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New batch of AstraZeneca vaccine to arrive to Romania on Thursday

 A new AstraZeneca vaccine batch, consisting of 163,200 doses, will arrive on Thursday at the "Cantacuzino" National Institute for Medical-Military Development Research, the National Coordinating Committee for Vaccination against COVID-19 Activities (CNCAV) informs. "The transport is provided by the producing company, and the vaccine doses will be brought to Bucharest by land.

Weather in Bulgaria: Occasional Rains, Light Snow, Temperatures Rise to 10°C

Today, atmospheric pressure is higher than average for the month and will remain without significant change. There will be broken cloudiness, more often significant over the eastern half of the country and in places there will be light rain and snowfalls. Moderate to strong winds from west-northwest. Maximum temperatures will vary between 5°C and 10°C, national weather service forecasts.

Janez Poklukar gets committee nod to become new health minister

Ljubljana – Janez Poklukar, the director of the University Medical Centre Ljubljana, has been endorsed by the Health Committee as candidate for health minister. The National Assembly vote is scheduled for next week.

Slovenia’s Dončić and Garnbret make TIME’s list of rising stars

New York – Slovenian NBA basketball player Luka Dončić and sport climber Janja Garnbret have made US magazine TIME’s list of 100 rising stars for 2021, Time 100 Next. The 21-year-olds are featured in the Phenoms category of rising stars in sports.

Omnibus bill to tackle red tape in the making

Ljubljana – A government task force charged with cutting red tape has drawn up an omnibus bill that would amend over a dozen laws in an effort to simplify bureaucratic procedures, according to two media outlets which have seen the bill.

Fighting fears of vaccines high up in Turkey’s mountains

Turkish doctor Sergan Saraçoğlu faces the twin hurdles of a snowstorm in the mountains and local fears of vaccines as he chases after alarmed villagers with a metal case full of needles.

"She had a positive attitude," the doctor says after finally tracking down a 101-year-old grandmother on his list of the elderly due a coronavirus shot in the southeastern Turkish hamlet of İmamlı.

Opposition presents its proposals for recovery and resilience spending

Ljubljana – The four opposition parties from the Constitutional Arch Coalition (KUL) presented on Wednesday their proposal on how Slovenia should spend EU recovery and resilience funds as they filed a request for a plenary session to discuss Slovenia’s national recovery and resilience plan, a document required to draw EUR 5.2 billion in EU recovery funds.

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