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  • September 15, 2020

    September 15, 2020

    ALERT The government in Bucharest has today
    endorsed a decision on extending the state of alert for Romania with another 30
    days beginning on Tuesday. The document stipulates a series of measures
    regulating the ongoing local election campaign and the voting procedures, at
    the same time limiting meetings and demonstrations to 100 people with the
    observance of safety rules and regulations. Voters must use disinfectants while
    entering and exiting poling stations. A mobile polling station will be made
    available first for the healthy but non-transportable persons and then for
    those in isolation and quarantine.








    UNDERGROUND A metro section linking the west of
    Bucharest to its centre was inaugurated on Tuesday. Authorities have given
    assurances that systems are functional to offer safe and comfortable transport.
    This 7 kilometer underground section is the first to have been built from
    scratch since the demise of the communist regime in Romania thirty years ago.
    The section, which should have been ready five years ago and has a total value
    of 0.7 billion Euros, has become part of Bucharest underground network of 78
    kilometres and 63 stations.








    EDUCATION School started in Romania on Monday for
    roughly 3 million students. 12, 500 schools have opened their gates while 5
    thousand others are also offering alternative online course. Against the background
    of the Covid-19 pandemic, more than half of the parents in Romania’s urban
    areas want their children to go to school, shows a recent poll conducted in several
    cities across the country. At the same time 61% of the interviewees believe that
    schools presently cannot offer education in safe conditions while 66% believe
    that students must wear face masks in classrooms.






    CONTEST A series of 55 mini-recitals held by pianists from all over the
    world has today ended as part of the George Enescu International Classical
    Music Contest. The event has been made available at www.festivalenescu.ro and the jury is
    expected to announce the winners on Wednesday. Only 12 out of the total 55
    participants will make it to the competition’s next stage. The most important
    international cultural event, the George Enescu Festival has four contest
    sections, piano, cello, violin and composition and comes fifth in a world
    ranking of classical music contests.








    COVID-19 According to worldometers.info
    the confirmed Covid-19 infections continue to be on the rise at a world level.
    The total number of infections worldwide has reached 29.4 million with a death
    toll of 932 thousand. The most affected countries are the USA, India, Brazil,
    Russia, Peru, Columbia, Mexico, South Africa, Spain and Argentina. The most
    affected African countries are South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Ethiopia and
    Nigeria while in Europe the most affected are Russia, Spain, France, the UK,
    Turkey, Italy, Germany, Ukraine, Romania, Belgium and Sweden. According to the World
    Health Organisation the situation is going to worsen and the death toll is
    expected to increase in October and November.




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  • 5G strategy and policies

    5G strategy and policies

    A document concerning the implementation of the 5G strategy adopted in August by the Government, will soon be submitted to the Supreme Defence Council, the Romanian Communications Minister Alexandru Petrescu announced. He was invited by the National Liberal Party to a Question Time session in Parliament.



    The Liberals, backed by the other opposition parties, accused the Government of a lack of transparency with respect to how the 5G strategy for mobile communications will be implemented. The Liberal Deputy Sorin Dan Moldovan emphasised that failure to implement this strategy would lead to Romania losing a chance to create new jobs and to secure substantial economic gains:



    Sorin Dan Moldovan: “The Government delays with no excuse transposing the memorandum signed by Romania and the US with respect to the 5G technology. Another problem for the Government is the calendar for 5G frequency band bid, which was supposed to be launched in late September. There are also problems with the state budget. The government estimated 2 billion lei will come from this bid, but if the bid is not held this year after all, the consequence is that the state budget loses this 425 million euros.



    In response, the Communications Minister said the document regarding the 5G strategy was subject to public debate prior to being adopted, and that it had been drawn up in keeping with the suggestions of the National Communications Administration and Regulatory Authority (ANCOM), of telecoms companies and of public administration experts and academia:



    Alexandru Petrescu: “The 5G strategy has been the foundation, the stepping stone on which all the subsequent steps in implementing the 5G technology are based. It is only based on this strategy that a bid can be launched, and there are many other elements in this document which concern the national 5G coverage, first in urban areas alongside the main national roads, up until 2025 when we will have complete national coverage.



    In turn, the Social Democrat Dinu Socotar said the Communications Minister is heading a sector in which Romania is a European leader:



    Dinu Socotar: “Romania is acknowledged as a leader in Europe in terms of the internet speed provided to users. At the same time, the fact that we are the only EU member country where all the 3 telecoms giants operate, is tale telling of the development of the telecoms industry in our country.



    The 5G technology offers data transfer speeds for mobile telecommunications 10 times higher than at present.


    (translated by: Ana-Maria Popescu)