Japan has today
\ncommemorated 70 years since the first atomic bomb was launched on Hiroshima,
\nthe first nuclear bombardment in the history of mankind, which led to the
\ncapitulation of Japan and the end of WWll. About 140 thousand people were
\nkilled in the attack, which razed the city to the ground. Two days later a
\nsecond bomb was thrown over the city of Nagasaki killing other tens of
\nthousands. On this occasion Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe underlined the
\nneed for stepping up efforts towards nuclear disarmament, which he said
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A new stage in the multinational Black
\nSea Rotational Force exercise kicks off today at the Mihail Kogalniceanu
\nairbase in Constanta county, southeastern Romania, for the next six months.
\nBlack Sea Rotational Force is an annual military exercise led by the US Navy
\nCommand in Europe and Africa held in the Black Sea, the Balkans and the
\nCaucasus. Its goal is to raise the interoperability level among troops,
\ntraining military personnel with a view to participating in peacekeeping
\nmissions and counter-insurgency operations. Between February and August 2015, 9
\nmultinational exercises and 45 bilateral operations have been staged in 16
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The weather remains hot in Romania,
\nparticularly in its western, southern and southeastern regions where the
\ntemperature-humidity ratio will go above the normal level. Meteorologists have
\nissued a code yellow alert for the entire territory valid until Friday. Maximum
\ntemperatures will be ranging between 30 and 37 degrees centigrade and we have a
\nnoon reading in Bucharest of 32 degrees. Due to prolonged drought the Danube’s
\ndischarge remains low and traffic has been disrupted on some segments of the
\nriver. Experts believe the Danube’s water level will continue to diminish in
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The pro-western Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, an
\nex-soviet country with a Romanian-speaking majority, Valeriu Strelet has
\nannounced that the process of liquidating the leading three banks involved in
\nwhat has been described ‘the theft of the century’ has begun. We recall that
\nthe three banks in Moldova, from which one billion dollars vanished at the end
\nof last year, have dealt a serious blow to the country’s financial system. On
\nWednesday, the country’s Higher Security Council tackled the issue of the three
\nfinancial institutions and the Prime Minister announced a deadline for the
\ncompletion of the banks’ liquidation, which is October 9th 2015. The
\nidea of liquidating the three banks has been supported by the National Bank,
\naccording to which, these institutions have no future and are no longer viable
\nfrom a financial point of view. This is also the main condition imposed by the
\nInternational Monetary Fund for negotiating a new loan with the former soviet
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Romanian-tennis players Irina Begu and
\nMonica Niculescu have qualified for the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in
\nWashington with more than 226 thousand dollars in prize money. Begu has
\ndefeated Polona Hecog of Slovenia, while Niculescu has outperformed Lauren
\nDavis of the United States. Niculescu will be playing in the quarterfinals the
\nsecond favourite of the Washington tournament, Samantha Stosur of Australia
\nwhile Begu will be taking on the winner of the match pitching the odds-on
\nfavourite, Ekaterina Makarova of Russia against Belgian Alison Van
\nUytvanck. <\/p>\n
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\nchampions Steaua Bucharest have failed to qualify for the Champions League’s
\nplayoffs after a one-all draw on home turf and a 4-2 defeat in an away game
\nagainst Partizan Belgrade of Serbia. Steaua will join the play-offs for the
\nEuropa League though, a competition, which involves the participation of two
\nother sides from Romania. Astra Giurgiu stands good chances to qualify after a
\n2-all draw against English side West Ham United, but we cannot say the same
\nthing about vice-champions ASA Targu Mures, which lost at home three-nil to
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