Several Counties Under Code Yellow Alert For Floods
The National Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (INHGA) issued several code yellow alerts forecasting floods.
The alerts target the rivers in the counties of Dambovita, Prahova, Buzau and Constanta.
Hydrologists said dangerous hydrological phenomena are highly likely to occur on some small rivers within hydrographic basins: Slanic (tributary of Buzau river) – superior basin, Basca Chiojdului, Nisipari and Casimcea – middle and inferior basin.
Sorana Cirstea Beats Monica Niculescu In First Round At Rogers Cup
Sorana Cirstea (54th WTA) defeated qualifier Monica Niculescu (69th WTA) in the first round at the Rogers Cup tennis tournament held this week in Montreal.
Cirstea scored 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 after two hours and 14 minutes of game.
In the second round, Cirstea will play against American Venus Williams who had defeated American Caroline Dolehide, 7-5, 6-1.
Qualifiers in the second round at the Rogers Cup in Montreal get $14,860 and 60 WTA points.
Sorana will play against Venus Williams in the second round. (romanialibera.ro)
Leu Keeps Downward Trend Vs Euro, Exchange Rate At 4.6428
The Romanian leu kept depreciating against the euro and the central bank set the leu’s reference rate versus the euro at 4.6428 units on Tuesday.
On Monday, the leu fell to 4.6250 versus the euro.
Against the US dollar, the leu depreciated at 4.0055 units, compared with 4.0000 units on Monday.
Romania’s central bank on Monday kept its benchmark interest rate on hold at 2.5% a year, the bank said in a statement. (romanialibera.ro)
Tariceanu Denies Having Talked To President Iohannis On Ruling Coalition Breakup
ALDE head Calin Popescu Tariceanu on Tuesday said he held no talks whatsoever with President Klaus Iohannis regarding a possible rupture of PSD-ALDE ruling coalition.
Tariceanu on Tuesday denied having talked to Iohannis about a possible breakup of the ruling coalition, pointing out there is no way his party will ever get close to the Liberal Party (PNL) because PNL is the „singer of repressive institutions”. (romanialibera.ro)