PANDEMIC According to worldometers.info, the total
\nnumber of infections with the novel coronavirus has exceeded 40,600,000
\nworldwide. The United States is the most affected country with over 8,400,000 cases
\nfollowed by India with roughly 7,600,000. The situation is bad in Europe as
\nwell. Authorities in Ireland want to impose a period of six-month restrictions
\nfor the entire population starting on Wednesday night, Prime Minister Micheal
\nMartin has announced. The Irish official has said that schools are going to remain
\nopen but all the other less important activities are to be suspended. Bars and
\nrestaurants will make only deliveries. The epidemiological situation in Belgium
\nis more difficult than in spring while in Brussels and Wallonia, authorities are
\nfearing what they described ‘a tsunami of infections’ with the new virus. The
\nnumber of infections has doubled in the past month and new restrictions have
\nbeen imposed to contain the spreading and maintain the hospitals’ capabilities to
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COVID-19 Authorities in Romania on Monday announced
\n2,466 new infections with the novel coronavirus in 24 hours. Since the onset of
\nthe pandemic, 182 thousand people have been infected and 5,931 people have
\ndied. 757 patients are currently being treated in intensive care units.
\nBucharest has been placed in the red zone, due to the large number of
\ninfections, which has exceeded three per one thousand. For two weeks starting
\ntoday, schools, high-schools and kindergartens are providing online course
\nwhile universities are yet to decide how to carry on their activities. Face
\ncoverings are now compulsory both in outdoor and indoor spaces in Bucharest.
\nAll indoor activities in restaurants, bars, cinemas, theatres and casinos have
\nbeen suspended. The infection rate has also been exceeded in Cluj Napoca, in the
\ncountry’s west, Miercurea Ciuc in the center and Caracal in the south. <\/p>\n
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VOTING According to the election bureau for the
\nRomanians abroad, the candidacies announced by 8 political groups and two
\nindependents for a Parliament seat are definitive. Romanians living abroad are
\ninvited to the polls on December 5th and 6th. The Permanent
\nElection Authority has recalled that the deadline for the Romanian residents
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GROUP Romania and the United States will have a
\njoint working group for including Romanians in the Visa Waiver programme,
\nForeign Minister Bogdan Aurescu has announced after his meeting in Washington
\nwith secretary of state Mike Pompeo. The two officials have also tackled the USA’s
\ninvolvement, including financially, in projects like those connecting the
\nregion’s north with its south, which also includes Romania, such as Via
\nCarpatica and the railway linking Constanta to the city of Gdansk, in northern
\nPoland with economic benefits and a strategic impact over military mobility.
\nThe USA also plans to increase its military presence in Romania. <\/p>\n
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RAIDS Police in France have raided houses of
\nIslamist radicals after the beheading of a history teacher by an 18-year-old
\nIslamist in Paris. 15 people have been taken into custody, including four
\npupils believed to have helped identify the victim to his killer. One of them
\nconfessed to have received money from the assassin. According to Interior
\nMinister Gerald Darmanin, police will continue investigation into the case in
\nthe following days while authorities have decided to temporarily close down a
\nmosque in northern Paris known to be frequented by religious extremists. <\/p>\n
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HANDBALL Romania’s handball champions Dinamo Bucharest
\ntonight play on their own turf Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon in their debut
\nmatch in Group B of the EHF European League, Europe’s second major competition.
\nIn the past edition of the Champions League, Dinamo edged Sporting out after a
\n26-25 away win and a 26-24 win in Bucharest and qualified for the first time in
\nthe round of 16 but the rest of the season was postponed due to the Covid-19
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