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Evacuation. <\/strong>Another
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\nCentre in Romania opened on Monday at the 86th air base in Fete\u015fti,
\nin the south-east, in the presence of the defence ministers of Romania and The
\nNetherlands. The centre will provide training for F-16 pilots from allied and
\npartner states, including Ukraine, as well as from Romania, whose army is to be
\nsupplied with 32 F-16 aircraft purchased from Norway. Romania’s defence
\nminister Angel T\u00eelv\u0103r noted the short time in which the centre was established
\nand said its location in this country is proof of the trust of NATO states in
\nRomania. Netherlands’ defence minister Kajsa Ollongren said Romanian pilots
\nwould have priority, but the centre will also provide training for Ukrainian
\npilots, as Netherlands, Denmark and Norway are about to deliver F-16 planes to
\nUkraine. She said Ukrainian pilots already began training in Denmark and the
\nUnited States. The centre was created based on a collaboration agreement under
\nwhich Romania is to provide the base, the training facilities and the support
\nof the host nation, the Royal Netherlands Air Force is to supply the F-16
\naircraft and the American company Lockheed Martin, which makes the planes, is
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\ndiscuss Romania’s next year’s budget. The latter will be focused on
\ninvestments, and education and healthcare will benefit from additional funds,
\nsaid finance minister Marcel Bolo\u015f. All aspects related to the pensions bill,
\nincluding its funding sources, have been clarified, said prime minister Marcel
\nCiolacu in an Internet post. He said together with the Liberal leader Nicolae
\nCiuca, a decision was made to file a bill as soon as possible to combat tax
\nevasion and enhance budget revenues. Ciuca said the debates on next year’s
\nbudget should focus on healthcare and education. The government wants
\nParliament to pass the pensions bill by 20 November. The opposition has
\ncriticised the bill saying the reform does not even cover the inflation rate. <\/p>\n
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\n86 Romanian citizens and their family members left the Gaza Strip through the Rafah
\ncheck point on Sunday and are now on Egyptian territory, said the Romanian
\nForeign Affairs Ministry. They will be flown to Romania in the upcoming days.
\n134 Romanian citizens and their families who have evacuated from Gaza have
\narrived in Romania. The Foreign Ministry continues the dialogue with the
\nIsraeli and Egyptian authorities to facilitate the evacuation of the other
\nRomanians who have requested repatriation, depending on the developments on the
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\nlargest hospital in Gaza, al-Shifa, has stopped working and deaths among
\npatients are increasing, said the head of the World Health Organisation, Tedros
\nAdhanom Ghebreyesus. He joined other high-ranking UN officials in calling for
\nan immediate ceasefire, a course of action rejected by Israel unless Hamas
\nreleases all the hostages. In Geneva, the UN observed a minute’s silence in
\nmemory of the 101 UN staff killed in the last month in Gaza. The vice-president
\nof the European Commission Janez Lenar\u010di\u010d said the situation in Gaza was
\nworsening by the hour and that food, water and fuel must enter Gaza because half
\nof the hospitals there have stopped working. The European Union has condemned
\nHamas for using hospitals, schools and civilians as human shields and also
\nurged Israel to show utmost restraint in order to protect innocent civilians. <\/p>\n
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\nRomanian President, Klaus Iohannis, began a 10-day tour of Africa, travelling
\nto Kenya, Tanzania, Cape Verde and Senegal. According to the Presidential
\nAdministration, this is the first high-level political and diplomatic visit to
\nthe region in the last 30 years, aiming to re-launch Romania’s relations with
\nthe African continent and to revive the European Union’s relations with Africa.
\nDuring talks with counterparts and other high-ranking African officials,
\nPresident Iohannis will try to find ways to boost commercial ties, promote
\ncooperation in areas of common interest, and consolidate Romania’s image as a provider
\nof education. Romania has recently adopted a National Strategy for Africa.<\/p>\n
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\ndropped to 8.1% in October from 8.8% in September, according to the National
\nInstitute for Statistics. A series of price hikes were recorded last month,
\nincluding for bread, eggs and meat. Compared with last year, beer recoded the
\nhighest increase in price, by 17%, followed by fresh and canned fish, by almost
\n16%. Among non-food products, cleaning substances saw the highest increase,
\nwith 24%. The biggest drop in prices was recorded by edible oil, by 25%. The
\nnet average salary income in Romania stood at 924 euros in October, up 12.5
\neuros compared with the previous month. (CM)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"