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Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu had a telephone conversation on Thursday with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba to discuss the situation of national minorities in the neighboring country and co-operation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Romanian Foreign Ministry (MAE), the discussion follows another conversation they had on March 25.

President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday that the main item on the agenda of the meeting of the Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) was the analysis of the new National Defence Strategy for the years 2020-2024. "The strategy was developed in the context of a pandemic that affected all countries of the world and triggered a deep economic crisis.

A number of 165 new cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Romania since the last information that bring the total case count to 18,594, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official coronavirus communication task force, reported on Wednesday. Of the people confirmed positive, 12,162 have been declared cured and discharged.

As many as 213 new cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been recorded in Romania since the last report, bringing the total count to 18,283, the Group of Strategic Communication (GCS), the official coronavirus communication task force, reported on Monday. Of the people confirmed positive 11,630 have been declared cured and discharged.

Five more persons infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the COVID-19 death toll in Romania thus reaching 1,193, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Monday. It is about two women and three men aged between 36 and 96. AGERPRES (RO - author: Catalin Alexandru, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Rodica State)

In Romania, there are 1.6 million hectares of drought-stricken agricultural crops, 941,000 of which have already been checked, Agriculture Minister Adrian Oros said Monday at a news conference. "Regarding the reports of damage, from the notifications made by the farmers, there are 1.6 million hectares stricken by drought, of which 941,000 hectares have been verified so far.

Three more persons infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the COVID-19 death toll in Romania thus reaching 1,188, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Monday. It is about two women and one man aged between 46 and 85. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Mihai Simionescu; EN - editor: Rodica State)

Romania's Prime Minister Ludovic Orban on Monday wished success to a specialist team from the country's National Defence Ministry (MApN) who are going on a mission to the US state of Alabama to offer support to local governments in the fight against COVID-19, emphasising that between the United States and Romania there is a "solid" strategic partnership that generates common actions in all fiel

Health Minister Nelu Tataru said in Iasi on Friday that COVID-19 infections in Romania are on a downward path. "That plateau time has passed. We are on a downward path. There has been almost a week in which we have gone down a downward slope and for about 4-5 days cases have been actually declining. We had a day yesterday when the number seemed to go up, but today we are on a downward slope.

Seven more persons infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the COVID-19 death toll in Romania thus reaching 1,166, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Friday. It is about four women and three men aged between 33 and 93. AGERPRES (RO - author: Roberto Stan, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Rodica State)