In his annual
\nState of the Union address before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the
\nhead of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker requested EU countries to
\nreach an agreement on the relocation of the 160,000 refugees who arrived in
\nGreece, Italy and Hungary. He also called on the Europeans not to make
\ndistinctions between the refugees based on their religion. According to Radio
\nRomania’s correspondent in Brussels, under the emergency relocation scheme for
\nrefugees among the EU member states, Romania is to receive 4,646 refugees,
\ncompared with the 1,785 initially agreed. The Romanian foreign minister Bogdan
\nAurescu said the figures proposed by the European Commission would be subject
\nto inter-institutional analysis and that Romania prefers voluntary quotas. EU
\ninterior ministers will meet on the 14th of September in Brussels to
\ndiscuss concrete proposals to solve the migration crisis. They will also
\nconsider the emergency set up of registration centres in Greece and Italy. <\/p>\n
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The bill on
\nspecial pensions for former MPs was sent back to the committee for the statute
\nof MPs, which will have to come up with a new report by next week. On Tuesday,
\nthe committee retained the general format of the old special pensions law, whose promulgation was rejected and which was and sent back to Parliament by president Klaus
\nIohannis. On Wednesday, however, the ruling coalition criticised some of the
\nprovisions of the law. <\/p>\n
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Romeo Florin Nicolae, the
\ndirector of Antifraud Directorate and the deputy president of the National Agency
\nfor Fiscal Administration, is investigated by the National Anticorruption
\nDirectorate in Ploiesti for peddling in influence. He allegedly requested and
\nreceived the equivalent in lei of 5,000 euros from the representative of a
\nprivate company to help the latter receive a favourable response to its
\ncomplaint against a notice of assessment. <\/p>\n
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The National Citizenship
\nAuthority welcomes the government’s decision to amend the citizenship law and
\nsimplify procedures by which Romanian citizenship can be granted to
\npersonalities from the world of culture, sports and science. This initiative
\nhelps consolidate Romania’s image, both directly, through the openness showed
\nby the state’s institutions, and indirectly, through the achievements of the
\nnew Romanian citizens, writes a press release. <\/p>\n
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The president of the ex-Soviet, majority
\nRomanian-speaking Republic of Moldova, Nicolae Timofti, has ruled out the
\npossibility of his resignation, as demanded by protesters in the centre of the
\ncapital Chisinau. He said his resignation would trigger a new political crisis
\nand instability. Weak state institutions are to blame for the situation, said
\nTimofti, accusing the National Bank, the General Prosecutor’s Office and the
\nNational Anti-Corruption Centre of being ineffective. Hundreds of protesters,
\nwho put up tents in the centre of Chisinau, demand the resignation of the
\npresident and the government, early elections and for those guilty of Moldova’s
\nbank fraud to be brought to justice. <\/p>\n
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