PARTNERSHIP Romanian president Klaus
\nIohannis has hailed the anniversary of 25 years since the launch of the
\nStrategic Partnership between Romania and the United States of America
\ndescribing the document as one of the pillars of Romania’s foreign and security
\npolicy, says a communiqu\u00e9 issued by the Presidential Administration in
\nBucharest. According to Iohannis a common objective assumed by the two
\ncountries is Romania’s inclusion in the Visa Waiver programme and both sides
\nare making efforts in this respect. In turn, Romania’s Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca
\nsaid the Strategic Partnership with the USA in all its cooperation dimensions
\nhas become a priority for Romania. The country will continue to consolidate its
\ndefence and resilience to be a staunch and reliable ally of the USA in the
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DEFICIT According to
\nthe National Institute for Statistics, Romania’s trade deficit went up to 12.7
\nbillion euros in the first five months of the year, 40% more than in the
\nsimilar period last year. Exports rose by 23.5% to reach 36.9 billion euros and
\nimports by 28.1% to amount to 49.6 billion euros. In May this year, exports
\ntotaled 7.9 billion euros while imports stood at 10.7 billion with a deficit
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WAR Russian forces continued to bomb eastern Ukraine, killing at least 15
\npeople in an attack, which destroyed a residential building in Chasiv Yar on
\nSunday. Authorities have reported five rocket attacks and massive artillery
\nshelling against the populated cities in the regions of Lugansk and Donetsk.
\nRussian artillery attacks have also included civilian targets in the region and
\naccording to British experts, the Russian troops are making small headway. The
\nRussian Defence Ministry has accused the Ukrainians of placing civilians and
\nweapons in schools and other civilian buildings in several localities in
\nDonetsk and Kharkiv. Experts say that Russians are making progress in eastern
\nUkraine as they managed to deploy more troops and resources in the region than the Ukrainians. The
\nsituation could become balanced through a counterattack by Ukrainian forces
\nwhich are now relying on modern military equipment from the West. The latest military
\naid announced by the USA stays at 400 million dollars worth of four HIMARS rocket
\nsystems to be added to the 8 Kyiv already uses while the 155 mm cannons with intelligent ammunition have already been
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COVID-19 Romania is seeing a
\nrising number of Covid-19 infections and its Health Minister, Alexandru Rafila,
\nsays the country is in for a peak of infections at the end of this summer,
\nwhere the number of daily cases might reach 10 thousand. Luckily, the new
\nvariants are less aggressive and the minister recommends anti-Covid vaccination
\nin autumn when new vaccines are to appear. According to Rafila, the new vaccine
\nis to arrive in Romania in September and the country is presently relying on
\n8.5 million doses. Authorities have recommended hospitals to get ready for a
\nwave of the pandemic and reactivate their action plans. <\/p>\n
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VISIT The European Chief Prosecutor, Laura
\nCodruta Kovesi, is to arrive today in Chisinau, capital of the ex-soviet
\nRomanian-speaking Republic of Moldova. Until July 14, the EU official is to hold
\ntalks with government officials, including the country’s president Maia Sandu.
\nIn January Sandu told Kovesi that she wanted to cooperate with the European
\ninstitution in order to give an impetus to the legal reforms in the republic.
\nIn another development, a delegation of the Moldovan Interior Ministry will
\ntoday participate in the in the EU’s JHA Council underway in Prague. In a
\nFacebook post, Minister Ana Revenco said the talks would also focus on the
\nenlargement of the EU security space to also include the Republic of Moldova. <\/p>\n
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