EARTHQUAKE – A 5.8
\nRichter scale earthquake shook Romania on Sunday morning, without producing any
\nvictims or material damages. The impact reached as far as Moldova, Ukraine and
\nBulgaria. According to the scientific director of the National Institute for
\nEarth Physics, Mircea Radulian, the earthquake was a normal phenomenon for
\nVrancea region. We recall the last major earthquake was reported in Romania on
\nNovember 22, 2014 and measured 5.7 degrees on the Richter scale. Two weeks ago,
\nRomania hosted the biggest earthquake drill in an EU state in the last 14
\nyears. The most devastating earthquakes were those in 1940 and 1977, both killing
\nover 2,500 people and injuring another 15,300. <\/p>\n
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DST <\/strong>– Romania on Sunday reverted to winter time as per daylight
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ATTACK – US flags were
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SURVEY – Over 37% of Romanians want closer
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ELECTION – Regional elections are being held today in
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TENNIS – Romanian tennis player Marius Copil,
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HANDBALL – The Romanian men’s handball team is
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\nsaving time. Clocks were shifted back, making Sunday night the longest of the
\nyear. According to a European survey, 84% of respondents want to keep the
\nstandard summer time, claiming the time shift is causing fatigue, haziness,
\ninsomnia, focus issues and energy drain. According to the European Commission,
\nmember states can decide on their own which time frame they should observe,
\nprovided they report their choice by the end of April 2019. Should the
\nCommission’s timetable be observed, the March 31, 2019 time shift will be the
\nlast one to be compulsory. <\/p>\n
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\nflown on Sunday at half-mast all over the country after a synagogue shooting on
\nSaturday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which left 11 dead. The perpetrator
\nshouted All Jews must die before opening fire on the crowd. The attacker was
\nindicted on 29 criminal counts, including anti-Semitic crimes and risks the
\ndeath penalty, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has said. According to the
\nBBC, this was the bloodiest attack targeting the Jewish community in the US.
\nPresident Donald Trump has labeled it a wicked act of mass murder. Israeli
\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed horror at the attack, while
\nGermany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel called for increasing efforts to combat
\nanti-Semitic acts of violence worldwide. <\/p>\n
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\nrelations with the USA, while 11% say Romania should strengthen relations with
\nFrance, according to the findings of a recent survey conducted by the Avangarde
\nGroup of Social and Behavioral Studies released on Sunday. 59% of respondents say
\nthe anti-ballistic missile shield in Deveselu is a good thing, while 20% say
\nit’s a bad thing. 33% say that, military-wise, NATO should increase the number
\nof troops in Romania, 53% say it should stay the same, while 14% want NATO to
\ndeploy fewer troops to Romania. Asked if the US should remain Romania’s
\nstrategic partner, 74% of Romanians said yes, 26% said no. The survey also
\nreveals that most Romanians believe the next US ambassador to Romania should
\ncontinue to support the fight against corruption started by the National
\nAnticorruption Directorate. The study was conducted over October 17-20 over a
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\nHessa Land in Western Germany, which could further weaken parties in the Big
\nCoalition in power in Berlin, Reuters reports. The ballot follows two weeks
\nafter the historic failure of the Social-Christian Union in Bavaria, the ally
\nof Angela Merkel’s Christian-Democratic Union, which grabbed the lowest score
\nin an election since 1950. The result rocked the ruling coalition, threatened
\nby divergences over migration. In case of a failure in Hessa, talks over
\nmaintaining Angela Merkel at the helm of the Christian-Democratic Union could
\nintensify at the annual party congress slated for December. <\/p>\n
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\n93 ATP, is today playing Roger Federer in the Basel tournament final. Federer
\nis world number 3 and seeded first in the tournament in Switzerland, totaling
\nsome 2 million euros in prize money. This is the first match pitting the two
\nplayers and Copil’s third match against a top-10 player, after ousting Marin
\nCilic of Croatia in the round of 16 and Alexander Zverev of Germany in the
\nsemi-finals. This is also Copil’s second final in the ATP circuit, after
\nearlier this year he reached the final match of the ATP tournament in Sofia. <\/p>\n
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\ntoday playing the defending world champions France at home in the 2020 European
\nChampionship preliminaries. On Wednesday, Romania lost 13-21 to Portugal away
\nfrom home. Romania is drawn in Group 6 alongside France, Portugal and
\nLithuania. The first two teams in each group will advance to the championship,
\nas well as the best-ranked four teams in second position in the group tables.
\nThe 2020 European Championship will be hosted by Sweden, Austria and Norway. <\/p>\n
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