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\nPrime Minister, Social-Democrat Victor Ponta has announced he is stepping down
\ntogether with his cabinet. The decision comes after last night’s demonstration
\nin the memory of the victims of a nightclub fire, turned into a large-scale
\nprotest. Over 25 thousand people took to the streets of Bucharest last night
\ndenouncing the corruption of central and local administrations at the same time
\ncalling for the resignation of Prime Minister Ponta, Deputy Prime Minister
\nGabriel Oprea and the mayor of Bucharest’s district four where 32 club-goers
\nwere killed in a deadly fire on Friday night. The mayor of district four,
\nCristian Popescu-Piedone, has also stepped down. The Prime Minister has said he
\ncannot ignore the legitimate anger society is feeling at the moment adding that
\nhe hopes the government’s resignation will meet people’s expectations. He made
\nan appeal to reason saying that street unrest could affect the country’s
\neconomic stability. Ponta has also said that those politically speculating
\npeople’s suffering will pay dearly. We recall that 32 people lost their lives
\nand 130 have been admitted to hospitals, mostly in a critical condition -
\nfollowing the deadly fire during a rock concert in Colectiv nightclub in
\nBucharest. Doctors say the death toll could go higher because of the atypical
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European Council president Donald Tusk has announced he
\nwill summon a new emergency meeting of EU leaders on migration in Malta on
\nNovember 12th. In a letter addressed to EU heads of state and
\ngovernment, Tusk explains that due to the speed the events in the refugee
\ncrisis are unfolding at present, the measures implemented so far must be
\nassessed. In another development the Hungarian Parliament has issued a decision
\nturning down the EU’s distribution quotas.
\nAmong other things, the decision says that the EU lacks a legal
\nframework for the introduction of the quota system and that a centralized
\nprocedure will automatically come into effect sidestepping further consultations
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At least 25 people have today lost their
\nlives in Southern Sudan Capital city Juba, as a cargo aircraft crashed shortly
\nafter taking off. According to the authorities, the Antonov aircraft had around
\n20 passengers and crew on board, among whom many Russian citizens, and it is
\nhighly likely that people on the ground are among the victims as well.
\nInternational news agencies quoted local media as saying that the death toll
\naccounts for as many as 40 people. We recall that last week 224 people lost
\ntheir lives, as an aircraft owned by a Russian company crashed in the Egyptian
\npeninsula of Sinai. The flight provided the connection between the Egyptian
\nresort of Sharm el-Skeikh and Sankt Petersburg. <\/p>\n
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Romanian President Klaus Iohannis chairs together with
\nhis Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, the summit of CEE countries. Attending
\nare heads of state from Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia and
\nthe speaker of the lower chamber of the Czech Parliament, alongside NATO Deputy
\nSecretary General, Alexander Vershbow. The meeting will issue a common
\nstatement to consolidate NATO presence in the region. The previous day, the two
\npresidents talked bilateral relations and energy resources. <\/p>\n
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