
00:21:01A decree, thousands of destroyed lives and abandoned children. 60
00:21:05years ago, the communist regime banned abortions, and women
00:21:08ended up risking their lives to terminate a pregnancy.
00:21:12The stories of the victims bring back into focus one of the most painful
00:21:15pages in recent history. We'll be back with details
00:21:18shortly.
00:21:21Impressive procession last night on the streets of Iași, the reliquaries with
00:21:24the relics of Saint Parascheva and Saint Paisie from Sihăstria were
00:21:28carried on the shoulders by more than 40 priests in the city
00:21:32center. At this traditional moment of the patron saint's day, called the Way of the Saints,
00:21:36over 3,000 faithful participated, a record number, authorities
00:21:39say.
00:21:45The procession of the Way of the Saints was one of the most anticipated
00:21:49moments of the celebration of Saint Parascheva,
00:21:52the pilgrimage was interrupted, and the reliquaries with the Holy Relics were lowered from the
00:21:56canopy to be then carried through the streets of
00:21:59the city. Christ
00:22:02God for all
00:22:04of us.
00:22:07The gathering of priests stopped for prayers in three places: in front of
00:22:11the chapel at the Zavoda maternity hospital, at the Saint
00:22:14Sava church, and at the Three Hierarchs monastery. The most impressive
00:22:17were the mothers admitted to the maternity ward and the nurses,
00:22:21they came down from their rooms to pray. Saint Parascheva, I hope she will
00:22:25help us bring the pregnancy to a successful conclusion.
00:22:29Such emotions and blessings, that's all I can
00:22:32say. We're going to service. The faithful say they come every year to
00:22:35participate in this procession. It is an emotion difficult
00:22:39to explain.
00:22:42We see the relics
00:22:45of two saints. A great blessing for all of us
00:22:48for all.
00:22:51and from everywhere once a year Saint Parascheva comes to us,
00:22:54we travel with her on the streets that during the year have
00:22:58their routine, but this evening these streets
00:23:02become paths of prayer. After the
00:23:05procession, the pilgrimage was resumed, and the faithful who came from
00:23:08all corners of the country continued to worship the relics.
00:23:12We come from Bârlad, God granted that we also
00:23:15arrived. With great joy. We pray for
00:23:18health, peace. You know and what good
00:23:21God wants. The pilgrims to enjoy a moment in the presence
00:23:25of the saints and to take them home, to tell
00:23:28those met on the way and those at
00:23:32home, that good and sweet
00:23:35is the Lord, wonderful in His saints. The culminating
00:23:38point of the Iași pilgrimage will be on October 14, the
00:23:42day when Saint Parascheva is celebrated.
00:23:46Over 1,000 women died during
00:23:50communism due to clandestine abortions. Today marks 60
00:23:53years since the adoption of Decree 770, which banned
00:23:56abortions, a decision that radically changed the lives of
00:24:00millions of women in Romania. The tragedies caused by this policy
00:24:03are brought back into focus in debates dedicated to the victims, whose
00:24:06official recognition remains incomplete. Attention, the following
00:24:10information and images may affect you emotionally. Tens of thousands of children were orphaned following
00:24:14one of the communist regime's harshest policies. These are the
00:24:17so-called "decreței" (decree children), children born after
00:24:2160 years ago, Ceaușescu imposed Decree
00:24:23770, which banned abortions, a
00:24:26decision that radically changed the lives of
00:24:29millions of women in Romania, forcing women to produce at least
00:24:33four children. Ceaușescu, gynecologist and midwife, became
00:24:36the number one enemy of all families in Romania. In the absence
00:24:40of legal means of contraception, many women resorted to self-induced
00:24:44abortions using empirical and brutal methods. Statistics speak of
00:24:48over 1,000 Romanian women who died
00:24:52this way, but in reality the number is much higher than
00:24:55the figures in communist reports, the legislation aiming to
00:24:59numerically increase the population of Romania, but not through
00:25:02such absurd methods, in my opinion.
00:25:06Deaths following such methods
00:25:08are interpreted as violent deaths.
00:25:12The lives of women in communism and the rights that were violated
00:25:16are at the center of debates organized by the Institute for Investigating
00:25:19crime of communism, specialists draw attention to the sacrifices
00:25:23of a generation affected by the restrictive policy of the regime.
00:25:27We must document the facts,
00:25:30find those responsible and bring
00:25:33them to, bring them to justice and
00:25:37let the law, justice condemn them. And
00:25:41at the same time, we must grant victim status to these children
00:25:45and women. Behind every number is a woman who
00:25:48did not have the opportunity to choose. A woman whose needs and desires were
00:25:52secondary to the ideals of the state. The National Agency for
00:25:56Equal Opportunities also proposes a strategic framework to make
00:25:59these experiences known and to promote
00:26:03human rights. Let us seriously consider those women
00:26:06who live today, but who carry
00:26:09the very
00:26:12deep traumas of practices, with
00:26:15an overwhelming effect on health.
00:26:19The debates bring together specialists and representatives of public
00:26:22institutions to analyze the effects of communist policies on
00:26:26women and Romanian society. The event is
00:26:29organized by the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and Memory
00:26:32of the Romanian Exile and the Agency for Equal Opportunities for Women
00:26:36and Men. Tensions in the cultural world, after
00:26:39a controversial decision by the Minister of Culture. In 2028,
00:26:43Romania is invited, guest of honor, to the most important book fair in
00:26:47Europe. But the Film Office will handle the participation.
00:26:51Writers and publishers are outraged and warn that
00:26:54a historic opportunity for Romanian literature risks turning
00:26:58into a major failure. The minister defends his decision and
00:27:01claims that no one else wanted to take on
00:27:03the project.
00:27:05The Association of Publishers in Romania and writers are upset that
00:27:09the interim Minister of Culture decided that the Film Office
00:27:13should organize it, an institution that finances
00:27:16cinematographic productions. Does the air want to switch
00:27:20places in quotation marks
00:27:23with the Office? I have no problem. Please, let's ask
00:27:26the air after seven months? I asked the air,
00:27:29you were asked the air.
00:27:32AER Vice President. The tense dialogue took place at
00:27:36the press conference dedicated to Romania's participation in the
00:27:39International Book Fair in Frankfurt. For over two years, Andrei
00:27:43Pleșu and Mircea Cărtărescu are among the signatories of a
00:27:46petition that demands explanations. The minister invokes a
00:27:50legislative and institutional blockage. On
00:27:52my calendar, six months of silence have passed
00:27:56in the sense that I was proposing and the feedback
00:27:59was smiles, pats on the back. Yes, you can
00:28:03count on us, but no commitment. I started
00:28:06then
00:28:09to have a
00:28:12discussion with institutional partners. I replied
00:28:15because we are a subordinate institution
00:28:18of the Ministry of Culture. I was able to do in those few days
00:28:21an analysis of what happened from a logistical,
00:28:25budgetary, administrative point of view with
00:28:28the countries, guest of honor from the last five
00:28:33years, the budgets are not small at all, I think
00:28:36Romania has all the resources.
00:28:39The Association of Publishers in Romania contradicts the Minister
00:28:42of Culture and claims that it has not received any proposal to organize
00:28:46participation in the fair and warns that time
00:28:49is pressing. Romanian authors must be selected as soon as possible, and the translation
00:28:52of books into German must begin without delay. We don't have 100
00:28:56translators from Romanian to
00:28:59German, there are a few translators. They should have
00:29:03started translating on February 21st when the
00:29:06contract was signed and today we are talking about a t0.
00:29:10In Frankfurt, books must
00:29:13be present, not so much authors, it is
00:29:16not just an image exercise, they must
00:29:19have a firm gain, as many
00:29:23books written by Romanian authors as possible should be translated
00:29:27and published by publishers in Germany. The
00:29:30Frankfurt Book Fair in 2028 will take place
00:29:34between October 11th and 15th, and Romania is the
00:29:38guest of honor country.
00:29:41The dream of six families with limited financial possibilities is taking shape
00:29:45in Prahova County. At the end of the week, they will have a
00:29:48home. On the Habitat for Humanity construction site, 350
00:29:52volunteers are working to build the six houses.
00:29:54A swarm of people and good intentions
00:29:58in Berceni commune near Ploiești. The dream of six families to have a home
00:30:02is taking shape. We were, in fact, living in my mother-in-law's
00:30:06house, but with five other families, besides.
00:30:09My daughter is paralyzed with a severe disability, and she is
00:30:13dependent on me and she needs peace. Ana Maria has
00:30:17three children, but she cannot afford a home. Salaries are too
00:30:20low, needs are too high, it is very difficult, banks do not
00:30:24approve such a large loan, and Raluca is on the list
00:30:27of beneficiaries, she has a six-year-old son and she raises him alone. I have
00:30:31a net salary of 3500, but it is very difficult today.
00:30:34Were you happy when you received the news that you were selected? Yes, and especially
00:30:38since I received this news on my birthday. We always select families by looking
00:30:42at three criteria. The first criterion is the urgency of the need, we do a social investigation, the second
00:30:46criterion is the low level of income. And the third criterion is
00:30:50their willingness to volunteer. You will see the families with yellow helmets
00:30:53here on the construction site, they work alongside volunteers to build their own homes.
00:30:57On the construction site, along with those from the association.