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Ukraine<\/strong>. Now that the United States and Germany have pledged to send
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Infections.<\/strong> In Romania, last week the number of cases
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\naccording to data from the National Commission for Strategy and Prognosis, the
\nGross Domestic Product in 2022 increased by 49 billion euros compared to 2021.
\nHe added that, regarding the economy, the forecast for 2022 is also favorable,
\nwith an increase of 2.8%. The Prime Minister has also appreciated the role that foreign investments played
\nin the Romanian economy last year and the effective absorption of European
\nfunds. Nicolae Ciuc\u0103 highlighted the importance of dialogue with the
\nentrepreneurial environment in the country and supporting Romanian capital. The
\nPrime Minister has announced that farmers will have more than 100 million euros
\navailable under the state aid scheme for reducing the excise duty on diesel
\nfuel used in agriculture. In turn, the
\nMinister of Finance, Adrian C\u00e2ciu, has stated that Romania has changed the type
\nof economic engine, moving from a ‘slow’ one from the period of the COVID-19
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\ngrant aid worth 1,400 lei for the payment of energy, heat, gas or wood bills to
\ncertain vulnerable categories in Romania: pensioners, people with disabilities
\nwho have low incomes, beneficiaries of social aid and families receiving
\nsupport allowance. There is only one condition: the net income of a family
\nmember should not exceed 2,000 lei (approx. 410 Euros). This aid will be
\ngranted as of February, by means of energy cards, which will be printed and
\ndistributed through the Romanian Post, based on lists submitted by the Ministry
\nof Labor and Social Solidarity. According to the authorities, there are
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\nopen new crossing points on the border with Romania, in the Chernivtsi region,
\nto facilitate the transport of goods and the movement of people, after the latest
\ntraffic jams. According to the Ukrainian authorities, in addition to the
\nDyakivtsi-Rackovets crossing point, which will be put into use in the coming
\nperiod, two more new customs points are being prepared: the one between Sepit
\nand Izvoarele Sucevei and another between Rusca and Ulma. They have not been
\noperating since 2010. The traffic through the Siret border crossing, which had
\nrecorded unprecedented values, is much smoother than at the end of last year,
\nwhen there were queues of over 40 kilometers on the Ukrainian side, but there
\nare still problems due to power cuts
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\nLeclerc tanks, the main means of attack of the French battle group deployed in
\nRomania, have arrived at the Sm\u00e2rdan shooting ground in Galati (south-east).
\nThe place is hosting an extensive training exercise, for which approximately
\n600 French soldiers have been mobilized, with 200 combat vehicles. The
\nSm\u00e2rdan exercise is the largest currently carried out by NATO on the eastern
\nborder of the EU. On Friday, the Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan
\nAurescu, and his counterparts from France and the Netherlands, Catherine
\nColonna and Wopke Hoekstra respectively, will visit the Getica National
\nTraining Center in Cincu (center). According to the MFA, the program of the
\nministers’ visit will include interactions with military personnel, especially
\nFrench and Dutch, and visits to several military facilities jointly used by the
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\nadvanced tanks to Ukraine, their rapid delivery in sufficient numbers is vital
\nfor defense against Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, thanking the allies for their decision. The United
\nStates and Germany announced on Wednesday that they would send Abrams and
\nLeopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The decision, long awaited in Kyiv, would help the
\nUkrainian army in a potential spring counteroffensive against the Russian
\nforces in the occupied territories. Moscow said that sending tanks to Ukraine would
\nbe a dangerous provocation.<\/p>\n
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\nof respiratory infections decreased to a quarter the number recorded the
\nprevious week, down to 103 thousand. This number is, however, 21% higher than
\nthe weekly average between 2015 and 2020. The National Institute of Public
\nHealth announced that over 4,500 cases of influenza were registered, most of
\nthem in Bucharest. Since the start of the winter season, 36 people have died
\nfrom the flu, and nearly 1.5 million have gotten flu shots. Some hospitals are
\nstill overcrowded, even though the number of cases has decreased. (MI)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"