The COVID-19 pandemic is declining in Romania
Figures related to the COVID-19 pandemic have entered a steady decline in Romania, with 4,255 new cases reported on Monday, less than a third that the number reported two weeks ago. The number of deaths has also fallen on Monday, with 241 fatalities reported in 24 hours. On Tuesday, authorities have announced 7,589 new COVID-19 cases and 487 deaths associated to a coronavirus infection. Among people who lost their live due to COVID was a 25 year old unvaccinated man, who also had other illnesses. However, the number of patient admitted to the Intensive Care Units continue to remain high, with 1,870 in total.
The Romanian Foreign Minister is on a visit to Washington to meet his American counterpart Antony Blinken
The Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Bogdan Aurescu is in Washington where he is meeting the American Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Subjects on the agenda vary from security and economy to the eagerly waited US visas for Romanians. At the start of his talks with Bogdan Aurescu, Mr. Blinken has said that the US and Romania are working closely on many areas and they are strongly allied within NATO. The visit of Mr. Aurescu to Washington is also marking the opening of the 7th reuniuion of Romania-US strategic dialogue.
Antony Blinken: US and Romania are allied and very powerful partners within NATO. We have a strategic partnership, we will have our strategic dialogue tomorrow. This is a proof of the fact that our countries are working closely together in so many areas. We stand united in front of provocations raised by Russia in different places, by China. We are united in terms of security and stability in Europe. We have recently signed an agreement to sent the first small modular reactor to Romania. This is a revolutionary technology, which could have a very high impact on challenges posed by climate change. We are grateful for that and we are certainly working together to face the challenges posed by COVID-19, which have a great impact on Romania, as it has on the US.
The Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca has joint UNESCO’s creative cities network
The Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca has entered UNESCO’s network of creative cities, with the City of Film title, along with Cannes (France) and Gdynia (Poland). The municipality has received this title in the year when the Transylvania Film Festival has market its 20th edition, with two decades of massive contribution to transforming Cluj into one of the most culturally active cities in Romania. According to Clus City Hall, the goal is to make the city a „Transylvanian Hollywood”, as it was called at the beginning of the 20th Century, when it used to produce dozens of movies, under the direction of Jenő Janovics, the founder of Transylvania studios founder. UNESCO’s creative cities network has been created in 2004 and includes 246 places and aims at supporting the seven arts. There are cities of music, literature, skills, gastronomy, design, arts and media./mbrotacel
Mădălina Brotăcel, RADOR
