USR Calls On MPs To Sign Firm Message Against Violence In Politics   The Save Romania Union (USR) opposition party on Thursday called on all lawmakers to sign a firm message against violence in politics after USR senator Mihai Gotiu was physically aggressed by the former spokesperson of Ponta Cabinet, in a TV studio.

Gotiu said USR is also calling on the media to no longer invite to TV shows verbally and physically aggressive people. (mediafax.ro)

Iohannis Welcomes At Cotroceni Romania’s Delegation At „Invictus Games Toronto 2017” Competition

Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis handed, on Thursday, at the Cotroceni Palace, Romania’s flag to our country’s delegation who is to participate in the “Invictus Games Toronto 2017” sports competition.

The head of state revealed, on this occasion, that he welcomed with enthusiasm the news regarding Romania’s team participating in the Paralympic Games Invictus Games 2017, which are to be held in Toronto, Canada and he pointed out that the participants in the games are “the true winners of life.”

According to the head of state, the example of interior strength which Romania’s team offers certainly has a significant impact over those who get to know the emotional stories of its members. (mediafax.ro)

Germany Opposed To Rapid Expansion Of Passport-Free Schengen Area

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière on Thursday said he was opposed to the rapid admission of EU countries like Romania or Bulgaria to the Schengen area without border controls.

Though he said he shares EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker’s views, “honestly speaking, it’s still a rather long way,” de Maizière said in Brussels.

On Wednesday, Juncker held his annual State of the Union speech in which he expressed his vision for the EU’s future to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. He called for the abolition of border controls between all the countries included in the EU.

Of the current 28 EU countries, the UK, Ireland, Cyprus and the relatively new members Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia have been left outside of these borders; the Schengen area is comprised of 22 EU countries. (mediafax.ro)

UN Security Council Steps Up Sanctions Against North Korea Over Nuclear Test 

The United Nations Security Council unanimously stepped up sanctions against North Korea on Monday over the country’s sixth and most powerful nuclear test on September 3, imposing a ban on the country’s textile exports and capping imports of crude oil.

It was the ninth sanctions resolution unanimously adopted by the 15-member council since 2006 over North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programmes. 

The United States, which had proposed banning all oil imports to the Asian country, watered down an initial tougher draft resolution to win the support of Pyongyang ally China and Russia. 

Nikki Haley, the US Ambassador to the United Nations, said the United States was not looking for war with North Korea, and that Pyongyang had “not yet passed the point of no return.” (mediafax.ro)

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