November 16, 2019 UPDATE

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Newsroom, 16.11.2019, 19:55

Migrants — 20 foreign citizens were identified at the border with Hungary by the Romanian border police following a border control action. 11 of them were from Afghanistan, Iran and Somalia and were found in an uninhabited building which was under construction. The migrants aged between 17 and 37 were trying to illegally cross the border to neighboring Hungary on their way to Western Europe. In another border control action, the police found 9 citizens from Turkey and Iraq, among whom two minors, who were trying to reach the West.

Handball — Romania’s women’s handball vice champions CSM Bucharest were defeated 23-22 on Saturday the Russian team Rostov on Don, away from home, in their last match in Group B of the Champions League. Russia’s champions ended on first place, being followed by CSM Bucharest in Group B, which also includes the Danish team Team Esbjerg and MKS Perla Lublin of Poland. The first 3 teams in the group will qualify to the next phase.