Covid-19Ro.<\/strong>
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Pandemic. <\/strong>The Romanian
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Protest.<\/strong> Romanian Energy
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<\/p>\n Tennis.<\/strong> Simona Halep
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Handball.<\/strong>
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\nIn the past 24 hours in Romania, the number
\nof new cases of Covid-19 went up by 20% as compared to the previous day,
\nexceeding 6000. 63 thousand tests were performed, which means an infection rate
\nof over 9%, authorities announced on Thursday. The Strategic Communication
\nGroup also reported 44 related deaths. Approximately 8 million people have been
\nfully vaccinated in Romania, which means a little over 40% of the eligible
\npopulation. <\/p>\n
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\nGovernment has adopted the decision regarding the extension on the state of
\nalert as of January 8, and the establishment of measures to combat the COVID-19
\npandemic. One of the amendments to the normative act, which is based on the
\nmeasures proposed in the Decision of the National Committee for Emergency
\nSituations (CNSU), refers to the wearing of surgical or FFP2 masks both indoors
\nand outdoors. At the same time, the Executive maintains the CNSU proposal regarding
\nthe participation of persons in activities up to 50% of the maximum capacity of
\nthe space, in the counties \/ localities where the aggregate incidence rate over
\n14 days is less than or equal to 1 \/ 1,000 inhabitants. The participation of
\npersons will be allowed within the limit of 30% of the maximum capacity of the
\nspace in the counties \/ localities where the rate is higher than 1 \/ 1,000
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\nMinister Virgil Popescu on Thursday told the trade unionists from Alro Slatina
\n(southern Romania), the largest aluminum producer in Central and Eastern
\nEurope, that he will support the resumption of production. The minister’s
\nannouncement came in response to the protest held by trade unionists in front
\nof the Slatina Prefect’s Office, following the management’s decision to reduce the
\nproduction capacity due to the energy crisis. Protesters say more than 1,000
\nemployees are in danger of being furloughed. Protests were also held on
\nWednesday at the alumina plant in Tulcea (southeast) against the increase in
\nenergy prices. The unit has already started to reduce production, and people
\nfear that they will lose their jobs. Meanwhile, at political level, the Social
\nDemocratic Party has announced that it will call on the ruling coalition it is
\npart of to urgently amend the legislation and protect citizens from the sharp
\nrise in electricity and gas prices. <\/p>\n
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\nKazakhstan.<\/strong> The European Union on Thursday called on Moscow to respect Kazakhstan’s sovereignty and independence as Russia sends paramilitaries to quell a riot following the bloody violence that has spread to the former Soviet republic. The European Commission has also made a call for restraint from all the parties involved. At the request of the authorities in Kazakhstan, Russia and other countries in the Collective Security Treaty Organization have begun sending peacekeepers to guard state institutions, military units and other important targets, and to assist the local security forces in stabilizing the situation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that the staff of the Romanian Embassy in Nur-Sultan is safe, and the Romanian diplomatic mission in Kazakhstan is in contact with the approximately 100 Romanian citizens in this country, mainly specialists and experts employed by private companies.<\/p>\n
\ndefeated Gabriela Ruse 6-2, 6-1 on Thursday, in the round of 16 of the
\nMelbourne Summer Set 1 (WTA250) tournament, with some 240 thousand dollars in
\nprize money. In the quarters, Halep will take on the Swiss Viktorija Golubic, who
\ndefeated Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove of the Netherlands. Also on Thursday,
\nanother Romanian, Irina Begu, qualified for the quarter finals of Melbourne
\nSummer Set 2, where she will play against the American Amanda Anisimova, who
\ndefeated Sorana Cirstea. The tournaments are taking place in the run-up to the Australian
\nOpen, the first Gland Slam of the year, due between January 17-30. <\/p>\n
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\nRomania’s men’s national handball team is
\ntraining for the preliminary qualifying tournament of the World Championship,
\non home turf in Cluj-Napoca (northwest). Between January 7-9, 2022, the
\nRomanians will take on the national teams of Israel, Cyprus and the Republic of
\nMoldova. Last week, Romania played, also in Cluj, two training matches with the
\nTurkish national team, and won both of them. The friendly matches replaced in
\nthe program of the two teams a new edition of the traditional Carpathian
\nTrophy, which was canceled, as several members of the Swiss and Iranian teams
\ntested positive for Covid-19. The coach of the Romanian team is the
\nfamous Spanish Xavi Pasqual, who won the Champions League with Barcelona three
\ntimes. (MI)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"