Parliament. <\/strong>The Romanian Parliament meets in extraordinary session from
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Anniversary. <\/strong>Romanian prime minister
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Coronavirus.<\/strong> The authorities in
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Flu.<\/strong> Another person has died in
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Handball.<\/strong> The Romanian women’s handball side Gloria Bistri\u0163a on Sunday
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\ntoday until Wednesday evening to discuss the elimination of special pensions
\nand the election of mayors in two rounds, with the government seeking to pass
\nthe latter bill by assuming responsibility for it. Senators and deputies can
\nstill submit amendments to the local elections bill today for the government to
\ndebate them tomorrow. The Save Romania Union and the Alliance of Liberals and
\nDemocrats says they will submit amendments, while the Social Democratic Party
\nin opposition is already preparing to file a no-confidence motion against the
\nLiberal government. The Social Democrats, supported by the Democratic Union of
\nEthnic Hungarians in Romania, are planning to file the motion next week. With
\nregard to the pensions bill, prime minister Ludovic Orban says his party is in
\nfavour of calculating pensions based on the contribution principle, with the
\nexception of service pensions for the military. The interim president of the
\nSocial Democratic Party Marcel Ciolacu says the bill is unconstitutional
\nbecause it also eliminates the special pensions for magistrates. <\/p>\n
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\nLudovic Orban is today attending in Poland the official events marking the 75th
\nanniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau.
\nThe events are held by the Polish authorities on International Holocaust
\nRemembrance Day. In a statement by the Romanian government, the festivities,
\nwhich are held under the high patronage of the Polish president Andrzej Duda,
\nare attended by officials from many states, Holocaust survivors and members of
\nJewish associations. The Romanian government reiterates its commitment to
\ncontinue efforts to assume responsibility for the country’s past, to promote education
\nand research on the Holocaust and commemorate the victims, the statement also
\nreads. A foreign ministry release says the dramatic episode of the Holocaust
\nremains a lesson of national and world history that should never be forgotten,
\nin the current international context marked by growing intolerance, xenophobia
\nand anti-Semitism. Last week, Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis attended an
\ninternational Holocaust remembrance forum in Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nBucharest are considering whether to introduce thermal scanners on airports in
\nRomania. These instruments can detect the persons whose body temperature is
\nhigher than 38 degrees Celsius, as high fever is one of the symptoms of the new
\ncoronavirus. In China, tighter measures are being taken to contain the spread
\nof the virus, which has already killed over 80 people. In Beijing, the
\nauthorities have postponed the reopening of schools, more travel restrictions
\nare in place and wearing a face mask is becoming obligatory. These exceptional
\nmeasures are taken as there is yet no vaccine against the coronavirus. In
\nChina, the number of confirmed cases is nearing 3,000. The coronavirus, which
\noriginates in animals and causes pneumonia, has spread to Europe, the United
\nStates and Australia. The symptoms include severe coughing, fever and breathing
\nproblems, and in some cases failure of the vital organs. <\/p>\n
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\nRomania because of the flu, with the total number reaching four since the
\nbeginning of the season. The latest victim is a 43-year-old man from Sibiu
\ncounty, in the centre. Doctors recall that vaccination is the only effective prevention
\nmeasure. The number of people who have taken the anti-flu vaccine in Romania is
\nhigher than last year, when almost 200 people died because of the complications
\ncaused by the flu. <\/p>\n
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\nWorld no. 3 Simona Halep of Romania today defeated Belgium’s Elise Mertens, world no. 17, in straight sets, in the
\nquarterfinals of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of
\nthe year. In the next round, Halep will face the Estonian player Anett Kontaveit, world no. 31. A finalist in Melbourne
\nin 2018, Halep has won both of her previous matches against Kontaveit, which
\ntook place in 2017, in Miami and Rome. Also today, in the women’s doubles, the
\nRomanian-Japanese pair Monica Niculescu and Misaki Doi lost to Hao-ching
\nChan and Latisha Chan of Taiwan in straight sets in the fourth round. On the 3rd
\nof February, Simona Halep will become the tennis player with the most
\nconsecutive weeks in the top 10 WTA among the players born after 1980. She will
\nreach the 315 mark, overtaking the current holder of the record, the Swiss
\nplayer Martina Hingis, who spent 314 consecutive weeks in the top 10. <\/p>\n
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\nnight won their first match in the EHF Cup, as they defeated the Danish side
\nOdense Handbold 25:23 at home. In their previous Group C matches, Gloria had
\ntwo draws and a loss. In Group B, M\u0103gura Cisn\u0103die lost at home to the Danish side Kobenhavn Handball 28:33. This
\nwas their fourth defeat in four matches. Group matches will come to an end on
\nthe 9th of February. On Saturday, in their first matches in the
\nChampions League main groups, Romanian title holders SCM
\nRamnicu Valcea defeated the Slovenian side RK Krim Mercator Ljubljana, 31:16,
\nwhile vice-champions CSM Bucharest lost to the Hungarian side Ferencvaros Budapest:
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