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\nNATO, Romania’s Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said in Brussels on Wednesday at
\nthe end of her meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. In turn,
\nthe NATO official said that NATO and the EU are cooperating better and better
\nin fields like cyber and maritime security. The two officials have tackled the
\nmain topics on the Alliance’s agenda with emphasis on Romania’s interests as
\nwell as on Bucharest’s contribution to the implementation of the alliance’s policies
\nand decisions. Also in Brussels, Prime Minister Dancila took part in a ceremony
\ndedicated to the International Holocaust Remembrance Day staged by the European
\nJewish Congress under the patronage of the European Parliament’s president
\nAntonio Tajani. On this occasion, the Romanian Prime Minister said that
\nfighting Antisemitism is among the priorities of the Romanian presidency of
\nthe EU. Viorica Dancila has also underlined the need for consolidated European
\nand international efforts to fight Antisemitism and any forms of
\ndiscrimination. The Romanian official is paying a working visit to Brussels
\nuntil Thursday with a view to presenting the priorities of the Romanian
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\nVarious events are being held across Romania to celebrate the 160th
\nanniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities. On the 24th
\nof January 1859, the elective assemblies of Moldavia and Wallachia elected the
\nsame ruler, Alexander Ioan Cuza, an event followed by the extensive
\nmodernisation of the new state. President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday laid flowers
\nat Cuza’s tomb in Iasi, in the east. He also gave an address at an event to
\nmark the declaration of the city of Iasi a historical capital of Romania.
\nOther events held throughout the country include the laying of flowers,
\nexhibitions and street performances. We recall that the Great Union took place
\n100 years ago, on 1st of December 1918, when all Romanian historical
\nprovinces were united under Bucharest’s authority. <\/p>\n
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FLU 31 people have been killed by flu in Romania
\nthis season. The authorities warn that Romania is on the verge of an epidemic,
\nand the best method of protection is vaccination. The health minister Sorina
\nPintea has said that by the end of the week, some 10,000 additional doses of
\nflu vaccine would be distributed around the country. Meanwhile, an increasing
\nnumber of hospitals are considering restricting visitor access to prevent the
\nspread of the flu. As an infection prevention measure, schools will be closed
\non Friday and since Thursday is a national holiday, students are allowed four
\ndays off also to minimize the risk of contamination, the Health Ministry has
\nannounced. <\/p>\n
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