GOVERNMENT Romania’s Prime Minister designate, Liberal Nicolae Ciuca on
\nSunday summoned the candidates for the position of ministers in his minority
\nPNL-UDMR cabinet for talks over the ruling programme before the Parliament
\nhearing scheduled for Tuesday. Most of the nominees have also served in the
\ncabinets headed by Liberals Ludovic Orban and Florin Citu. The Foreign Ministry
\nis headed by career diplomat Bogdan Aurescu, Lucian Bode is to take over the
\nInterior Ministry, Virgil Popescu is to become in charge of the Ministry of
\nEnergy, Raluca Turcan will be heading the Labour Ministry, Sorin Campeanu, the
\nMinistry of Education and Tanczos Barna, the Environment Ministry. UDMR leader
\nKelemen Hunor will be deputy Prime Minister. About Alina Gorghiu, who is expected
\nto take over the Justice Ministry, papers in Romania wrote that she tried to
\npromote a controversial draft law, which might have undermined the
\nanti-corruption fight as it allowed for prison sentences under 7 years to be
\ncommuted to house arrest. The new cabinet is to be sworn in on Wednesday but
\nits rejection could pave the way for snap election, which would be a first for
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COVID-19 The latest data provided by the authorities monitoring the pandemic in
\nRomania show a decrease in the number of infections although the number of
\nfatalities remains higher. Over 74 hundred new cases have been confirmed in the
\npast 24 hours in Romania while 427 people have been killed by the virus.
\nCapital city Bucharest is reporting a decrease in the infection rate, which has
\npresently reached 14.35 per thousand from 15 reported a couple of weeks ago. 89
\nthousand people have been vaccinated in Romania in the past 24 hours and the
\ntotal number of those fully vaccinated has exceeded 6.2 million. The country’s
\nvaccine rollout has gained momentum and authorities believe that if maintained,
\nby the end of the year, Romania will have 70% of its population vaccinated.
\nGermany has dispatched a medical team to Romania to sort the patients who can
\nget treatment in German hospitals, where they can be flown by a plane belonging
\nto German Air Forces. In another development, the National Committee for
\nEmergency Situations in Romania has updated its list of the countries with a high
\ninfection risk, placing the Netherlands and Russia in the red tier. Malaysia,
\nCuba, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland,
\nLiechtenstein and Jordan are in the yellow tier. <\/p>\n
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DAY The Romanian public radio on Monday celebrates 93 years since
\nits first broadcast on November 1st 1928. Unlike in the previous
\nyears, the anniversary takes place under the conditions imposed by the Covid-19
\npandemic and an atmosphere of severe austerity. In 2017, the leftist government
\nled by PSD leader Liviu Dragnea, who subsequently served a prison sentence for
\ncorruption, ruled to remove the so-called radio-TV fee paid by subscribers and
\nthe two institutions be founded from the state budget. A social survey
\nconducted by the former interim administration shows that the institution
\npresently relies on unmotivated, aging personnel. 80% of the respondents have
\nbeen working in the public radio for at least 16 years. Little over 20 percent
\nof them believe the institution offers them opportunities for professional
\ndevelopment and about three quarters believe they aren’t paid properly in
\naccordance with the labour market in Romania.
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CONFERENCE As of today, Glasgow in Scotland is hosting the he 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26).
\nThe event is expected to bring together over 120 heads of state and government
\nwho are going to tackle the climate change, one of the world’s greatest
\nchallenges at present. COP 26, which is expected to take place until November
\n12th plays an essential role in the implementation of the Paris
\nagreement with a view to limiting global warming by 1.5 degrees Celsius.
\nRomania is being represented at COP 26 by its president Klaus Iohannis who is
\nexpected to attend the World Leaders’ Summit over November 1st and 2nd.
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TENNIS Romanian-Georgian pair made up of Irina Bara and Ekaterina
\nGorgodze on Sunday won the doubles finals of the tennis tournament Transylvania
\nOpen staged in Cluj-Napoca, north-western Romania. The two secured a 4-6, 6-1,
\n11-9 win against Alexandra Krunic of Serbia and Lesley Pattinam Kerkhove of the
\nNetherlands. Also on Sunday, Romanian tennis player Simona Halep lost to Anett
\nKontaveit of Estonia 2-6, 3-6 in the finals of this competition. <\/p>\n
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