July 8, 2017
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Ştefan Stoica, 08.07.2017, 14:20
G20 SUMMIT – The G20 Summit in Hamburg comes to a close today, with the participants issuing a final declaration that they have negotiated until late at night. According to Radio Romanias correspondent in Germany the participants have tried to identify compromise formulas to reduce the differences between the US President Donald Trump and the other leaders on free trade and climate change. The declaration may acknowledge the existence of irreconcilable differences of opinion with president Trump, but the German chancellor Angela Merkel says this should not encourage other nations that without having the US by their side they should not comply with the commitments they have made under the Paris Climate Agreement, the BBC reports. Chancellor Merkel and the presidents of Russia and France, Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron, respectively, have today had a meeting during which they have reached an agreement on the importance of putting in place a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, as agreed upon under the agreements reached in Minsk. On Friday, during their first meeting, the US and Russian leaders agreed on establishing a de-escalation zone in south-western Syria. The US and Russia will play the role of guarantors of this cease-fire deal, to take effect as of Saturday, at midnight. Fresh protests are organised on the last day of the summit. The Hamburg Police intervened last night with armoured vehicles to remove roadblocks raised by anti-globalisation protesters. Several shops have been vandalised by masked people. Law enforcers used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the violent protesters.
MILITARY EXERCISE – US bombers have today carried out bomber drills in South Korea, in response to North Koreas recent intercontinental ballistic missile test. The aircraft flew from the Pacific island of Guam and dropped neutral bombs in a demarcated area, being escorted by Japanese and South-Korean fighter planes, BBC reports. The US air forces have announced that North Koreas actions are a threat to Americas allies and to the United States territory and expressed readiness to launch attacks if need be.
FESTIVALS – Over 150,000 people are expected to attend the Neversea music festival, taking place in Constanta this weekend, the biggest of the festivals taking place on the Romanian Black Sea Coast this summer. The event gathers many famous artists, such as Tiesto, Afrojack, Jason Derulo, Dua Lipa, Rita Ora, Fatboy Slim, Years&Years, and Ella Eyre. At the same time, the small village of Garana in south-western Romania is the venue for the 21st edition of the International Jazz Festival, the most complex outdoor event of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe, bringing onto the stage 18 bands. Tourists can also enjoy the mountain routes in the area, outdoor film screenings, theatre shows, yoga classes and fairs.
TENNIS– Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea, no. 63 WTA is today facing Spains Garbine Muguruza (no.15 WTA), trying to qualify for the eight finals of the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Romanias best-ranked woman tennis player , second seeded Simona Halep has already qualified for the eight finals, after defeating Chinas Shuai Peng no.37 WTA. Simona Halep will next meet Victoria Azarenka of Belarus. In the mens doubles, the pair made up of Florin Mergea and Pakistani Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi is today meeting in the second round of the tournament, the Austrian pair Julian Knowle/Philipp Oswald.
