Pandemic. <\/strong>36 new Covid cases from some
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Government.<\/strong> Prime minister Florin C\u00ee\u0163u has taken over the finance
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Survey. <\/strong>75% of Romanians are in favour
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Football. <\/strong>Italy and England are playing the
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\n24,000 tests were reported in Romania on Saturday, as well as 19 deaths, with
\nonly one being recorded in the last 24 hours. 54 Covid patients are still in
\nintensive care. The Romanian government extended the state of alert nationwide
\nfor a further 30 days from 12th July. The coordinator of the mass
\nvaccination campaign, dr. Valeriu
\nGheorghi\u0163\u0103 warned that Romania may see an increase in the number of new Covid
\ncases driven by the spread of the Delta variant. More than 4.8 million people
\nhave received the Covid vaccine in Romania since the start of the vaccine
\nroll-out in late December, with at least 4.6 million being fully vaccinated. <\/p>\n
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\nministry temporarily after sacking Liberal Alexandru Nazare for not fulfilling
\nthe goals undertaken. C\u00ee\u0163u expects budget execution in all chapters, in every
\nministry and public institution, and with regard to staff expenditure. He also
\nwants to be briefed on the situation of investment projects every five months.
\nTalks will be held next week to unblock finance ministry projects that were
\ndelayed. The prime minister said he would continue to assess the activity of
\nministers. <\/p>\n
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\nof their country adopting the euro, according to a recent survey. This points
\nto the highest increase in the proportion in favour of introducing the euro
\namong EU countries. The survey was conducted in the seven EU states yet to
\nenter the eurozone, namely Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary,
\nPoland, Romania and Sweden. A majority of EU citizens in eurozone countries
\nbelieves adopting the euro had positive consequences for their countries. The
\nhighest support for the European single currency was in Romania, with 75%, and
\nHungary, with 69%. The eurozone last expanded in 2015, when Lithuania became
\nthe 19th EU member state to switch to the single European currency.
\nAccording to the 2020 convergence report, Romania falls short of meeting any of
\nthe four economic conditions needed to adopt the euro, namely price stability,
\nsound public finances, exchange rate stability and convergence in long-term interest rates. <\/p>\n
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\nEuropean Football Championship final hosted by London’s Wembley stadium on
\nSunday. In the semis, England defeated Denmark 2-1 in extra-time, while Italy
\ndefeated Spain 4-2 on penalties. Bucharest hosted four Euro 2020 matches, three
\nin the group stage and one in the round of last 16. The president of the
\nEuropean Commission Ursula von der Leyen hopes Italy
\nbeats England in the final, her spokesperson said. EU officials usually
\navoid taking positions, but the UK’s exit from the Union made von der Leyen’s
\nallegiance to founding EU member Italy inevitable, Reuters notes. (CM)<\/p>\n
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