GRAIN 211 ships carrying 4.7 million tons of agricultural products have
\nso far left Ukraine under an agreement brokered by the United Nations and
\nTurkey to unblock Ukrainian sea ports, the ministry of infrastructure in
\nUkraine has announced. The agreement signed on July 22nd in Istanbul
\nprovides for setting up safe corridors for the transport of Ukrainian grain.
\nUkraine’s grain exports slumped after the Russian invasion in late February and
\nthe blockade on the country’s Black Sea ports, driving up global food prices
\nand prompting fears of shortages in Africa and the Middle East. Ukraine, a
\nmajor grain producer and exporter, used to have monthly grain shipments up to 6
\nmillion tons before the war. After the Russian invasion, Ukraine had to shift
\nto the road and river transport infrastructures to ship its grain to Eastern
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ELECTION Italy might for the first time have a woman as a Prime Minister after
\nthe legislative election today. And also for the first time since WWII, the far
\nright could come to power. According to the polls, Brothers of Italy, a party led
\nby Giorgia Meloni, with origins in a fascist movement is likely to gather
\nalmost 25% of the votes. The far-right coalition, which is expected to win 50%
\nof the votes, also includes Matteo Salvini’s League and Silvio Berlusconi’s
\nForza Italia. The pro-European left wing is expected to muster fewer than 30%
\nof the total number of votes. According to Radio Romania correspondent in
\nItaly, in spite of the importance of this election, many Italians aren’t going
\nto the polls, which might destabilize the domestic situation. Polls show that
\n90% of the Italians are worried by soaring energy prices. Parties came with a
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VISIT Over September 26-28, Romania’s Prime Minister, Nicolae
\nCiuca is paying a visit to Tokyo to participate in the state funeral staged in
\nthe honor of the country’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. According to a
\ngovernment communiqu\u00e9, the former Japanese Prime Minister made a significant
\ncontribution to lifting the bilateral relations between the two countries to
\nthe degree of a strategic partnership during the visit he paid to Bucharest in
\n2018, being the first Japanese Prime Minister to have visited Romania. Japan
\nis one of Romania’s main partners in Asia both at political and economic level
\nand there are all the prerequisites to transform this bilateral relation
\nspanning more than one century in a privileged relation at the level of
\nstrategic partnership, Prime Minister Ciuca has said. On the sidelines of his
\nvisit to Tokyo, the Romanian official will be received by his Japanese
\ncounterpart Fumio Kishida and will be having talks with the delegation of the
\nJapan-Romania Parliamentary Friendship League chaired by Ichiro Aisawa and with
\nHosoda Hiroyuki, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan. <\/p>\n
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SPORT The Romanian women’s double scull as well as women’s and men’s
\neights from Romania are today participating in three finals of the World Rowing
\nChampionships underway in Racice, the Czech Republic. The Romanian men’s double
\nscull made up of Marius Cozmiuc and Sergiu Bejan became gold medalist on
\nSaturday while on Friday Ionela Cozmiuc of Romania came first in the
\nlightweight women’s single scull race. We recall that Cozmiuc also walked away
\nwith gold from the European Championships in Munich this summer. <\/p>\n
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REFUGEES According to sources with the Romanian Border Police, 10,385
\nUkrainian citizens entered Romania on Saturday, 6.3% more than in the previous
\nday. Since February 10th, 2,408,155 Ukrainian nationals have entered
\nRomania. Checking at Romania’s borders has been done in accordance with the
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