COVID-19 A new all-time high in Covid-19 infections, 7733
\nout of 30,336 tests conducted, has been reported in Romania today. Another
\nall-time high, 120 fatalities, has been reported by Strategic Communication
\nGroup in the past 24 hours. 258,437 infections have been confirmed on Romania’s
\nterritory since the onset of the pandemic. 181,175 people have been declared
\ncured. 11,897 patients are being treated in hospitals across the country out of
\nwhich 974 in IC units, the largest number so far. Romania’s president Klaus
\nIohannis has today summoned a session to assess and present the measures taken
\nto contain the Covid-19 epidemic. The event is also attended by the country’s
\nHealth Minister Nelu Tataru, the head of the Emergency Situations Department,
\nRaed Arafat, Romania’s Representative to the World Health Organisation,
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VISIT Romania’s Prime Minister Ludovic
\nOrban is today paying a formal visit to Israel and Palestine. According to a
\ncommuniqu\u00e9 issued by the government in Bucharest, the Romanian official is expected
\nto sign with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu several documents on
\navoiding double taxation and the prevention of tax evasion on income duties in
\nthe two countries. The head of the Romanian executive is to assess together
\nwith Israeli officials the stage of the bilateral relations in the fields of
\npolitics, economy and security. Also high on the agenda are the latest
\ndevelopments in the Middle East and North Africa. In Ramallah, the Romanian
\nofficial will be having talks with his Palestinian counterpart Mohammad
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PROTEST Scores of employees from
\nRomania’s medical system protested in front of the government’s building in
\nBucharest calling for coherent strategies and better working conditions to be
\nable to deal with the crisis caused by the pandemic. Union leaders are
\ndenouncing the shortage of qualified personnel, funds and equipment. According
\nto them, medical workers are exhausted after months of working in extremely
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ATTACKS The attacks in Vienna, in which
\narmed men killed and wounded several people have been committed by at least one
\nan ‘Islamist terrorist’, Austria’s interior Minister Karl Nehammer has been
\nquoted by Reuters as saying during a news conference today. The Austrian
\nofficial has repeatedly called on people to stay off the streets, adding that
\nthe terrorist shot dead by the police in the street seems to have been a
\nsupporter of the Islamic State. The police have been searching several houses
\nand apprehended a few people in connection with the attacks. Road blocks have
\nbeen set up and border control tightened in an attempt to catch the attacker
\nthat got away. After the attack in Vienna last night, Germany and the Czech
\nRepublic have tightened controls at their border with Austria. US president
\nDonald Trump and several European leaders, including Romania’s president, Klaus
\nIohannis, have sharply condemned the attacks in the Austrian capital. In a
\nTwitter message, the Romanian official has conveyed condolences to the families
\nof the victims, expressing Romania’s solidarity with Austria. The EU has also
\nsharply condemned the cowardly attack on Monday night, which the president of
\nthe European Council described as a violation of human rights and values.
\nGerman chancellor Angela Merkel says that ‘Islamist terror is our number one
\nenemy and the fight against it is ‘our common struggle’. <\/p>\n
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ELECTION Millions are expected to the polls in the USA to cast
\ntheir ballot for the future US president. Against the present pandemic
\nbackground, the turnout of those who voted beforehand reached an all-time high,
\nover 96 million. The incumbent president Donald Trump and his Democratic
\ncontender, Joe Biden, on Monday gave a last impetus in the key-states. Biden
\nhas a constant advance of roughly 8 percent in national polls, but differences
\nare low in the so-called swing states, which could decide the winner. Trump is
\nanticipating a wave of Republican wins, whereas Biden says that the US is done
\nwith the chaos of the Trump administration. We recall that the US voting
\nsystem, which is unique in the world, was created 200 years ago. Americans aren’t
\nvoting directly for a president or another, they are actually voting for a list
\nof electors supporting a certain candidate. Once in four years, in the first
\nTuesday in November, the electors are designating the president, who must have
\ngot a least 270 out of a total 538 votes. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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