June 23, 2019
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Newsroom, 23.06.2019, 14:16
WEATHER
Orange and yellow warnings for
unstable weather have been issued for the entire Romanian territory, its
south-western regions being the most affected. Heavy rainfalls, thunderstorms
and hail are expected but this unstable weather is going to be over soon and
Romanians are bracing for a new wave of extremely hot temperatures. Flood
alerts have also been issued for rivers in 23 Romanian counties. The highs of
the day are ranging between 25 and 34 degrees Celsius with a noon reading in
Bucharest of 27 degrees.
DELEGATION A European Parliament delegation will on Monday go to Chisinau,
the Republic of Moldova, an ex-soviet Romanian-speaking country, for an opinion
exchange with the country’s fresh government. Made up of four MEPs, the
delegation, which is headed by David McAllister, Chair of the European
Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee, is going to hold talks with the country’s
Prime Minister Maia Sandu, President Igor Dodon, Foreign Minister Nicolae
Popescu, Interior Minister Andrei Nastase and Parliament Speaker Zinaida
Greceanii. In another development, the new head of diplomacy in the Republic of
Moldova will be paying a visit to neighboring Romania on July 1st -
the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest has announced. Nicolae Popescu already
talked on the phone with his Romanian counterpart Teodor Melescanu on Friday;
the latter gave assurances on Bucharest’s readiness for a tight cooperation in
the spirit of the Strategic bilateral partnership for the Republic of Moldova’s
European integration. Sworn in by Parliament on June 8th, Moldova’s
new government took over its prerogatives a week ago upon the political
deadlock caused by the former centre-to-left executive controlled by tycoon
Vladimir Plahotniuc who refused to step down.
NATO Saber Guardian 2019, the most important
multi-national NATO exercise in Romania is due to end on June 24th.
The exercise has as its main objective the deepening of cohesion, unity and
solidarity of the allied and partner countries with a view to repelling any
aggression by means of the rapid mobilization and deployment of troops anywhere
in Europe. In order to raise the effectiveness of training in an international
context, Saber Guardian 2019 is carried out in connection with a series of
national and multi-national exercises so that the total number of participating
troops amounts to 13,500, out of which 7,600 are Romanian. 14 allied and
partner countries are being represented in these exercises.
FESTIVAL Over 50 cultural events have been scheduled for today, the last
day of the 26th edition of the International Theatre Festival (FITS) hosted by
Sibiu, a city in central Romania. This year’s edition unfolded under the motto
The Art to Give and also included circus performances, music and book
launches and other related events. The Walk of Fame in Sibiu on Saturday was
added more stars granted to celebrities from the local and international
showbiz, including Romanian actress Maia Morgenstern, Italian director and
actor Pippo Delbono, and the director of the Theatre de Ville and the Autumn
Festival in Paris, Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota. This year’s edition of FITS, which
kicked off on June 14th, included roughly 540 events held in 75
performance areas, and has been attended by 33 hundred artists and invitees
from 73 countries.
(translated by bill)
