August 6, 2023
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Newsroom, 06.08.2023, 13:55
FIRES The Romanian
fire-fighters deployed to Greece worked on Saturday and Sunday together with
their Greek colleagues to put out a fire in the Aragonitis area, around 55 km
from the village of Vilia, in the region of Attica, the General Inspectorate
for Emergencies announced. According to the institution, at the request of the
Greek liaison officers, the Romanian unit supported the Greek fire-fighters
with 4 fire engines, personnel rotating every 4 hours, and additional lighting
equipment. Scores of Romanian fire-fighters have already taken part, over the
past few weeks, in similar missions to help the Greek authorities manage
extensive wildfires.
BORDERS Road traffic across
Romanian borders is difficult these days as Romanians leaving or returning from
their holidays are queuing at checkpoints. According to the authorities, queues
of tens of minutes are reported at Romania’s western and south-eastern entry checkpoints.
Vehicle queues are recurrent every summer, although all available lanes are
open, because of the high volume of checks border police are required to
complete.
UNTOLD The 8th edition of UNTOLD, one of
the largest music festivals in Europe, held in Cluj-Napoca, central Romania,
ends today. The theme of this year’s festival was Phoenix Light. The 4-day
festival brought together well-known international artists like Armin Van
Buuren, Goran, David Guetta, world-famous DJs like Martin Garrix, as well as
many Romanian artists. Theme parties were organised, and music fans were
entertained by international acrobats, animators, dancers, drummers from Romania,
France, Spain, UK and Germany.
HAFERLAND Today is the last day of Haferland Week
Festival, currently in its 11th year, held near Sighișoara, the only
medieval citadel still inhabited in south-eastern Europe. This is one of the
most important events devoted to the culture of Saxons, a group of German ethnics
that settled in Transylvania in the Middle Ages. The festival is held in 10
localities in the region of Haferland (Oat Country). The theme of the event
attended by officials and public personalities from Romania and Germany, was sustainability
in Haferland’s Saxon villages. On Sunday, an event entitled The brass band is
playing up the hill was followed by a religious service at the fortified church
in Criţ. The public also attended woodworking, painting, weaving and embroidery
workshops.
GAMES Romania came out 2nd in the Francophonie Games hosted
by Kinshasa (Congo), after Morocco, with a total 17 gold, 9 silver and 12 bronze
medals. Third came Cameroon. On Saturday, the Romanian athletes won 2 medals, a
silver and a bronze, in African wrestling. Romania participated in the Games
with 57 athletes, competing in athletics, women’s basketball, freestyle and
African wrestling, road cycling, table tennis and judo. The 9th
Francophonie Games were held between July 28 and August 6. (AMP)
