TALKS Romania’s Prime Minister designate, USR leader Dacian Ciolos said that
\nno decision was made during the first round of talks he had on Wednesday with
\nrepresentatives of the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Democratic Union of
\nEthnic Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) and of the national minorities with a view
\nto building up a government majority. A new meeting is going to take place on
\nFriday. Ciolos says he wants to forge a government as soon as possible to be
\nable to tackle the issues related to the pandemic and the soaring energy
\nprices. According to Ciolos, the USR sees no majority format except for that
\ninvolving the PNL, UDMR and the representatives of the minorities in Romania.
\nAccording to interim Prime Minister and Liberal leader Florin Citu, the responsibility
\nfor a majority lies with the USR, PSD and AUR who voted the PSD censure motion
\nthat led to the dismantling of his cabinet. In turn, UDMR leader Kelemen Hunor
\nhas signaled the lack of trust and recommended politicians to put
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HOLOCAUST Romanian president Klaus Iohannis attended an International Forum
\ndedicated to the commemoration of the Holocaust and combating anti-Semitism in
\nMalmo, Sweden, on Wednesday. In his speech Iohannis said quote, ‘attempts at
\ndenying and distorting the Holocaust have lately turned increasingly subtle and
\ndangerous in order to downplay the responsibility of the participants and their
\ncronies as well as the suffering inflicted on the victims.’ President Iohannis
\nsays that Romania has been involved in an ample process of revising the
\neducation programmes about the Holocaust with its young generation. The
\nRomanian official has also mentioned the efforts underway for the inauguration
\nin Romania of the National History Museum of the Jews and the Holocaust. <\/p>\n
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COVID-19 According to the National
\nCentre for the Supervision and Control of Infectious Diseases in Bucharest, 94%
\nof the deaths caused by the coronavirus over October 4th and 10th
\nconsisted of patients with related comorbidities while 73% of the confirmed
\ncases and 91% of the registered fatalities consisted of unvaccinated
\nindividuals. Authorities in Romania on Wednesday announced over 15,700 new
\ninfections as well as 390 fatalities. At least 1670 people are in ICUs and the
\nhighest infection rates have been reported by capital city Bucharest and Timis
\ncounty, in western Romania. Doctor Adrian Marinescu, with the Bucharest-based
\nInstitute for Infectious Diseases, says that he expects the entire month of
\nOctober to be very difficult from the viewpoint of the medical crisis but
\nbelieves the situation will improve and the upcoming winter holidays are going
\nto be peaceful. <\/p>\n
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\nHungary will help Romania to treat 50 patients infected with Covid-19 who are
\nin need of intensive care, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto was
\nquoted by MTI as saying on Wednesday. The 50 patients are to be treated in two
\nhospitals in Hungary. According to the Hungarian official, Hungary has already
\ndonated ventilators and favipiravir, an
\nanti-viral drug used in treating Covid 19. Poland has offered 50 oxygen
\nconcentrators while Italy has donated five thousand doses of monoclonal
\nanti-bodies also used in the treatment of the disease. We recall that
\nauthorities in Romania had called for international assistance in their efforts
\nto keep the pandemic at bay. <\/p>\n
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