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\nUS President Joe Biden on Monday paid a surprise visit to Kyiv, where he met
\nhis Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. Biden announced additional aid
\nworth 500 million dollars for Ukraine and said that new sanctions against
\nRussia were coming this week. Zelensky said he discussed long-range weaponry
\nwith Biden. Romanian prime minister Nicolae Ciuc\u0103
\nsaid the visit is very important and conveys a message of solidarity and
\ncommitment to further support for Ukraine from the international community,
\nregardless of the situation on the ground. Joe Biden next travelled to Poland, a
\nkey US ally, where on Wednesday he will also meet the leaders of Bucharest 9,
\nincluding Romanian president Klaus Iohannis. Bucharest Nine is a group of NATO
\ncountries from Eastern Europe consisting of Romania, Bulgaria, the Czech
\nRepublic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia. The summit
\nis held in the context of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s war of
\naggression against Ukraine and is aimed at further ensuring the coordination
\nbetween the US and the allies on NATO’s eastern flank amid the security
\nchallenges generated by the war, according to a statement from the Romanian
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\nEuropean Union adopts a separate set of sanctions against entities or persons
\nsupporting Russia’s attempts to destabilise the Republic of Moldova. The
\nRomanian foreign minister Bogdan Aurescu said on Monday in Brussels that these
\nmeasures are called for in light of recent intelligence obtained by the Moldovan
\nofficials proving Moscow’s intention to destabilise Moldova as part of a plan
\nthat includes the war in Ukraine. Romania’s proposal comes as the European
\nUnion is holding talks on adopting a tenth package of sanctions against Russia.
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\n(western Romania), which has officially become a European Capital of Culture in
\n2023, looks forward with confidence to the impressive show that will unfold
\nuntil February 2024, said the city’s mayor Dominic Fritz, at the end of the
\nprogramme’s inaugural events. Under the slogan Light up your city
\n1,000 events are scheduled for a year, with an international message about the
\ncultural values \u200b\u200bof the city transmitted by the hundreds of diplomats and
\njournalists who were in Timisoara this weekend, as well as by those up to a
\nmillion visitors who are expected here this year, as the mayor of Timisoara
\nstressed. For three days, this past weekend, the city hosted concerts,
\nexhibitions, debates, tourist tours and a gala show attended by hundreds of
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\nno. 75, on Monday reached the second round at the WTA Dubai tennis tournament
\nin the United Arab Emirates, worth 2.8 million dollars in prize money. She
\ndefeated Germany’s Laura Siegemund, world
\nno. 130, 7-5, 6-3. Another Romanian player, Sorana
\nC\u00eerstea, world no. 70, defeated world no. 12 Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil in
\nthree sets, 4-6, 7-6, 7-5, in the opening round. (CM)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"