VISIT The president of Romania Klaus Iohannis, currently
\non an official visit to the United Arab Emirates, has traveled today to Masdar
\nCity, a model of sustainable urban development with solutions centered around
\nenergy efficiency and environment protection. The Romanian official was presented
\nsolutions for transport and urban cooling and ventilation, building energy
\ngeneration and optimum usage of natural light in schools and research
\ninstitutions. The solutions tested in Masdar City may be an inspiration for
\nother cities increasingly interested in sustainability, including in Romania. Contributions
\nto these solutions come, among others, from Romanian researchers as well,
\naffiliated to research institutes in Masdar City, the Romanian presidency said
\nin a news release. President Iohannis will be in the UAE until Tuesday, at the
\ninvitation of his counterpart, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The main
\ngoals of the visit include strengthening the political and diplomatic dialogue
\non topics of mutual interest, encouraging bilateral economic relations, which
\nare already on a significant positive trend, and attracting investments in the
\nRomanian economy through projects in fields like infrastructure, energy,
\nclimate change, cybersecurity and food security. <\/p>\n
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REFUGEES The Romanian Border Police Inspectorate General
\nannounced that on Saturday as many as 86,342 people entered Romania using
\nborder checkpoints around the country. Of them, 8,510 were Ukrainian nationals.
\nSince February 10, 2022, two weeks before the Russian invasion of their
\ncountry, nearly 3.8 million Ukrainian citizens entered Romania. Most of them have travelled
\nfurther on to western European countries, but around 100,000 of them have
\nchosen to stay in Romania, according to the authorities in Bucharest. <\/p>\n
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CHILDREN Border police prevented over 5,300 Romanian
\nunderage nationals from crossing the border out of the country in 2022, because
\ntheir parents or the adults accompanying them were unable to produce the
\ndocuments required for taking minors out of the country. The interior ministry
\nannounced on Sunday that the number is twice as big as in the previous year. Also,
\nsince the beginning of 2023, more than 800 Romanian minors have been stopped at
\nthe border because they lacked valid travel documents, the accompanying parent
\nlacked the consent of the other parent or because the adults accompanying them,
\nother than their parents, failed to present clear criminal records. Under the
\nlaw, underage Romanian nationals can only leave the country based on a valid
\ntravel document, passport or identity card, provided that they are accompanied
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RUGBY Romania’s
\nnational rugby team takes on Spain today in a match for the 3rd
\nplace in Rugby Europe Championship 2023, the second-tier European competition
\nafter Six Nations. The match is played in Badajoz, Spain. The competition final,
\npitting Georgia against Portugal, is played tonight as well. In August Romania’s
\nrugby team is scheduled to play test matches against Georgia and Italy, ahead
\nof the World Cup in France, organised between September 8 and October 28. Romania will play in Group B, alongside Ireland, South Africa,
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HANDBALL Romania’s women’s handball champions, Rapid Bucharest, are
\nplaying today away from home against Slovenia’s Krim Ljubljana, in the first
\nleg of the playoffs for the Champions’ League quarter-finals. The second leg
\ntakes place in Bucharest. This is Rapid’s first presence in the Champions’
\nLeague, and the match against the Slovenian champions is also the team’s first
\nmarch in European competitions with the Danish manager Kim Rasmussen, who
\nreplaced Carlos Viver (Spain). 150 Romanian fans will attend the game. If they
\nqualify into the quarter-finals, Rapid will be facing Kristiansand (Norway). Romania’s
\nvice-champions, CSM Bucharest, have already qualified into the quarter-finals,
\nwhere they will take on the winner of the playoff between the French side Brest
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