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  • August 15, 2022

    August 15, 2022

    Celebrations. Christian believers are celebrating today the
    Assumption of Mary, one of the biggest feasts of the year. Some 2.3 million
    Romanians are celebrating their name day today. August 15th is also
    the Navy Day, as Virgin Mary is the protector of sailors. Events to mark this
    day are underway in Romania’s Danube and Black Sea ports. The festivities in
    Contanta have been attended by Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis, who stressed
    the importance of sailors’ work, which entails lots of sacrifices but also satisfaction. PM Nicolae Ciuca too
    has conveyed a message, stating that he will support programs aimed at
    modernizing the Romanian army. In turn, the defense minister Vasile Dincu has
    voiced conviction that starting next year, the Romanian Naval Forces will be
    better equipped and prepared. On Navy Day, visitors to the port of Constanta
    can watch exhibitions and a virtual sea battle.




    Firefighters. Romanian firefighters continue their mission
    in the Chapelle Saint Blaise area, south of Bordeaux, France. 36 firefighters
    and several pieces of equipment have been deployed in the region, where they
    have to work in harsh conditions: high temperatures, low humidity and strong
    winds. Their mission is to keep the fire from spreading to the residential area
    and to put out hidden outbreaks. A total of 77 firefighters are supporting the French authorities in their fight against wildfires,
    caused by extreme heat and severe drought.




    Olympiad. Young Romanians
    obtained new outstanding results in Informatics. The Romanian team won four
    medals, the second place in Europe and the 8th place in the world, out of 90
    countries, at the International Olympiad in Informatics held in Indonesia.
    Alexandru Luchianov won the gold medal, Luca Perju Verzotti and Alexandru Raul
    Todoran each took the silver and Andrei Robert Ion, the bronze medal. The
    Minister of Education, Sorin Cîmpeanu, who announced on Facebook the success of
    the Romanian high school students, said that now Romania is in second place in
    a ranking of the international informatics Olympiads of all time. He thanked
    all those who over the years have made such a performance possible, students,
    teachers and parents.




    Rasnov. Two special screenings and 12
    international documentaries, from 11 countries, are part of the program of the 14th edition of the Râşnov Film and
    History Festival (central Romania). The selection of documentaries includes
    films from Chile, Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Romania, France, Australia, USA,
    Belgium, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. According to the organizers, the theme
    of the festival this year is focused around the idea of ​​borders, a concept
    that aims to bring answers to multiple questions and challenges related to
    individual and creative freedoms that today’s society faces.




    Tennis. Romanian tennis
    player Simona Halep (15 WTA) won the WTA 1,000 tournament in Toronto (Canada),
    with over 2.5 million dollars in prize money. She defeated, on Sunday, in the
    final, the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (24 WTA), 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. Simona thus
    won the Canadian Open for the third time, after the finals she won in Montreal
    in 2016 and 2018. For the former world leader, this is the 24th title of her career.
    After the victory in Toronto, Simona Halep climbed nine places up the rankings
    and is now sixth in the WTA classification.




    World record. The Romanian swimmer David
    Popovici has qualified for today’s 200 m freestyle final at the European
    Aquatics Championship in Rome. On Saturday, he set a new 100 meter freestyle
    world record . The 17-year-old athlete is also the defending world champion in
    the 200 m freestyle. Romania is represented in Rome by a delegation of 11
    athletes. (MI)





  • August 14, 2022 UPDATE

    August 14, 2022 UPDATE

    Navy Day. On Sunday, the
    Romanian Naval Forces marked a day of gratitude in memory of the seafaring
    heroes who lost their lives in the service of the country. On August 15, the
    Naval Forces celebrate Navy Day with events staged in Romania’s river and Black
    Sea ports. President Klaus Iohannis will participate in the festivities in
    Constanţa (port on the Black Sea), and will give a speech at the official
    ceremony. He will also visit the training ship Mircea, recently
    returned from an international training march. In Port Tomis, the activities
    organized on Navy Day include exhibitions of military equipment, and ship
    enthusiasts can virtually witness a naval battle in a specially arranged space.








    Firefighting. 36 Romanian
    firefighters, using special vehicles and a large-capacity tanker, continue
    extinguishing the wildfires near the city of Bordeaux, in the southwest of
    France. According to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, the
    firefighters are working in extreme conditions: high temperatures, low humidity
    and strong winds. Their mission is to limit the spread of the fire to the homes
    in the area and to extinguish hidden outbreaks. Romania supports the French
    authorities in the fight against wildfires with a team made up of 77
    firefighters and several specific pieces of equipment. France, like other European
    countries, is facing successive heat waves and an unprecedented drought.








    Rushdie. Writer Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed on
    Friday, during a literary event in the state of New York, remains in the
    hospital, but no longer requires artificial ventilation. Writers around the
    world expressed their joy that Rushdie could finally speak, and President Joe
    Biden joined international voices in condemning the attack, and hailing Sir
    Rushdie for promoting universal ideas. Authorities have not made public the reason
    given by the man who stabbed the writer. The attacker, aged 24, was born in
    California to immigrant parents from southern Lebanon. One of his social media
    accounts shows that he is a sympathizer of extremist Shiite groups and the
    Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, but it is not clear if he has any ties to
    them. In the Muslim community, Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses
    sparked numerous controversies, due to what many Muslims considered to be
    blasphemy. The novel was banned in India, was burned at some demonstrations in
    the United Kingdom, and triggered violent riots in Pakistan. In February 1989
    the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini issued a kind of decree, a
    fatwa, calling on all good Muslims to kill Rushdie or help assassinate him and
    his editors.




    Anonimul. The film 107
    Mothers (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ukraine), directed by Peter Kerekes, won
    the Anonimul 2022 trophy. The film tells the true story of mothers in a women’s
    prison in Odessa (Ukraine). The feature film won, at the Venice Film Festival
    2021, the prize of the Orizzonti section for the best screenplay and was
    included in the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera competition of the San Sebastian Film
    Festival. Fragmentări (Fragmentations) by Miruna Minculescu was
    designated the best Romanian short reel, and the award for the best foreign
    short film went to Fantasma Neon (Brazil), by Leonardo Martinelli.
    Aurică, a dog’s life, directed by Mihai Dragolea, is the short film
    to which the Anonimul Foundation awarded the Ovidiu Bose Paştină Award. 12
    films participated in the Romanian short film competition, and 10 in the
    international short film competition. The 19th edition of the Anonimul
    International Independent Film Festival took place between August 8 and 14, in
    Sfântu Gheorghe (Danube Delta).






    Rasnov. Two special
    screenings and 12 international documentaries, from 11 countries, will be
    presented at the 14th edition of the Râşnov Film and History Festival (central
    Romania), which takes place from August 14 to September 4. The selection of
    documentaries includes films from Chile, Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Romania,
    France, Australia, USA, Belgium, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. According
    to the organizers, theme of the festival this year is focused around the idea
    of ​​borders, a concept that aims to bring answers to multiple questions and
    challenges related to individual and creative freedoms that today’s society
    faces.




    World record. The Romanian
    swimmer David Popovici on Saturday set a new 100 meter freestyle world record
    at the European Aquatics Championships in Rome. The 17-year-old athlete,
    already a double world champion, broke by half a tenth of a second the previous
    record, set 13 years ago, by the Brazilian Cesar Cielo, finishing the race
    after 46 seconds and 86 hundredths, and winning the gold medal. David Popovici
    says his goal now is to get under 45 in the 100m freestyle. On Sunday, David
    Popovici qualified for the semifinals of the 200 m freestyle event.










    Rowing. On Sunday,Romania won gold in the women’s 8+1 event
    at the European Rowing Championships in Munich. Also on Sunday, Romanian
    athlete Ionela Cozmiuc won the gold medal in the lightweight single sculls. So
    Romania ended the championships with an excellent record: five gold and three
    bronze medals. At last year’s European Rowing Championships, in Varese (Italy),
    Romanian rowers won six medals, two gold and four silver. (MI)