Energy.<\/strong> Almost 8 million households in Romania will
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Open doors. <\/strong>The Romanian foreign ministry is
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Nuclear plant.<\/strong> The physical integrity of the nuclear
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Swimming.<\/strong> Romanian swimmers won two new
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Tennis.<\/strong> Romania’s Sorana
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\nbenefit from a cap on electricity and natural gas prices for another year,
\naccording to a new emergency order adopted on Thursday by the government. The
\norder provides for the establishment of a national energy transition fund and
\nfor tougher sanctions for energy companies that increase prices artificially to
\nenhance their profits. The budget impact of these measures is estimated at 1
\nbillion lei per month, accounting for 200 million euros. <\/p>\n
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\norganising Open Door Day on Friday, as part of events to celebrate the 160th
\nanniversary of its establishment. The ministry’s headquarters are open to the
\npublic. Open Door Day is an initiative aimed at bringing the diplomatic and
\nconsular activity closer to citizens. Visitors will benefit from a guided tour
\nof the foreign ministry headquarters showcasing the changes undergone by the
\nRomanian diplomatic service in its 160-year existence and the activity of some its
\nmost emblematic figures, reads a foreign ministry statement. Manuscripts and
\nother relevant international documents are also on display in the original. <\/p>\n
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\npower plant in Zaporizhzhia, in southern Ukraine, has been violated several
\ntimes, said the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi after inspections of the plant, which is
\nunder Russian occupation. Grossi is heading a mission of experts, some of whom
\nhe said will stay at the facility until Sunday or Monday. The international
\nexperts are checking installations at the site, with the Ukrainians and the
\nRussians accusing each other of shelling the plant, causing fear of a possible
\nnuclear disaster. The International Atomic Energy Agency is hoping to
\nestablish a permanent presence at the plant. Ukraine’s president Volodymyr
\nZelensky again called for the demilitarisation of the site where the plant is
\nlocated and said it was regrettable that the IAEA did not ask for the
\nevacuation of Russian troops and weapons deployed at the nuclear facility. The
\nDirector-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross Robert Mardini called during a trip to Kiev for a halt in
\nall military operations around the nuclear plant, warning that an attack may
\nprove catastrophic. The slightest miscalculation could trigger devastation
\nthat we will regret for decades, he said. <\/p>\n
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\nmedals at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru: a silver in the mixed 4X100 m
\nfreestyle relay and a bronze in the 800 m freestyle race, won by Vlad Stancu.
\nThe relay team made up of David Popovici, Patrick Sebastian Dinu, Rebecca
\nDiaconescu and Bianca Costea lost to Hungary, who came in the first place,
\nwhile Italy came third. The 800 m freestyle race was won by Spain’s Carlos
\nGarach Benito, with Vlad Stancu in second place and Turkey’s Batuhan Filiz in
\nthird place. Romania has so far won five medals at the World Junior Swimming
\nChampionships, two gold, two silver and one bronze. The gold came from the
\nmen’s 4X100 freestyle relay team made up of David Popovici, Alexandru
\nConstantinescu, \u015etefan Cozma and Patrick Sebastian Dinu and from David Popovici
\nin the 200 m freestyle event; the silver came from Vlad Stancu in the 400 m
\nfreestyle race and the mixed 4×100 m freestyle relay team made up of David
\nPopovici, Patrick Sebastian Dinu, Rebecca Diaconescu and Bianca Costea; while
\nthe bronze came from Vlad Stancu in the 800 m freestyle race. <\/p>\n
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\nC\u00eerstea lost to Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the second round
\nat the US Open. Irina Begu, another Romanian player, was defeated by China’s
\nYue Yuan 6-3, 7-6, also in the second round. C\u00eerstea and Begu were the only two
\nRomanian players still in competition in the women’s singles. In the women’s
\ndoubles, the Romanian-American pair Ana Bogdan and Sabrina Santamaria defeated
\nthe all-American pair Elizabeth Mandlik and Katrina Scott in the first round
\nand will next be playing the winners between the all-Romanian pair Monica
\nNiculescu and Gabriela Ruse and the all-Czech pair Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina
\nSiniakova. (CM)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"