BELARUS – The Presidents
\nof Romania, Klaus Iohannis, Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda and Poland, Andrzej Duda
\nhave voiced their joint readiness to support the people of Belarus in building
\na democratic path for their country. The Presidents have called on the
\ninternational community to join the EU and Member States in a joint effort to
\nbuild a positive agenda for Belarus, in addition to a support package aimed at
\nensuring political, economic and social transition. The three heads of state
\nare willing to provide Belarus with their countries’ expertise and know-how to
\nhelp implement political and economic reforms, to build independent
\ninstitutions and to help build a society based on the observance of human
\nrights and freedom of speech. The joint statement follows an increase in the
\nnumber of allegations over violations of human rights and election fraud in
\nBelarus. In power for 26 years, President Alexander Lukashenko is often labeled
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MEETING – Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu is today attending the
\nmeeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Bucharest. On the sidelines of the meeting,
\nAurescu is also taking part in a working breakfast hosted by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya,
\nthe leader of the Belarusian opposition. During the meeting, the EU Foreign
\nMinisters and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, will
\nbe reviewing the developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, Lebanon and
\nVenezuela, as well as EU-China and EU-Russia relations. High on the agenda is
\nalso a strategic debate on the EU’s prospective partnerships with states in the
\nsouthern vicinity. The Romanian Foreign Minister will also meet with Miroslav
\nLajcak, the EU special representative for Serbia-Kosovo dialogue. <\/p>\n
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COVID-19 – 808 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours in
\nRomania, the Group for Strategic Communication announced today. 23 people have
\ndied, taking the death toll to 4,458. So far over 113,500 cases of COVID-19
\nhave been reported in Romania. 90,600 patients have recovered. 464 patients are
\nin intensive care. The authorities have again called on the population to
\nobserve health safety measures to prevent the pandemic from spreading. Health
\nMinister Nelu
\nT\u0103taru has underlined the importance of vaccination against seasonal flu in
\norder to prevent a second pandemic. The Romanian official says the first
\nvaccine shots have already arrived and they will be administered to people in
\nat-risk categories, including teachers. <\/p>\n
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SCHOOLS – The Government is today deciding on the number of days
\nschools that are to host polling stations next Sunday will remain closed.
\nEnsuring the sanitation of classes will take at least one day, during which
\ntime pupils will follow classes online. In Bucharest, local authorities decided
\nto suspend classes two days before the election as well. In other news, classes
\nin over 300 schools are being held exclusively online, and over 4,400 schooling
\nunits are following the hybrid scenario, whereby half of pupils study from home
\nand the other half in school. In some 13,000 schools all pupils are observing
\ndaily physical class attendance. Candidates in the local election are vying for
\none of the 41 positions of presidents of county councils, 3.200 mayor seats,
\n1.300 county councilmen and 40.000 local councilmen positions. Originally
\nslated for June, the local election was postponed due to the coronavirus
\npandemic, while the mandates of local officials were extended by another six
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MARKET – Romania’s
\ncapital market is as of today rated as an emerging market, after the stocks
\nof the top companies listed at the Bucharest Stock Exchange had been monitored
\nfor three years. The first two companies to be granted an emerging-market index
\nwill be Transylvania Bank and Nuclearelectrica. The two companies will have to meet
\nliquidity criteria over the next three months.<\/p>\n
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HANDBALL
\n– The Romanian women’s handball club CSM Bucharest on Sunday defeated Team
\nEsbjerg of Denmark 30-29 away from home in Champions League Group A. Also in
\nGroup A, Metz Handball of France defeated SG BBM Bietigheim 36-27. The group leader with 4
\npoints, CSM will next play Rostov-Don of Russia on September 27 at home. On
\nSaturday, the other Romanian team playing in Champions League, SCM R\u00e2mnicu
\nV\u00e2lcea lost to Odense Handbold of Denmark, 30-21 in Group B. R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea
\nwill next play CSKA Moscow on September 26. <\/p>\n
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TENNIS – Tennis player Simona Halep, world no. 2, is today playing
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\nmoney. On Sunday, in the semi-finals, she defeated Garbine Muguruza of Spain,
\n6-3, 4-6, 6-4. In the final, Halep will take on Karolina Pliskova of the Czech
\nRepublic (4 WTA), who in the semis ousted another Czech player, Marketa
\nVondrousova (19 WTA). Aged 28, Halep will play her third final in Rome. In 2017
\nand 2018 she lost the final to Elina Svitolina of Ukraine. <\/p>\n
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