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Budget.<\/strong> Parliament’s specialist committees on Sunday debated the
\n2016 budget bill before a vote by the two houses on Wednesday. Liviu Dragnea,
\nthe leader of the Social Democratic Party, which forms Parliament’s largest
\ngroup, publicly called on Romania’s technocratic prime minister Dacian Ciolos
\nto name a date for the increase in the minimum wage by Tuesday at the latest.
\nDragnea said he was opposed to the indefinite postponement of this rise, which
\nthe former leftist government had proposed. The Ciolos cabinet said the rise in
\nthe minimum wage from 233 euros to 266 euros cannot be implemented without
\nfirst assessing the measure’s economic and budgetary impact. The 2016 budget is
\nbased on an estimated growth rate of around 4% and a maximum budget deficit of
\n3%. <\/p>\n

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\n <\/p>\n

Migration.<\/strong> Three new migrant
\nreception centres will be created in Romania, adding to the six existing ones,
\nthe interior minister Petre Toba announced on Sunday. The centres will be
\nlocated in Campulung Muscel, Tasnad and Bumbesti-Jiu. The General Inspectorate for Immigration
\ncurrently runs six centres in Bucharest, Somcuta Mare, Radauti, Galati,
\nTimisoara and Giurgiu. The interior ministry’s budget was approved on Sunday with
\nno amendments by Parliament’s joint budget and finance committees and stands at
\n2.58 billion euros.<\/p>\n

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\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

EU. <\/strong>Romania’s
\nforeign minister Lazar Comanescu will attend a meeting of Eu foreign ministers
\non Monday in Brussels. Talks will focus on the recent developments in the
\nEastern Partnership countries following the commitments taken at the latest
\nsummit in Riga last May. Other issues discussed include the European Union
\ncontribution to the fight against terrorism, the support to be given by the
\nUnion to the process of political reconciliation and reform in Iraq, as well as
\nthe situation in Libya. <\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Euro 2016.<\/strong> Romania and the
\nhost country France will play the opening match at the 2016 European Football
\nChampionship, on June 10th, as the draw was made on Saturday in Paris.
\nRomania are in Group A, together with Switzerland and first-time qualifiers
\nAlbania. For the first time, 24 nations will contest the tournament, drawn into
\nsix groups of four teams each. The top two in each group plus the four
\nbest-placed sides advance to the round of last 16. Euro 2016 will be held
\nbetween the 10th of June and the 10th of July in ten
\ncities across France. The final will take place on the 10th of July
\nin Paris. This is Romania’s 5th European tournament, after 1984,
\n1996, 2000 and 2008. Their best result so far dates from 2000, when they
\nreached the quarterfinals. <\/p>\n


\n
\n
\n <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Basketball.<\/strong> For the first time in
\nhistory, Romania will host group games of the 2017 Men’s European Basketball
\nChampionship in the western city of Cluj Napoca, the International Basketball
\nFederation has announced in Munich. Finland, Israel and Turkey will also host
\ngroup games, while the final knockout rounds will take place in Istanbul. This
\nyear’s European Basketball Championship was the first to be hosted by multiple
\ncountries, namely France, Germany, Latvia and Croatia. The European title went
\nto Spain. <\/p>\n

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(Translated by: C. Mateescu)<\/p>\n

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