STRIKE Trade unionists in Romania’s education system are to go on a token
\nstrike on Wednesday and cease classes for two hours in their schools. The
\nprotesters have called for pay rises, for the allotment of 6% of the GDP to
\neducation and the pay for the extra hours worked. Almost 100 trade unionists
\nfrom Romania’s education on Thursday picketed the government building and the
\nheadquarters of the Social Democratic Party and the National Liberal Party. The
\nprotest on Thursday was their fourth in front of the government building. On
\nSaturday, the Day of National Culture in Romania, artists and organizers of
\nvarious events, mounted protests in Bucharest and Sibiu, in central Romania,
\nasking for compensations for their restricted activity during the pandemic. The
\nprotesters have denounced the lack of coherent measures aimed at supporting the
\nsector of culture in Romania, severely affected in the past two years of
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HANDBALL SCM Ramnicu Valcea, a women’s handball team from Romania, on
\nSunday started off on their right foot with a clear home win 39-29 against the
\nHungarian side Vaci NKSE in group D of the EHF European League. On Saturday in
\ngroup C of the same competition Magura Cisnadie, a women’s handball team from
\ncentral Romania lost away to the Danish side Herning-Ikast Handbold 31-28 while
\nin group B, CS Minaur Baia Mare from north-western Romania lost to German side
\nBBM Bietigheim 39-20. Also on Saturday, Romania’s champions CSM Bucharest
\nsecured a 28-20 away win against Montenegrin side Buducnost Podgorica in the
\nChampions League. With 10 points out of nine games, the Romanians go up to the
\ngroup’s fourth position and are to meet French side Brest Bretagne in an away
\ngame on January 19th and take on German side Borussia Dortmund at
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COVID-19 According to the latest figures released by authorities on
\nSunday, 7595 new Covid-19 infections have been reported in the past 24 hours in
\nRomania, 60% more than a week ago. 28 Covid-related fatalities have been
\nreported. Experts believe the fifth wave of the pandemic is stronger than the
\nprevious ones and is to reach its peak in Romania in the last week of January
\nor the first of February, when the number of daily cases is expected to go up
\nto 50 thousand. The interest of the Romanians in getting the jab is still low,
\nwith only 36 hundred in the past 24 hours. Epidemiologists are urging the
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TENNIS Romania has five representatives on the main draw of Australian
\nOpen, the year’s first Grand Slam tournament. Other Romanians have been
\neliminated from the competition in the qualifiers. In the first round Simona
\nHalep, a former number one, will be up against Magdalena Frech of Poland, while
\nSorana Cirstea will be playing Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, who has a
\n5-3 advantage in head-to-head matches. Another Romanian player, Irina Begu will
\nbe up against Oceane Dodin of France. Jaqueline Cristian of Romania will be
\nplaying Greet Minnen of Belgium and Gabriela Ruse will be meeting Jasmine Paolini
\nof Italy. British player Emma Raducanu, who has a Romanian father and is the
\ndefending champion of the US Open will be playing Sloane Stephens of the USA. <\/p>\n
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JUSTICE The Ministry of Justice in Bucharest has completed a draft on
\ndismantling the Special Direction for investigating criminal offences within
\nthe judiciary, SIIJ. The institution has announced in a communiqu\u00e9 that in the
\nfollowing days it will submit the document for government and Parliament
\napproval. We recall that the activity of this special body has attracted
\ncriticism from the European Commission, which says the SIIJ could be more
\nsusceptible to interventions from outside than the Anti-corruption Directorate,
\nknown in Romania as the DNA. The Justice Ministry has announced that it will
\nresume the process of amending the justice laws and the criminal codes so that
\nthey can be approved by Parliament by the end of March. The Ministry of Justice
\nreiterates its support for the EU law and legislation stipulated by the Lisbon
\nTreaty and recognized by the Romanian constitution. <\/p>\n
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