Earthquake.<\/strong> The powerful earthquakes that shook Syria and Turkey on
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Protest.<\/strong> The Sanitas Federation continues its protests against the
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Bill.<\/strong> In Bucharest, senators voted unanimously in favor of a
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Moldova.<\/strong> A new meeting of the European Union-Republic of Moldova
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Strike.<\/strong> A general strike and demonstrations are taking place
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Tennis.<\/strong> The Romanian tennis player Jaqueline Cristian plays, today, against Camila Giorgi from
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\nMonday have killed more than 5,000, according to the latest toll made public
\ntoday. Rescue teams are making efforts to save as many lives as possible. There
\nare also dozens of thousands of people injured. According to estimates in
\nAnkara, 13 million people have been affected in Turkey by the earthquake
\nmeasuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, which was followed by lots of aftershocks. Romania
\njoined the international support effort for Turkey and sent to Andana 3
\nmilitary aircraft with 60 Romanian professional rescuers, doctors and nurses, and
\nspecialized rescue equipment. <\/p>\n
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\nSalary Law and the underfunding of medical care and welfare in Romania. The
\nlist of demands includes higher incomes for all the employees in the healthcare
\nand welfare system by at least 15%, to cover inflation, negotiations between
\nthe Government and stakeholders on the new bill regarding the remuneration of
\npersonnel paid from public funds, and the provision of a sufficient and correct
\nfunding system for medical and welfare institutions. A delegation of the Sanitas Federation was
\nreceived at the Government headquarters on Monday, the first day of the
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\nlegislative proposal to be added to the Criminal Code, under which drivers
\nfound drunk or under the influence of prohibited substances while driving, as
\nwell as those who drive without a license, will go directly to prison in the
\nsituation in which they cause a road accident resulting in casualties. In
\nRomania, 100 people die annually in road accidents caused by drivers in such
\nsituations, said the initiator of the legislative proposal, PSD senator Robert
\nCazanciuc. Every year, approximately 20,000 people are prosecuted for driving
\nwithout a license, under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and after the
\nadoption of the legislative proposal, judges will no longer be able to suspend
\nthe execution of prison sentences. The document will now to the Chamber of
\nDeputies, which is the decision-making body in this matter. <\/p>\n
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\nAssociation Council is taking place in Brussels today, chaired by the head of
\nEuropean diplomacy, Josep Borrell, and Prime Minister Natalia Gavrili\u0163a. This
\nis the most important format of dialogue in the Chisinau-Brussels relationship,
\nanalysts in Chisinau say. Today’s meeting is the first meeting of this kind
\nafter the Republic of Moldova (with a predominantly Romanian-speaking
\npopulation), together with Ukraine, obtained the status of a candidate country
\nfor EU accession in June last year. Cooperation in overcoming the challenges triggered
\nby the war in Ukraine, including the energy crisis, the expansion of export
\nquotas on the European market for Moldovan producers, and border security are
\njust some of the topics that will be addressed in the bilateral discussions in
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\nagain today in France, for the third time in a month, against the increase in
\nthe retirement age provided for in the new pension law, which has been under
\ndebate in Parliament since Monday. The Radio Romania correspondent in Paris
\nreports that public transport will, however, be less disrupted than in the
\npast, so that those who travel will encounter fewer problems. In Paris, there
\nare no completely closed metro lines, but some will only run during peak hours.
\nAs for air traffic, at Paris Orly airport, in the south of the French capital,
\n20% of the flights have been canceled due to the strike of the control tower
\nemployees. At Roissy Charles de Gaulle, in the north, where most flights from
\nRomania arrive, activities are expected to run as usual. Important strike mobilizations are announced
\nin education, energy, ports, refineries and in the private industrial sector.<\/p>\n
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\nItaly, in the first round of the WTA 250 tennis tournament in Linz (Austria),
\nwith more than 225,000 euros in prize money. On Monday, the Romanian-Spanish
\npair Jaqueline Cristian\/Marina Bassols Ribera was defeated by Dalma Galfi
\n(Hungary)\/Oksana Kala\u015fnikova (Georgia), 7-6, 6-4, in the first round of the
\ndoubles event. Also today, in Abu Dhabi, the Romanian Gabriela Ruse takes on
\nthe Czech Barbora Krejcikova, in the first round of the WTA 500 tournament, with
\nprizes worth around 780,000 dollars. (MI)<\/p>\n
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