Romanian President Klaus Iohannis attended the opening of the United Nations Conference on Climate Changes in Paris on Monday, on which occasion he said the Agreement in this field should be legally binding and the participating countries should make a proper contribution.According to a release issued by the Presidential Administration, Iohannis spoke in an address about the "major challenge" posed at a global level by the climate changes and argued in favour of common actions in this respect. He underlined that it is important for the Paris Agreement on climate changes to be legally binding, to ensure the participation of all the parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Changes and include commitments to curb the emissions from all the involved parties. At the same time, the Romanian president stressed the Agreement should allow the participating states to make an adequate contribution to the collective effort of maintaining the global average temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius, in a manner that should correctly reflect the responsibilities and capabilities they have available (including in terms of the financial contributions), while at the same time creating opportunities for sustainable development for all. Iohannis underscored that the global transition to a low-carbon emission economy should be part of our legacy for the future generations, the President's Office said.
Update: Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan won the Romanian presidential election on May 18, according to the official vote count. With 98.5% of the ballots counted, Nicusor Dan had 54.17% of the votes, 900,000 more than his opponent, nationalist George Simion. A record turnout both in the country and abroad helped Dan come back from 1.88 million […]
Romanians showed up in record numbers to vote in the second round of the presidential elections, both in the country and abroad. The exit poll results presented on Sunday evening pointed to a strong lead for Bucharest’s pro-EU mayor Nicusor Dan (54%-46%), but are only relevant for the domestic vote. Both candidates claimed victory in […]
Romanians showed up in large numbers to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections, one of the most important democratic tests Romania has seen in the last three decades. At 14:00, exactly halfway through the voting process in the country, over 5.63 million Romanians have cast their votes, compared with 4.52 million […]
Romanians abroad have mobilized massively to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections. Update: By Sunday afternoon (15:00 Bucharest time), over 1.2 million Romanians have voted abroad for the country's next president. That's some 220,000 more votes than the overall total in the first round. The countries with the largest turnout are […]
Romanians abroad have mobilized massively to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections. The vote in Diaspora started on Friday morning, and by Saturday evening (at 19:00), over 609,000 Romanians had already cast their votes. The turnout is almost 90% higher than the one recorded at the same time in the first […]
It's almost impossible to think about anything not related to elections this weekend but if you should need some distraction, there are options. Happening now is the European Film Festival, screening recent productions from the continent, very varied in theme, tone, and genre. The fest is playing Bucharest, Sfântu Gheorghe and Timișoara until Sunday and […]
