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\nRomanian foreign minister Lazar Comanescu is attending the 21st
\nEuropean Forum that got under way on Saturday in Wachau, Austria under the
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\n– united in sunny times, divided in times of crisis? Lazar Comanescu, who
\nattended the opening, said Romania supported the idea of a stronger and more
\nunited Europe in keeping with European treaties and fundamental values, in the
\ncommon interest of all European players. The Forum in Wachau brings together
\ngovernment officials, representative figures from the world of science and
\nculture, as well as media professionals from EU member states, in particular
\nfrom central and eastern Europe. <\/p>\n
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As of Monday, the Romanian Naval Forces and the US Navy
\nwill be carrying out drills in the Black Sea to exercise standard procedures
\nand enhance interoperability between the fleets of the two states. Romania
\nparticipates with the Queen Marie Frigate, a corvette, two dredgers, two rocket
\nvessels, a Puma Naval helicopter and divers from the Special Operations unit.
\nTwo MiG21 Lancer planes belonging to the Romanian Air Forces will also be used
\nin combat simulations. The US participates with its USS Porter destroyer, which
\nwill be exercising standard communications procedures with the Romanian Navy.
\nThe vessel first arrived in the Constanta port in 2006, and this is its third
\ntrip to Romania. <\/p>\n
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The Romanian Cultural Institute
<\/p>\n Italy’s president Sergio Mattarella travels to Romania next week, followed by Germany’s president Joachim Gauck later this month. The latter’s talks with the Romanian officials will also tackle economic aspects, given that Germany is Romania’s biggest trade partner and the third biggest investor in the Romanian economy. Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis extended an invitation to the Italian president to visit Romania during his official trip to Italy in April last year. In February 2015, Iohannis also paid an official visit to Germany, followed by a working visit in February this year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Theatre performances and other
<\/p>\n Today, in Group D, Turkey face Croatia, while in Group C,
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\ncelebrates, in the Cernauti region in western Ukraine, near the common
\nborder, the 75th anniversary of the first deportations carried out
\nby the occupying Soviets in the eastern Romanian territories annexed by Moscow
\nin 1940, following an ultimatum. Bucharest’s National Theatre is staging a
\nproduction called Twenty Years in Siberia<\/em> based on a book written by
\nAni\u0163a Nandri\u015f-Cudla, a Romanian village woman from Bukovina. Her book is one of
\nthe most important records of the ordeal of tens of thousands of Romanians from
\nnorthern Bukovina and Bessarabia sent to the Soviet Gulag in the aftermath of
\nWWII. Following the annexation of Bessarabia, northern Bukovina and the Hertza
\nregion, the Romanian population in these areas was subject to a wide-scale
\ncampaign that included deportations, arrests and forced displacement. The
\ncampaign lasted until 1956 and made hundreds of thousands of victims. The first
\nwave of deportations took place on the night of 12th June 1941 and
\ntargeted 32,000 people, including many public figures. <\/p>\n
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\ncultural activities are scheduled for the third day of the International
\nTheatre Festival in Sibiu, one of the largest events dedicated to the
\nperforming arts in the world. Sunday’s line-up features a choreographic
\nperformance by Gigi Caciuleanu, a staging of Silviu Purcarete’s Faust
\n<\/em>and performances by theatre companies from Lithuania and Japan. The festival,
\nwhich opened on Friday, is now in its 23rd year and brings together
\n2,500 participants from 70 different countries, as well as 450 performances.
\nThe director of the festival, Constantin Chiriac, said this year’s edition had
\na budget of 9 million euros. <\/p>\n
\nGermany face Ukraine and Poland take on Northern Ireland. On Saturday, Wales
\ndefeated Slovakia 2-1, while England drew 1-all against Russia. UEFA has
\nstarted an investigation into the violence that broke out after the
\nEngland-Russia game when a group of Russian fans stormed past stewards to
\nconfront English fans, who tried to escape by climbing over the barriers. In
\nGroup A, Switzerland defeated Albania 1-nil on Saturday, while on Friday,
\nRomania lost to France 2-1. The following Group A matches are scheduled for
\nWednesday, when Romania meet Switzerland and France take on Albania. (Translated by: C. Mateescu)<\/p>\n