August 13, 2017 UPDATE
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Newsroom, 13.08.2017, 19:11
WEATHER In the following hours Romania will have weather, which is normal for this time of the year with highs ranging from 23 to 33 degrees Celsius. The sky will become temporarily overcast in the south, east and central Romania, regions which can also see downpours and thunderstorms. In the past days Romania was affected by extremely hot weather with the discomfort index going well above 80. In the country’s western and southwestern regions the hot weather was replaced by heavy downpours, thunder and hailstorms on isolated areas.
FILM Marita, a feature film directed by Cristi Iftime has reaped the ANONIMUL award this year. Saturday night saw the award ceremony that closed the 14th edition of the ANONIMUL International Independent Film Festival hosted for a week by Sfantu Gheorghe, a town in the Danube Delta. The prize for the best foreign short reel went to STATE OF EMERGENCY MOTHERFUCKER, a film by Belgian director Sebastien Petretti. The best Romanian short reel was declared Written/Unwritten, directed by Adrian Silisteanu. Mexican director Michel Franco, the festival’s special invitee, was also awarded a prize for his contribution to the world cinematography.
RADIO Until August 16th, the seaside resort of Mamaia, on the Romanian Black Sea coast will be seeing the 100th edition of the Gaudeamus Book Fair, an event staged by Radio Romania, which this summer also celebrates 50 years from the first Radio Holidays broadcasts. From its early days, Radio Holidays aired programmes in English, German, French and Russian, programmes made by the RRI editors. The double anniversary in 2017 is marked through a series of free open-air concerts given by Radio Romania’s orchestras. Hundreds of Romanian and foreign tourists on Saturday attended the opening ceremony of the Gaudeamus Book Fair, which includes scores of editorial and on-line events as well as numerous contests.
NAVY DAY Until August 15th, Romania will be seeing over 200 religious, cultural and military ceremonies devoted to Navy Day, celebrated on the same day with the Dormition of the Mother of God, protector of the sailors. The most anticipated event is the Romanian Navy drill in Constanta, Romania’s largest port at the Black Sea. The events on Tuesday in front of the Navy Command in Constanta will also be attended by Romanian president Klaus Iohannis. Over 200 thousand tourists are spending this mini-holiday on the Romanian Black Sea coast. The first three resorts most popular with the Romanian tourists are Mamaia, Vama Veche and Eforie. The Romanian authorities have taken a series of measures for this mini-holiday by deploying 24 thousand police and gendarme troops to ensure the public order and the safety of road traffic on motorways to the seaside and mountain resorts.
BOAT A ship under Turkish flag with 69 clandestine migrants of Iraqi nationality on board was intercepted by a coast-guard boat in Romania’s territorial waters of the Black Sea on Saturday. According to a spokesperson for the Coast Guard, investigations have revealed that the vessel was carrying 69 people, including 29 minors as well as a Cypriot and Bulgarian citizen involved in the migrants-trafficking business. The Coast Guard boat has escorted the ship to a port facility in Mangalia. Police investigations in this case are to continue.
