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\npersonalities and important cultural institutions on the occasion of the
\nNational Culture Day, marked annually on January 15. The distinctions were
\nawarded as a sign of appreciation for the work done and the major impact on the
\ncultural space in the country and abroad. Among those decorated are the
\nwell-known film critic Irina Margareta Nistor, the Peles National Museum, the
\nHungarian State Theater in Timisoara (west), the National Theater in T\u00e2rgu
\nMure\u015f (center) and the Moldova Philharmonic in Ia\u0219i (east). In the last two
\ncenturies, the cultural elites have inspired Romanian society to step on the
\nroad to Western modernization and democratization – said President Klaus
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\ncurrently stationed in Germany, to watch more closely the war started by Russia
\nin Ukraine. The planes are scheduled to land on Tuesday at the Otopeni military
\nbase, near Bucharest. NATO and the Ministry of Defense announced that they will
\ncarry out surveillance flights
\nexclusively on the territory of the Alliance, will strengthen the presence of
\nallied forces in the Black Sea region, but they will also monitor Russian
\nmilitary activity. AWACS aircraft can fly at altitudes of 12,000 meters and
\ndetect enemy aircraft, ships or ground vehicles from 400 kilometers away. They
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\nMitarachi, has recently presented in Austria, an initiative to support the
\naccession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area, and will visit the two
\ncountries next week – according to a press
\nrelease from the Greek line ministry. Notis Mitarachi met in Vienna with the
\nAustrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and the Minister of the Interior, Gerhard
\nKarner. In Athens’ view, the extension of Schengen through the accession of
\nRomania and Bulgaria will be directly beneficial for Greece, as it will be
\nconnected by road with other EU member states. At the same time, Greece claims that
\nthe enlargement of the Schengen area will help boost economic activities. The
\nGreek Ministry of Migration and Asylum recalls that, while Croatia’s
\napplication for Schengen accession was accepted in the JHA Council in Brussels,
\non December 8 last year, Romania and Bulgaria were faced with the opposition of
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\nsee localized cessations of the conflict in Ukraine because it cannot hope for
\na more comprehensive peace deal at this stage, Ibrahim Kalin, a close adviser
\nto President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said on Saturday. Neither Russia nor Ukraine
\nis in a position to win militarily, Kalin estimated, declaring himself
\nconvinced that in the end, they will have to negotiate to reach an acceptable
\nsolution for both sides. Since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, on
\nFebruary 24, Turkey, which maintains good relations with both countries,
\noffered to broker the end of the war. It mediated the agreement signed last
\nsummer on Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea and the Bosphorus and the
\nfacilitation of prisoner of war exchanges. In another move, Great Britain has announced
\nthat it will send a dozen tanks to Ukraine. Kyiv hopes that the US, France and
\nGermany will follow the British example. Russian diplomats said on Saturday
\nthat sending British tanks to Ukraine, as announced by London, will only ‘intensify’ the
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\nborder to Romania since the outbreak of the war in the neighboring country in
\nFebruary last year. Also, over 100,000 have temporarily settled in Romania, and
\n4,000 have applied for asylum – according to a report made public in the
\npresence of Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuc\u0103. At Government level, six working
\ngroups were set up by fields of activity, which, together with the UN partners
\nand civil society, allowed a good management of the situation arising from the
\nRussian aggression. At the same time, they facilitated the accommodation of the
\nUkrainians in a very short time. To manage the humanitarian crisis, so far, the
\nRomanian Government has allocated 565 million euros, of which 200 million euros
\ncame from international partners. The aid materialized in free transport, food,
\nclothing, shelter, long-term accommodation, free medical and social
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\nrecorded about 60,000 deaths from COVID-19 in just over a month, health
\nauthorities reported, providing the first toll since restrictions were eased in
\nearly December. The Chinese government stopped reporting infections and deaths
\nearly last month after suddenly revoking anti-virus controls. The World Health
\nOrganization and some governments have asked Beijing to provide more detailed
\ninformation about the situation and the virus. In the context of the worrying
\nincrease in cases in this country, since the beginning of the year, the EU has
\nencouraged member states to ask all travelers coming from the Asian country to
\npresent a negative test for COVID-19. China is the place where the SARS-CoV-2
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\nin Iran, on Saturday morning, of Alireza Akbari, who held dual Iranian and
\nBritish citizenship, is a barbaric act that will not stand unchallenged,
\nsaid the Foreign Minister of the United
\nKingdom, James Cleverly. In turn, the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
\ndenounced on Twitter the callous and cowardly conviction. The
\nFrench authorities summoned Iran’s charg\u00e9 d’affaires to Paris, also warning
\nthat Tehran’s repeated violations of international law cannot stand
\nunchallenged, and the US condemned the execution, calling it
\nhorrific. Former Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Alireza Akbari
\n(61) was arrested in 2019 and convicted of spying for the United Kingdom, a
\ncharge he denied. Britain asked Iran to stop the execution and release him
\nimmediately, but Alireza Akbari was hanged. Iran does not recognize dual
\ncitizenship for its citizens. (MI)<\/p>\n
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