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\nagainst COVID-19 start in Romania in over 90% of the 370 centers set up for the
\nvaccination of the medical staff, so about 20,000 people will be immunized
\ndaily. The statement was made by the coordinator of the national vaccination
\ncampaign, Col. Dr. Valeriu Gheorghi\u0163\u0103, who mentioned that, since December 27,
\nwhen the immunization of medical staff began, about 13,200 people have been
\nvaccinated and 27 minor side effects have been reported. The most recent report
\nof the Strategic Communication Group in Bucharest indicates over 3400 new cases
\nof people infected with SARS-CoV-2 in 24 hours in Romania. So far, since the onset
\nof the pandemic, some 640 thousand cases have been confirmed. The number of
\ndeaths associated with COVID-19 is close to 16,000, and currently 1,119
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\ncampaigns, new restrictions to curb the coronavirus pandemic mark the beginning
\nof the year. After a relaxing break during the Christmas and New Year holidays,
\nthe Greek authorities have decided to re-impose harsh restrictions today, which
\nwill end on January 11: a ban on night traffic and the closure of stores and
\nbeauty shops, and also of churches. Schools will also remain closed. France
\nwill apply travel restrictions from 18:00, not 20:00 as before, and Germany
\nwill consider extending the quarantine after January 10. The British government
\nhas decided to postpone the resumption of classes in all primary schools in
\nLondon, and in Italy it is the fourth day of national quarantine. At the same
\ntime, anyone coming from abroad will be quarantined for two weeks. With nearly
\n21 million infections confirmed so far and about 358,000 deaths, the United
\nStates remains the most affected country in the world. On the other hand, the
\nmore contagious strain of the virus, initially found in the UK, is being
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\nhave officially become the second largest foreign nationality in Austria,
\naccording to a statement from Statistics Austria. The data show that the number of Romanian citizens living
\nin Austria went up in 2019 by 10,777 people, reaching 123,461 on January 1st,
\n2020. This strong increase sent the Romanians to the second position, after
\nGermans (200,059 people) and ahead of citizens of Serbia (122,364) and Turkey
\n(117,640), reads the communiqu\u00e9. According to preliminary results, 1,487,020
\npeople of foreign nationality live in Austria, which accounts for 16.7% of the
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\nof Moldova (the former Soviet country with a predominantly Romanian-speaking population), pro-Western
\nMaia Sandu, will pay an official visit to Ukraine on January 12, the
\nPresidential Secretary General Andrei Spinu has announced. The information was
\npreviously published by Igor Iovka, a representative of the Ukrainian Press
\nOffice, according to which this visit, the first since the election of Maia
\nSandu, will mark a reset of the relations between Chisinau and Kiev. The
\npolitical relationship between the two states was cold during the period when
\nthe President of the Republic of Moldova was Igor Dodon, a declared
\npro-Russian. The first high-level visit received by Maia Sandu after taking
\nover the presidency was that of the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, on
\nDecember 29. The two officials adopted a joint statement aimed at strengthening
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\nnewly admitted foreign workers on the labor market will decrease this year by
\n5,000 people, from 30,000 in 2020. The decision was made based on the latest
\ndata submitted by the General Inspectorate for Immigration, which indicated a
\ndecrease in the number of employment \/ posting notices issued to foreign
\nnationals in the first 10 months of 2020. Another reason was that, as of this
\nyear, employers are exempted from the obligation to obtain employment permits
\nfor citizens the Republic of Moldova,
\nUkraine and the Republic of Serbia, with an individual full-time employment
\ncontract, for a maximum period of nine months in a calendar year.<\/p>\n
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