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President Klaus Iohannis will attend the Porto Social Summit, an informal meeting of the European Council, and an EU-India summit meeting via videoconference featuring India s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday and Saturday in Porto, Portugal.
According to the Romanian Presidential Administration, the central theme of the Porto Social Summit is the implementation of an action plan for the European Pillar of Social Rights. The event is designed to outline the priorities on the social agenda for the next decade, so as to live up to the challenges of the green and digital transitions.
Iohannis will speak at the second thematic session of the meeting on skills and innovation, the panel Skills and innovation , informs Agerpes
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Romania s President Klaus Iohannis and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda will host next Monday a Bucharest Nine (B9) summit.
According to the Romanian Presidential Administration, the event is organised at the initiative of President Iohannis and will take place in Bucharest in the presence of Duda and with the participation via videoconference of the other B9 heads of state, as well as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
The Presidential Administration points out that the high level meeting agenda includes preparations for the NATO summit to be held in Brussels on 14 June, with special emphasis on strengthening the transatlantic relationship, NATO s deterrence and defence posture on the Eastern Flank, and the NATO 2030 reflection process, agerpres.ro confirms.
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In a speech to a special meeting of the European Council, held on Thursday and Friday via videoconference, Romania s President said that the vaccination certificate should be used for medical purposes. Regarding the vaccination certificates, the President of Romania called for a coordinated and uniform approach at the European level, arguing that the vaccination certificate should be used for medical purposes, and the process of identifying the technical elements contained in a European certificate will have to continue, the Romanian Presidential Administration said in a press statement released on Friday.
Discussions at the European Council focused on European Union (EU) coordination amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and health action, focusing on lessons learned from the current crisis, strengthening EU resilience in health and crisis management, in an attempt to create a Health Union, as well as international co-operation in the area. European leaders
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COVID-19 Ro. More than 2,600 new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Monday in Romania after more than 7,700 people got tested, which means an infection rate of more than 34%. Another 104 people died in the past 24 hours, and 1,197 patients are in ICUs. So far 618,400 people have been contaminated and over 15,300 have died from COVID-19. Almost 85% of those diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered. Monday was the second day of the anti-COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Romania and 1,100 people were vaccinated, out of a total of 2,066. Only one minor allergic reaction was reported. A new tranche of vaccines will arrive in Romania on Tuesday. The first doses are for the medical staff in hospitals, who are at the forefront of the fight against the pandemic. The first stage will be completed in January. In the second stage, people from the risk groups and those who work in essential areas will be vaccinated. The va