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Visit.<\/strong> On a visit to Greece on Thursday, Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca called on his Greek counterpart, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to support Romania’s accession to Schengen. The message was conveyed during a joint press statement of the two officials. Joining Schengen is a national goal, it is a recognition of the efforts that Romania has made in this regard, efforts that have been quite visible during this period, since the war began in Ukraine, and we have provided all the elements so that the transit of people, goods, cereals from Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova can take place in safe conditions, thus proving that we comply with the requirements of the Schengen acquis, Nicolae Ciuca said. The visit was occasioned by the operationalization of the Greece-Bulgaria gas interconnector, extremely important for the transport network to Europe, through which up to three billion cubic meters of gas could be delivered annually.<\/p>\n

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Forum.<\/strong> Romanian
\nparliament will quickly go through the process of ratifying the NATO accession
\nprotocols for Finland and Sweden, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies,
\nMarcel Ciolacu, has announced, also mentioning that an extraordinary parliament
\nsession will be convened. Marcel Ciolacu participated in the 22nd edition of
\nthe Inter-Parliamentary Forum on Security, where the Minister of Foreign
\nAffairs of Ukraine, Dmitro Kuleba, also had a video intervention. The Ukrainian
\nofficial pointed out that Russia’s aggression against one’s country is a
\nphenomenon that comes as a challenge to international security and made a fresh
\ncall for his country to receive heavy armament to stabilize the front line.
\nRomania remains one of the most active supporters of Ukraine’s European integration
\nefforts, Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca said in a video message sent to
\nparticipants in the Bucharest event.<\/p>\n

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Resignation. <\/strong>Boris Johnson
\nannounced on Thursday his resignation from the office of Prime Minister of the
\nUnited Kingdom, yielding to the pressure coming from ministers and
\nparliamentarians of the Conservative Party, Reuters reports. It
\nis clearly now the will of the Parliamentary Conservative Party, that there
\nshould be a new leader of that party and therefore a new prime minister, and
\nI’ve agreed with Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of our backbench MPs, that the
\nprocess of choosing that new leader should begin now, and the timetable will be
\nannounced next week, <\/em>Johnson told a news conference. Earlier on
\nThursday, Boris Johnson announced his resignation as leader of the Conservative
\nParty, which automatically leads to him losing the prime minister’s seat. Boris
\nJohnson has agreed to resign amid a major political crisis marked by the
\nresignation of dozens of his ministers. His term was a turbulent one, dominated
\nby Brexit, the pandemic and a series of scandals that highlighted the way he
\nunderstands to relate to rules, laws and truth, the Radio Romania correspondent
\nreports from London. Basically, Boris Johnson’s resignation is the result of a
\nrevolt in the Conservative Party, his colleagues accusing him of lying,
\narrogance, lack of integrity and competence.<\/p>\n

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Ukraine.<\/strong> The evacuation of civilians from Slavyansk continues. The town is the new primary target of the Russian
\ninvasion forces in their plan to conquer Donbas. Mayor Vadim Lyah announced
\nthat of the 110 thousand people who inhabited the city before the war, only
\n20,000 are left. 17 people have died and 67 have been wounded’ since the start
\nof hostilities, Vadim Lyah said. The city has been under heavy artillery
\nfire for a few weeks, but the essential infrastructure is still operational.
\nIn the last month, the main water supply line has broken down, and a third of
\nthe city is regularly left without electricity. Much like other local
\nofficials, Mayor Lyah claims Ukrainian forces have repelled the attempts of the
\nRussian army to get close to Slavyansk and the neighboring town, Kramatorsk,
\nwhich serves as the administrative center of the Ukrainian-held part of Donbas.
\nThe Russian Ministry of Defense has accused Ukrainian nationalists of having
\norganized a toxic chemical attack in the Donetsk region, with the use of large
\nquantities of chlorine, brought over from a water filtering site. On Sunday,
\nthe Russian army occupied the town of Lysychansk and now claims to be
\ncontrolling the entire region of Lahaska, which the Ukrainian authorities
\ncontinue to deny. <\/p>\n

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Swimming.<\/strong> The European Junior
\nSwimming Championships continue in Otopeni, near capital Bucharest. On
\nThursday, Vlad Stefan Stancu won the fifth medal of the Romanian Delegation, in
\nthe 1,500 m freestyle event. On Wednesday, David Popovici grabbed his second
\ngold medal after winning the 200m freestyle event in 1.45 minutes. Also on
\nWednesday, Romania’s 4x100m mix relay team, made up of David Popovici, Patrick
\nSebastian Dinu, Bianca Costea and Rebecca Aimee Diaconescu, won silver in the
\n4x100m freestyle event. On Tuesday, on the first day of the competition, 4x100m
\nmen’s team, made up of David Popovici, Vlad Stancu, \u0218tefan Cozma and Patrick
\nSebastian Dinu, won gold in the freestyle event. A total of 500 athletes from
\n42 countries are taking part in the competition. Representing Romania are 26
\nswimmers, 14 boys and 12 girls. Aged 17, David Popovici has recently won the 100m
\nand 200m world titles.<\/p>\n

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Tennis.<\/strong> Romanian Simona
\nHalep (18WTA) lost, on Thursday, in two sets, 6-3, 6-3, to Elena Ribakina (23WTA) of Kazakhstan, in the
\nsemifinals of the Grand Slam tennis tournament at Wimbledon. Former world
\nleader, Simona Halep won the London tournament in 2019 and, a year before, the
\none at Roland Garros, in France. The 2022 final will be played between Elena
\nRibakina and the Tunisian Ons Jabeur, world number 2, who defeated, on
\nThursday, the German Tatjana Maria (103 WTA) in three sets, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. This
\nyear’s Wimbledon tournament has a record 40,350,000 pounds in prize money, but the WTA and ATP have announced that they
\nwill not be awarding points due to the British organizers’ decision not to
\nallow Russians and Belarusians players to attend, following Ukraine’s invasion
\nby Russia. (MI)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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