WILDFIRES
\nForty Romanian fire fighters are
\nrelocated today from Attica region on Greece’s Rhodes Island, heavily affected
\nby uncontrolled wildfires, the Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergencies
\nannounced. They travel by sea together with 3 fire engines and a 10-ton fire
\ntruck, as well as a personnel transport vehicle. According to the Romanian Foreign
\nMinistry, high fire risks continue to be reported today in several parts of
\nGreece, while the weather is expected to change radically, with strong storms
\nforecast especially in Thrace, Macedonia, Khalkidhiki and the north-eastern
\nAegean coast. Romanian citizens who plan on traveling to Greece in this period
\nare advised to get fully informed of the situation ahead of leaving, and those
\nwho are already in the affected areas are urged to comply with the instructions
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NATURAL GAS Romanians will have safe access to natural gas, even in
\nthe case of lower temperatures than usual in the winter season, as Azerbaijan guaranteed
\nRomania access to a capacity of up to 1 billion cubic metres of natural gas if
\nnecessary. The statement was made by the energy minister, Sebastian Burduja, who
\nhad a meeting in Bucharest with his counterpart E.S. Parviz Shahbazov. The
\nfilling level for Romanian storage facilities is over 75.5%, significantly over
\nthe level promised by Romania to the EU, and nearly 700 million cubic metres
\nmore than we had at the same time in 2022, the minister said in a social media
\npost on Thursday. He added that he discussed with the energy minister of Azerbaijan about ways
\nto develop the strategic partnership, bilateral investments and joint projects in the energy sector, including a green corridor to connect the Caspian Sea to
\nthe Black Sea. The cooperation between Romania and Azerbaijan in the energy
\nsector entails major benefits not only for the two countries, but for the
\nsecurity of Europe as a whole, Sebastian Burduja pointed out. <\/p>\n
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UKRAINE The Russian army hit the port
\ninfrastructure in the region of Odessa (southern Ukraine) in an overnight
\nmissile attack that killed a security guard and damaged a cargo terminal, the
\nlocal authorities announced on Thursday morning. The ports in the Odessa region,
\nat the Black Sea or the Danube River, have turned into the preferred targets of
\nthe Russian army, after Moscow recently terminated a deal allowing Ukraine to
\nexport grains to international markets.<\/p>\n
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MOLDOVA The Russian
\nFederation will have to downsize its Chi\u015fin\u0103u Embassy personnel, according to a
\ndecision made by the Moldovan authorities and already communicated to Russia’s
\nambassador in that country. Russia will keep 10 diplomats and 15 technical and
\nsupport personnel, on a par with the number of staff of the Moldovan embassy in
\nMoscow. According to Moldova’s foreign minister Nicu Popescu, Moldova has been
\nfor decades the target of hostile policies and activities on the part of the
\nRussian Federation, and many of the Russian embassy’s activities were aimed to
\ndestabilize the country. In Moscow, the foreign ministry spokesperson, Maria
\nZaharova, said the decision was ungrounded and a further step taken by Chi\u015fin\u0103u
\ntowards deteriorating bilateral relations. <\/p>\n
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WEATHER The weather cools
\nsignificantly in Romania, where after a heat wave with temperatures above 40
\ndegrees Celsius, the highs are expected to range only between 19 and 28
\ndegrees, with some 25 degrees reported in Bucharest at noon. Thunderstorms
\nmade victims the previous day, with a 64 year old woman dead as a tree uprooted
\nby the wind fell over her car on the Transalpina
\nroad in Alba County, and two siblings in Boto\u015fani County struck by lightning on
\na field. In Harghita County railroad transport was disrupted after several
\ntrees fell on the tracks, several localities in Ia\u015fi County were left without
\ndrinking water and the Black Sea port of Constan\u0163a was closed because of the
\nstrong wind. <\/p>\n
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\nSPORTS
\nThe athletes Constantin Popovici and C\u0103t\u0103lin Petru Preda won the first medals
\nfor the Romanian team at the 2023 World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka
\n(Japan). Today they ranked first and second in the high diving competition.
\nPopovici, 34, is Romania’s first world high diving champion. Twenty-three
\nathletes took part in this event. (AMP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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