VISIT The president of Romania Klaus Iohannis, currently
\non an official visit to the United Arab Emirates, Sunday travelled 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 have entered Romania. Most of them have
\ntravelled further on to western European countries, but around 100,000 of them
\nhave chosen to stay in Romania, according to the authorities in Bucharest. <\/p>\n
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DIPLOMACY The Romanian diplomacy chief Bogdan Aurescu takes part on
\nMonday in the Foreign Affairs Council, a meeting of EU foreign ministers in
\nBrussels. He will also attend the joint meeting of EU foreign and defence
\nministers, as well as in a conference of international donors for Turkey and
\nSyria, in the aftermath of the February earthquakes. The Foreign Affairs
\nCouncil will focus on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the dialogue between
\nBelgrade and Pristina, the situation in Tunisia and the latest developments in
\nIran. Bogdan Aurescu will plead for continuing multidimensional support for Ukraine,
\nboth at EU level and from the member states, with a focus on the quick
\nprovision of military equipment and training for the Ukrainian army. According
\nto the Romanian foreign ministry, Mr. Aurescu will also support a consolidation
\nof the sanctions against Russia and a more efficient implementation of current
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MILITARY Over 3,000 troops from Romania and 12 Allied and partner
\nstates will take part in the Sea Shield 2023 multinational exercise, the most
\ncomplex event planned and spearheaded by the Romanian Navy this year. Taking
\npart in the event between March 20 and April 2 are forces from Albania,
\nBulgaria, France, Georgia, Greece, Poland, Portugal, UK, the Netherlands, the Republic
\nof Moldova, Romania, the US and Turkey. The exercise contributes to promoting
\nRomania’s interests and initiatives at regional and international level, as
\nwell as to enhancing inter-operability among the participating countries. Sea
\nShield, a complex concept designed for the training of NATO forces, was
\nproposed by Romania at NATO’s summit in Warsaw in 2016, to boost security on
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HANDBALL Romania’s women’s handball champions, Rapid Bucharest, were
\ndefeated on Sunday by Slovenia’s Krim Ljubljana, 29-24, in the first leg of the
\nplayoffs for the Champions’ League quarter-finals. The second leg takes place
\nin Bucharest. This is Rapid’s first presence in the Champions’ League, and the
\nmatch against the Slovenian champions is also the team’s first march in European
\ncompetitions with the Danish manager Kim Rasmussen, who replaced Carlos Viver (Spain).
\nIf they qualify into the quarter-finals, Rapid will be facing Kristiansand (Norway).
\nRomania’s vice-champions, CSM Bucharest, have already qualified into the
\nquarter-finals, where they will take on the winner of the playoff between the
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