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\nunstable weather have been issued for the entire Romanian territory, its
\nsouth-western regions being the most affected. Heavy rainfalls, thunderstorms
\nand hail are expected but this unstable weather is going to be over soon and
\nRomanians are bracing for a new wave of extremely hot temperatures. Flood
\nalerts have also been issued for rivers in 23 Romanian counties. The highs of
\nthe day are ranging between 25 and 34 degrees Celsius with a noon reading in
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DELEGATION A European Parliament delegation will on Monday go to Chisinau,
\nthe Republic of Moldova, an ex-soviet Romanian-speaking country, for an opinion
\nexchange with the country’s fresh government. Made up of four MEPs, the
\ndelegation, which is headed by David McAllister, Chair of the European
\nParliament Foreign Affairs Committee, is going to hold talks with the country’s
\nPrime Minister Maia Sandu, President Igor Dodon, Foreign Minister Nicolae
\nPopescu, Interior Minister Andrei Nastase and Parliament Speaker Zinaida
\nGreceanii. In another development, the new head of diplomacy in the Republic of
\nMoldova will be paying a visit to neighboring Romania on July 1st -
\nthe Foreign Ministry in Bucharest has announced. Nicolae Popescu already
\ntalked on the phone with his Romanian counterpart Teodor Melescanu on Friday;
\nthe latter gave assurances on Bucharest’s readiness for a tight cooperation in
\nthe spirit of the Strategic bilateral partnership for the Republic of Moldova’s
\nEuropean integration. Sworn in by Parliament on June 8th, Moldova’s
\nnew government took over its prerogatives a week ago upon the political
\ndeadlock caused by the former centre-to-left executive controlled by tycoon
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NATO Saber Guardian 2019, the most important
\nmulti-national NATO exercise in Romania is due to end on June 24th.
\nThe exercise has as its main objective the deepening of cohesion, unity and
\nsolidarity of the allied and partner countries with a view to repelling any
\naggression by means of the rapid mobilization and deployment of troops anywhere
\nin Europe. In order to raise the effectiveness of training in an international
\ncontext, Saber Guardian 2019 is carried out in connection with a series of
\nnational and multi-national exercises so that the total number of participating
\ntroops amounts to 13,500, out of which 7,600 are Romanian. 14 allied and
\npartner countries are being represented in these exercises. <\/p>\n
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FESTIVAL Over 50 cultural events have been scheduled for today, the last
\nday of the 26th edition of the International Theatre Festival (FITS) hosted by
\nSibiu, a city in central Romania. This year’s edition unfolded under the motto
\nThe Art to Give and also included circus performances, music and book
\nlaunches and other related events. The Walk of Fame in Sibiu on Saturday was
\nadded more stars granted to celebrities from the local and international
\nshowbiz, including Romanian actress Maia Morgenstern, Italian director and
\nactor Pippo Delbono, and the director of the Theatre de Ville and the Autumn
\nFestival in Paris, Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota. This year’s edition of FITS, which
\nkicked off on June 14th, included roughly 540 events held in 75
\nperformance areas, and has been attended by 33 hundred artists and invitees
\nfrom 73 countries. <\/p>\n
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