FARMERS The government of Romania has approved a support package for
\nfarmers, including loans with lower interest rates and electricity subsidies.
\nOn the other hand, the European Commission Friday approved a EUR 241 mln aid
\nscheme, requested by Romania to support farmers in the context of Russia’s war
\nagainst Ukraine. The aid will be provided as direct grants not exceeding EUR
\n280,000 per beneficiary. Romania also benefits from EUR 34 mln from the EU’s Solidarity
\nFund, in support for the damages suffered as a result of the drought of 2022.
\nThe money was already transferred in December of last year, and Romania has one
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ELECTIONS Merging European Parliament elections and local elections
\non June 9 is on the agenda of the ruling coalition in Bucharest. According to
\nsome political sources, the Social Democrats also proposed combining the
\nelections for the national Parliament with the first or second round of the
\npresidential elections, which would complement the first scenario. The opposition
\nis firmly against these initiatives. Save Romania Union has announced it has
\nstarted proceedings to ask the Venice Commission for a point of view on merging
\nEuropean Parliament and local elections less than six months before the
\nelection date. This year all four types of elections are scheduled in Romania -
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WASTE Romania is the country generating the smallest amount of waste
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POLO Romania’s national water polo team was defeated by Italy, 16-10,
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\nexports last year exceeded EUR 93 bln, 1.3% more than in 2022, according to the
\nNational Statistics Institute. Imports on the other hand reached EUR 122 bln, 3.2%
\nbelow 2022. The trade balance deficit amounted to roughly EUR 29 bln, more than
\nEUR 5.1 bln less than in 2022. The automotive industry and transport equipment
\nsector accounted for important shares in the structure of both imports and
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\nin the EU, the Eurostat announced. According to data released by the EU
\nstatistics office, 513kg of municipal waste were generated in average by each
\nEU inhabitant in 2022, which is 19kg less than in the previous year. The
\nlargest amounts are generated in Austria (827kg per capita), followed by
\nDenmark and Luxemburg (over 700kg). At the opposite pole, Romania generates 300kg
\nper capita. Although it generates the smallest amounts of municipal waste,
\nRomania also recycles the least in the EU-around 36kg out of the 300kg per capita,
\nas against the EU average of 249kg per capita. Malta, Greece and Cyprus also
\nrecycle less than 100kg per capita, as compared to Austria, where the average
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\nOleksandr Syrskyi as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
\nreplacing General Valery Zaluzhny. Ukraine’s head of state said it was time for
\nchanges, and explained that the dismissed general should remain in his team.
\nAfter the failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the summer, Zaluzhny
\nwarned that the war had reached a stalemate, turning into a war of attrition,
\nand that in order to win his country needed technologically superior weapons to
\nthe Russian ones and more troops. International media note that Valery Zaluzhny
\nis more popular among Ukrainians than Zelensky. In another move, the Russian
\npresident, Vladimir Putin, has threatened the United States with a global war, which
\nwould bring the whole of humanity to the brink of extinction, if
\nWashington sends troops to Ukraine. In an interview to the controversial
\nAmerican journalist Tucker Carlson, Putin claimed Russia will fight to
\nthe end to defend its interests.<\/p>\n
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\nin its last match in Group D of the World Championship in Doha, Qatar. In the
\nfirst two matches, the Romanians lost to Hungary and outclassed Kazakhstan
\n25-3. Romania ranks third in the group, after Hungary and Italy. Group winners move
\nstraight into the quarter-finals, while the second and third-ranking teams are
\nin for a play-off for the quarters. Last month, Romania finished in the 8th
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