News archive of March 2020

President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday sent a message to Romanian medics, whom he told that they are in the "front line" of the fight against COVID-19. "I know, we know it is tough for you, but you are on the front line. We all look at you with hope, with confidence. You are the line of defence of the population against this epidemic," the president said.

The Centre for Independent Journalism, CJI, an NGO that promotes media freedom and good practices in journalism, has raised concern that provisions enacted as part of the state of emergency to combat the spread of the coronavirus in Romania could hamper journalists' ability to inform the public.

Police have lifted a cordon at downtown Athens' Syntagma Square after a chunk of metal initially believed to be an old mortar shell was identified as a machine part.

The bomb scare near the country's Parliament was sounded earlier on Tuesday after workers conducting maintenance on a water line on the corner of Nikis and Ermou streets struck metal.

The National Executive Office of the Romanian Trade Union of Journalists MediaSind (SRJ MediaSind) calls on the state institutions to take all necessary measures to protect the health of the media workers and for the safety of jobs, according to a press release sent to AGERPRES on Tuesday.

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announced on Tuesday that a planned visit to the United States by the Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios has been cancelled amid concerns about the novel coronavirus.

The number of coronavirus patients in Spain rose from 85.195 on Monday to 94.417 on Tuesday, RT reports.
The death toll in 24 hours has increased by 849, making a total of 8.189 deaths due to coronavirus, according to the Spanish Ministry of Health.

849 people died from a coronavirus in Spain in 24 hours, the BBC reported.

This is the highest number of casualties in a day since the start of the epidemic about a month and a half ago.

"The total number of deaths in the Western European country has reached 8189 people to date," the Madrid Health Ministry said.

The long-awaited heavyweight boxing match between Kubrat Pulev and Anthony Joshua won't take place on June 20.

This was reported by the Joshua's manager, Eddie Hearn, quoted by The Sun. According to him, the new date for the meeting will be July 25. The venue remains unchanged - Tottenham Stadium.

A resident of the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos has been identified as one of the assailants in a vandalism attack last month against riot police officers sent there to quell unrest over plans to build a new migrant facility.

Skopje Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced Democratic Union for Integration, DUI party officials Ejup Alimi and Ismet Guri to three-and-a-half years in jail each for the "destruction of electoral materials" in Skopje's municipality of Cair during the 2013 local polls.