ASSISTANCE Romania has joined the international efforts to grant assistance to
\nLebanon in the wake of the devastating explosion at an ammonium nitrate
\nstorehouse on Tuesday. The government in Bucharest, civil society and
\nrepresentatives of the Lebanese Diaspora have quickly responded to the
\nassistance appeal from the Lebanese government and through joint efforts
\nroughly 8 tons of medical equipment and medicine have been donated and are
\nbeing flown to Lebanon on board of two Romanian Air Force planes. ‘Lebanon is a
\ncountry close to the Romanian society, a country, which is also home to many Romanians
\nand our thoughts and our entire compassion go out to the people of Beirut
\naffected by this tragedy,’ Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu said before
\nthe aforementioned planes had taken off. Police in Lebanon have fired tear gas
\nat the protesters who took to the streets to protest the country’s politicians
\nwhom they blame for the devastating explosion on Tuesday, which killed at least
\n150 and wounded more than 5 thousand people. Hundreds have been made
\ntemporarily homeless while the collective loss is expected to reach billions of
\ndollars. France has announced a video-conference of donors on Sunday aimed at
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ECONOMY Romania is
\ngoing to avoid technical recession and see a contraction lower than the
\nestimates of the rating agencies, the European Commission, the IMF and banks
\ndue to the prompt and effective response of the economic policy, Romanian Finance
\nMinister Florin Citu says. In a Facebook post, the minister explains that
\nRomania is going to see an economic recovery in the third trimester and this will
\ntranslate into economic growth in 2021. According to the minister, although the
\ncountry entered the crisis with a 3.7% budget deficit, at the first adjustment
\nthe government has risen the deficit by three percentage points and will continue
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MAE According
\nto the Romanian Foreign Ministry, authorities in Germany have revised the
\nconditions required for entering this country after 7 Romanian counties, Arges,
\nBihor, Buzau, Neamt, Ialomita, Mehedinti and Timis have been included on a list
\nof risky regions. So all people coming from these regions, irrespective of
\ntheir citizenship, must produce a negative Covid test carried out 48 hours
\nbefore their arrival or take a free test 72 hours since their arrival on German
\nsoil. Those who refuse to comply can be denied entry or can be imposed
\nself-isolation. If the test is carried out while on German soil, self-isolation
\nis imposed until the result of the test is known. <\/p>\n
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TOURISM Almost 150 thousand tourists are expected to arrive in the seaside
\nresorts on the Romanian Black Sea coast this weekend, which are running to full
\ncapacity thanks to the hot weather. Tourists are requested to pay attention to
\nseveral aspects such as the extreme hot weather, the rough sea or the issues
\ncaused by the novel coronavirus. As the seaside resorts are the most crowded tourist
\nareas in Romania, tourists are facing an increased risk of infection. Teams
\nmade up of police troops, gendarmes, firefighters as well as representatives of
\nthe public healthcare institutions and consumers’ protection have been deployed
\nto assess the observance of safety regulations. 150 fines totaling 11 thousand
\nEuros have been applied in the past 24 hours. <\/p>\n
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