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Partnership<\/strong>. The two Chambers of
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\nKlaus Iohannis, is attending the NATO summit in Madrid until Thursday. The war
\nin Ukraine and the security crisis in the Black Sea region are the main topics
\non the agenda of the summit. According to the Romanian Presidential
\nAdministration, during the summit, the Romanian president will welcome the fact
\nthat the current security situation was reflected in the Alliance’s new
\nstrategic concept, starting from the recognition of Russia as the main threat
\nto NATO, and the fact that the strategic importance of the Black Sea region for
\nEuro-Atlantic security was mentioned for the first time. Klaus Iohannis will
\nemphasize Romania’s significant contribution to supporting Ukraine at
\nhumanitarian level, as well as the most vulnerable partners, especially those
\nin the eastern neighborhood, mainly the Republic of Moldova (an ex-Soviet
\ncountry with a predominantly Romanian-speaking population) and Georgia. Klaus
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\nRomania’s Parliament adopted on Tuesday, in a joint session, a Declaration on
\nthe 25th anniversary of the Strategic Partnership between Romania and the US.
\nThe two countries, the document states, share common values \u200b\u200band interests, a
\ndeep commitment to democracy and a lasting strategic relationship. We
\nparticularly welcome the important progress made in the cooperation between the
\ntwo countries in the field of security, in order to strengthen NATO’s eastern
\nflank, including in the Black Sea region, reads the document adopted with a
\nmajority of votes by the Romanian senators and deputies. They welcome the
\nintensification of the dialogue to meet the conditions for Romania’s inclusion
\nin the Visa Waiver program, a program that would allow Romanian citizens to
\ntravel to the US for tourism or business purposes for up to 90 days, without needing
\na travel visa. During the speeches, both the ruling coalition and the
\nopposition representatives underlined the importance of the Strategic
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\nGas.<\/strong> The Romanian Prime Minister, Nicolae Ciuca, stated on Tuesday that the country’s gas storage facilities are currently at a fill rate of 41%, and the capacity is expected to reach 80% by November 1st. A decision has been made at EU level and each member country has to start winter at 80% of its storage capacity, he explained. Romania can become energy independent and an energy security provider in the region, as well as a transport corridor for gas and green energy in the Caspian Sea – said, in turn, the Minister of Energy, Virgil Popescu. The two officials participated in the ceremony organized in Vadu, Constan\u0163a County (southeast), to mark the starting of the exploitation of natural gas in the Black Sea, part of the Midia project, operated by the Black Sea Oil & Gas Company. Popescu voiced hope that the investment in the Neptun Deep perimeter of Romgaz and OMV Petrom will be completed, which will lead to Romania’s total energy independence from resources in other countries.<\/p>\n
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\nMoldova on Tuesday marked 82 years since the occupation of Bessarabia by the
\nSoviet Union on June 28, 1940. Back then, the Soviet troops annexed Bessarabia,
\nnorthern Bukovina and Hertsa land, regions with a predominantly
\nRomanian-speaking population, following an ultimatum to Bucharest. Radio Chisinau
\nrecalls that the annexation led to the establishment of a totalitarian
\ncommunist regime, which meant forced collectivization, the replacement of the
\nLatin alphabet with the Cyrillic one and Russification, political oppression
\nand deportations. Tens of thousands of people were deported to Kazakhstan and
\nSiberia, many of them dying on the way to or in the USSR camps. Historian Ion
\nVarta said that under the Soviet regime forcefully established on the left bank
\nof the Prut River, ‘about 400,000 people were victims of organized famine’,
\n‘626,000 people were subject to forced labor’, and between 120,000 and 130,000
\npeople were deported. It was a true genocide, the historian
\nconcluded. The territories annexed in 1940 now belong to the former Soviet
\nrepublics of Moldova and Ukraine, which gained their independence from Moscow
\nin August 1991, after the failure of the neo-Bolshevik coup against the last Soviet
\nleader, the reformer Mikhail Gorbachev.<\/p>\n
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\nChamber of Deputies on Tuesday lifted the parliamentary immunity of the former
\nSocial-Democratic minister of agriculture, Adrian Chesnoiu, accused by the
\nanti-corruption prosecutors of abuse of office. There were 251 votes ‘for’ and
\n25 ‘against’, and 2 were annulled. On Monday, the Chamber’s Legal Commission
\ngave a favorable reply to DNA’s request in this regard. The interim office
\nof agriculture minister was taken over
\nby the Minister of Transport, Sorin Grindeanu.<\/p>\n
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\nTennis. <\/strong> Six Romanian tennis player have qualified for the second round of the Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon. Mihaela Buzarnescu defeated Nastasja Schunk of Germany on Tuesday, Ana Bogdan won the match against the Ukrainian Daiana Iastremska, Simona Halep defeated the Czech Karolina Muchova and Irina Bara (the French Chlo\u00e9 Paquet. Irina Begu and Sorana Cirstea had qualified on Monday. (MI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"