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ALERT The government in Bucharest is expected to endorse a decision on extending the state of alert with 30 more days. Liberal Prime Minister Ludovic Orban has explained that most of the experts believe the state of alert is necessary given the present epidemiological background. The government's decision must be approved by Parliament and the largest opposition force, PSD, have announced their intention not to endorse an extension longer than 15 days. The Social-Democrats also believe the relaxation measures proposed by the government are not enough. Romania has so far reported 22,415 infections and a number of fatalities that has gone up to 1,437. Over 16 thousand patients have been cured. 34 hundred Romanians have been confirmed infected abroad and 114 of them died. A new stage of relaxation measures started being imposed in Romania as of Monday. Malls have opened, but playgrounds, cinemas, restaurants and cafeterias remain closed.
ATTENDANCE The first weekend of the International Theatre Festival in Sibiu, central Romania, which has this year been staged exclusively online due to the Covid pandemic has registered an impressive audience. The festival's shows and other events posted on its facebook or webpage at sibfest.ro have registered roughly 181 thousand visitors. The event continues until June 21st with prestigious performances, shows of dance, music, opera, street performances, circus and special conferences, all broadcast online. The festival's present edition unfolds under the motto 'The Power to Believe'. The International Theatre Festival in Sibiu is the first big performing arts festival in Central and Eastern Europe.
WEATHER Romania is still facing bad weather phenomena in most of its territory, where meteorologists have forecast heavy downpours and lightning storms for the entire week. Scores of towns and villages have been affected by the bad weather in 20 Romanian counties. Firefighters have been deployed to pump water out of hundreds of households and public institutions or to remove the broken trees from the streets. Traffic has been temporarily disrupted on national and county roads.
NATO Romanian navy has handed over the command of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two, a communique issued by the Navy Chief of Staff on Tuesday announced. By assuming the command of the aforementioned military force, Romania proved its capabilities as a security provider for the defence of the allies as this navy force has made a major contribution to maintaining the alliance's battle and immediate response capabilities in crisis situations as well as to the promotion of NATO's images and values. In the past six months, the group has carried out missions in the Black Sea, the Aegean and the Mediterranean Sea involving the participation of military vessels from Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Romania and Turkey.
BORDER According to the Romanian authorities, 65 200, Romanian and foreign nationals transited Romania's border checkpoints on Monday. The traffic has increased by 60% as compared to the month of May. Romania's border with Hungary proved to be the busiest, as it has been crossed by roughly 43,800 people. According to the same sources, the number of people who entered Romania has doubled as compared to the previous state-of-alert period.
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