On Monday, Romania’s President Klaus
\nIohannis and Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos had their first working meeting after
\nthe swearing-in of the new government. According to the Presidential
\nAdministration, the two agreed that next year’s state budget should be based on
\na long-term vision for Romania’s development. The 2016 budget was also the
\ntopic on the Romanian Government’s agenda on Monday. Prime Minister Ciolos has
\nstated that he wishes the budget to pass in Parliament in the first half of
\nDecember. Till then, the new ministers will have to analyze the projects left
\npending by the former cabinet and to decide which to integrate into the new
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\ncountries, said on Monday the Romanian Justice Minister, Raluca Pruna. She also
\nsaid that the EU states should cooperate better and prevent radicalization,
\nespecially in the penitentiary system. The statement was made against the
\nbackground of her participation last week, alongside the Interior Minister
\nPetre Toba, in the extraordinary Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels,
\nheld after the attacks in Paris. The main topics on the summit’s agenda were
\nthe Passenger Name Record, the rules and regulations regarding arms and
\nammunition, tightening control on the EU’s external borders, the issue of
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Belgian authorities are still on high alert for fear of potential
\nterrorist attacks. On Monday, the third day of level 4 terror alert, the metro
\nand most public transportation were not operational, while railway stations and
\nairports were guarded by heavily armed police and army units. The streets were
\npatrolled by military and police vehicles, and cinema halls, museums, shops,
\nrestaurants and cafes remained closed. The Belgian authorities have announced they’ve arrested 21 people in Brussels and Liege, in a wide ranging anti-terror
\noperation. Salah Abdeslam, however, a key suspect in the November 13th
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The French
\nPresident Francois Hollande and the British Prime Minister, David Cameron,
\npromised on Monday, after a meeting in Paris, to intensify their countries’
\nfight against the so-called Islamic State, ten days after the terror attacks
\nthat left 130 dead in Paris. Hollande said that the military goal in Syria and
\nIraq was to cause the highest amount of damage possible to the terror group,
\nconfirming that France would step up its air raids against extremists. In turn,
\nPM Cameron voiced his firm support for France’s action and said that the
\nBritish air force had to also launch strikes against Islamic State in Syria. In another move, also on Monday,
\nthe fighters on the French Charles de
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The former mayor of
\nBucharest, Sorin Oprescu, went on trial on Monday for bribe taking, money laundering and abuse of office. According
\nto the Anti-Corruption Directorate, between 2013 and 2015 Oprescu joined a
\nlocal administration ring that rigged public acquisition procedures in favor of
\ncompanies providing bribes and kickbacks. The former official was detained in
\nearly September and has been under house arrest since release. Over the last
\nfew months, several officials from Bucharest City Hall have been jailed for
\ncorruption. Sorin Oprescu, a former member of the Social Democratic Party, became mayor in 2008, and was re-elected
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The great tenor
\nJose Carreras is expected to arrive in Bucharest on Tuesday, two days before
\nthe concert he will give in Romania’s capital, accompanied by the
\n‘George Enescu’ Philharmonic of Bucharest. The concert in Bucharest is part of
\nJose Carreras’ goodbye tour.<\/p>\n
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The Romanian – Dutch tennis
\npair made up of Horia Tecau and Jean-Julien Rojer emerged as winner of the ATP World Tour doubles finals. On Sunday, the two defeated in two sets the Romanian-Indian pair Florin
\nMergea and Rohan Bopanna. It was for the first time that Romania had two players in the competition,
\nwith seven million dollars in prize money, which featured the top eight players
\nof 2015, as well as the eight best male double teams.<\/p>\n
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