August 14, 2023
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Newsroom, 14.08.2023, 13:55
DRILL Roughly 250 French and
Luxembourgish servicemen and 65 pieces of military equipment from the NATO
Battle Group stationed in Romania are involved from today until August 18th in
a military drill entitled DEPLOYEX, which is taking place in the shooting
ground at Babadag, south-eastern Romania, the Defence Ministry in Bucharest has
announced. The exercise is meant to test the rapid deployment of troops and
military gear and contributes to improving the level of interoperability of the
forces part of the NATO Battle Group being a sequel of the training programmes
earlier staged in Cincu, central Romania. The NATO battle group contributes to
increasing Romania’s military cooperation with the rotating participant
countries, France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg and implicitly to
strengthening the security of the Euro-Atlantic space on the Eastern Flank, a
Defence Ministry communique says. Cooperation with the strategic partners and
the existence on the national territory of relevant war structures contribute
to raising the capabilities of defence and deterrence in the context of the war
in Ukraine and the crisis in the Black Sea region, says the ministry.
HOLIDAY
This
is the busiest period for the seaside resorts on the Romanian Black Sea coast this
summer as many Romanians are on a mini-holiday occasioned by the Christian
celebration of the Dormition of the Mother of God, also known as St. Mary. Over
120 thousand tourists are estimated to be spending this mini-holiday in Romania’s
seaside resorts. From the resort of Mamaia to Vama Veche, musical events, theatre
performances and open-air recitals are attracting tourists as well as the
demonstrative military drills due on August 15th, the Navy Day here
in Romania. After a break of four years, people will be able to witness from
the shores of the cities of Constanta and Mangalia a series of military
exercises involving the participation of Romania’s naval forces followed by a
parade of its warships. The Romanian seamen will participate in a series of games
and contests, which will be followed by fireworks at night. Numerous events are
already underway on the Romanian Black Sea coast, and are likely to continue for
the entire week. Among them, the Festival of the ancient cities of Dobrogea at
Tropaeum Traiani in Adamclisi, southern Romania, is taking pride of place.
TENNIS Two Romanian tennis
players, Sorana Cirstea and Irina Begu are on the main draw of the 1000 WTA tournament
in Cincinnati, Ohio, the United States and will meet their opponents in the
first round on Tuesday. Cirstea will be up against Russian Ekaterina
Alexandrova and Begu will be taking on Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic. In
another development, the double Grand Slam winner Simona Halep has come out of
the top 500 of the WTA ranking as she was unable to participate in competitions
due to her suspension amid doping allegations a year ago.
WEATHER The weather is hot in
most of the Romanian regions with a variable sky in the country’s southern
territory where showers have been reported on isolated areas. The wind is mild
and low and the highs of the day are ranging from 28 to 33 degrees with a noon
reading in Bucharest of 33 degrees centigrade.
(bill)
