The European Union will
\ngive its full support to the new Moldovan government, said the head of the
\nEuropean Union delegation to Chisinau, Pirkka Tapiola during talks with Moldova’s pro-western prime
\nminister Valeriu Strelet. The European official said the formation of a new
\ngovernment in Chisinau on Thursday is important for ensuring stability and the
\ncontinuation of the reform process. The United States also welcomed the
\nformation a new government and said it was open to work with prime minister
\nStrelet and his cabinet. According to the US State Department, Washington
\nexpects the government in Chisinau to implement quick reforms to the benefit of
\nthe Moldovan citizens who voted for a prosperous future as part of Europe. In
\nBucharest, Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis sent his best wishes to the
\ncabinet led by Valeriu Stretet, who, Iohannis said, will have his most
\nimportant supporter in Romania to overcome Moldova’s economic difficulties and
\nstay on its European course. The Romanian foreign minitry reiterated
\nBucharest’s firm and unconditional suport for Moldova’s complete and
\nirreversible integration into the European family.<\/p>\n
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Almost 68% of Romanians are in
\nfavour of their country’s union with the neighbouring Republic of Moldova, an
\nex-Soviet state with a majority Romanian-speaking population, according to an
\nopinion poll published on Friday. 17.5% of respondents say they are opposed to
\nthe union, while 14.6% are undecided or did not answer. On the 12th
\nof July, thousands of Romanian and Moldovan citizens took part in a rally in
\nBucharest to support the Union Declaration adopted a week earlier in Chisinau
\nby 30,000 people during a general assembly. The rallies were staged by
\nnon-governmental organisations which say that only united can we face the
\nchallenges of the future, have a better life in our country and enjoy a bigger
\ncountry, with no internal borders and obstacles and with a common and
\nprosperous future for all Romanians. Today’s Republic of Moldova was created
\non large parts of eastern Romanian territories annexed by the former USSR in
\n1940, following an ultimatum.<\/p>\n
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The European Commission has
\nstarted two separate investigations to establish if the measures benefiting the
\nstate-owned airports in Cluj Napoca and Targu Mures, in north-western Romania,
\nand the airlines using them, mainly the Hungarian company Wizz Air, comply with
\nEU state aid regulations. According to a press release by the European
\nCommission, cited by Radio Romania’s correspondent in Brussels, the
\ninvestigations look into the marketing fees paid to Wizz Air by the Cluj Napoca
\nInternational Airpot and the low airport fees charged on airlines by the Targu
\nMures Transylvania airport. The Commission will also investigate the subsidies
\nreceived by airports from local authorities, said the European competition
\ncommissioner, Margrethe
\nVestager. <\/p>\n
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By 2050, Romania
\nwill see one of the highest population drops in the world, according to a
\nUnited Nations study published online. Romania’s population will drop from 19.5
\nmillion people today to 15.2 million in the next 35 years, which accounts for a
\ndrop of 22%. According to the United Nations experts, the population will
\ndecrease by over 15% in 48 different countries. The highest drop is expected in
\nBulgaria, whose population is expected to decrease by 28%, followed by ten
\nother countries from eastern Europe. The study also shows that India will
\nbecome the world’s most populous country, overtaking China by almost 300,000
\npeople. The world’s population will grow to 9.7 billion inhabitants by 2050. <\/p>\n
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In
\nRomania, drought has affected large farming areas and has damaged one third of
\nthe basic crops and dozens of thousands of pastures. In the county of Galati
\nalone, in the south-east, over 80% of the surface area covered by farming land
\nwas affected, which accounts for losses of almost 82 million euros. Also, the
\nlevel and the flow of the River Danube have dropped significantly and are soon
\nto reach alarming levels. Because of this, 60 vessels have been blocked for two
\ndays between Zimnicea and Turnu Magurele, in the south. Forecasts say August
\nwill be just as hot and dry. <\/p>\n
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