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WEATHER Romania is currently seeing mixed precipitations on large areas and an overcast sky in most of its regions. Snowfalls have been reported in the country's west and south-west as well as in its mountainous regions. Mixed precipitations have been reported in Romania's central and eastern regions as well as moderate rainfalls in the south. The highs of the day range between -3 and 10 degrees Celsius with a noon reading in Bucharest of 2 degrees. Weather phenomena like snowfalls, sleet and glazed frost are expected all throughout the territory in the following hours. Heavy snowfalls and blizzard have disrupted rail and road traffic in the country's west and south-west. Power outages have been reported in towns and villages in Romania's western regions.
EVENTS Timisoara, a city in western Romania, is today seeing a series of events aimed at marking the beginning of the anti-communist revolution in December 1989. Today's events include a festive session of the Local Council devoted to the commemoration of the martyr heroes, educational activities for the young people and an anniversary show. Saturday saw a Freedom March, staged by an association of the revolutionaries. Monday will be a mourning day to the memory of the Revolution martyrs, while on December the 20th locals are to celebrate the day when Timisoara became Romania's first city free of communism. The revolt against Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship commenced on December 16th 1989 in Timisoara and quickly spread to other Romanian cities. Over 1,000 people were killed and 3,000 wounded in the then clashes between protesters and riot police. Romania was the only country in the Eastern bloc, in which the communist dictatorship was overthrown through bloodshed and its communist leaders were executed.
MEETING Diplomats from 200 countries have reached an agreement in Poland to maintain the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Under this agreement, countries are expected to take certain measures aimed at monitoring their carbon dioxide emissions. They are also supposed to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions until the following round of talks due in 2020. Under the same agreement, developed countries are expected to shed more light on the assistance they are to offer to the less developed countries in order to obtain more green energy and build up efficient response capabilities in terms of natural disasters. The United States has also endorsed the agreement in spite of president Trump's initial threats to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. The USA cannot withdraw from the Agreement until 2020.
FUNDS The European Commissioner for Regional Policy, Corina Cretu has approved a series of changes to the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme, through which more European funds are to be earmarked for major infrastructure projects in Romania, such as a new underground section and a highway. Through this decision the co-financing rate goes up from 75% to 85% for projects on the development of the European transport network, the underground and multimodal transport infrastructure. The decision has also come to support port infrastructure and operations, increasing the opportunities for developing transport terminals, logistics and major rail installations, a communique issued by the European Commission Representation in Romania has specified.
MATCH The Romanian women's national handball side will today take on the Netherlands in a match counting towards the third or fourth position at the European Championships in France. The first Romanian-Dutch game ended up with a Dutch victory, but our handballers now have the opportunity to equal their best performance in a continental competition, the bronze medal they won in 2010.
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