VISIT The international community has a
duty to support Ukraine, the president of Romania Klaus Iohannis and his Chilean
counterpart Gabriel Boric said in Santiago de
Chile. According to Radio Romania s correspondent, president Boric condemned
the war and expressed his country s solidarity with Ukraine. Mr. Iohannis announced that the first Romanian language chair in Latin
America will be established this year at Universidad de Chile. During the
visit, a memorandum was signed concerning cooperation in emergency situations,
such as earthquakes and wildfires. Previously, president Iohannis was in
Brazil, and from Chile he is next to go to Argentina.
SPENDING Romanian authorities are looking at a plan to
reduce public spending, which will be endorsed by the government in an
emergency order next week, after the
measures have been approved in a meeting of the ruling coalition made up of the
Social Democratic Party, the National Liberal Party and the Democratic Union of
Ethni
Last week's attention-grabbing sports event was hosted by Hungarian capital city Budapest. At the recently-held European Wrestling Championship, Romania sent in a strong delegation, mostly made of young wrestlers. The record did meet the expectations, as the Romanians walked home with four medals, of which pride of place holds the gold medal won in the women's version of the competition by Andreea Ana, in the 55-kilogram category. Reason enough for Radio Romania International to designate Andreea Ana the Athlete of the week.
Andreea Ana's trail at the European championships was indeed blazing; in the quarterfinals, Andreea overpowered Germany's Anastasia Blayvas, 4-nil. Then in the semifinals, Ana defeated Mariana Drăguţan of the Republic of Moldova, 6-nil. Andreea Ana's confrontation in the final was literally dramatic, since the Romanian grabbed a hard-fought 7-5 win against Ukrainian challenger Oleksandra Khomenets. Ana secured her win wi
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