BLACK HAWK A maintenance centre for the
\nBlack Hawk helicopters is about to open in Bacau, eastern Romania; the result
\nof a partnership between the US aerospace, arms, defence, information security
\nand technology corporation Lockheed Martin, and Romanian company Aerostar. The
\ncentre is to be completely accredited and operational before the arrival of
\nseven S-70 Black Hawk helicopters later this year. According to the company’s
\nvice president Ray Piselli, the centre in Bacau will contribute to the creation
\nand maintenance of highly qualified jobs in Romania, will curb operational
\ncosts for the Black Hawk helicopters and will have a strong growing potential
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RIGHTS Trade union leaders in Romania’s
\nmedical system have announced higher salaries for the employees in this sector
\nstarting August 1. On Wednesday, trade union leaders met the country’s
\nSocial-Democratic Prime Minister, Marcel Ciolacu, and deputy Prime Minister
\nMarian Neacsu for talks over the new emergency ordinance regulating the
\nupcoming pay rise. Employment in the field is to be resumed and 4 thousand new
\njobs will be created shortly. Another 10 thousand jobs are to be created in the
\ncountry’s medical sector in the following period. All normative acts regulating
\nthe aforementioned rights are to be endorsed in a government sitting this week.
\nIf their claims had not been met, employees in the medical field would have
\ngone on an all-out strike. <\/p>\n
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UKRAINE The
\nUnited States and Romania have taken actions in support of Ukraine and all the
\nvulnerable partners in the Black Sea region – Romanian president Klaus Iohannis
\nsaid on Wednesday night at the reception offered by the US embassy in Bucharest
\non Independence Day. The US ambassador to Romania, Kathleen Kavalec says that
\nboth countries are sharing ‘common values, which are the reason why we remain
\nunited against Russia’s unprovoked and terrible attack on Ukraine.’ <\/p>\n
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SUMMIT The EU’s two-days summit, which
\nkicks off in Brussels today, has high on the agenda a series of issues as well
\nas a review of the ending Swedish presidency of the European Union. Spain is
\nthe country to take over the bloc’s half-yearly presidency. Among the issues to
\nbe tackled during the summit, which is also being attended by the Romanian
\npresident Klaus Iohannis, is the situation in Ukraine and the support granted
\nto Kyiv in the war against Russia, economic security and migration. According
\nto Radio Romania correspondent in Brussels, the talks will be kicked off by
\nNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg who will be assessing the situation in
\nUkraine, and speak about the arms delivery and the Alliance’s summit in
\nVilnius. The talks will also be attended by the president of Ukraine. Other
\nissues on the agenda are competitiveness, digitization and security. <\/p>\n
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