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DOORS The Romanian Foreign Ministry opened its doors to citizens on Friday as part of the events marking 160 years since the foundation of this institution and the Day of the Romanian Diplomacy, celebrated on September 1st. Hundreds of people have answered the invitation and they could see a series of diplomatic documents and objects as well as a mini-exhibition dedicated to the diplomatic suit. The public has also visited the gallery of the Foreign Ministers as well as the hall where the ministry's crisis cell convenes. The present head of the Romanian diplomacy, Bogdan Aurescu, has welcomed the visitors.
SWIMMING Romanian swimmers won two new medals at the World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru: a silver in the mixed 4X100 m freestyle relay and a bronze in the 800 m freestyle race, won by Vlad Stancu. The relay team made up of David Popovici, Patrick Sebastian Dinu, Rebecca Diaconescu and Bianca Costea lost to Hungary, who came in the first place, while Italy came third. The 800 m freestyle race was won by Spain's Carlos Garach Benito, with Vlad Stancu in second place and Turkey's Batuhan Filiz in third place. Romania has so far won five medals at the World Junior Swimming Championships, two gold, two silver and one bronze. The gold came from the men's 4X100 freestyle relay team made up of David Popovici, Alexandru Constantinescu, Ştefan Cozma and Patrick Sebastian Dinu and from David Popovici in the 200 m freestyle event; the silver came from Vlad Stancu in the 400 m freestyle race and the mixed 4x100 m freestyle relay team made up of David Popovici, Patrick Sebastian Dinu, Rebecca Diaconescu and Bianca Costea; while the bronze came from Vlad Stancu in the 800 m freestyle race.
ENERGY Almost 8 million households in Romania will be benefitting from a cap on electricity and natural gas prices for another year, according to a new emergency ordinance adopted on Thursday by the government. The order provides for the establishment of a national energy transition fund and for tougher sanctions for energy companies that increase prices artificially to enhance their profits. The budget impact of these measures is estimated at 1 billion lei per month, accounting for 200 million euros.
TENNIS Romanian tennis player Sorana Cîrstea lost to Switzerland's Belinda Bencic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the second round at the US Open. Irina Begu, another Romanian player, was defeated by China's Yue Yuan 6-3, 7-6, also in the second round. Cîrstea and Begu were the only two Romanian players still in competition in the women's singles. In the women's doubles, the Romanian-American pair Ana Bogdan and Sabrina Santamaria defeated the all-American pair Elizabeth Mandlik and Katrina Scott in the first round and will next be playing the all-Czech pair Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova.
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