FORUM -
\nPresident Klaus Iohannis is today attending the fifth edition of the World
\nHolocaust Forum, marking 75 years since the liberation of the
\nAuschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, titled Remembering the Holocaust,
\nFighting Antisemitism. This is the widest public event ever hosted by the Yad
\nVashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem. Previously, President Iohannis ensured
\nhis Israeli counterpart, Reuven Rivlin, that Romania would continue to support
\nthe preservation of Holocaust memory, combat anti-Semitism, prevent
\ndiscrimination and any means of violence. Romanian Crown custodian Margareta on
\nThursday sent a letter to the Israeli president, reminding of the Romanian
\nRoyal Family’s contribution to eradicating anti-Semitism, racism and
\nxenophobia. HM Queen Margareta and
\nPrince Radu were the first members of the Romanian Royal Family to visit the
\nState of Israel in April 2014. Representing King Mihai I, the two visited the
\nYad Vashem Memorial Museum, observed a moment of silence before the engraved
\ntomb devoted to Queen Elena, while Queen Margareta lit the eternal flame in the
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JHA -
\nJustice Minister Catalin Predoiu is as of today attending the two-day informal
\nmeeting of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council hosted by Zagreb,
\nCroatia. This is the first ministerial meeting hosted under the Croatian
\nPresidency of the Council of the European Union. In the justice section, line
\nministers will address progress on strategic policies in the fields of liberty,
\nsecurity and justice, legal education and the importance of legal networks in
\nthe civilian and trade sectors. According to a Romanian Justice Ministry
\nrelease, talks focus on civil and criminal law cooperation, border protection,
\nmodernizing and digitizing judicial systems and adapting to the impact of AI.<\/p>\n
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FUNDS -
\nRomania has so far absorbed 11.04 billion euros from EU structural funds over
\n2014-2020 under the Cohesion and Common Agricultural policies. Adding to this
\nsum is another 7.92 billion euros in direct payments to farmers, Carmen Moraru,
\nState Secretary with the Romanian Ministry for European Funds, has said.
\nRomania’s absorption rate has thus reached 36%, 3% below the European average.
\nThe Romanian official recalled that in the 2014-2020 period Romania was
\nallotted 22.4 billion euros under the Cohesion Policy. As regards the 2021-2027
\nfinancial framework, Romania will be earmarked 30.6 billion euros. Carmen
\nMoraru attended a series of meetings in Brussels at the European Commission and
\nEuropean Parliament, and paid a visit to the Orsi Academy in Ghent, Belgium, a
\npioneering research project funded under the Cohesion Policy. <\/p>\n
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FLU VIRUS -
\nA 78-year-old man from Arges County has died to the flu virus , raising the
\ndeath toll at 3 since the start of the winter season. Arges is one of the most
\naffected counties, alongside Brasov and Cluj and the capital city, where
\nhundreds of cases have been reported. Classes were temporarily suspended in
\nseveral schools and kindergartens. At national level, over a quarter of
\npatients presenting symptoms were officially diagnosed with the flu virus.
\nDoctors warn the only real prevention measure is vaccination. The number of
\nRomanians who have taken the anti-flu shot this year is higher compared to
\n2019, when some 200 people died to complications caused by the flu virus. <\/p>\n
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CORONAVIRUS – The World
\nHealth Organization (WHO) is today expected to decide whether to call the
\nviral outbreak in Wuhan China a global emergency. The so-called coronavirus has
\nso far killed 17 people and sickened hundreds of people. On Wednesday, after
\nlong hours of debate at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, the members of the special
\ncommittee set up to advise on how to deal with the outbreak were equally
\ndivided in their vote in favor or against calling a global emergency. In the
\npast the WHO has called international alerts five times: before the H1N1 viral
\noutbreak of 2009, in 2014 for the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, in the
\nDemocratic Republic of Congo in 2019, again for an Ebola outbreak, for
\npoliomyelitis in 2014 and for the Zika virus in 2016. The new coronavirus has been
\nreported in 13 Chinese provinces and the Hong Kong and Macao special
\nadministrative regions. 4 infections were reported in Thailand and 1 each in
\nJapan, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States. Wuhan is currently on
\nlockdown, all means of public transport having been shut down. <\/p>\n
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TENNIS -
\nRomanian tennis player Simona Halep, seeded fourth at the Australian Open, has
\ntoday defeated Harriet Dart of Great Britain (173 WTA), in straight sets, 6-2,
\n6-4 in the competition’s second round. A finalist in 2018 in Melbourne, Halep
\nis the only Romanian left in the competition, after Sorana Cirstea (74 WTA) was
\nousted on Wednesday by Cori Gauff of the United States. Romania is also
\nrepresented in the women’s doubles.<\/p>\n
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