SUMMIT – Romania’s support
\nfor Ukraine will continue, president Klaus Iohannis said on the sidelines of a
\npress briefing held jointly with counterparts from Lithuania, Latvia and
\nPoland. On Friday, Klaus Iohannis attended a summit devoted to strengthening
\nNATO’s Eastern Flank. We have to maintain Western unity and strategic
\ncommitment towards Russia’s renewed efforts to divide us, including by
\nescalation attempts, food shortage, energy blackmail and disinformation, the
\nRomanian president said. Klaus Iohannis pointed out that Romania is ready to
\ncontribute to the international effort to reconstruct Ukraine at the end of
\nRussia’s brutal, illegal and unjustified war. The four presidents also adopted
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SALARIES – The Government has
\nannounced it reached an accord with social partners as regards increasing the
\ngross minimum wage from approximately EUR 510 at present to nearly EUR 600 as
\nof January 1. A total of 2.2 million employees will benefit from this law.
\nAlso, the minimum wage in constructions will be around EUR 800. People working
\nin this sector, considered of national importance, are exempted from paying the
\n10% tax and pay a smaller contribution to the insurance fund. Around 23% of
\nemployees in Romania, that is over 2 million people, receive the minimum wage
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ARREST – In Romania, the
\nDepartment for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT)
\nannounced that it arrested one person in an advanced phase of self-radicalization,
\nwho has systematically accessed and promoted, via the internet, propaganda
\nmaterials specific to a terrorist organization active in the Middle East. That
\nperson is accused, among others, of instigating to and planning a terror
\nattack. Judicial sources announced that the person is a woman, Liliana
\nFlorentina G\u00e2dea,
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MOLDOVA – The Russian
\nambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Oleg Vasnetsov, was summoned at the
\nForeign Affairs Ministry in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, in protest to Russia bombing Ukrainian
\ncivil infrastructure, which left most of the neighboring Moldova without
\nelectricity for a few hours. According to Radio Chi\u0219in\u0103u, upon leaving the
\nForeign Ministry headquarters, Vasnetsov told journalists that bilateral ties
\nhave been discussed as well as the events in Ukraine. Previously, Moldovan
\nMinister Foreign Nicu Popescu wrote on Twitter that Russia’s brutal bombing of Ukraine
\ncontinues to have dramatic consequences for Moldova, such as massive power
\noutages across the country, including the capital Chi\u0219in\u0103u.<\/p>\n
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NATO – A meeting of the
\nNorth Atlantic Council at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs will be
\nheld in Bucharest on November 29-30, 2022. The country will thus become the
\nEuropean and Euro-Atlantic diplomatic capital, said the Romanian foreign
\nminister, Bogdan Aurescu. In a video message, released before the event, he
\nsaid that the NATO countries’ foreign ministers meeting will once again
\ndemonstrate allied unity and solidarity and seek solutions to counter the
\neffects of Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine. The conference will be hosted
\nby Bogdan Aurescu together with the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg.
\nAlso in Bucharest, next week, the G7 foreign ministers will discuss how they
\ncan help Ukraine secure its energy resources for the winter, the German foreign
\nminister, Annalena Baerbock announced.<\/p>\n
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RED CROSS – The Romanian Red
\nCross, with support from the French Red Cross, on Friday opened in Bucharest
\nthe Center for Healthcare Promotion, where Ukrainian refugees will benefit from
\nfree-of-charge medical advice and services. The Center will provide basic
\nmedical testing and consultations. Patients can get appointments by calling the
\nCenter’s call center in Romanian, Ukrainian, Russian or English. After four
\nmonths, the center will be converted into a mobile health caravan that will
\ntravel to several counties across Romania. <\/p>\n
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HANDBALL – The Romanian men’s
\nhandball team, Dinamo Bucharest defeated on home turf the Polish side Orlen
\nWisla Plock, 32-27, in a Group A match of the Champions League. This is the
\nthird victory in Group A for the Romanians, whose coach is the Spanish Xavi
\nPascual. Dinamo will play the away leg on December 1st. (EE & VP)<\/p>\n
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