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STRIKE Trade unionists in Romania's education system are to go on a token strike on Wednesday and cease classes for two hours in their schools. The protesters have called for pay rises, for the allotment of 6% of the GDP to education and the pay for the extra hours worked. Almost 100 trade unionists from Romania's education on Thursday picketed the government building and the headquarters of the Social Democratic Party and the National Liberal Party. The protest on Thursday was their fourth in front of the government building. On Saturday, the Day of National Culture in Romania, artists and organizers of various events, mounted protests in Bucharest and Sibiu, in central Romania, asking for compensations for their restricted activity during the pandemic. The protesters have denounced the lack of coherent measures aimed at supporting the sector of culture in Romania, severely affected in the past two years of pandemic.
HANDBALL SCM Ramnicu Valcea, a women's handball team from Romania, on Sunday started off on their right foot with a clear home win 39-29 against the Hungarian side Vaci NKSE in group D of the EHF European League. On Saturday in group C of the same competition Magura Cisnadie, a women's handball team from central Romania lost away to the Danish side Herning-Ikast Handbold 31-28 while in group B, CS Minaur Baia Mare from north-western Romania lost to German side BBM Bietigheim 39-20. Also on Saturday, Romania's champions CSM Bucharest secured a 28-20 away win against Montenegrin side Buducnost Podgorica in the Champions League. With 10 points out of nine games, the Romanians go up to the group's fourth position and are to meet French side Brest Bretagne in an away game on January 19th and take on German side Borussia Dortmund at home on January 22nd.
COVID-19 According to the latest figures released by authorities on Sunday, 7595 new Covid-19 infections have been reported in the past 24 hours in Romania, 60% more than a week ago. 28 Covid-related fatalities have been reported. Experts believe the fifth wave of the pandemic is stronger than the previous ones and is to reach its peak in Romania in the last week of January or the first of February, when the number of daily cases is expected to go up to 50 thousand. The interest of the Romanians in getting the jab is still low, with only 36 hundred in the past 24 hours. Epidemiologists are urging the people to get immunized because the vulnerable categories are at risk.
TENNIS Romania has five representatives on the main draw of Australian Open, the year's first Grand Slam tournament. Other Romanians have been eliminated from the competition in the qualifiers. In the first round Simona Halep, a former number one, will be up against Magdalena Frech of Poland, while Sorana Cirstea will be playing Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, who has a 5-3 advantage in head-to-head matches. Another Romanian player, Irina Begu will be up against Oceane Dodin of France. Jaqueline Cristian of Romania will be playing Greet Minnen of Belgium and Gabriela Ruse will be meeting Jasmine Paolini of Italy. British player Emma Raducanu, who has a Romanian father and is the defending champion of the US Open will be playing Sloane Stephens of the USA.
JUSTICE The Ministry of Justice in Bucharest has completed a draft on dismantling the Special Direction for investigating criminal offences within the judiciary, SIIJ. The institution has announced in a communiqué that in the following days it will submit the document for government and Parliament approval. We recall that the activity of this special body has attracted criticism from the European Commission, which says the SIIJ could be more susceptible to interventions from outside than the Anti-corruption Directorate, known in Romania as the DNA. The Justice Ministry has announced that it will resume the process of amending the justice laws and the criminal codes so that they can be approved by Parliament by the end of March. The Ministry of Justice reiterates its support for the EU law and legislation stipulated by the Lisbon Treaty and recognized by the Romanian constitution.
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