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Moldova.<\/strong> Romania supports the request of the Republic of Moldova to
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Schools.<\/strong> With school starting in Romania on 11th
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Economy. <\/strong>The Romanian minister for the economy,
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Tennis.<\/strong> The Romanian tennis player Sorana C\u00eerstea
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\nThe Three Seas Initiative Summit is getting under way in Bucharest today,
\nbringing together EU member states from Central and Eastern Europe. This year,
\nGreece will become the 13th country to participate in the Initiative, while Romania’s
\nneighbours Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova will be awarded the status of
\nassociate countries. A declaration will be adopted at the end of the summit,
\nwhich will become an important guideline for the Initiative’s future activities
\naimed at boosting cross-border interconnection in the field of transport
\ninfrastructure, energy and digitalisation. The United States has reiterated its
\nsupport for the Three Seas Initiative objectives and its availability to work
\nclosely with its partner states to advance this format. The US delegation at
\nthe summit in Bucharest is led by the US special presidential envoy for
\nclimate, John Kerry, who is also scheduled to meet prime minister Marcel
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\nbecome an associate country of the cooperation format within the Three Seas
\nInitiative, said prime minister Marcel Ciolacu today during talks with the president
\nof neighbouring Moldova, Maia Sandu. Talks also looked at the stage of
\nbilateral relations, with the prime minister saying Romania recently
\ntransferred the first tranche worth 10 million euros aimed at funding priority
\nprojects, such as the purchase of school minibuses and infrastructure and local
\ndevelopment projects. Prime minister Ciolacu reiterated Romania’s support for
\nthe accession of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union and said the
\npriority right now is securing a decision on opening accession talks at the
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\nSeptember, the authorities are planning tougher measures to prevent trafficking
\nin and consumption of psychoactive substances among pupils. They also aim to
\ncrack down on bullying and reduce the risk of pupils’ exposure to crime,
\nespecially violence. These are some of the most important elements of a
\nnational safety plan signed on Tuesday by a number of cabinet ministers. Referring
\nto the controversial issue of pupils’ drug testing, education minister Ligia
\nDeca said a system would be devised to provide and finance such tests in the
\nevent of reasonable suspicion, but only with parental approval and avoiding the
\nstigmatisation of children. <\/p>\n
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\nentrepreneurship and tourism \u015etefan Radu Oprea called, during a meeting with
\nthe vice-president of the European Commission and EU commissioner for trade Valdis
\nDombrovskis, for flexibility from the Commission during talks on the budget
\ndeficit, given that Romania’s budget was affected by the direct and indirect
\ncosts of the war in Ukraine. The Romanian official was in Brussels on 4th
\nand 5th September. His talks with the EU official focused on trade
\nrelations with Ukraine, with emphasis on measures related to grain exports, as
\nwell as on the need to find ways to support Romanian farmers. <\/p>\n
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\nmissed qualifying for the US Open semifinals, as she lost on Wednesday in
\nstraight sets to the Czech player Karolina Muchova. Seeded 30, C\u00eerstea, aged
\n33, reached the US Open quarterfinals for the first time in her career. The
\nlast time she reached this round was at the French Open in 2009, aged 19. From
\nMonday, she will go up to number 26 in the WTA ranking, being the
\nhighest-ranked Romanian player. (CM)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"