Celebrations.<\/strong> Christian believers celebrated on Monday the
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Firefighters.<\/strong> Romanian firefighters continue their mission
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Baccalaureate.<\/strong> Almost 35,000
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Rasnov. <\/strong>Two special screenings and 12
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Swimming. <\/strong>The Romanian swimmer David Popovici won
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Sports.<\/strong> Romania’s rowing
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\nAssumption of Mary, one of the biggest feasts of the year. Some 2.3 million
\nRomanians celebrated their name day. August 15th is also the Navy
\nDay, as Virgin Mary is the protector of sailors. Events to mark this day were
\nstaged in Romania’s Danube and Black Sea ports. The festivities in Contanta were
\nattended by Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis, who stressed the importance of
\nsailors’ work, which entails lots of sacrifices
\nbut also satisfaction. PM Nicolae Ciuca too conveyed a message, stating
\nthat he would support programs aimed at modernizing the Romanian army. In turn,
\nthe defense minister Vasile Dincu voiced conviction that starting next year,
\nthe Romanian Naval Forces would be better equipped and prepared. He pointed out that the war in Ukraine had shown how
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\nsouth of Bordeaux, France, operating in harsh conditions: high temperatures,
\nlow humidity and strong winds. Their mission is to keep the fire from spreading
\nto the residential area and to put out hidden outbreaks. A total of 77
\nfirefighters are supporting the French
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\ncandidates have registered to sit in the autumn session of the Romanian
\nbaccalaureate, which starts on Tuesday. Approximately
\n22 thousand candidates are class of 2022, the rest being from the previous classes. The
\nfinal results will be announced on September 3. In the summer session, held in
\nthe second part of June, the baccalaureate pass rate was over 75% – the best in
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\ninternational documentaries, from 11 countries, are part of the program of the 14th edition of the Film and History
\nFestival underway in Rasnov, central Romania. The selection of documentaries
\nincludes films from Chile, Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Romania, France,
\nAustralia, USA, Belgium, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. According to the
\norganizers, the theme of the festival this year is focused around the idea of
\n\u200b\u200bborders, a concept that aims to bring answers to multiple questions and
\nchallenges related to individual and creative freedoms that today’s society
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\non Monday evening the gold medal in the 200 m freestyle final of the European
\nAquatics Championship in Rome. He is the defending world champion in this
\nevent. On Saturday, he won the 100 meter freestyle final and set a world
\nrecord, becoming the youngest athlete with such a record in the history of
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\nteam, made up of 35 athletes, returned home on Monday with five gold and three
\nbronze medals won at the European Championships in Munich. According to the
\ngeneral secretary of the Romanian Rowing Federation, Sandu Pop, the performance
\nof the Romanian delegation is the greatest in the history of Romanian rowing in
\nthe continental competition. In another development, Romanian tennis player
\nSimona Halep (15 WTA) won the WTA 1,000 tournament in Toronto (Canada), with
\nover 2.5 million dollars in prize money. She defeated, on Sunday, in the final,
\nthe Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (24 WTA), 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Simona thus won the
\nCanadian Open for the third time, after the finals she won in Montreal in 2016
\nand 2018. For the former world leader, this is the 24th title of her career.
\nAfter the victory in Toronto, Simona Halep climbed nine places up the rankings
\nand is now sixth in the WTA classification. (MI)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"