{"id":106087,"date":"2022-08-11T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/august-11-2022-106087.html"},"modified":"2024-02-15T21:09:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T19:09:01","slug":"august-11-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/august-11-2022-id106087.html","title":{"rendered":"August 11, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Drought.<\/strong> In Romania,
\nwheat crops are affected by drought on an area of \u200b\u200bover 180,000 hectares,
\nwhile the total affected agricultural area has extended to almost 330,000
\nhectares in two thirds of Romania’s counties, according to the data provided by
\nthe Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The relevant minister, Petre
\nDaea, has announced that this year’s wheat production is 15% – 18% lower than
\nthat recorded in 2021. According to the minister, however, there is enough
\nwheat to cover Romania’s internal needs, meaning 2.5 – 3 million tons, and to
\neven ensure a surplus for export. <\/p>\n

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\nInflation.<\/strong> The annual inflation rate in Romania dropped to 14.96% in July this year, from 15.1% in June, the National Institute of Statistics has announced. Natural gas, oil, potatoes and fuel are at the top of the price hikes in July, followed by energy, plane tickets, flour and sorghum. Telephone services are the only ones that got slightly cheaper. According to the data presented on Tuesday by the governor of the Central Bank, Mugur Is\u0103rescu, the National Bank of Romania revised the inflation forecast for the end of this year to 13.9% and estimates an inflation of 7.5% for the end of next year.<\/p>\n


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Ukraine.<\/strong> Prime Minister
\nNicolae Ciuc\u0103 has stated that the Government of Romania has no data to justify
\nthe concern regarding the situation at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in
\nneighboring Ukraine. He says that the authorities in Bucharest constantly
\nmonitor data related to the environment, and the state institutions have taken
\nall measures to inform and protect the population in good time. The UN Security
\nCouncil is convening urgently today to discuss the situation of the plant in
\nZaporizhzhya, which Kiev and Moscow accuse each other of having bombed. At
\nleast 14 people died from the bombings on Tuesday night in the area around the
\nnuclear power plant, the largest of its kind in Europe. The G7 group of the
\nmost industrialized countries accused Moscow of endangering the Ukrainian
\nregion around the plant, occupied by Russian troops.<\/p>\n

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Embargo.<\/strong> The European embargo on Russian coal has come into force, four months after it was adopted as part of the fifth package of sanctions against Moscow, at a time when the EU is facing strong tensions over its energy supply, France Presse reports. It is the first EU sanction to hit the Russian energy sector. Until last year, the EU would import 45% of its coal from Russia for 4 billion euros a year, and countries such as Germany and Poland, which used it for electricity production, were particularly dependent on it. In the context in which the annual European consumption of coal, a polluting fossil fuel, fell from 1,200 to 427 million tons between 1990 and 2020, the closure of numerous mines on the continent contributed to the increase of Europeans’ dependence on imports.<\/p>\n

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Refugees.<\/strong> The number of
\nUkrainian citizens with employment contracts in Romania has reached almost
\n6,500, according to the Minister of Labor, Marius Budai. More than 4,000
\ncontracts were registered after the start of the war. Most are in the
\nmanufacturing industry, followed by construction, hotels, restaurants and
\ncommerce. More than a quarter of Ukrainians, over 1,200, opted for jobs in
\nBucharest. On the other hand, the Border Police announced that, on Wednesday,
\nabout 13,500 Ukrainian citizens crossed the border into Romania. Since February
\n10, before the conflict, until August 9, almost 1.9 million refugees entered
\nthe country, but most of them only transited Romania to other European
\ncountries.<\/p>\n

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Motorway.<\/strong> Works are
\nstarting for the construction of the A7 Motorway, which will connect the cities
\nof Ploie\u015fti, in the south of Romania, and Pa\u015fcani, in the east. It is the
\nlargest investment of this kind financed by the NRRP in the European Union. A
\nRomaian – Bulgarian joint venture is starting today the organization of the
\nconstruction site on lot 2 of the 28 km- long Ploiesti-Buzau section, which
\nshould be ready in 20 months. Starting August 22, an Italian builder will be
\nworking on the first lot, out of a total of 13. Dubbed the Moldavian Motorway, A7
\nwill measure almost 440 kilometers.<\/p>\n

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Rowing.<\/strong> Romania participates
\nwith 11 crews and 39 athletes in the European Rowing Championships in Munich.
\nAmong the tricolor athletes present at the competition in Germany are the
\nOlympic champions Ancu\u021ba Bodnar and Simona Radi\u0219, who will compete in the
\ndouble sculls event. At the previous edition of the European Rowing
\nChampionships, Romania won six medals, two gold and four silver. Recently, at
\nthe Canoe Sprint World Championships in
\nHalifax (Canada), Romanian C\u0103t\u0103lin Chiril\u0103 became world champion in the canoe
\nsingle 1,000-meter event and world vice-champion in the 500-meter race. In
\nanother development, the European Swimming Championships start today in Rome. 11 Romanian athletes will participate in
\nswimming, diving and high diving events. In swimming, David Popovici, double
\nworld champion, is announced as the big favorite in the 100 m and 200 m
\nfreestyle races. (MI)<\/p>\n


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