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CONFERENCE Bucharest is today playing venue for a ministerial meeting on the common maritime agenda for the Black Sea an event jointly staged by the Romanian Foreign Ministry and the European Commission. The conference is aimed at bringing together representatives of the riparian countries, Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, the Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova who are to endorse Black Sea common maritime agenda. The document that has been negotiated with support from the European Commission, is focusing on activity sectors, which could contribute to the region's sustainable economic development with emphasis on the coastal areas in several domains such as fishing and aquaculture, research and innovation, connectivity, environmental protection, tourism, education, the creation and development of competences specific to a maritime economy.
WEATHER A yellow weather warning has been issued for 24 counties in Romania, which is mostly seeing rain showers, thunderstorms, gale-force winds and even hail. Maximum temperatures are ranging between 16 and 25 degrees Celsius. 25 towns and villages in the country's south, center and north-east, including the capital Bucharest have been affected by the heavy rainfalls and strong wind on Monday night. Firefighters with the Emergency Situation Inspectorates have been deployed to the affected areas to pump the water out of the flooded areas and remove the fallen trees. Road traffic has been disrupted in the past 24 hours by the broken trees and landslides.
MEETING With Romania holding the EU rotating presidency, Bucharest is today playing venue for the informal meeting of the EU environment ministers. Monday saw two debates, on climate change and biodiversity. Talks focused on the citizens' role in a future of low-carbon emissions. In a joint news conference with Romania's environment minister, the EU commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Canete pleaded for effective methods to maintain biodiversity, which would lead to increased food safety.
DRILL Over 12 hundred Romanian and foreign troops are today participating in Steadfast Cobalt 2019, the largest NATO communication units exercise underway in Otopeni, close to capital Bucharest. The drill is aimed at the troops' joint training in order to be able to provide multi-national support in NATO operations as well as in practicing standard procedures needed for interoperability of human and technical resources. The exercise is due to end on June 2nd.
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