COMMEMORATION Timisoara, a city in
\nWestern Romania, on Saturday kept a moment of silence in memory of the first
\nvictims of the Romanian anti-communist revolution 33 years ago. Following the
\norders given by dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, officers with the Interior and
\nDefence Ministries opened fire on the peaceful protesters who had taken to the
\nstreets of this martyr-city. The anti-communist revolt broke out in Timisoara,
\non December 16th and extended to Bucharest on December 21st and also to other
\ncities across Romania. Over one thousand people were killed and about 3
\nthousand were wounded in clashes between the protesters and troops of the Defence and Interior ministries all over Romania, the only country in eastern
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SPORT Romanian swimmer David Popovici
\non Sunday won the silver medal in the 200 meter free-style race of the FINA
\nWorld Swimming Championship 25 meters in Melbourne, Australia. The Romanian
\ncame second after South-Korean Sunwoo Hwang with Tom Dean of Britain coming third
\nin the race. Popovici’s prize closet also includes a European title in the 200
\nmeter free-style race, which he won in Kazan last year. In 2022 he walked away
\nwith gold in the 100 meter and 200 meter races both in the European and world
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TALKS
\nAfter heated debates on Saturday night, negotiators of the European Parliament
\nand EU Council reached an agreement to overhaul the bloc’s carbon market,
\ncutting planet-heating emissions faster and imposing new CO2 costs on fuels
\nused in road transport and buildings. According to the Czech Environment
\nMinister Marian Jurecka, the agreement will allow the EU to meet climate
\nobjectives within the main sectors of the economy while making sure the most
\nvulnerable citizens and micro-enterprises are effectively supported in the
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GAS Azerbaijan intends to slightly increase its gas exports to Europe in 2023,
\nthe country’s president Ilham Aliyev has said as Brussels seeks to replace the
\ndiminishing energy supplies from Russia, Reuters reports. On Thursday, Gazprom
\nannounced its exports to countries outside the Community of Independent States
\ndropped 45.1% between January 1st and December 15th as
\ncompared to the same period in 2021. If Russia completely stops gas deliveries
\nto Europe and Chinese gas demand rebounded from the Covid-19 restrictions, the
\nEU could face a shortfall of 27 billion cubic meters of gas next year. <\/p>\n
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FOOTBALL In the World cup finals in Doha, Qatar, France is defending against
\nArgentina the title it obtained four years ago. On Saturday Croatia celebrated
\nits win against Morocco for the third position in the ranking. After a third
\nplace in 1998 and the finals it lost against France in Russia in 2018, it has
\nbeen Croatia’s third podium since the country declared its independence back in
\n1991. Morocco, the revelation of this world cup edition, is the first African
\nand Arab country to have made it to the finals of the prestigious competition.
\nThe Moroccans outperformed Spain in the round of 16 and Portugal in the
\nquarters but lost to France in the semis. <\/p>\n
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