WEATHER Meteorologists have forecast warmer weather than usual for the entire Romanian territory until January 6th. According to the National Administration of Meteorology, rain showers are expected in the country’s south, east and the regions between the Carpathians. The first winter month includes several weather phenomena such as snowfalls and blizzard most likely in the south and eastern Moldavia. Moderate showers are expected today and snow falls in the mountains. In Bucharest, the sky is overcast with moderate wind and highs of 11 degrees Celsius. The noon reading in Bucharest was 8 degrees.
TIKTOK The Defence Ministry in Bucharest has pointed out new cases of online misinformation, mainly on the TikTok platform. According to the Defence Ministry’s portal known as InfoRadar, Romania’s borders and port infrastructure have been targeted this time. One of the posts falsely states that Romania is going to close its borders and beef them up with military troops and the other presents military equipment that the Romanian army actually doesn’t possess, which has allegedly been deployed to the port of Constanta. The aforementioned posts were aimed at spreading the fake news that Romania is actually getting ready for war. The Ministry has described the information as false adding that its structures will continue to signal any cases of misinformation identified. The National Audio-visual Council and the National Authority for Communication Administration and Regulation have reminded the TikTok, Meta, X and Google platforms the obligations they have on combating misinformation, under the European regulation in the field.
ASYLUM According to the Russian state press, the ousted president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad and his family are presently in Russia where they have been granted political asylum. A top-ranking Russian official has also confirmed the news. Syrian sources had earlier announced the dictator’s plane could have crashed while the city was being taken over by the rebel forces. The insurgents’ leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa said the public institutions would remain for a while under the surveillance of the country’s former Prime-Minister. Syria’s Premier Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali says he is ready to support the continuity of governance. According to commentators, being busy with the invasion of Ukraine and the conflict with Israel respectively, Russia and Iran, the main supporters of the Assad regime during the last decade’s civil war, didn’t have significant interventions against the rebels this time.
MAE The fall of the dictatorial regime in Damascus is marking a historic moment and a watershed point for the Syrian people, which was subjected to suffering and oppression, the Romanian Foreign Ministry says in a press release. According to the same sources, “Romania reiterates its support for Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. At the same time it voices hope that all Syrian people are going to have a free, safe and prosperous future, in which all the citizen rights are respected, including those of the minorities, the same communiqué also says.
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