MFA.<\/strong> The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted, at
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Refugees.<\/strong> According to the General Inspectorate of the Border Police,
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Feast.<\/strong> The Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest celebrates its
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Tennis.<\/strong> Romania will have no less than seven representatives in
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\nthe level of Secretary of State for European Affairs, the Hungarian Ambassador
\nto Romania and conveyed their concern over the statement posted on Facebook on
\nFriday by the new President of Hungary, Mrs. Katalin Novak. In the statement,
\nshe assumes the status of representative of all Hungarians, no matter where
\nthey live, inside or outside the borders of Hungary. The Bucharest Ministry of
\nForeign Affairs says that, according to international law, a state cannot claim
\nits rights of any kind in relation to the citizens of another state. The
\nprimary responsibility for observing the identity rights (ethnic, cultural,
\nreligious or linguistic) of Romanian citizens of Hungarian ethnicity rests with
\nRomania, as a state of citizenship. Hungary, as a related state, can only be involved
\nin strengthening cultural ties.<\/p>\n
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\nGazprom.<\/strong> The Russian energy corporation Gazprom announced today that it has stopped supplying natural gas to Finland due to the refusal of the Finnish system operator to pay in rubles. The Finnish company, on the other hand, has stated that it can obtain gas from other suppliers so that it could continue to operate normally. We recall that Gazprom asked European customers to pay in rubles for Russian gas, following the sanctions imposed on Moscow for invading Ukraine. In late April, the Russian giant shut down gas supplies to both Poland and Bulgaria. On Thursday, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that half of Gazprom’s 54 client companies had opened ruble accounts with Gazprombank.<\/p>\n
\nsoutheastern Romania, will be rendered operational in December this year,
\naccording to the Romanian Minister of Transport, Sorin Grindeanu. 65% of the
\nworks have been completed in almost five years since the start of the project.
\nThe bridge will be 2 kilometers long, 200 meters high and 31 meters wide and it
\nwill have four lanes. It will be the largest bridge in Romania and the third in
\nEurope in terms of central opening and length. The construction is the most
\nexpensive of its kind in Romania after 1989, its estimated value standing at 500
\nmillion euros.<\/p>\n
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\nthe number of Ukrainian citizens who entered Romania on Friday increased slightly
\ncompared to the previous day. In 24 hours, at national level, 8,823 Ukrainians
\nentered through the border crossing points. Since the start of the Russian
\ninvasion in the neighboring state, on February 24, over 985 thousand refugees have
\nentered the country. Of these, only 4,349 applied for asylum in Romania.
\nCurrently, the occupancy rate of the accommodation centers of the General
\nInspectorate for Immigration is almost 45%.<\/p>\n
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\npatron saints, today, on the feast of the Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen. Celebrated
\nin the Orthodox Christian calendar on May 21, Constantine and his mother,
\nHelen, were the first Christian emperors. St. Constantine the Great ruled from
\n306 to 337. In 313, he issued the Edict of Mediolanum (Milan) – the first
\nofficial recognition of Christianity in the Roman Empire, ending the persecution
\nof Christians and guaranteeing freedom of faith and worship. Empress Helen, the
\nmother of Constantine the Great, had a major contribution to the flourishing of
\nthe Church throughout the Empire – thousands of churches were opened or built,
\nand the Holy Cross on which Jesus was crucified was discovered in Jerusalem and
\nmany places of worship were built at the Holy Places. On the feast day of
\nSaints Constantine and Helen, over 1.8 million Romanians celebrate their name
\nday.<\/p>\n
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\nthe women’s singles events at Roland Garros. Mihaela Buz\u0103rnescu managed to get
\non the main board of the Parisian competition as a ‘lucky loser’, after losing,
\non Friday, in the last round of the qualifications to the Swede Mirjam
\nBjorklund 6-1, 6-3. In the first round, Mihaela Buz\u0103rnescu will face the
\nAmerican Madison Brengle. Simona Halep (19 WTA), champion at Roland Garros in
\n2018 and finalist in 2014 and 2017, will take on the Croatian Ana Konjuh in the
\nfirst round, and Sorana C\u00eerstea (27 WTA) will play against the German Tatjana
\nMaria. Gabriela Ruse (52 WTA) will have a difficult match against the Belgian
\nElise Mertens, and Irina Begu (62 WTA) will have to deal with the Italian
\nplayer Jasmine Paolini. Irina Bara (114 WTA), coming from qualifications, will
\nface the Kazakh Iulia Putin\u0163eva. Ana Bogdan (91 WTA) will have the hardest match,
\nthough, against the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka. (MI)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"