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Germany's Finance Minister expressed his support for Romania being invited to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Romanian Finance Minister Alexadru Nazare wrote on Facebook on Friday.

President Klaus Iohannis says protests are natural in functional democracies, but stresses that violent demonstrations, extremism, xenophobia are intolerable and completely unacceptable. "Romania is a functional and mature democracy, in which the free expression of opinions is guaranteed.

National Liberal Party (PNL) Chairman Ludovic Orban announced on Monday that the pension point will increase from January 1, 2022. "The pension point will increase from January 1, 2022," Orban said at Parliament after the governing coalition's meeting. AGERPRES (RO - author: Florentina Peia, editor: Andreea Rotaru; EN - author: Bogdan Gabaroi, editor: Adina Panaitescu)

On Wednesday, President Klaus Iohannis signed a decree for the decoration of outgoing US ambassador to Romania Adrian Zuckerman.

President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday that reforms can no longer wait and that this year the foundations for a healthy settlement of the Romanian society must be laid. "Reforms can no longer wait. 2021 is the year in which the foundations of a healthy resettlement of the Romanian society must be laid," the head of state said at a news conference at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace.

In the last 24 hours, law enforcement issued 6,653 fines amounting to 1,175,080 lei for violations of Law 55/2020 on measures to prevent and combat the effects of the pandemic COVID-19, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, reported on Tuesday. The Police also found five instances of thwarting disease control.

As many as 13,438 people are hospitalised in Romania with COVID-19 in the specialist healthcare facilities, 1,259 of whom are in intensive care, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, informed on Tuesday.

The government will approve this Friday an emergency ordinance introducing certain amendments required for carrying out the budget adjustment, Finance Minister Florin Citu declared on Thursday upon leaving the opening of the Bucharest Stock Exchange trading session, in reply to reporters' questions as to which ministries will receive more money at the upcoming budget revision.

President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday that if "the situation gets worse and the data will show a galloping number of infections" with the novel coronavirus, he will not hesitate to declare a state of emergency again.

Klaus Iohannis, Romania's president at his second mandate sent a Christmas message on Tuesday to all Romanians, no matter the place they are. "The celebration of the Birth of our Lord Jesus brings us all closer. So, let's replenish with the joy of being together, united through the profoundness of compassion, solidarity and unselfishness toward the others.