COVID-19 On Monday Romania reported under 100
\nSARS-CoV 2 infections, a first in the past year with all its regions presently
\nin the so-called green zone. 63 new fatalities have been reported but 47 of
\nthem are figures from last year and the beginning of 2021 and have been
\nintroduced in the data base upon a request from the Health Ministry following
\nthe latest checking. Only 315 patients are in intensive care while the people’s
\ninterest in vaccination has significantly diminished. Less than 50 thousand
\nhave been vaccinated in the past 24 hours amid concern that the holiday season might
\ncontribute to the spreading of more contagious variants. Almost 4 million
\nRomanians have been fully vaccinated so far. 8,500 teenagers have so far got
\nthe Pfizer vaccine one week after the campaign for this age bracket kicked off.
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GDP
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\nof the year Romania had a 2.8% higher GDP than in the 4th quarter of
\nlast year. However, the country’s GDP is 0.2% lower than in the same period of
\n2020, data released by the National Institute for statistics on Tuesday shows.
\nThe IMF experts have envisaged a strong economic recovery in Romania this year
\nwith a real GDP growth of 7%. Pundits have cautioned though that the main risk
\nof not meeting this figure is a potentially negative development in the
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VISIT Romanian president Klaus Iohannis is
\ntoday receiving in Bucharest his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin who is
\npaying an official visit to Romania. According to the presidential
\nadministration, the visit reflects ‘the solidity’ of the bilateral relations
\nand the fact that Israel remains a ‘key’ partner with strategic valences for
\nRomania in the Middle East. Talks will be focusing on ways of developing and
\ndeepening the bilateral relations in all domains of common interest as the visit
\nis coming against the background of celebrating 73 years of uninterrupted
\ndiplomatic relations between Romania and Israel on June 11th. Also
\nhigh on the talks agenda are cooperation in the fields of economy and
\nhealthcare including in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, education in the
\nHolocaust and other measures to fight anti-Semitism in Romania as well as
\ncultural and other inter-human exchanges. President Rivlin is expected to
\ndeliver a speech in Parliament on June 9th, and hold talks with the
\nheads of the two chambers, Anca Dragu and Ludovic Orban. The Romania – Israel
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TENNIS The Romanian-German pair Horia
\nTecau – Kevin Krawiets is today playing a Columbian pair made up of Juan
\nSebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. Tecau and Krawiets have lost two finals this
\nyear, in Rotterdam and Barcelona. In the women’s doubles, Irina Begu and Nadia
\nPodoroska of Argentina have qualified for the quarters and will be up against
\nPetra Martic of Croatia and Shelby Rogers, USA. <\/p>\n
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CONFERENCE
\nThe head of Romania’s Chief of Staff, lieutenant general Daniel Petrescu is in
\nSarajevo to participate in the 14th Conference of General Chiefs of
\nStaffs in the Balkan states on military cooperation. The event is aimed at
\ndeveloping regional cooperation by strengthening security and assuring a
\nclimate of stability in the Balkans, by increasing the interoperability of the
\narmed forces in the region by their participation in joint drills and missions,
\nas well as by identifying and developing regional mechanisms of crisis
\nmanagement. On the sidelines of the conference in Sarajevo, the Romanian military
\nofficial is going to have talks with Major General Alexander Platzer, commander
\nof the ‘EUFOR ALTHEA’ operation and with the Romanian troops stationed in Camp
\nButmir. The conference, which is held annually, is an instrument complementary
\nto other regional initiatives aimed at boosting cooperation between nine
\ncountries in South-Eastern Europe – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
\nGreece, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Turkey. <\/p>\n
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