VISIT Romanian Defence Minister Vasile
Dincu is paying a formal visit to Israel until Friday. According to a communiqué
by the Defence Ministry, the Minister’s agenda includes talks with his Israeli
counterpart, formal ceremonies at the ‘Yad Vashem’ memorial, the Holocaust
Museum and the Children’s Memorial as well as visits to companies in the
defence industry. The two ministers will be tackling topical issues such as
security in the Middle East and the Black Sea, as well as the stage and
prospects of bilateral cooperation in the field of defence.
UKRAINE According to Ukrainian
president Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian forces have retaken more than 6000
square kilometers from Russian control in September. Kyiv says that Russia has
given up the idea of dispatching more troops to Ukraine and Zelensky makes an
appeal to the West to step up armament deliveries to Ukraine, while the
Ukrainian troops are trying to tighten control over a big portion of land
retaken from Russia in the north-east. In another development, on Monday, the
head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi announced
that Ukraine and Russia seem to be interested in the IAEA proposal to create a
buffer zone around the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, occupied by the
Russian troops in March. Russia and Ukraine have been accusing each other of
shelling Europe’s largest nuclear plant, which affected the buildings close to
its 6 nuclear reactors, increasing the risk of a nuclear disaster.
FORUM Moldova- Romania: Capital Bridges, is the
name of the first high-level forum devoted to promoting capital markets on the
two banks of River Prut, which is taking place in Bucharest today. According to
organizers, the event has been structured on three panels and will have among invitees
Romania’s Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and his Moldovan counterpart Natalia
Gavrilita. The two already held talks this morning during a working breakfast.
The forum’s agenda includes topical issues such as the international context, ways
of implementing favourable policies for the development of business and
investment climate, and strengthening ties between the capital markets of the
two countries, mainly against the background of the Republic of Moldova’s
status of EU candidate.
TENNIS Romanian tennis player Gabriela Ruse joined the main
draw of the WTA tournament in Portoroz, Slovenia, a competition with more than
200 thousand Euros in prize money, after her Monday’s win against Ziva Falkner
of Slovenia. In the competition’s first round Ruse will be up against Lesia
Tsurenko of Ukraine, which defeated the Romanian 6-3, 6-3 last year in the
first round of Winner Open held in Cluj Napoca, western Romania. The
competition’s main draw also includes Ana Bogdan, who will be playing Ajla
Tomljanovic, quarter-finalist in the US Open. Ruse and Bogdan will be partners
in the doubles contest.
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