June 3, 2015 UPDATE
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Newsroom, 03.06.2015, 12:05
The members of the lower chamber of the Romanian Parliament Wednesday dismissed the simple motion introduced by the Liberal Party, in the opposition, who believe that the National Company for the Transportation of Electrical Energy is under the undue influence of the governing Social Democratic Party. The Liberals call on the Minister of the Economy, Mihai Tudose, to take radical measures for redressing this situation. In the language of the simple motion, they wish to put under scrutiny irregularities at the company, indicating lack of transparency and discretionary personnel policies. In return, the Minister of the Economy said that the motion lacked substance and used false figures. He specified that Romanias foreign partners believe Transelectrica is a company with good performance.
A bill on parliamentary elections, which stipulates a return to the list-voting system with a 5% entry threshold, was passed by the Romanian Senate on Wednesday with 105 votes in favour and two against. As such, a deputy will represent 73,000 citizens and a Senator 168,000. Under the new bill, in 2016, the Parliament of Romania will have 308 deputies and 134 senators, plus 18 representatives of national minorities and six representatives of the Romanian diaspora. The final decision on the draft law will be taken by the Chamber of Deputies. In the latest parliamentary election, in 2012, 412 deputies and 176 senators were elected.
The Russian diplomacy Wednesday criticised what it called the start of a witch hunt, after the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, decided to limit the access of the chief of Russias mission to the EU, France Presse reports. Brussels measure comes in response to the Kremlin banning the entry into Russia of 89 European officials, including 5 Romanians, who had criticised Moscows policy. The foreign ministries of several EU member countries described the ban as completely arbitrary and unjustified. The head of the Russian diplomacy, Sergey Lavrov, rejected the term “absurd used by the EU, and said the Russian black list is an answer to the Wests sanctions against Moscow.
Romanias womens tennis team will play against the defending title holders, the Czech Republic, in the first round of the Fed Cup world group of 2016. Meanwhile, in the French Open, the Romanian Horia Tecău together with Slovenias Katarina Srebotnik lost on Wednesday the mixed doubles semi-final against the Americans Mike Bryan / Bethanie Mattek-Sands. In the mens doubles semi-final on Thursday, Tecău and the Dutch Jean-Julien Rojer will be playing against Ivan Dodig (Croatia) / Marcelo Melo (Brazil).
