LAWS – The Romanian government will
\nassume responsibility before Parliament for a law package concerning the reform
\nof the state apparatus, the measures aimed at attaining fiscal balance and
\navoiding tax evasion. Wasting public money along with fiscal and tax evasion is
\npreventing the country’s development, Romania’s Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu
\nhas said. The Romanian official will go to Brussels next week for a new round
\nof talks with the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, over
\nchanging the budget deficit target, and according to some government sources,
\ntalks will also be focusing on the fiscal measures package. The opposition has
\nannounced its intention to table no-confidence votes against the PSD-PNL Government.<\/p>\n
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DRUG ABUSE – Romania’s Justice Minister Alina Gorghiu has called on the Prosecutor General
\nAlex Floren\u021ba to intensify the line
\nministry’s activity combating the illegal drug abuse. Gorghiu says this
\nrequires a joint effort, recalling the latest investigations conducted by the
\nDirectorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) in Constan\u021ba or
\nCluj-Napoca, in the wake of which a number of cocaine or cannabis dealers were
\napprehended. Some 4,700 investigations were completed in 2023, although the anti-drug department comprises only 14
\nprosecutors, according to Ministry figures. They have to work on a total of
\n7,000 such investigations, of which 2,700 were started in the first half of the
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EDUCATION
\n– The Education Ministry has launched for debate a draft emergency decree for
\nthe introduction of Holocaust Studies in school curricula starting the new
\nschool year. Among other thing, the draft decree also seeks to equate four-year
\nBA degrees with MA decrees and provide accommodation subsidies to students
\nchoosing to stay in accommodation units other than dorms. <\/p>\n
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UNTOLD -
\nThe UNTOLD Festival in Cluj Napoca is now number six in a standing published by
\nthe British publication DJ Mag based on the votes of festival fans. The
\nstanding ranks a hundred festivals, and UNTOLD ranks among the top three in
\nEurope, along with Tomorrowland in Belgium and Gastonbury in Great Britain. The
\neighth edition of UNTOLD was visited by 420 thousand fans this year and
\nfeatured such artists and bands as Imagine Dragons, David Guetta or Steve Aoki.
\nThe Neversea Festival in Constan\u021ba
\nis also included in the standing, raking 41. <\/p>\n
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FOOTBALL
\n– Romania’s football champions, Farul Constan\u021ba, on Thursday night secured a 2-1 home win against Finnish side
\nHJK Helsinki in the play-offs of Europa Conference League. In the same stage of
\nthe competition, the winners of Romania’s Cup, Sepsi Sf\u00e2ntu Gheorghe, ended in
\na two-all draw their game against Norwegian side Bodoe\/Glimt. The decisive
\nmatches for qualifying in the groups of Europe’s third football competition are
\nto take place on August 31.<\/p>\n
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ROWING -
\nRomanian athlete C\u0103t\u0103lin Chiril\u0103 won
\ngold in the 500m single canoe race on Friday at the 2023 ICF Canoe
\nSprint World Championships hosted by Duisburg, Germany. Chiril\u0103 was followed by
\nConrad Scheibner of Germany and Serghei Tarnovschi of the Republic of Moldova.
\nThis is a personal best for Chiril\u0103 in
\nthe 500m race, after last year he had grabbed silver at the World Championships
\nin Dartmouth, Canada. C\u0103t\u0103lin Chiril\u0103 will compete on Saturday in the 1000m
\nrace, where he qualified with the second-best result. The competition counts
\nfor the 2024 Paris Olympics, where the top six athletes will qualify directly.
\nC\u0103t\u0103lin Chiril\u0103 is the defending world champion in this event. (DB + VP)<\/p>\n
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