MARKET The Romanian authorities are to be ceasing their control over the
\ndomestic gas market. The measure comes after a year when, under an emergency
\nordinance, the gas price for household consumers had been kept under the market
\nprice, a move that caused price hikes in gas deliveries for industrial
\nconsumers. Gas prices in Romania are presently higher than in the region both
\nfor industrial and household consumers. Deregulation in electricity prices is
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SUV The
\nnew PUMA, an SUV American giant Ford produces in Craiova, southern Romania, is
\nto be launched this month after its production commenced last October. The
\nfirst PUMA cars were already sold in the Netherlands in early December and
\nthese vehicles produced in Romania are to be made available to the EU market
\nshortly. A state-of-the art vehicle, the new Ford Puma is the first hybrid car
\nproduced in Romania. The company has invested over 200 million Euros in this
\nvehicle whose production also requires 17 hundred fresh jobs. Ford Craiova has
\nnearly 62 hundred employees and the total investment since the plant was taken
\nover in 2008 stands around 1.5 billion Euros. <\/p>\n
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GENERAL Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on
\nFriday said that a harsh retaliation is
\nwaiting for the US after an American airstrike on a couple of cars at
\nBaghdad’s airport killed Qassem Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran’s
\nelite forces. Khamenei has also decreed three days of national mourning for
\nIran. The country’s president, Hasan Rouhani said Iran and the free nations of
\nthe region would take revenge on the United States for the killing. At least 8
\npeople were killed in the raid over a convoy at the Baghdad airport three days
\nafter the US embassy had been attacked by pro-Iranian protesters. The Pentagon
\nhas confirmed the US
\nPresident Donald Trump ordered an airstrike at Baghdad International Airport
\nthat killed Qasem Soleimani, a key military commander, in a decisive defensive action
\nto protect US personnel abroad that was intended to deter future
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SPORT Romania will participate with 35 athletes in the 2020 Youth
\nOlympics due in Lausanne, Switzerland over January 9 and 22. According to a
\ncommuniqu\u00e9 issued by the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee the Romanian
\nathletes will be competing in several disciplines, such as biathlon,
\nbob-sleigh, ice hockey, speed skating, sledge, ski-jumping, alpine skiing,
\ncross-country skiing and snowboarding. At the previous edition in Lillehammer,
\nNorway, the first medals in the history of Romania’s participation in such an
\nevent went to Eduard Casaneanu, who walked away with gold from the ice-hockey
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HANDBALL Romania’s national handball side is continuing its training campaign
\nfor the qualification for the World Men’s Handball Championships in 2021 in
\nEgypt. Over January 10th and 12th the Romanians will be
\nplaying Italy, Georgia and Kosovo. Selector Rares Fortuneanu, who is also
\ncoaching French side Saint Raphael has voiced hope for Romania’s qualification for the final
\ntournament, the first with 32 sides attending. <\/p>\n
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