Romania’s handball champions Minaur Baia Mare will be playing at
\nhome Macedonian side Metalurg Skopje in a Champions League Group D game.
\nRomanian vice-champions in women’s handball, HCM Baia Mare, made an excellent
\nstart in Champions League group A with an away win 33-27 against Slovenian side
\nKrim Ljubljana on Friday night. Women champion side CSM Bucharest have also
\nstarted off on the right foot with a 33-21 home win against Polish side Selgros
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The trade agreement between Europe and
\nAmerica also has a geostrategic component as it offers stability to the region,
\nCecilia Malmstrom, the European Commissioner for Trade and Anthony Gardner, the
\nUS ambassador to the European Union agreed on Friday during the international
\nconference in Bucharest on the partnership and investment agreement between the
\nUnited States and the European Union, currently under negotiation. Malmstrom
\nsaid the agreement’s first palpable effects would be the elimination of taxes,
\nduties or redundant and costly procedures, which would give an impetus to
\ncompanies. If the Transatlantic Partnership for Trade and Investment, which is
\nbeing negotiated at present, came into effect, Romanian companies from 130
\ncities exporting to the USA, would benefit from improved export conditions,
\nMalmstrom went on to say. In turn Anthony Gardner, the US ambassador to the
\nEuropean Union, said the agreement equally meets economic and geostrategic
\nneeds. According to him, the Kremlin doesn’t want this agreement to come into
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The head of the government in
\nLjubljana, Miro Cerar, announced that army troops would be assisting police
\nunits dealing with the flow of migrants, which was redirected on Saturday
\ntowards Slovenia after Budapest had sealed off its border with Croatia, which
\nsaw the transit of 170 thousand people in only one month. Hungary will temporarily reinstate border controls on its frontier
\nwith Slovenia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has been quoted by
\nReuters as saying. The Hungarian official said the measure was necessary being
\nalso within the framework of the Schengen agreement. Croatia and Slovenia
\naccepted the setting up of a new corridor to allow migrants to reach Western
\nEurope. Authorities in Ljubljana and Zagreb have said they will not try to stem
\nthe flow of migrants as long as Germany and Austria are ready to receive them. <\/p>\n
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According to credit insurer Coface, Romania will this year see an
\nincrease in the GDP of 3.3% and an average inflation rate of 0.3%. The same
\nreport points out that domestic demand will be boosted by the fiscal relaxation
\nand the salary and pension rises in the public sector. Consumption will all
\nalso see a boost thanks to assistance programmes for small income households.
\nHowever, Coface experts estimate that investment in the public sector will
\nremain low due to bureaucracy, which hinders European funds accession and due
\nto the lack of a proper structure.<\/p>\n
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\nSunday are expected to vote on their new National Permanent Bureau and validate
\nLiviu Dragnea as party president. After winning the last week’s election in the
\nparty, Dragnea proposed a new ruling structure in the Social Democratic Party,
\nPSD, with a smaller Permanent Bureau and slightly changed prerogatives. Valeriu
\nZgonea, president of the Chamber of Deputies, and former Economy Minister
\nConstantin Nita are vying for the second position in the party, that of
\nexecutive president. The Congress is to validate proposals of amending the PSD
\nstatus, including a ban on cumulating positions inside the party. The National
\nCouncil will become a specialized forum with a role in coordinating
\ndepartments. <\/span><\/p>\n