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TENNIS Romanian tennis player Simona Halep is today playing for the first time in the finals of the Wimbledon tennis tournament, the third Grand Slam tournament this year. The Romanian will be taking on US challenger Serena Williams, one of the world's strongest tennis players, who has so far won 7 Wimbledon trophies. Halep is the first Romanian to have ever made it to the women's finals of this prestigious tennis competition. Another Romanian, Ilie Nastase, played in Wimbledon men's finals twice in 1972, when he conceded defeat to Stan Smith of the USA and in 1976, when he was defeated by Bjorn Borg of Sweden. Simona Halep has secured a clear semifinals win against Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, while Serena Williams has outperformed Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic. Halep, a former WTA number one, boasts a title she won in Roland Garros last year. She also became a finalist in Paris twice as well as in Australian Open in 2018.
CANDIDATE A congress of the opposition political party Save Romania Union (USR) is expected today to be designating its candidate for the presidential election in November and to be adopting some amendments to its status. A favourite for this position is the incumbent USR president Dan Barna. The National Council of PLUS, an extra-Parliamentary political group founded by the country's former technocratic Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos, is also to convene today to designate its presidential candidate. The two polical groups are to later designate a common candidate for the presidential election. We recall that the USR PLUS election alliance came third in the European Parliament election in May, after the National Liberal Party, the main right-wing opposition party and PSD, number one in the leftist government coalition.
WEATHER The weather is unsettled in Romania's western, south-western, central and northern regions as well as in the mountains, where heavy downpours and strong winds have been reported. The sky is variable in the rest of the territory but the unstable weather is expected to be felt all over the country as of Sunday, when heavy showers, strong winds and even hail are to be seen in almost all its regions. The highs of the day are ranging between 21 and 30 degrees Celsius with a noon reading in Bucharest of 26 degrees.
DRILL Over 2,000 servicemen from 11 NATO members, Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, France, Italy, Poland, Romania, the USA and Turkey are taking part in the international military drill Breeze 2019 held from Saturday until July 21st in Bulgaria's territorial waters on the Black Sea, the Bulgarian news agency Novini has announced. The exercise will also be attended by 26 military vessels, 10 warplanes and helicopters, NATO's permanent fleet and the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group with the Immediate Reaction Force as well as representatives of various state institutions and NGOs. The drill, which includes a maritime security response to a simulated crisis situation, is aimed at increasing interoperability and cooperation between the naval forces of the participant countries.
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