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Covid-19. <\/strong>Almost 1,400<\/span> new
\ndaily coronavirus cases were reported on Friday in Romania, taking the total
\nnumber of cases to almost 92,600, while the death toll passed 3,800. Some 485 people are in intensive care. The
\nnumber of Romanians living abroad confirmed with the new coronavirus nears 6,600,
\nmost of them in Germany, Italy and Spain. Also, 126 Romanian nationals living abroad
\nhave died from Covid-19.<\/p>\n

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Elections.<\/strong> The
\nparliamentary elections will be held in Romania on December 6, prime minister Ludovic
\nOrban announced on Friday. He explained that the government is obliged both by
\nthe Constitution and the parliamentary election law to set this particular date.
\nThe decision was published in the Official Gazette on Friday. At the end of
\nJuly, Parliament passed a bill stipulating that the next parliamentary
\nelections cannot be held later than 15th March next year and earlier
\nthan 6th December this year and that the date of the elections is to be set by Parliament through a special law. The bill is yet to be signed into law by president Klaus Iohannis, who has
\nreferred it to the Constitutional Court. <\/p>\n

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NATO.<\/strong> The
\nCommander of US European Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander
\nEurope General Tod D. Wolters was received on Friday by Romanian
\nPresident Klaus Iohannis, who reiterated his country’s commitment to take part
\nin NATO operations and missions and continue to spend 2% of its GDP on defence.
\nThe US general hailed Romania’s participation in NATO’s initiatives, operations
\nand missions and noted the high level of professionalism of Romanian military
\nin the theatres of operation in Afghanistan and the Western Balkans and within
\nNATO command structures. President Iohannis decorated general Wolters with the
\nOrder of the Star of Romania in appreciation for his support for Romania. Wolters
\nalso met the Romanian defence minister Nicolae Ciuca and the chief of defence
\nstaff, lieutenant general Daniel Petrescu, using the opportunity to thank
\nRomania for its contribution to the consolidation of the entire alliance and to
\nreiterate that NATO would defend Romania and all its allies. <\/p>\n

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Drug use. <\/strong>Romania still has one of the lowest
\nlevels of drug use in Europe, according to a report by the National Antidrug
\nAgency. The most commonly used drugs in this country are the new psychoactive
\nsubstances, cannabis, crack cocaine, over-the-counter drugs and ecstasy. Heroin,
\nLSD, amphetamines and solvents and inhalants are the least used. According to
\nthe report, experimental use among the general population in Romania stands
\nat 10.7%. Prevalence of drug use in the previous year is 6%, while that for the previous month is 3.9%. Also, prevalence is highest among people aged between 15 and
\n34, with levels three times lower in the 35 to 44 age group. The survey was conducted
\nin the October-November period last year. <\/p>\n

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Transport.<\/strong>
\nNavigable inland waterways accounted for 6% of goods transport in the European
\nUnion, with highest figures being reported in The Netherlands, at around 43%
\nand Romania, at some 27%, according to data published by Eurostat on Friday. Road
\ntransport is by far the most common way of shipping goods inside the Union,
\naccounting for some 75% of internal EU transport, followed by railways, with
\n18.7%. Road transport accounts for more than 70% of domestic transport in 16
\ncountries, with Ireland, Greece and Spain being in the top three. Latvia and
\nLithuania are the only EU member states to use railway transport more than road
\ntransport. <\/p>\n


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