TALKS Romania’s Prime Minister designate and USR leader,
\nDacian Ciolos, is waiting until Friday for an answer from his former ruling
\npartners PNL and UDMR in order to forge a new ruling coalition. Ciolos says that
\nhe wishes what he describes as ‘a ballet of political entertainment in which
\npoliticians are more important than the outcome’ to come to an end. On
\nWednesday Ciolos had a first round of talks with PNL and UDMR representatives
\nwith a view to building a government majority and the previous one made up of
\nPNL, USR and UDMR was dismantled after the USR had left the coalition and
\nendorsed a censure motion against the cabinet led by the Liberal Florin Citu.
\nIf the three former ruling partners cannot reach an agreement, USR doesn’t rule
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COVID-19
\nAccording to the National Centre for the Supervision
\nand Control of Infectious Diseases in Bucharest, 94% of the deaths caused by
\nthe coronavirus over October 4th and 10th consisted of
\npatients with related comorbidities while 73% of the confirmed cases and 91% of
\nthe registered fatalities consisted of unvaccinated individuals. Authorities in
\nRomania on Wednesday announced over 15,700 new infections as well as 390
\nfatalities. At least 1670 people are in ICUs and the highest infection rates
\nhave been reported by capital city Bucharest and Timis county, in western
\nRomania. Doctors in Romania have called on the population to get the vaccine
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BUDGET The Executive in Bucharest has today approved a
\nbigger budget for the Health Ministry out of the budget reserves made available
\nto the government. Roughly 2 million Euros are to be spent for the purchase of
\nthe Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis vaccine – DTPA included in the national
\nvaccination timetable. The government is also expected to endorse a measure on
\nusing the state reserves to fit some anti-Covid vaccination centers with the
\nproper equipment. Also today the government has approved a memorandum over the
\n305 million funding contract between Romania and the European Investment Bank
\nfor building a regional emergency hospital in Cluj, north-western Romania. <\/p>\n
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SPORT Romania’s handball champions, Dinamo Bucharest, will tonight be playing
\nFC Barcelona in the Champions League group B. This is a special game as
\nDinamo’s headcoach Xavi Pascual had coached the Spanish side for 12 years.
\nDinamo started off on the right foot with a win against Polish side Viva
\nKielce, but lost to PSG of France and to FC Porto. <\/p>\n
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INVESTMENT Direct foreign investment
\nreached 4.4 billion Euros in the first 8 months this year as compared to 1.4
\nbillion in the same period of 2020, a 197% increase, according to Romania’s
\nCentral Bank. On the other hand, in the first eight months of the year, the
\ncountry’s foreign debt rose by more than 8.4 billion Euros exceeding 135.2
\nbillion Euros. The number of newly-established companies with foreign capital
\nrose in the first eight months by 44% as compared to the similar period last
\nyear, data released by the National Registry Office says. Most of these
\nenterprises are operating in the retail market, car and motorcycle service,
\nprofessional, administrative, technical and scientific activities as well as in
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