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  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Romanian athletes walked away with four medals from the
    European Wrestling Championships the Hungarian capital Budapest hosted last
    week. In women’s competitions, Andreea Ana became the gold medalist in the 55-kilogram
    category, while Alina Vuc and Kriszta Incze reaped bronze in the 50 and 65
    kilogram categories. Nicu Ojog won silver in the 87-kilogram category of the men’s
    Greek-Roman contest.




    The Romanian women’s side Minaur Baia Mare on Sunday
    qualified for the semifinals of the EHF European League. The Romanian side
    ended in a 29-all draw their second game against Norwegian side Sola in the quarter
    finals. At home Minaur had clinched a 40-32 win.




    Romania’s second side in the European League, SCM Ramnicu
    Valcea was stopped in its tracks by the aggregate win of Danish side Herning
    Ikast, 39-33 at home and 33-28 in Denmark on Saturday. Danish side Viborg and
    German team Bietigheim have also qualified for Final Four. Last year the city
    of Baia Mare, in northern Romania, hosted the competition’s final tournament
    won by French side Nantes Atlantique while local side Minaur came third.




    Last weekend saw the matches of the third leg of Romania’s
    first football league. On Friday, FC U Craiova versus CS Mioveni ended in a
    draw, one-all. Then in Ploiesti, southern Romania, Dinamo Bucharest clinched a 2-nil
    win against Chindia Targoviste. On Saturday, in Arad, Western Romania, local
    side UTA obtained a clear 4-0 win against Gaz Metan Medias while in Bucharest
    on their new stadium local side Rapid obtained a 3-0 win against FC Botosani.




    On Saturday FC Voluntari defeated Farul Constanţa 1-0 while
    on Sunday in one of the leg’s most important games, Universitatea Craiova secured
    a 2-0 away win against FCSB. CFR Cluj ranks first in the standings with 42 points
    followed by FCSB with 37 and Universitatea Craiova with 33.




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  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Romanian athletes walked away with four medals from the
    European Wrestling Championships the Hungarian capital Budapest hosted last
    week. In women’s competitions, Andreea Ana became the gold medalist in the 55-kilogram
    category, while Alina Vuc and Kriszta Incze reaped bronze in the 50 and 65
    kilogram categories. Nicu Ojog won silver in the 87-kilogram category of the men’s
    Greek-Roman contest.




    The Romanian women’s side Minaur Baia Mare on Sunday
    qualified for the semifinals of the EHF European League. The Romanian side
    ended in a 29-all draw their second game against Norwegian side Sola in the quarter
    finals. At home Minaur had clinched a 40-32 win.




    Romania’s second side in the European League, SCM Ramnicu
    Valcea was stopped in its tracks by the aggregate win of Danish side Herning
    Ikast, 39-33 at home and 33-28 in Denmark on Saturday. Danish side Viborg and
    German team Bietigheim have also qualified for Final Four. Last year the city
    of Baia Mare, in northern Romania, hosted the competition’s final tournament
    won by French side Nantes Atlantique while local side Minaur came third.




    Last weekend saw the matches of the third leg of Romania’s
    first football league. On Friday, FC U Craiova versus CS Mioveni ended in a
    draw, one-all. Then in Ploiesti, southern Romania, Dinamo Bucharest clinched a 2-nil
    win against Chindia Targoviste. On Saturday, in Arad, Western Romania, local
    side UTA obtained a clear 4-0 win against Gaz Metan Medias while in Bucharest
    on their new stadium local side Rapid obtained a 3-0 win against FC Botosani.




    On Saturday FC Voluntari defeated Farul Constanţa 1-0 while
    on Sunday in one of the leg’s most important games, Universitatea Craiova secured
    a 2-0 away win against FCSB. CFR Cluj ranks first in the standings with 42 points
    followed by FCSB with 37 and Universitatea Craiova with 33.




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  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Romanian women’s handball side CSM Bucharest on Saturday secured a 32-27
    win against Russian side CSKA Moscow in the first round of the Champions
    League’s quarter finals. The best players of the Romanian side were Cristina
    Neagu and Slovenian Barbara Lazovic, each with 6 goals scored. The goal-keeper
    of the Bucharest side, Croatian Jelena Grubisic, also put up a good show saving
    12 goals, which means 32% of the shots. The return game is due in Moscow on April
    11th.

    We continue with the
    latest from women’s handball as in the European League, Romanian side Minaur Baia
    Mare managed to qualify for the semifinals after a double win against Dunărea
    Brăila. In the first round, a week ago, Minaur secured a 31 – 24 away win. During
    the home match Minaur won 27 – 25, Serbian player Jovana Kovacevic managed to
    score the largest number of goals for the hosts, 7.






    Athletes from Romania
    walked away with three gold medals, four silver and one bronze from the
    European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow. Monica Csengeri became gold
    medalist in the 49 de kilogram category. She won the snatch contest with 86 kg,
    after two failed attempts at 90. She also compelled international recognition
    in the clean & jerk where she managed 103 kg, and won the total with 189
    kg.






    Last weekend saw the
    games counting towards the 29th leg of Romania’s first football
    league, the last but one of the regular season. On Friday in Clinceni, local
    side Academica secured a 2-1 win against Poli Iași and the game pitching Gaz
    Metan Mediaș against Astra Giurgiu ended in a goaless draw. On Saturday, FC
    Hermannstadt clinched a 4-1 win against FC Argeș, in a match held in Mediaș,
    central Romania.






    Sunday saw three games; FC Botoșani obtained a 1-0 home win against Viitorul
    Constanța, while UTA, also at home, outperformed Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 2-0. FCSB
    and Universitatea Craiova ended in a goaless draw their game in Giurgiu,
    southern Romania. Chindia Târgoviște is up against FC Voluntari while CFR Cluj takes
    on Dinamo București in the leg’s last two games on Monday. FCSB ranks first in
    the standings with 64 points, followed by CFR with 60 and Craiova with 57.




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  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Romanian women’s handball side CSM Bucharest on Saturday secured a 32-27
    win against Russian side CSKA Moscow in the first round of the Champions
    League’s quarter finals. The best players of the Romanian side were Cristina
    Neagu and Slovenian Barbara Lazovic, each with 6 goals scored. The goal-keeper
    of the Bucharest side, Croatian Jelena Grubisic, also put up a good show saving
    12 goals, which means 32% of the shots. The return game is due in Moscow on April
    11th.

    We continue with the
    latest from women’s handball as in the European League, Romanian side Minaur Baia
    Mare managed to qualify for the semifinals after a double win against Dunărea
    Brăila. In the first round, a week ago, Minaur secured a 31 – 24 away win. During
    the home match Minaur won 27 – 25, Serbian player Jovana Kovacevic managed to
    score the largest number of goals for the hosts, 7.






    Athletes from Romania
    walked away with three gold medals, four silver and one bronze from the
    European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow. Monica Csengeri became gold
    medalist in the 49 de kilogram category. She won the snatch contest with 86 kg,
    after two failed attempts at 90. She also compelled international recognition
    in the clean & jerk where she managed 103 kg, and won the total with 189
    kg.






    Last weekend saw the
    games counting towards the 29th leg of Romania’s first football
    league, the last but one of the regular season. On Friday in Clinceni, local
    side Academica secured a 2-1 win against Poli Iași and the game pitching Gaz
    Metan Mediaș against Astra Giurgiu ended in a goaless draw. On Saturday, FC
    Hermannstadt clinched a 4-1 win against FC Argeș, in a match held in Mediaș,
    central Romania.






    Sunday saw three games; FC Botoșani obtained a 1-0 home win against Viitorul
    Constanța, while UTA, also at home, outperformed Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe 2-0. FCSB
    and Universitatea Craiova ended in a goaless draw their game in Giurgiu,
    southern Romania. Chindia Târgoviște is up against FC Voluntari while CFR Cluj takes
    on Dinamo București in the leg’s last two games on Monday. FCSB ranks first in
    the standings with 64 points, followed by CFR with 60 and Craiova with 57.




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  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Last
    weekend saw the European competitions in women’s handball. In the Champions
    League’s group A, on Saturday in Budapest, local side Ferencvaros secured a
    31-27 win against CSM Bucharest. The Romanians had a two-goal advantage at the
    break as it was 16-14 to CSM, a team that ranks second in the group with 11
    points out of 9 games.






    Russian
    side Rostov-Don comes first in the ranking with 13 points out of 8 games. In
    group B on Sunday SCM Ramnicu Valcea came a cropper against the Hungarians from
    Gyor in a home match that ended 37-20 to the visitors. The Romanian champions
    are on the last position in their group with no points.






    Two
    sides representing Romania in the European League made their debut with wins.
    In the competition’s group C, on Saturday, Minaur Baia Mare clinched a 33-29
    home win at home against the Norwegians from Storhamar, while in group D, on
    Sunday, Dunarea Braila obtained a 29-27 home win against the French from Fleury
    Loiret.






    Qualification matches for the Australian Open have
    already kicked off in Doha, Qatar for men’s competitions and in Dubai for
    women’s competitions.


    Two
    Romanians, Irina Bara and Gabriela Talaba have been eliminated by Yuki Naito of
    Japan and Chloe Paquet of France, respectively. However, Romania will have five
    players on the women’s main draw: Simona Halep, Patricia Tig, Sorana Cirstea,
    Irina Begu and Ana Bogdan. The tournament in Melbourne is due over February 8th
    and 21st.






    Domestic
    football championship has resumed in Romania. On Sunday, in Ovidiu, southern
    Romania, local side Viitorul Constanta secured a 2-1 win against Hermannstadt
    in a remaining game from the previous legs.






    This
    week will see the matches of the competition’s 16th leg. Two matches
    are due on Tuesday when Gaz Metan Medias will be taking on FC Voluntari and
    Universitatea Craiova will be up against Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe. FCSB tops the
    table with 34 points followed by Universitatea Craiova with 32 and CFR with 31.




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  • Sports roundup

    Sports roundup

    Last
    weekend saw the European competitions in women’s handball. In the Champions
    League’s group A, on Saturday in Budapest, local side Ferencvaros secured a
    31-27 win against CSM Bucharest. The Romanians had a two-goal advantage at the
    break as it was 16-14 to CSM, a team that ranks second in the group with 11
    points out of 9 games.






    Russian
    side Rostov-Don comes first in the ranking with 13 points out of 8 games. In
    group B on Sunday SCM Ramnicu Valcea came a cropper against the Hungarians from
    Gyor in a home match that ended 37-20 to the visitors. The Romanian champions
    are on the last position in their group with no points.






    Two
    sides representing Romania in the European League made their debut with wins.
    In the competition’s group C, on Saturday, Minaur Baia Mare clinched a 33-29
    home win at home against the Norwegians from Storhamar, while in group D, on
    Sunday, Dunarea Braila obtained a 29-27 home win against the French from Fleury
    Loiret.






    Qualification matches for the Australian Open have
    already kicked off in Doha, Qatar for men’s competitions and in Dubai for
    women’s competitions.


    Two
    Romanians, Irina Bara and Gabriela Talaba have been eliminated by Yuki Naito of
    Japan and Chloe Paquet of France, respectively. However, Romania will have five
    players on the women’s main draw: Simona Halep, Patricia Tig, Sorana Cirstea,
    Irina Begu and Ana Bogdan. The tournament in Melbourne is due over February 8th
    and 21st.






    Domestic
    football championship has resumed in Romania. On Sunday, in Ovidiu, southern
    Romania, local side Viitorul Constanta secured a 2-1 win against Hermannstadt
    in a remaining game from the previous legs.






    This
    week will see the matches of the competition’s 16th leg. Two matches
    are due on Tuesday when Gaz Metan Medias will be taking on FC Voluntari and
    Universitatea Craiova will be up against Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe. FCSB tops the
    table with 34 points followed by Universitatea Craiova with 32 and CFR with 31.




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  • January 9, 2021 UPDATE

    January 9, 2021 UPDATE

    DECISION The government in Bucharest is expected to pass an emergency
    ordinance to grant additional money to the medical personnel involved in the
    anti-Covid National Vaccination Campaign. Under the draft, physicians are to
    receive 20 Euros per hour and nurses 10, Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu said.
    Family physicians are also going to get more money as they are considered an
    essential pillar in the immunization campaign. Roughly 100 thousand people have
    been immunized since the onset of the campaign; out of these only 314 reported
    minor side effects. The latest report provided by the Strategic Communication
    Group indicates 44 hundred new infections in the past 24 hours in Romania and
    86 people died, bringing the death toll since the onset of the pandemic to
    roughly 16,600. 11 hundred people are in intensive care. Nearly 670 thousand
    people have been infected in Romania since the beginning of the pandemic and
    90% of them have been cured. The number of the Romanian nationals infected
    abroad is 7145, and the death toll stays at 132.










    HANDBALL Romania’s vice-champions in
    women’s handball, CSM Bucharest lost to Hungarian side Ferencvaros Budapest 31-27
    their first match counting towards the Champions League Group A. The first game
    went to the Romanians 25-19. CSM ranks second in the group with 11 points
    whereas Ferencvaros comes fourth with 8. On Sunday in the Champions League’s
    Group B, Romanian champions, SCM Ramnicu Valcea are taking on another Hungarian
    side, Gyor, in a home match. Another Romanian side Minaur Baia Mare on Saturday
    clinched a 33-29 win against the Norwegians from Storhamar Handball Elite. Dunarea
    Braila also from Romania will be up against French side Fleury Loiret on
    Sunday.










    LIST Bucharest has
    updated its list of high risk countries for Covid infection whose citizens must
    comply with the latest quarantine measures. The new provisions are in force
    starting January 9th. The list comprises 40 countries, including Britain,
    Spain, Italy, Germany, France and the neighboring Republic of Moldova, whose
    citizens must be quarantined for two weeks after their arrival. Those who stay
    in Romania less than three days and can produce a negative test do not have to go
    into isolation. Those who want to stay more can take a test in their 8th day
    and can get out of quarantine in the 10th day of their stay. According to the
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Romania, all the people coming to Germany from
    the risk areas must produce a negative RT-PCR test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus or
    take such a test in Germany, shortly after their arrival.










    REPATRIATION The Romanian sailor kidnapped from the Agisilaos ship off the
    shores of Togo has been released and is to be repatriated in the following
    days, the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest announced on Saturday. According to the
    same sources, in order to settle the incident, the Crisis Management Cell set
    up on this occasion, has taken a lot of action working jointly with the company
    which hired the Romanian and other international partners. On November 30th
    2020, sources with the Foreign Ministry in Bucharest announced that Minister
    Aurescu had summoned an inter-institutional crisis management cell to address
    the incident in Togo involving the Agisilaos, where several sailors, including
    a Romanian citizen, had been kidnapped.






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