July 6, 2023

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Newsroom, 06.07.2023, 13:55

BRIDGE Romanian president Klaus
Iohannis has today said that the suspended bridge over the Danube at Braila in
south-eastern Romania, is the biggest construction Romania has seen in the past
tree decades, which proves that major infrastructure projects can be finalised.
Iohannis added that Romania has access to a significant volume of European
funds and a good part of it has been devoted to the development of the
country’s infrastructure. The inauguration ceremony of this bridge, the biggest
ever built in Romania and the third in Europe, has been attended by the
country’s president and by its Prime Minister, Marcel Ciolacu. This is the last
bridge over the Danube before its flowing into the Black Sea and has been
designed to last 120 years. The almost 2 kilometer bridge will link the
south-eastern counties of Braila and Tulcea and raise the area’s economic
potential. The project’s total value has exceeded 400 million euros, 85% coming
from European funds.

CSAT Romania’s Higher Defence Council
also known as the CSAT is to convene in Bucharest today for talks over the
country’s objectives at the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius. Also high on the
agenda is the number of troops available for missions and operations outside
the country’s borders next year. The council last convened on April 11th when
one of the decisions was the purchase of the state-of-the-art jet fighters
F-35. Other issues on the agenda included the latest security developments in
the Black Sea region, against the background of the Russian aggression in
Ukraine and the external interventions against the democratic process in the Republic
of Moldova.

TENNIS The game pitching Romanian
tennis player Irina Begu and Canadian Rebecca Marino, in the first round of the
Wimbledon tennis tournament, which was interrupted last night in the second set
due to the darkness, is to resume today. Begu won the first set and the game’s
victor will be up against Ana Blinkova of Russia in the second round. Three
Romanians are playing today at Wimbledon: Ana Bogdan, who comes after a win
against Liudmila Samsonova of Russia and will meet US challenger, Alycia Parks,
Jaqueline Cristian who will be playing Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, after her
win against Italian Lucia Bronzetti and Sorana Cirstea, who yesterday defeated
Tatjana Maria of Germany and will be next up against Jelena Ostapenko of
Latvia.

NEVERSEA The city of Constanta, in south-eastern
Romania, is hosting the fifth edition of Neversea, the biggest beach festival
in Europe. The event is expected to bring together music lovers from all over
the world, from Britain, Germany, the United States, Italy, Bulgaria and
Israel. Over one thousand policemen, gendarmes, border police, anti-drug
officers and 700 private security guards are to supervise the festival. Special
emphasis is to be laid on the prevention and fighting drug consumption and
trafficking. Neversea organizers are expecting 260 thousand people to attend this
four-day festival on the Black Sea coast.

VISIT The Prime Minister of
Romania, Marcel Ciolacu, paid a two-day visit to Berlin where he held talks
with the country’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with representatives of the Federal
Parliament, of the business environment and of the Romanian Diaspora.
Chancellor Scholz reiterated his country’s support for Romania’s accession to
the Schengen zone this year. In turn, Prime Minister Ciolacu underlined the
importance of bilateral cooperation and the significant potential of this
country, recalling that Germany is Romania’s most important trade partner.

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