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Romanian foreign minister holds high-level meetings in Kyiv, including with president Zelensky
Romania Insider
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August 8, 2025
Romania’s foreign minister Oana Țoiu was in Kyiv on Thursday, August 7, where she held a series of high-level meetings, including with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. According to the Romanian ministry, the visit marks the first bilateral...
MIDR: The return of the Bucharest-Kiev train through Moldova, a strategic step for connectivity
IPN
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August 8, 2025
0 The reintroduction of the international train on the Bucharest-Kiev route, with the redirection of the route through the Republic of Moldova, represents a significant step in strengthening regional connectivity. This step reaffirms the strategic...
Eight Postcards from Utopia review – found-footage fever dream of post-Ceauşescu Romania
The Guardian
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August 8, 2025
Part of cinema’s Romanian wave has been a shrewd, satirically surreal use of archive clips as a way of remembering the strangeness of the country’s communist and pre-communist past. In 2010, Andrei Ujică’s three-hour The Autobiography of Nicolae...
Arroz caldo, lugaw, champorado rank among world’s best porridges
The Manila Times
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August 8, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — Three traditional Filipino porridges — arroz caldo, lugaw and champorado — have been recognized among the top 100 best porridges in the world, according to global food and travel guide TasteAtlas. Warm and filling, lugaw...
A small slice of self‑organised socialism
AntiCapitalist Resistance
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August 8, 2025
From 19- 25 July, a delegation of 7 young ACR comrades attended the Fourth International’s 40th Youth Camp in Belgium. We travelled together from London before convening with the Scottish delegation for the rest of the journey through the Belgian...
Romanian Navy commissions former Royal Navy’s Sandown-class minehunter
Naval Today
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August 7, 2025
A former Royal Navy minehunter has been commissioned into the Romanian Navy, where it will contribute to NATO’s mission supporting security in the Black Sea. Credit: DE&S HMS Pembroke was commissioned into the Romanian Navy during a ceremony at...
Romania’s foreign minister visits Kyiv in show of support for Ukraine
Romania Insider
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August 7, 2025
Romanian foreign minister Oana Țoiu began an official visit to Ukraine on Thursday, August 7, marking the first bilateral trip by a Romanian foreign minister to Kyiv since the Russian invasion in 2022. The visit signals Romania's strong and...
Romanian former president Ion Iliescu buried in Bucharest following official funeral service
Romania Insider
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August 7, 2025
The funeral service of Romanian former president Ion Iliescu was performed on Thursday, August 7, an official mourning day in Bucharest. Among those present were family, friends, former allies, and political opponents. Those absent, namely the...
Romanian Navy commissions former Royal Navy minehunter
Naval news
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August 7, 2025
The Romanian Navy has officially commissioned former Royal Navy Sandown-class HMS Pembroke during a ceremony in Rosyth, Scotland, and will now be known as Capitan Constantin Dumitrescu (M217). DE&S press release A former Royal Navy minehunter has...
Best Cheap VPNs for 2025: Quality at an Affordable Price
CNET
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August 7, 2025
Proton VPN Proton VPN was developed by the Swiss-based company behind the popular secure email service Proton Mail. The VPN has built a reputation for top-notch security and maximum transparency. Proton VPN's apps are fully open-source, and the...
Tammy Abraham hits hat-trick as Saints taught harsh lesson in first half Besiktas rout
Irish Independent
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Sadly for them the game, and in reality the tie overall, was already over, the Saints 4-0 down at the break, thanks in no small part to a hat-trick from Besiktas’s England international Tammy Abraham, on a night when the gulf in the clubs’...
Romania through the lens of a camera
Radio Romania International
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August 7, 2025
Professional photographer, Mihai Moiceanu, offers tourists the opportunity of taking back memories from the places visited Romania through the lens of a camera Daniel Bilț, 07.08.2025, 14:00 Tourists who may want to learn more about Romania by...
Romania's Education Trade Unions Call on President to Intervene Over Austerity Measures Affecting Education System
Bulgarian News Agency
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For the second time in less than a month, Romania's education trade unions have called on President Nicusor Dan to intervene and reverse government measures aimed at reducing the national budget deficit, that the unions say threaten the public...
Romania’s Haferland fest hopes to lure tourists to rural Transylvania
The Washington Diplomat
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August 7, 2025
BUNEȘTI, Romania—Known mainly for the medieval legend of Count Dracula, Romania’s mythical Transylvania region is also home to fortified churches, stunning natural beauty and tiny hamlets where, except for WiFi, daily life hasn’t changed much over...
First country in the world sets maximum driving age
AS
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August 7, 2025
A medical exam in Peru is the only chance people over 70 have to keep driving – and even then, only for a limited time. According to Blic, part of Ringier Media International, anyone over 80 will no longer be able to renew their driver’s license...
FMs of Lublin Triangle, Romania, and Moldova to meet on August 8 in Chernivtsi, says FM Sybiha
Ukrinform
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The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Romania, Moldova, Poland, and Lithuania will hold another round of political consultations on Friday, August 8, in Chernivtsi. This was announced by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha during a joint press...
Romania Detains Strange Cargo Traveling From Belarus To Transnistria
Charter 97
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8 It had tons of materials that could be used to make drones. In the summer and fall of last year, tons of fiberglass fabric, which can be used in the production of drones and other military equipment, were detained at the Romanian customs in...
Ukrainian president, Romanian FM discuss security in Black Sea region
Ukrinform
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Romanian Foreign Minister Oana-Silvia Țoiu discussed the security situation in the Black Sea region during their meeting in Kyiv. Zelensky wrote this in a Facebook post, according to Ukrinform. “We also...
talkSPORT betting tips – Best football bets and expert advice for Thursday 7 August
talkSPORT
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August 7, 2025
There’s stacks of Europa and Conference League action on a packed Thursday night of football and we have a trio of selections which make up our best bets of the day. We have a trio of selections which make up our best bets of the day. BET £10 GET...
Where in the EU are the most people employed in the sports industry?
Euronews
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August 7, 2025
Published on 07/08/2025 - 13:53 GMT+2 •Updated 14:25 Between 2023 and 2024, employment in the sports sector rose by 6.5%, reaching 1.6 million employees last year. This is the third year in a row where employment in sport has seen growth, a...