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Politics. <\/strong>The situation at the ministries of transport and regional development remains
\nunclear following the resignations of the respective ministers last year.
\nPresident Klaus Iohannis said on Friday he would not accept the replacements
\nproposed by the ruling Social Democratic Party for reasons that have to with
\nthe legality and opportunity of these nominations and requested the Social
\nDemocrats to come up with new proposals. The president has also said he has no
\nplans to dismiss the prosecutor general Augustin Lazar, as he is pleased with
\nthe latter’s performance, adding that the request of the justice minister does
\nnot satisfy the legal requirements. In response, the Social Democrats have said
\nthe president’s refusal to appoint the ministers for transport and regional
\ndevelopment is an attempt to block the government’s activity and have warned
\nthat Romania is thus forced to take over the presidency of the Council of the
\nEuropean Union without two cabinet ministers. The Social Democrats also say
\nthat by defying the Constitution and the rule of law, president Klaus Iohannis
\nhas entered into a complicity of a criminal nature with the prosecutor general
\nAugustin Lazar, who has been proposed for dismissal for serious disciplinary
\nmisconduct and grave violations of fundamental human rights and laws.<\/p>\n

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Winter holidays.<\/strong> Hotels owners in Romania have earned more than 40
\nmillion euros over the end-of-year holidays, according to a report by the
\nemployers associations in tourism. More than 166,000 people have spent New
\nYear’s Eve in resorts around the country, significantly more than the previous
\nyear. The report also highlights an increase in the purchasing power. Most
\npeople have chosen areas with traditions or picturesque regions, but there are
\nalso many who have spent New Year’s Eve in spa resorts, hotels in the country’s
\nbiggest cities, the Danube Delta and the Black Sea coast. Most Romanians who have
\nspent the winter holidays abroad have travelled to mountain resorts in Austria,
\nFrance, Italy and Bulgaria, European cities or exotic destinations. <\/p>\n

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Feast days.<\/strong> On the 6th of January, Christians celebrate
\nthe Baptism of Christ in the Jordan river by John the Baptist. This feast day,
\nwhich is one of oldest Christian festivals, is also known as Epiphany, because
\nthe baptism of Christ was accompanied by the miraculous manifestation of the
\nHoly Trinity. On the 7th of January, Christians celebrate the feast
\nday of St John the Baptist, which marks the end of the winter holidays. However,
\nfor old-style Orthodox Christians, who belong mainly to the Russian, Ukrainian
\nand Serbian communities, the winter holidays only now begin, as they celebrate
\nChristmas on the 7th of January. The split in the Orthodox Church
\ntook place at the beginning of the 20th century, when the Ecumenical
\nPatriarchate in Constantinople decided to abandon the Julian calendar and adopt
\nthe Gregorian calendar, which is 13 days ahead of the former. Many residents of
\nthe Republic of Moldova, an ex-Soviet republic with a majority
\nRomanian-speaking population, travel to neighbouring Romania at this time of
\nthe year to celebrate Christmas in the old style. <\/p>\n

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Flu.<\/strong> Romania has reported its first
\nflu casualty this season, the National Centre for the Supervision and Control
\nof Communicable Diseases has announced. The person in question is a 53-year-old
\nman who had not received the flu vaccine and who had health problems. According
\nto the health authorities, 67 flu cases have been confirmed since the start of
\nthe season. 1.2 million Romanians have received the flu vaccine subsidised by
\nthe health ministry. <\/p>\n

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Weather. <\/strong>The foreign ministry in Bucharest has warned that Bulgaria, Greece
\nand Serbia are faced with severe weather. An orange code warning for heavy snow
\nis in place in Bulgaria in counties in the south-east and a yellow code in the
\nnorth. Yellow and orange code warnings for heavy snow are also in place in
\nSerbia today and tomorrow. Greece is confronted with freezing temperatures,
\nheavy snow, strong winds of up to 105 km\/h and huge waves of more than 12
\nmetres in height in the Aegean Sea. Many villages, especially in the mountains,
\nare without electricity. Tens of roads and motorways have been blocked in the
\nmountainous regions, including the Island of Crete. Maritime travel has been
\nsuspended and high-tonnage trucks are also allowed to travel between certain
\nhours. A Ryanair plane carrying almost 200 passengers and flying from London to
\nThessaloniki on Friday night landed on the airport in Timisoara, western
\nRomania, because of inclement weather at destination.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Volleyball.<\/strong> Romania face Spain today
\nat home in a decisive Group F match as part of the qualifying games for the
\nWomen’s European Volleyball Championship. The winner of the match will qualify
\ndirectly for the championship, which will be held between the 23rd
\nof August and the 8th of September and will be hosted jointly by
\nTurkey, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. Latvia and Bosnia Hertegovina are also in
\nGroup F. The two best-ranked sides in each of the six qualifying groups will
\nmake it to the final tournament. <\/p>\n

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