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\nPresident Klaus Iohannis announced that the issue of drug consumption among
\nyoung people will be included on the agenda of the next meeting of the
\ncountry’s Supreme Council of National Defense. Attending the opening of the new
\npre-university year at a school in Bucharest on Monday, he emphasized that this
\nphenomenon represents a serious challenge to national security. Klaus Iohannis
\nalso said that he continued to support the increase in teachers’ salaries as of
\nJanuary 1, 2024. He gave assurances that he remained firm and would support all
\nmeasures to make the commitments made by the Government this summer come true.
\nThe new school year started, in Romania on Monday, for approximately 3 million
\npupils and preschoolers. It will have 36 weeks of courses, and it is organized
\nin five modules, just like the previous one. The Green Week and
\nDoing School Differently will take place between September 11, 2023
\n– April 26, 2024 and can be set by schools in any of modules 1, 2, 3 or 4, in
\nintervals of 5 consecutive working days. The school year will end on June 21,
\n2024. The pupils entering the 5th grade will be the first to take an additional
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\nyear stood at 15.6 billion Euros, 17% lower as compared to the same period last
\nyear, shows the latest data published by the National Institute for Statistics.
\nIn this period, Romania’s exports totaled 55 billion Euros, 4.6% higher than
\nthe similar period of the past year. At the same time, between January 1st
\nand July 31st 2023, Romania imported goods of 70 billion Euros, 1.1%
\nlower than in the same period of 2022. In July 2023, the country’s exports
\nstood at 8 billion Euros, while imports at 10 billion, which created a deficit
\nof 2 billion Euros. As compared to July last year, exports in July this year went
\ndown by 3% while imports by 11.5%. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Romanian and US Naval Forces are jointly organizing, as of Monday until
\nFriday, September 15, a multinational exercise called Sea Breeze. It will take
\nplace in the area of \u200b\u200bresponsibility of the Romanian Naval Forces in the Black
\nSea and the Danube Delta and aims to develop teamwork between the participating
\ncountries in the field of combating explosive devices, especially sea mines, so
\nthat navigation can take place freely. Soldiers from Bulgaria, Turkey, Ukraine,
\nFrance and the UK are also taking part in the exercise.<\/p>\n
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\nRomania’s national football side is playing at home on Tuesday the selection of
\nKosovo, in a game counting towards Group one in the preliminaries of the
\nEuropean Championship due in Germany, next year. After five matches in the
\ngroup, with two wins and three draws, Romania boasts nine points presently
\nranking second after Switzerland with 11 points. The group also includes
\nBelarus and Andorra. The first two sides will be playing in the final
\ntournament. Romania last qualified for a European football tournament in 2016
\nand our latest participation in a World Cup was in 1998.<\/p>\n
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