PNRR Romania is going to submit to Brussels a
\nNational Plan of Recovery and Resilience (PNRR) for the entire sum allotted of
\n29.2 billion Euros, Prime Minister Florin Citu said at the end of the
\ngovernment meeting on Thursday. The Romanian official has presented the plan to
\nthe European Commission and the way in which this plan is going to foster
\neconomic growth and reforms on pensions, the fiscal system, on curbing dioxide
\nemissions and ensuring transition to the green energy. According to the
\nRomanian official, loans are another major component of the plan that Romania
\nmust assume. Citu also says that the real challenge for ministers in the
\nfollowing two weeks is to come up with detailed technical projects, which must
\nget a green light from Brussels. Citu believes that the Romanians’ awareness in
\nterms of paying their taxes and duties has increased in the past two years
\nthanks to the predictability of the fiscal policy. In turn Cristian Ghinea, the
\nMinister of Investment and European Projects has announced that all state
\nenterprises must be subjected to a process of audit and professionalization and
\nfor this reason a special department is to be set up with a view to implementing
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TENNIS The Romanian tennis player
\nSimona Halep, number 3 in the world, announced having suffered a torn
\ncalf muscle which
\nforced her out of the Italian Open, in Wednesday’s match against Germany’s
\nAngelique Kerber. She says she will have an MRI investigation to determine how
\nserious the injury is. The defending champion in Foro Italico, the Romanian
\nplayer withdrew in the second set of the match against Kerber, after she had
\nwon the first set. Given the preliminary diagnosis, she risks missing the
\nRoland Garros tournament due to start on May 30. Halep won the Paris tournament
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ALERT On Thursday Romania extended the state of
\nalert for another month to limit the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. A series
\nof restriction measures have been lifted such as the participation in religious
\nservices and pilgrimages but the prevention measures must still be observed.
\nPresident Iohannis had a working meeting with the country’s Prime Minister
\nFlorin Citu and other members of the executive. A series of relaxation measures
\nhas been announced such as lifting the obligation to wear masks in public
\nplaces except for crowded areas like markets and public transportation. The
\nnight curfew has been lifted starting May 15th and so has the
\nrestrictions imposed to shops and other enterprises, which had to close earlier
\nduring the quarantine. Sporting activities are allowed but with only 25% of the
\nseats occupied. Wedding parties and other festive activities are allowed only with
\nmaximum 70 participants outside and 50 inside. Over 3.7 million people have
\nbeen vaccinated in Romania and two third of these have got the booster dose.
\nThe effects of the pandemic have clearly diminished in Romania where the
\nauthorities have announced an infection rate of 1.42 cases per thousand. 953
\nnew infections were reported on Thursday while 75 patients died in the past 24
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PLAN The government in Bucharest on
\nThursday approved the National Strategy and Action Plan for the prevention and
\nfighting anti-Semitism, xenophobia, radicalization and hate speech. According
\nto Alexandru Muraru, honorary advisor for the Prime Minister, Romania now has a
\nplan of concrete measures, funding and clear terms, based on an international
\ncontext and domestic realities. Muraru said that works on the document took
\nalmost 2 years and involved the participation and expertise from 20 national
\ninstitutions, including 5 ministries – Education, Foreign and Domestic Affairs,
\nJustice and Culture. The government’s message has zero tolerance for
\nanti-Semitic or xenophobic threats for radicalization, hate speech and various
\nforms of intolerance, discrimination, political and symbolic violence. <\/p>\n
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