VISIT Reuven Rivlin, the president of
\nIsrael, has been visiting Romania these days as on June 11th the two
\ncountries are celebrating 73 years of uninterrupted diplomatic relations. The
\nIsraeli president is today attending the commemoration of the 7 servicemen, six
\nIsraelis and a Romanian, who died when their helicopter crashed in the Bucegi
\nMountains, southern Romania, in 2010. In the first two days of his visit,
\npresident Rivlin held talks with his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis
\ndelivered a speech before the Romanian Parliament and inaugurated the
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ALERT The government in Bucharest has
\nextended the state of alert for another month starting June 12th.
\nSeveral restrictions have been relaxed on this occasion; the number of people
\nallowed to attend private events has been increased to 200 provided they are
\nall vaccinated, tested or had the disease in the past. According to the
\nauthorities, the measures imposed during the state of alert are to be applied
\non the stadiums, which are going to host matches of the European Football
\nChampionship UEFA 2020. The National Arena in Bucharest, the venue for the
\nround of sixteen, will function at 50% of its capacity. <\/p>\n
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COVID-19 The infection rate with the
\nnovel coronavirus is going down in Romania with most of its territory in the
\ngreen tier now. The infection rate stays below 0.16 per thousand with 140 new
\ncases being reported on Wednesday out of 28 thousand tests conducted.
\nAuthorities have announced 14 new fatalities in the past 24 hours. Less than 15
\nhundred are being treated in hospitals and 272 of them in intensive care.
\n61,800 doses of Johnson & Johnson vaccine are to arrive in Romania today.
\nSince the vaccine rollout kicked off in Romania in late December, over 4
\nmillion people have been fully vaccinated. <\/p>\n
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INVESTMENT According to data released
\nby the National Institute for Statistics on Thursday, in the first quarter of
\nthis year, Romania reported 4 billion Euros worth of investment, an increase of
\n9.9% as compared to the same period last year. The increase has been reported
\nin all elements of structure: various types of machinery and equipment,
\nincluding in the transport area, construction works and other expenditures.
\nAccording to the same sources, almost 36% of the investment went to the
\nconstruction area, 25% in industry, and the same percentage in trade and
\nservice. Only 3.5% of the total investment went to agriculture. <\/p>\n
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DAY Army barracks and monuments all over
\nRomania are today seeing religious services and military ceremonies to the
\nmemory of the servicemen killed in action in various wars involving the
\nparticipation of Romania’s armed forces. Wreaths of flowers are to be laid in
\ncemeteries and at monuments. A brass band of the Romanian Defence Ministry is
\nto give a concert of patriotic music this afternoon. Under law 379 in 2003 the
\n40th day after Easter, the Ascension of Jesus Christ, was also
\nproclaimed the Heroes Day and has been a national holiday here in Romania ever
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TENNIS Romanian-Argentinean pair Irina
\nBegu\/Nadia Podoroska will on Friday take on Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the USA and
\nIga Swiatek of Poland in the semis of the doubles contest of the Roland Garros
\ntennis tournament. Begu and Podoroska are coming after a win against Petra
\nMartic of Croatia and Shelby Rogers of the USA in the quarters. Begu is
\nRomania’s last representative in the prestigious French competition.<\/p>\n
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