Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis today starts a 2-day trip to Salzburg
\nfor talks with his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer. The two leaders will
\ndiscuss bilateral relations and current European and international
\ndevelopments. Klaus Iohannis will also attend, together with his wife, the
\nofficial opening of the famous music festival in Salzburg as guests of honour
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The minister delegate
\nliaising with the Romanian communities abroad, Angel Tilvar, who is on a 4-day official visit to Italy, had talks in Rome on
\nFriday with representatives of the Rome municipality. Tilvar reaffirmed
\nRomania’s constant efforts to maintain links with the Romanians living abroad.
\nDuring the talks, it was agreed that Italian business people carrying out
\nactivities in Romania would be involved in professional retraining programmes
\nfor the Romanians who wish to return to their home country. Tilvar also met members
\nof the Romanian community in Rome. His visit is part of Bucharest’s efforts to
\nobtain information about the Romanian community in Italy, the biggest in the
\nworld, with almost 1 million people, to help its members integrate and make
\nsure their rights as European citizens are respected. This is minister Tilvar’s
\nsecond visit to Italy after a trip to the Catania region in February. <\/p>\n
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Romania’s foreign minister Bogdan Aurescu had a telephone
\nconversation on Friday with NATO’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg about
\nRussia’s recent announcements regarding the deployment of strategic bombers in
\nthe Black Sea region. Talks also focused on other plans by Russia to develop
\nsophisticated military technology in response to NATO’s missile defence system.
\nAurescu described these measures as completely unjustified given that the
\nmilitary base in Deveselu, in southern Romania, which will be integrated into
\nthe NATO ballistic missile defence system, does not target Russia. <\/p>\n
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Seven counties in western and eastern Romania are under an orange code
\nalert for heat. Temperatures in these regions will go up to 39 degrees today.
\nThe rest of the country, with the exception of the areas in the Carpathian Arc,
\nis under a yellow code alert. Starting on Sunday, the orange alert will extend
\nto 12 counties in the south and south-east of the country, including the
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Romania are one of the top seeds for the 2018 World
\nCup qualifying draw that takes place in Saint Petersburg today. According to
\nthe Romanian Football Federation, Romania are seeded in pot one after climbing
\nto the 8th place in FIFA’s July ranking. The 52 entrants from Europe
\nwill be drawn into seven groups of six and two groups of five. The nine group
\nwinners will qualify automatically for Russia 2018, while the eight best group
\nrunner-ups will take part in a play-off.<\/p>\n
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The biggest knightly flag in the world was flown on
\nFriday evening at the 23rd Mediaeval Festival in Sighisoara, in
\ncentral Romania, from the Clock Tower, the town’s emblematic building. This is
\none of the world records the organisers of the festival wish to set this year.
\nThey also wish to build the biggest sword in the world and create the biggest
\ntraditional mask in the world. The festival, which is held in the only
\ninhabited mediaeval citadel in south-eastern Europe, also features concerts and
\nperformances from 12 different music groups from Romania and Hungary, 11
\ntheatre and mediaeval animation companies and 7 knight orders from Romania and
\nBulgaria. Exhibitions, book launches, an organ concert and film screenings are
\nalso part of the festival’s line-up. <\/p>\n
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