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April 30, 2018 UPDATE

8 Romanian soldiers were wounded on Monday in Afghanistan, Defense Minister Mihai Fifor continues visit to Jordan

April 30, 2018 UPDATE
April 30, 2018 UPDATE

, 30.04.2018, 19:47

Kabul — 8 Romanian soldiers were wounded on Monday in Afghanistan in a suicide bomb attack during a patrolling mission in the province of Kandahar in the south. They were taken to hospital but their condition is stable. President Klaus Iohannis and PM Viorica Dancila wished the wounded soldiers to get well soon. According to the Afghan police, 11 children were killed in the suicide attack perpetrated near a mosque by an alleged Taliban kamikaze. According to a communiqué of the Romanian Defense Ministry in 2018 the Romanian Army sent 625 soldiers to participate in the NATO Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan. Another 300 soldiers have been deployed to other regions, under the command of NATO, the EU, the UN and the OSCE.



Suicide attacks — At least 25 people, among whom several journalists, were killed in two coordinated bombings claimed by the Islamic State group, that occurred on Monday in the center of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. The double attack took place near the headquarters of the Afghan intelligence service and of a ministry. The suicide bombings take place only one week after 60 people were killed in a bombing in Kabul at a voter registration center.



Amman — The Romanian defense minister Mihai Fifor continues his visit to Jordan that will end on Wednesday. On Monday he met with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces, Lieutenant-General Mahmoud Freihat. They discussed the developments of the international security environment and the main challenges and threats at regional and global level. The two officials tackled issues of common interest related to bilateral military relations, with focus on the joint training of Romanian and Jordanian soldiers, and the possibility of cooperation in the defense industry field. Also minister Fifor visited the Jordanian Counter terrorism Center, an institution inaugurated last year in Zarka.



Brussels — Only 0.3% of the Romanian employees worked from home in 2017, this being the lowest percentage reported within the EU, according to data made public on Monday by Eurostat. On 1st position in this classification is Luxembourg with 10% employees working from home. Also the percentage of employees on a temporary employment contract in the EU varied, in 2017, from 1% of the total number of employees in Romania to 27% in Spain. The Eurostat study on the labor force market in the community space was published on the occasion of the anniversary of the International Worker’s Day marked on May 1. (news translated and updated by Lacramioara Simion)

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