NATO.<\/strong> Romanian President Klaus Iohannis stressed the
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Ukraine. <\/strong>The US President Joe Biden has voiced his conviction
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<\/p>\n Covid.19Ro.<\/strong> 12,319 new cases of coronavirus infection were
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Brancusi.<\/strong> Today Romania
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Invictus.<\/strong> The Invictus team, made up of Romanian soldiers wounded
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\nimportance of continuing consultations and maintaining a close collaboration and
\nthe unity of the Alliance against the background of the current critical
\nmoments, a communiqu\u00e9 issued by the Presidential Administration reads. According
\nto the same release, on Friday, the head of state participated, at the
\ninvitation of the US president Joe Biden, in a new round of consultations on
\nthe recent security developments, triggered by Russia’s provocative actions,
\ndoubled by an active campaign of disinformation and intimidation. At the
\nmeeting, President Iohannis highlighted the need for a complete package of
\nsanctions that should be used in case the situation deteriorates further. He
\nalso stressed the need for strengthening NATO’s deterrence and defense posture,
\nin a unitary and coherent manner, along the entire Eastern Flank, from the
\nBaltic Sea to the Black Sea, as this is the only means to maintain regional
\nstability and defend the security of the Alliance as a whole. Iohannis also
\nreiterated Romania’s support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial
\nintegrity and for its right to freely decide upon its own foreign policy. Also,
\nthe Romanian president said, Romania is ready to manage all the implications of
\nthe current crisis. <\/p>\n
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\nthat his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, has made the decision to invade
\nUkraine, France Presse reports. We believe they will target Ukraine’s capital
\nKyiv, a city of 2.8 million innocent people, the head of the US administration
\nsaid. He added, though, that since the invasion has not started yet, there is
\nstill time for diplomacy, recalling that the Secretary of State Antony Blinken
\nis to meet in Europe with his Russian counterpart Serghey Lavrov. <\/p>\n
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\nSecurity.<\/strong> Leaders from around the world have gathered in Germany this weekend for the Munich Security Conference, focusing on the Ukrainian crisis, amid Western fears of a Russian military invasion of Ukraine. Romania is represented by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, and by the Minister of Defense, Vasile Dincu. Minister Aurescu has reiterated Romania’s stand, saying that the current security crisis is not just regional, but one that is affecting the Euro-Atlantic security as a whole. He referred to both the acts of aggression and destabilization that the region has faced in recent years, of a conventional or hybrid nature, and to repeated violations of fundamental principles of international law, such as sovereignty, territorial integrity and freedom of navigation, with negative impact. on the development opportunities of the region. The Romanian Foreign Minister stressed the importance of the states in the region to act proactively, constructively and to cooperate in order to overcome the challenges, including in established formats, such as Bucharest 9 and the Three Seas Initiative, each with essential security roles, interconnection and cohesion respectively.<\/p>\n
\nreported in the last 24 hours in Romania, as well as 148 related fatalities, of
\nwhich 2 from a previous reporting period. The largest number of infections
\nsince the start of the pandemic – 40,018 – was registered on February 1st. The pandemic
\nseems to be following a downward trend. Against this background, the vaccination
\npace is also slowing down significantly, though specialists recommend it in
\norder to avoid severe manifestations of the disease.<\/p>\n
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\ncelebrates the Constantin Brancusi National Day, 146 years since the birth of
\nthe great sculptor. Events have been organized by the Romanian Cultural
\nInstitutes around the world. According to the Romanian PM Nicolae Ciuca, the
\nConstantin Brancusi National Day is a tribute to the exceptional talent of a
\nRomanian who, through the mastery of his chisel, radically influenced world
\nsculpture. Though a genius, Brancusi lived simply and modestly, which are
\ncharacteristics of the Romanian peasant. Romanian nature, spiritually and folklore
\nwere his inspiration and turned his workshop in Paris into a little corner of
\nRural Romania, the PM’s message also reads. <\/p>\n
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\nin theaters of operations, will represent the country at this year’s Invictus
\nGames, hosted by the Hague in April, according to a statement from the Ministry
\nof National Defense. It will be the Romanian Army’s third participation in this
\ninternational sports competition, which support the physical and psychological
\nrecovery of the military wounded in war zones. 20 injured soldiers will
\nparticipate in seven sports. (MI)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"