October 15, 2022

october 15, 2022 A roundup of domestic and international news

WAR IN UKRAINE - The USA will send ammo and military vehicle to Ukraine as part of a new assistance package worth 725 million USD, meant to help Kyiv fend off the Russian invasion, the US Department of Defense has announced. Saudi Arabia will also send to Ukraine humanitarian aid worth 400 million USD. Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman told Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, that his country is willing to continue its efforts to mediate a truce between Kyiv and Moscow. On the ground, Ukrainian investigators have exhumed Ukrainian military buried in one of the two mass graves discovered in the wake of the Russian withdrawal from Lyman, eastern Donetsk. Meanwhile, a power plant in Belgorod, Russia caught fire in what the regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has described as a Ukrainian attack.


REFUGEES - According to the Romanian Border Police Inspectorate, some 96 thousand people entered Romania, of whom 8,800 were Ukrainian nationals, representing a 7% increase compared to the previous day. According to a press release published on Saturday, some 2.5 million Ukrainians have entered Romania starting February 10. Most of them were in route to countries in Western Europe. According to the Interior Ministry, over 4,300 Ukrainians were given asylum in Romania, thus benefiting from every right under the Romanian law. Some 70,000 Ukrainians have obtained stay permits and benefit from temporary protection. 



COVID-19 - 478 new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were reported in the last 24 hours, 157 less compared to the previous day, the Romanian Health Ministry announced on Saturday. Most new infections were reported in Bucharest, Brașov and Timiș counties. Some 3.2 million cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Romania since the pandemic broke out.



VACCINES - The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) has confirmed it is conducting an investigation into the acquisition of COVID-19 vaccines in the European Union. In a post on Facebook, the EPPO stated no further details will be made public at this stage. The Social-Democratic Party (PSD) claims the EPPO should also investigation Romania's own vaccine acquisition campaign carried out in 2021, which the party says resulted in a prejudice of 1 billion EUR. PSD says USR Health Ministers in charge of the campaign are yet to provide a relevant explanation to justify the acquisition.



NICOLESCO - Countless celebrities in Romania mourn the death of soprano Mariana Nicolesco, who passed away on Friday aged 73. Also known as Regina del Belcanto, Primadonna Assoluta or Diva Divina, Mariana Nicolesco leaves behind a universe that she expanded throughout her career, musicologists say. Mariana Nicolesco was an honorary member of the Romanian Academy, Doctor Honoris Causa and honorary professor of several universities in Romania and neighboring Moldova. She is the recipient of numerous distinctions and awards, including Commander of the Italian Republic, Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters from France and the National Order of the Star of Romania in the Rank of Grand Cross. According to a study, Mariana Nicolesco featured in the largest numbers of premiers at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. She was invited by Pope John Paul II to perform Romanian carols as part of the Vatican Christmas Concert of 1993, broadcast live all over the world.



EXPLOSION - At least 40 miners were killed in an explosion at a coal mine in northwestern Turkey, according to the latest announcement made on Saturday by Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu. Labor accidents are frequent in Turkey, where the vast economic development in the last decade was encouraged to the detriment of safety measures, particularly in constructions and the mining sector. In 2014, 301 people died in Soma after an explosion caused an underground coal mine to collapse.



HANDBALL - Romania's handball champions CS Rapid Bucharest are today playing Buducnost Podgorica of Montenegro in a new Champions League Group B fixture. Rapid is undefeated in the last four matches, with three wins and one draw. On Sunday, in Group A, Romania's vice-champions, CSM Bucharest, will take on DHK Banik Most of the Czech Republic at home. CSM is undefeated in the last four games, having grabbed three wins and a draw. Bucharest is the only European capital with two teams performing in the most important women's European inter-club competition. (VP)



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