{"id":104361,"date":"2020-05-28T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/28-may-2020-104361.html"},"modified":"2024-02-15T20:43:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T18:43:06","slug":"28-may-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/28-may-2020-id104361.html","title":{"rendered":"28 May, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Coronavirus Romania.<\/strong> 197 new
\ninfections with Covid-19 were reported in Romania on Thursday, taking the toll
\nto almost 19,000. 12,629 people have recovered and 182 are in intensive
\ncare. The death toll stands at 1,231. We cannot speak yet about a significant
\nreduction of the epidemic, said president Klaus Iohannis, but announced a
\nfurther easing of restrictions beginning on 1st June. International
\npassenger rail travel will reopen and people will no longer have to carry a
\ndeclaration when travelling out of town stating the purpose and destination of
\ntheir journey. Outdoor bars and cafes will also reopen and access to beaches
\nwill be allowed as of 1st June, while respecting physical distancing
\nrules. Outdoor performances with at least 500 spectators will also be allowed
\nas of this date, as well as sports competitions that don’t involve physical
\ncontact. <\/p>\n

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Coronavirus world.<\/strong> Almost 5.7 million people have been
\ninfected with the novel coronavirus worldwide, while the death toll passes
\n355,000. The situation continues to deteriorate in Brazil, where the number of
\ninfections exceeds 410,000 and where 25,000 people have died. Brazil is the
\nworld’s second most affected country after the United States, where there are
\n1.7 million cases and more than 100,000 deaths. In Italy, the third worst hit
\ncountry in Europe in terms of number of deaths, the authorities are tightening
\nrestrictions to prevent a second wave, after reports that people are not
\ncomplying with social distancing recommendations. France
\nannounced it would reopen bars, cafes and restaurants on 2nd June,
\nwhile Croatia said it would reopen its borders for ten EU countries. Spain is holding ten days of national
\nmourning, the longest in history, in memory of the more than 27,000 people who
\ndied due the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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EU.<\/strong> The European Commission has
\nwarned that access to the funds laid down in the recovery plan proposed on
\nWednesday will be linked to economic reforms. The conditions will not,
\nhowever, be as strict as during the previous financial crisis, but will be aligned
\nwith the European agenda for environment and digitalisation, France Presse
\nquotes European officials as saying. The plan entails a recovery fund of 750
\nbillion euros, of which 500 in subsidies and the rest in loans, which the
\nEuropean Commission wishes to attract from financial markets. To have access to
\nthese funds, member states must present projects that will then be approved in
\nBrussels and other European capitals, explained the vice president of the
\nEuropean Commission Valdis Dombrovskis on Thursday. The main beneficiaries of
\nthe relief fund will be Italy and Spain, which were considerably hit by the
\ncoronavirus pandemic. Romania may be entitled to around 33 billion euros. The
\nproposal of the European Commission will be subject to intense negotiations
\namong member states, whose leaders will meet on the 18th and 19th
\nJune, when they will also discuss the EU multiannual budget for the period
\nbetween 2021 and 2027. <\/p>\n

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Talks.<\/strong>
\nRomania’s Prime Minister
\nLudovic Orban on Thursday talked on the phone with German Chancellor Angela
\nMerkel. They mentioned the special strategic relations between Romania and
\nGermany and agreed to continue efforts to expand them, especially in the
\neconomic sector. The two officials also tackled the situation of Romanian seasonal
\nworkers in Germany. The chancellor conveyed her government’s constant concern with
\nrespect to observing and protecting the rights of Romanian workers and
\nreadiness to maintain close contact at all levels between the authorities of
\nthe two countries, building on the recent visit to Germany by the Romanian Minister
\nof labour and social protection, Violeta Alexandru. The federal government recently
\ninitiated amendments to the domestic legal framework to provide increased
\nprotection for and guarantee the rights of Romanian workers. <\/p>\n

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Repatriation.<\/strong> The Foreign Ministry in Bucharest announced
\non Thursday that 64 Romanian nationals were repatriated from France thanks to joined
\nefforts by several Romanian institutions. Among those repatriated are students
\nand their families who were unable to extend their stay in France. According to
\nthe Foreign Ministry in Bucharest these repatriations are part of efforts to
\nfacilitate the return of Romanian citizens stranded abroad because of air
\ntravel restrictions to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Ascension.<\/strong> Orthodox and Greek Catholic Christians on Thursday celebrated the Ascension of Jesus. This holiday was also declared Heroes’ Memorial Day in Romania after the First World War, in 1920, when all provinces with a majority Romanian population came under Bucharest’s control. Religious and military services were held outside churches and memorials dedicated to Romania’s heroes. In an address on this day, Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis said, quote: This special day in which we celebrate both our heroes and the Ascension of Jesus has a special meaning for the Romanian people. On this occasion we pay homage to the martyrs of the Romanian nation who gave their lives for us. Iohannis also paid tribute to the Romanian soldiers who died in the line of duty in various theatres of operation in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Western Balkans as part of international missions.<\/p>\n

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Judiciary. <\/strong>The Superior
\nCouncil of Magistracy in Bucharest on Thursday issued a negative opinion on a
\nbill initiated by the centrist Save Romania Union, in opposition, on the
\ndismantling of the special department for the investigation of crimes in the
\njudiciary. The bill was endorsed by 40 deputies and senators from the Save
\nRomania Union and the independent MP deputy Ana Birchall, a former member of
\nthe Social Democratic Party and former justice minister. Established by the
\nformer Social Democratic government, this department was presented as a means
\nof preventing abuses in the judiciary but its critics say it was intended in
\nfact to intimate magistrates and thus hinder the fight against corruption. <\/p>\n

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