President Klaus Iohannis has sent a letter to his American counterpart, Joe Biden
The Romanian President, Klaus Iohannis, has sent a letter to his american counterpart, Joe Biden, to mark the 20 years anniversary since the 9/11 attacks. In the letter, Klaus Iohannis has underlined that after 9/11, the common pain has turned into a joint solidarity and a common goal, in the United States and everywhere in the world: in allied countries, including Romania. According to the Romanian president, the general resolve to deal with challenges remains a valuable lesson, always relevant, in a period marked by threats from state and non-state actors. President Iohannis has reaffirmed that Romania stands with the American people and is dedicated to fighting against terrorism and violent extremism, regardless of its ideology and also to boosting mutual values, such as democracy, human rights and rule of law.
Romania’s national production of cars has increased in the first eight months of this year
Romania has increased its car production during the first eight months of 2021, according to data from the Association of Car Producers in the country. The manufacturing plants of Dacia and Ford have produces 286,000 cars nationally, 40,000 more than during the first eight months of last year. Three of the models made in Romania were among the ten most sold cars in Europe. Dacia Sandero was on the first place in this hierarchy, while Duster came eighth and Ford Puma was the ninth most sold care on the continent this year.
The number of COVID-19 cases in Romania has continued to grow
Romania has reported 2,250 new cases of COVID-19, out of 44,000 tests performed in the last 24 hours. Most new cases were in Bucharest 0 345. There is also an increase in cases in the counties of Cluj (124), Constanta (118), Iasi (105) and Suceava (103). There were 41 new deaths attributed to COVID-19. The number of people admitted to hospital is more than 4,000, and 534 of them are treated in the Intensive Care Units. 107 admitted patients are children, with five of them in intensive care.
Mădălina Brotăcel, RADOR
