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Like the entire Europe, Romania has been gradually making
\nits way out of the pandemic nightmare. Against a shrinking infection rate and
\nthe immunization of a significant part of the population, people here have
\nstarted to re-learn their way back to normality. <\/p>\n
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In spite of the heavy downpours at times, the past
\nweekend was unusually animated and quite busy in Bucharest. The 17th
\nedition of the Museums Night took place all over Romania on Saturday, when
\npeople had the opportunity of visiting roughly 200 museums, 50 of which in the
\ncapital city Bucharest alone. <\/p>\n
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As a first the city hall was also opened
\nto the public and its historical premises, built between 1906 and 1910, were being
\nvisited by hundreds of people. Visitors were taken on 30 minute tours, which
\nincluded two exhibitions, Uranus now about a lovely district demolished by
\ncommunist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and another one devoted to architect Petre
\nAntonescu, the one who designed several iconic buildings in Bucharest. <\/p>\n
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Managers of the aforementioned cultural
\ninstitutes have described the unexpectedly higher visitor turnout as
\n‘encouraging’, and a ‘real step back to normality’, which people had been
\neagerly looking forward to. <\/p>\n
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On Sunday, Bucharest became the capital of
\nfootball fans, as the largest stadium in Romania, known as the National Arena
\nhosted, for the first time in its history a match counting towards the European
\nFootball Championship, which was supposed to take place last year but was
\npostponed because of the pandemic. Austria clinched a 3-1 win against North
\nMacedonia in group C, while in Amsterdam, the Netherlands obtained a 3-2 win
\nagainst Ukraine. <\/p>\n
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Exuberant but disciplined, the fans of the
\ntwo sides met over a pint of beer in Bucharest’s famous and picturesque old
\ntown district both before and after the game.
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On Thursday, June 17th the same
\nNational Arena will be hosting Ukraine versus North Macedonia while on Monday,
\nJune 21st Ukraine takes on Austria. Bucharest is to also host a
\nmatch in the round of 16 on June 28th, involving the participation
\nof the winner of group F, which has been dubbed the tournament’s Group of Death
\nas world powerhouses Portugal, Germany and France will be vying for two
\nautomatic berths into the knockout rounds. <\/p>\n
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The Romanian football fans are mere spectators as
\ntheir favourites, after a lackluster participation in the qualifiers, didn’t
\nmanage to qualify for the prestigious football competition. There is only one
\nthing to sweeten the pill for Romania’s football fans, the qualification of our
\nUnder-23 side for the Tokyo Olympics where our footballers will up against New
\nZealand, South Korea and Honduras.<\/p>\n
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The Olympic Football tournament kicks off
\non July 21st. We recall that our young footballers made it for the
\nsemifinals of the European Under-21 Championship hosted by Italy and San Marino
\nin 2019. This would be their fourth
\nparticipation in the Olympics after the editions of 1924 in Paris, 1952 in
\nHelsinki and 1964 in Tokyo when they ended on the fifth position. <\/p>\n
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(bill)<\/p>\n
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