BONDS The Romanian Finance Ministry has today issued government bonds for
\npopulation part of a Treasury Programme with interest rates ranging between
\n3.5% and 5% a year depending on their maturity date. According to the ministry,
\nthe interest is 3.50% for bonds due in one year, while those due in two years
\nwill have an interest rate of 4%. A maturity period of 5 years means an
\ninterest rate of 5% and subscriptions can be made until July 31st
\n2019. Revenue earned by
\nindividuals in the subscription and holding of government securities is not
\ntaxed. The ministry has issued Treasury bonds for the population with interest
\nrates between 3.5% and 5% per year on a monthly basis since February this year.
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NATO The ex-soviet Romanian-speaking Republic of Moldova wants to
\ncooperate with NATO in order to improve its own defence system, the country’s
\nnew Prime Minister pro-European Maia Sandu told the Alliance’s Secretary
\nGeneral Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels. According to polls, the Republic of
\nMoldova’s entry into NATO is supported only by 20% of its population whereas 60%
\nare against it. Sworn in last month, Maia Sandu on Tuesday paid her first visit
\nto neighboring Romania at the invitation of Romanian president Klaus Iohannis
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TENNIS The world’s number 7 tennis player, Simona Halep of Romania, will
\ntoday be playing Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the third round of the Grand
\nSlam tournament in Wimbledon. A former world leader, Halep is the only Romanian
\nleft on the women’s main draw at Wimbledon. Monica Niculescu and Irina Begu
\nhave qualified for the next stage of the women’s doubles after a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
\nwin against Daria Kasatkina of Russia and Anett Kontaveit of Estonia. In the
\nsecond round the Romanians will be up against Xinyun Han of China and Oksana
\nKalashnikova of Georgia. A Romanian-Dutch pair made up of Horia Tecau and
\nJean-Julien Rojer have qualified for the competition’s round of 32 where they
\nare going to take on Fabrice Martin of France and Hugo Nys of Monaco. <\/p>\n
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FOOTBALL Romania’s football champions CFR Cluj and Viitorul Constanta,
\nwinner of the Romanian Cup, will be meeting in Ploiesti, southern Romania, for
\nRomania’s Supercup on Saturday night. CFR have reaped their fifth championship
\ntitle this year, which is also their second consecutive title while Viitorul
\nhave clinched their first Cup trophy. The two sides will this month be
\nrepresenting Romania in the preliminaries of European cups: in the Champions
\nLeague, CFR will be taking on FC Astana of Kazakhstan while in Europa League
\nViitorul will be up against Belgian side Anvers, coached by the former Romanian
\ninternational Ladislau Boloni. Also in the Europa League, FCSB, formerly known
\nas Steaua Bucharest, will be playing Milsami Orhei from the neighboring Republic
\nof Moldova, while CSU Craiova will meet FK Sabail of Azerbaijan. <\/p>\n
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NEVERSEA The city of Constanta, on the Romanian
\nBlack Sea Coast, is hosting the Neversea Festival, the largest music festival
\nin Europe held on a beach. 150 famous artists will be performing for four days
\non the Modern beach before an audience of some 200,000 people. The list of
\nguests includes Afrojack, G-Eazy, Jessy J, DJ Snake, Sean Paul, Lost
\nFrequencies, Kadebostany, Salvatore Ganacci and Dub FX. Special security
\nmeasures have been put in place to ensure the smooth running of the event. The
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