MODERNIZATION Checkpoints at Romania’s
\nborder with the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Serbia will be modernized and
\nfitted with fixed and mobile scanners for a better monitoring of the goods
\nshipped into Romania, the country’s Public Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici
\nhas announced. According to him, the measure is meant to keep smuggling at bay and
\ncurb losses in the state budget. The minister has also added that a series of
\ngovernment accords are to be signed to allow for the purchase of the proper
\nequipment by the end of the year and the authorities in Bucharest have already
\nheld talks with the big producers of scanners from China, the USA and Switzerland.
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TALKS The Romanian Minister for the
\nRomanians abroad, Natalia Intotero has held talks with members of the Romanian
\ncommunities in the Spanish region of Andalusia about opportunities to fund the
\nRomanian communities abroad through non-reimbursable funds as well as about
\nprojects aimed at supplying these communities with the proper teaching
\nequipment, books in Romanian as well as traditional folk costumes, a communiqu\u00e9
\nissued by the Ministry on Friday says. The Romanian minister has thanked the
\nSpanish authorities for the support granted to the Romanians in Andalusia and
\nhas underlined the good cooperation concerning aspects related to the fields of
\nlabour and social security. The Romanian official has also presented the
\nministry’s projects aimed at providing support for the Romanian communities
\nwith regard to the preservation of their identity as well as their involvement
\nin the life of the local communities. One of the priorities is focusing on
\neducation and on the preservation of the national identity. Natalia-Elena
\nIntotero has hailed the courses of Romanian language, culture and civilization taught
\nin Spain, which are presently contributing to the education of 8000 children. ‘I
\nhave requested support from the Spanish authorities for these courses to be
\ntaught in schools attended by Romanian children in the province’, Minister
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TENNIS The second-seeded Romanian tennis player
\nMihaela Buzarnescu will today be up against Petra Martic of Croatia in the
\nsemifinals of the BRD Bucharest Open, a tennis tournament with more than 226
\nthousand dollars in prize money. Romania will also have a pair in the finals of
\nthe women’s doubles: Mihaela Buzarnescu and Raluca Olaru are taking on Danka
\nKovinic of Montenegro and Maryna Zanevska of Belgium. In the other semi-finals
\ngame Irina Begu and Andreea Mitu of Romania will be up against Jaqueline
\nCristian and Gabriela Ruse. <\/p>\n
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WEATHER The weather in Romania remains
\ngenerally unsettled. Rainfalls and thunderstorms have been reported in the
\nmountainous areas and in certain regions across the country. The discomfort
\nindex is expected to reach the critical 80 units in southern and southeastern
\nRomania. The highs range between 25 and 34 degrees Celsius with a noon reading
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