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<\/p>\n RIO GAMES<\/strong> As of today until August 21st, Rio de Janeiro is playing host to the 31st Olympic Games. Organizers have promised that the opening ceremony will be the greatest celebration in the history of Brazil, with the famous samba schools parade taking pride of place. The Olympic Games in Rio will enjoy the participation of over 10,000 athletes from 207 countries, including Romania. As a first, Kosovo, South Sudan and a refugee team will also take part in the games. Aiming to win at least 6 medals, Romania is participating with 100 athletes in 15 sporting disciplines. The first events in which Romanian athletes will compete are held on Saturday, namely fencing, table tennis, cycling, judo, canoeing, gymnastics, tennis and epee. The current edition of the Olympic Games is marked by a huge doping scandal mainly affecting the Russian team, very close to being excluded from the competition, but also by worries over the Zika virus.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
FOOTBALL<\/strong> Today in Nyon, Romania’s football champion Astra Giurgiu and
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\nhas announced today, at the end of the subscription campaign for the Centenar
\ngovernment securities, that the issue has been a success and it has attracted
\nmore than 700 million lei from citizens. He has also said that more than 20,000
\npeople participated in the campaign, which could be seen as the start of a
\nprocess with the help of which Romanians will get familiarized with a set of
\nfinancial tools. The Romanian Finance Ministry issued government securities for
\ncitizens in 2015, for the first time after 10 years, with a nominal value of
\n1,000 lei. Most investors are from the urban area, with Bucharest on top of the
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\nrevised downwards this year’s inflation forecast. According to the Central Bank
\nGovernor Mugur Isarescu, inflation will remain negative until the end of 2016,
\nalthough in May the estimated rate was 0.6%. Isarescu has stated that in 2017
\ninflation will return to the variation range targeted by the National Bank, and
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\nthe biggest music festival in Romania, continues in Cluj Napoca, central Romania.
\nPerforming today, among others, will be Hardwell, Scooter, Tujamo, Jamie Jones,
\nSeth Troxler, Chase And Status Dj Set. On Thursday, the first day of the
\nfestival, over 100,000 people watched the concerts given by INNA, Faithless,
\nTiesto and Dimitri Vegas, dubbed the world’s best DJ. Until August 7th,
\nthe audience will have the opportunity to see over 150 international artists
\nand some of the most en vogue DJs in the world. The organisers of the event
\nestimate that the turnout will stand at some 350,000 people in four days of
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\nLazar Comanescu has held talks in Bucharest with the director of the EUROPALIA
\nInternational Festival, Baroness Kristine De Mulder, who paid a visit to
\nRomania over August 2nd – 5th. Comanescu has mentioned
\nRomania’s successful covering of the stages needed for it to be the guest of
\nthe 2019 edition of the festival, which is the most important such event in
\nBelgium. Launched in Brussels in 1969, Europalia is an international art biennale,
\nwhich promotes the heritage and cultural diversity of the guest country. In
\n2017, the guest of honour will be Indonesia. At the previous editions, the
\nguests have been Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Poland,
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\nKerry is going to pay a visit to Turkey on August 24th, the Turkish
\nForeign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has announced today. The American official’s
\nvisit will take place approximately one month since the failed military coup in
\nTurkey, which rendered bilateral relations rather tense. Ankara has repeatedly
\ncalled on Washington to extradite preacher Fethullah G\u00fclen, accused by the
\nTurkish authorities of having masterminded the coup. The US has called on
\nAnkara to provide evidence of G\u00fclen’s involvement. On Thursday, a court in
\nIstanbul issued a warrant for the arrest of the former imam, which is the first
\nstep in the process of starting a formal request for his extradition. The US
\nDepartment of State has stated that the US is analysing the new documents
\nsubmitted by Turkey. Fethullah G\u00fclen, who’s been living in the American state of
\nPennsylvania since 1999, has denied any involvement in the failed coup.<\/p>\n
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\nvice-champion Steaua Bucharest are going to find out who they will play against
\nin the Europa League and Champions League play-off. None of the two squads is
\nfirst seed. On Wednesday, Steaua qualified for the Champion Leagues play-off by
\ndefeating, on home turf, Sparta Prague 2-0. Astra, however, failed to qualify
\nfor the play-off, as it was defeated 0-3 by FC Copenhagen away from home.
\nStill, Astra will play in the Europa League play off. At this competition,
\nanother three Romanian squads have failed to qualified for the next round:
\nPandurii Targu-Jiu,Viitoru and CSM Iasi.<\/p>\n
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