January 23, 2023 UPDATE
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Newsroom, 23.01.2023, 20:12
MEETING The
head of the Romanian diplomacy, Bogdan Aurescu, on Monday participated in a
meeting of his EU counterparts held in Brussels. High on the agenda were talks
on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, which also involved the participation
of Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba through a videoconference, as well
as the latest developments in Sahel and other countries in West Africa. The EU
officials also tackled the latest developments in Iran, Montenegro, Afghanistan
and Venezuela as well as the launch of the EU mission in Armenia, which has an
observation and monitoring mandate along the border with Azerbaijan. Aurescu
referred to the need for carrying on the EU multi-dimensional support for
Ukraine enabling it to cope with the cold season and a possible onslaught by
the Russian troops. He mentioned that Romania supports the consolidation of the
sanctions-regime against Russia by endorsing a 10th package of restrictive
measures as well as the continuation of the assistance programmes for the third
countries affected by the war. On the sidelines of the event, the Romanian
official held talks with his counterparts from Italy, Belgium, Germany and the
Netherlands. High on the agenda was Romania’s accession to Schengen.
TENNIS Romanian – Ukrainian pair made up of Gabriela Ruse and Marta Kostyuk has
qualified for the quarters of the women’s doubles at Australian Open, the
year’s first Grand Slam tournament after a two-set win 6-3, 6-4, against the
Czech pair Miriam Kolodziejova/Marketa Vondrousova. The two will be next playing
Storm Hunter of Australia and Elise Mertens of Belgium who have eliminated
Monica Niculescu of Romania and Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland.
COVID-19 The number of Covid-19
infections Romania registered last week dropped as compared to the previous
week. The Ministry of Health has reported almost three thousand infections, 500
less than between January 9th and 15th. Almost 900 people
have been admitted to hospitals, out of whom 111 are presently being treated in
ICUs. 38 related fatalities have also been reported all in patients with
comorbidities. The number of flu infections is on the rise though.
(bill)
