COVID-19 IN ROMANIA -3,852 new cases of COVID-19 infection
\nhave been reported in Romania in the last 24 hours following 37,517 tests. 195
\nrelated fatalities have also been reported during the interval, the Group for
\nStrategic Communication announced on Thursday. 1,518 patients are currently in
\nintensive care. Bucharest continues to be the city with the highest incidence
\nrate. The National Committee for the Coordination of Vaccination announced
\nRomania ranks 4th at EU level in terms the number of people who’ve received
\nboth doses of the vaccine, and 7th in terms of the total number of immunized
\npeople. So far, 2.4 million Romanians have received both doses of the anti-COVID-19
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GOVERNMENT – The Government in
\nBucharest is today discussing the principles underlying the elaboration of the
\nnew public salary law, under which bonuses will be handed out only in special
\nconditions, as well as a number of new measures for preventing and combating
\nthe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Economic operators who have already been
\nfined two or three times for failing to comply with anti-COVID regulations, may
\nhave their licenses revoked, according to another bill on the Government’s
\nagenda for today. Additionally, Cabinet ministers are due to discuss a
\nmemorandum on the delivery of a new batch of 300 thousand doses of the Pfizer
\nvaccine to Romania, as well as plans for the restructuring of the Oltenia
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AMBASSADORS – Parliament’s
\nspecial committees on Thursday completed the interviews of the 25 candidates
\napplying for ambassador positions, following their appointment by president
\nKlaus Iohannis. The president of the Senate’s foreign policy committee, Titus
\nCorl\u0103\u0163ean, said he is happy with the results of the interviews, which he
\ndescribed as serious and professional. Presidential adviser Andrei Muraru got a
\nfavorable opinion for taking over as Roamnia’s Ambassador to the United States.
\nAt the end of his hearing in Parliament, Muraru expressed confidence that
\nRomanians will be able to travel to the United States visa-free by the end of
\nthe president’s term in office, in 2024. George Cristian Maior, Romania’s
\nambassador to Washington over 2015-2021, got a favorable opinion for
\nrepresenting Romania in Jordan. Cezar Armeanu will be Romania’s ambassador to
\nSouth Korea, R\u0103du\u0163a-Dana Matache will represent Romania in the Philippines,
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AFGHANISTAN – The United States
\nwill pull back its troops from Afghanistan by the end of August, President Joe
\nBiden has announced. The withdrawal is a consequence of the Peace Agreement
\nsigned by the Americans and the Taliban, despite the fact that there is yet no
\npeace settlement in this country, as well as no guarantees the war will end,
\npundits have argued. NATO has also decided to start withdrawing its troops
\nstarting May 1, after having conducted similar operations in Afghanistan. The
\ndecision was adopted on Wednesday in the NATO Council. Representing Romania in
\nyesterday’s videoconference was Romania’s Foreign Minister, Bogdan Aurescu, and
\nDefense Minister, Nicolae Ciuc\u0103. Our country has over 600 military deployed in
\nNATO operations in Afghanistan right now, which it will start pulling back. <\/p>\n
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FILM – Romanian filmmaker
\nand screen writer Radu Jude will be honored in La Rochelle Cin\u00e9ma (FEMA)
\nFilm Festival to take place over June 25 – July 4. At the 49th
\nedition of the festival, Radu Jude will be honored alongside other filmmakers
\nand figures of world cinema. A key figure of the Romanian new wave, Radu Jude,
\nwhose film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
\ngrabbed the Golden Bear in 2021, will be presenting his works, organizers have
\nannounced. Over the years a number of prestigious filmmakers were honored in
\nthe festival, including Agnes Varda, B\u00e9la Tarr, Juliette Binoche, Anouk Aim\u00e9e,
\nas well as Romanians Lucian Pintilie and Andrei Ujic\u0103. Starting 1973, the La
\nRochelle Film Festival has been celebrating and screening old and contemporary
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