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\nCovid-19 cases have been reported in Romania in the past 24 hours along with 88
\nfatalities. People’s interest in getting the vaccine is still low with only 73
\nhundred vaccinated with the first dose in the past 24 hours. Since the vaccine
\nrollout kicked off in Romania a year ago roughly 7.6 million people have been
\nfully vaccinated. Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca has announced the Executive is
\nto approve an emergency ordinance over the digital certificate needed by those
\ntravelling to Romania. Under this law, starting December 20th, people coming to
\nRomania must fill in a digital Covid certificate, which has already been in use
\nin 18 other EU members. According to Ciuca, the new variant of SARS-CoV2
\nrequires fresh protection measures mainly in the context of the upcoming winter
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TALKS The government in Bucharest has
\nconvened today for talks over a series of measures to benefit children,
\npensioners and disabled people. Among these measures there is an emergency
\nordinance providing for higher child benefits starting January 1st.
\nSo, benefits for children between 2 and 18 will be around 50 Euros while
\nchildren up to two years and those disabled will benefit from allowances around
\n110 Euros. The pension point is to increase up to 320 Euros and the lowest
\npension will be around 200 Euros. The government needs the aforementioned
\nordinances in its attempt to build the next year’s budget, whose draft is to be
\nput up for debates on Friday and get government approval on Monday. It will
\nfurther be submitted to the Legislature for debates and endorsement until
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SUMMIT Romania’s president Klaus
\nIohannis is attending the sixth Eastern Partnership summit underway in
\nBrussels. The event involves the participation of heads of state and government
\nfrom the member countries as well as leaders of the five ex-soviet partner
\ncountries – the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. The
\nevent is expected to foster a joint statement over the strategic outlook for
\nthe post-2020 period of the Eastern Partnership. The development of durable and
\nintegrated economies, digitalization and building up equitable societies are some
\nof the long-term political objectives of the Eastern Partnership and are being
\naccompanied by an ambitious regional plan of economic investment up to 2.3
\nbillion dollars. Brussels is expected to see the European Council proceedings
\ntomorrow. High on the agenda are the Covid-19 pandemic, energy prices,
\nmigration issues and the EU security with emphasis on the situations at the
\nbloc’s borders with Ukraine and Belarus. <\/p>\n
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EVENTS Today Romania
\nmarks 32 years since the onset of the anti-communist revolution of 1989 in
\nTimisoara. Among the events to be staged on this occasion there are the
\nlaunching of a blog entitled ‘The Revolution in Timisoara after more than 30
\nyears’ as well as a rally and a concert of carols. A revolution broke out in
\nTimisoara, western Romania 32 years ago leading to the demise of the communist
\nregime in this country. On December 15 1989 scores of people gathered in the
\ncity center to defend reformed pastor Laszlo Tokes from being evicted by
\nRomania’s political police, the Securitate. The protests grew in intensity on
\nDecember 16 and the communist regime fell a couple of days later. As every
\nyear, from today until December 20, a series of events like religious services,
\nexhibits, concerts and shows are to be carried out all over the country in the
\nmemory of those who paid the ultimate price for freedom. <\/p>\n
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