{"id":867092,"date":"2025-03-02T17:52:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T15:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=867092"},"modified":"2025-03-02T17:52:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T15:52:22","slug":"march-2-2025-update-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/march-2-2025-update-2-id867092.html","title":{"rendered":"March 2, 2025 UPDATE 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TRANSPORT<\/strong> &#8211; Air passenger transport in Romania went up 6% last year and reached 26 million passengers, the National Statistics Institute reports. The largest traffic flows were recorded at the \u201cHenri Coand\u0103\u201d airport in Bucharest, \u201cAvram Iancu\u201d airport in Cluj Napoca (northwest) and at the International Airport in Ia\u0219i (northeast). The largest shares in domestic air transport were recorded by the Henri Coand\u0103-Bucharest airport, with 49.8% of the total number of passengers boarded, \u201cAvram Iancu\u201d airport in Cluj-Napoca with 17.6%, and the \u201cTraian Vuia\u201d airport in Timi\u0219oara (west) with 14.4%. Most airline passengers arrived from Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and France.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RUGBY<\/strong> \u2013 Romania\u2019s rugby team lost 43-5 away from home to Georgia in the semi-finals of Rugby Europe Championship. Georgia thus claimed the Antim Ivireanu Cup, a trophy in play for every match pitting the two sides. In the other semi-final on Saturday, Portugal lost to Spain 42-31 in Lisbon. Georgia and Portugal will compete for the top spot while Romania will take on Spain for the third place final. Both matches are slated for March 14-16. 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