WEATHER In the next 24 hours, the weather will be
\ngetting warmer in most of the Romanian regions, which will remain under an
\novercast sky though. Brief showers are expected in the country’s west and
\nsouth-west, whereas gale-force winds are to be seen only in the country’s
\nmountainous regions. Temperatures are to range between -1 and 9 degrees
\nCelsius. Firefighters have been deployed to Bucharest and to 18 counties across
\nRomania to remove the effects of the extreme weather that has recently affected
\nthe country. According to sources with the Ministry of Energy, 150 thousand
\nconsumers have been affected by the power outages caused by the bad weather,
\nwhich has reportedly damaged 250 vehicles. The bad weather has also affected
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HOLOCAUST In a message conveyed on Sunday, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Romanian president Klaus Iohannis reiterated Romania’s
\ncommitment to fighting Antisemitism and xenophobia. The Romanian government
\nalso paid homage to the Holocaust victims reiterating its commitment to
\nfighting Antisemitism. As holder of the EU rotating presidency, Romania has the
\ncohesion of common values as its objective, while promoting effective measures
\nagainst racism, intolerance, xenophobia, populism, Antisemitism and
\ndiscouraging hate speech are some of the central themes of boosting solidarity
\nand cohesion inside the Union. In turn, the Romanian Foreign Ministry paid homage
\nto the Holocaust victims all over the world voicing solidarity with survivors
\nof WWll events. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day is being marked
\ntoday at the Romanian Cultural Center through a premiere screening entitled Who will write our history directed by Roberta Grossman. The film, which
\ntells the story of a Jewish faction that fought the Nazis back in the time of
\nWWll, was also to be screened at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris and at the
\nHolocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles
\nas well as in over 400 movie theatres, synagogues, churches, universities,
\nmuseums and community centers worldwide. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Health Ministry in Bucharest is to decide this week whether to declare a
\nflu epidemic against the increasing number of infections and deaths. The death
\ntoll of the latest flu wave that hit Romania presently stands at 39, all of the
\nvictims being unvaccinated. The number of victims is much higher than last year
\nwhen only four people died of flu. Field minister Sorina Pintea has called on
\nthe National Public Health Ministry to make public the situation at national
\nlevel on Tuesday adding that if data confirms a third week with an increasing
\nnumber of infections, an epidemic will be declared. Doctors are urging people
\nto get vaccinated and go see their GPs in the event of any flu-related
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\nhigh-speed Internet networks in the EU countries and setting up research
\ncenters in the field of cyber security are two of the most important European
\nprojects in the digital field whose progress Romania must foster during its
\nmandate at the helm of the European Union, the country’s communications
\nminister, Alexandru Petrescu, announced on Sunday. Petrescu added that Romania
\nhad already achieved some success at the beginning of this mandate with an
\nagreement that it concluded with the European Parliament over a future
\ndirective allowing for the access of private companies to data in the public
\nsector. In his opinion the move is going to have a positive impact over the
\nsmall developers of digital apps and will eventually benefit all the European
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REJECTION Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro on Sunday rejected the
\nultimatum given by several European countries to call elections within 8 days
\nadding the opposition leader Juan Guaido had violated the county’s constitution
\nwhen he proclaimed himself president, AFP and Reuters report. On Saturday,
\nMadrid, Paris, Berlin, London, Lisbon and Brussels gave Maduro eight days to
\ncall election, otherwise these countries would recognize Juan Guaido, head of
\nthe opposition National Assembly, as president of Venezuela. The ultimatum has
\nbeen described as absurd by Russia, while Turkish president Recep Erdogan
\nvoiced support for Maduro in a phone call on Thursday. The USA, Canada, most
\ncountries in South America and many European countries denounced Maduro’s
\nsecond electoral win in May as fraudulent. <\/p>\n
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