VISIT Romanian Defence Minister Vasile
\nDincu is paying a formal visit to Israel until Friday. According to a communiqu\u00e9
\nby the Defence Ministry, the Minister’s agenda includes talks with his Israeli
\ncounterpart, formal ceremonies at the ‘Yad Vashem’ memorial, the Holocaust
\nMuseum and the Children’s Memorial as well as visits to companies in the
\ndefence industry. The two ministers will be tackling topical issues such as
\nsecurity in the Middle East and the Black Sea, as well as the stage and
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UKRAINE According to Ukrainian
\npresident Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian forces have retaken more than 6000
\nsquare kilometers from Russian control in September. Kyiv says that Russia has
\ngiven up the idea of dispatching more troops to Ukraine and Zelensky makes an
\nappeal to the West to step up armament deliveries to Ukraine, while the
\nUkrainian troops are trying to tighten control over a big portion of land
\nretaken from Russia in the north-east. In another development, on Monday, the
\nhead of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi announced
\nthat Ukraine and Russia seem to be interested in the IAEA proposal to create a
\nbuffer zone around the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, occupied by the
\nRussian troops in March. Russia and Ukraine have been accusing each other of
\nshelling Europe’s largest nuclear plant, which affected the buildings close to
\nits 6 nuclear reactors, increasing the risk of a nuclear disaster. <\/p>\n
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FORUM Moldova- Romania: Capital Bridges, is the
\nname of the first high-level forum devoted to promoting capital markets on the
\ntwo banks of River Prut, which is taking place in Bucharest today. According to
\norganizers, the event has been structured on three panels and will have among invitees
\nRomania’s Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and his Moldovan counterpart Natalia
\nGavrilita. The two already held talks this morning during a working breakfast.
\nThe forum’s agenda includes topical issues such as the international context, ways
\nof implementing favourable policies for the development of business and
\ninvestment climate, and strengthening ties between the capital markets of the
\ntwo countries, mainly against the background of the Republic of Moldova’s
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TENNIS Romanian tennis player Gabriela Ruse joined the main
\ndraw of the WTA tournament in Portoroz, Slovenia, a competition with more than
\n200 thousand Euros in prize money, after her Monday’s win against Ziva Falkner
\nof Slovenia. In the competition’s first round Ruse will be up against Lesia
\nTsurenko of Ukraine, which defeated the Romanian 6-3, 6-3 last year in the
\nfirst round of Winner Open held in Cluj Napoca, western Romania. The
\ncompetition’s main draw also includes Ana Bogdan, who will be playing Ajla
\nTomljanovic, quarter-finalist in the US Open. Ruse and Bogdan will be partners
\nin the doubles contest. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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