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, 30.07.2022, 13:55

Drill — The Romanian PM Nicolae Ciucă participates, today, in the battle flag presentation ceremony of the American unit from the 57th Air Base “Mihail Kogălniceanu” in the southeast of Romania. On this occasion, forces and equipment of the 2nd Combat Team Brigade from the 101st American Airborne Division, deployed in Romania after the Madrid summit, are conducting a demonstration exercise alongside Romanian soldiers of the 9th “Mărăşeşti” Mechanized Brigade. A technical exhibition is also organized that displays attack helicopters, tanks, armored amphibious transporters, artillery and anti-aircraft artillery elements, specific engineering and first aid equipment from the equipment of the Romanian and American subunits participating in the exercise.



Olympiad — The PM Nicolae Ciucă congratulated the Romanian students, teachers and coordinators for the outstanding results obtained in this years International Linguistic Olympiad. The education minister, Sorin Cîmpeanu, has also praised the results of the Romanian team at this competition: one gold medal, one silver and one bronze. “Together with the young people who obtained excellent results in other subjects at the Olympiad, who have recently written success stories, they show that Romanian education is performing well and has a beautiful future. Good luck! We are proud of you” the PM Ciucă wrote in a message posted on the Governments Facebook page. We remind you that, this year, the Romanian students obtained the 3rd place in the world at the International Geography Olympiad and the second place in Europe. In Physics, the Romanian students won four gold and one silver medals, and in Mathematics, with two gold and four silver medals, the Romanian team ranked 5th in the world, out of 104 participating countries, and 1st in Europe.



Sighisoara festival — Knight fights, demonstrations about the healing power of fairies, fairs, theater or medieval dances – these are some of the surprises that have been announced for Saturday, the second day of the 28th edition of the Sighişoara Medieval Festival, in central Romania, organized under the High Patronage of Her Majesty Margareta Custodian of the Romanian Crown. The Festival program also includes a painting workshop for children, an archaic music workshop and a horse riding and archery workshop. We recall that Sighişoara is the only inhabited medieval fortress in southeastern Europe.



Olympics — The Romanian athletes won another five medals – one gold, two silver and two bronze, on Friday, on the last but one day of the 16th summer edition of the European Youth Olympic Festival, from Banska Bystrica (Slovakia). The gold went to the judoka Bogdan Alexandru Petre in the 100 kg category. In the swimming competition, Aissia Claudia Prisecariu won the silver medal in the womens 100m backstroke event, and the womens 4x100m mixed relay team won the bronze medal. In tennis, Gabriel Gheţu and Eva Ionescu won silver in the mixed doubles final, and Eva Ionescu also got bronze in the womens singles. Romania ranks 12th in the medal standings, with 3 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze medals. Romania is represented at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival by 92 athletes, in 8 disciplines – athletics, swimming, cycling, gymnastics, judo, volleyball, handball and tennis. At the previous edition, in 2019, Romania won 19 medals.



Monkey pox – The first two deaths, outside Africa, of people infected with monkey pox were announced on Friday by Spain and Brazil, but it is not known if the respective virus has caused the deaths. The Brazilian authorities stated that the Brazilian man who died also had serious comorbidities. The two deaths in Brazil and Spain bring to seven the number of deaths reported worldwide since May, with the first five reported in Africa, where monkey pox is endemic and was first detected in humans in 1970. The World Health Organization last week declared this disease a global health emergency, after approximately 16,000 cases have already been reported in 75 countries, many of them in Europe. (LS)

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