TENNIS Romanian tennis players Irina Begu and
\nAndreea Mitu have qualified for the final of the BRD Bucharest Open, a WTA
\ntennis tournament with over 226 thousand dollars in prize money after a 2-1 win
\nagainst the pair made up of Jaqueline Cristian and Gabriela Ruse. Second-seeded
\nMihaela Buzarnescu of Romania has conceded defeat to Croatian Petra Martic 6-4,
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WATER POLO Romania’s national side on
\nSunday will be taking on the European vice-champions Montenegro in an attempt
\nto qualify for the quarter finals of the European Water Polo Championships
\nunderway in Barcelona. Romania ranked third in group D after a win against
\nSlovakia and two defeats against European champions Serbia and Russia. The
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MAIDEN FAIR Thousands are expected this weekend to attend
\na traditional event underway on Mount Gaina in central Romania. The famous
\nMaiden Fair here is Romania’s largest traditional event and was first
\ndocumented in 1816. Back in the day the fair used to be a good opportunity for
\nyoung people to meet, know each other and eventually get married. Today the
\nfair has become a mere traditional event including workshops of traditional
\ncraftsmanship, concerts and various exhibitions. Religious services are
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EPIDEMIC 57 new rubella cases have been
\nconfirmed in 10 counties in Romania and the capital city Bucharest. According
\nto the National Centre for Supervision and Control of Communicable Diseases
\nmost of these cases are in the capital Bucharest, in Buzau county in the
\nsoutheast and in Iasi, northeastern Romania. More than 14,700 people have so
\nfar been infected and 59 died since the rubella outbreak in Romania. <\/p>\n
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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 the country, Public Finance Minister Eugen Teodorovici has
\nannounced. 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 agreements 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
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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 equipment,
\nbooks in Romanian as well as traditional folk costumes, a communiqu\u00e9 issued by
\nthe Ministry on Friday says. The Romanian minister has thanked the Spanish
\nauthorities for the support granted to the Romanians in Andalusia and has
\nunderlined 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
\ntaught in Spain, which are presently contributing to the education of 8000
\nchildren. ‘I have requested support from the Spanish authorities for these
\ncourses to be taught in schools attended by Romanian children in the province’,
\nMinister Intotero has also said. <\/p>\n
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