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\npresident of the Chamber of Deputies in Bucharest, Valeriu Zgonea is in Berlin
\nto participate in an international Parliamentary conference on fighting Antisemitism. Zgonea is chairing a plenary session entitled, ‘Official and
\ngovernmental responses to Antisemitism’. The conference will also be attended
\nby the First Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, by
\nGerman chancellor Angela Merkel, the Bundestag president, Norbert Lammert and
\nUNESCO director general Irina Bokova. High on the conference agenda are the
\nanti-Semitic discourse promoted on the Internet as well as ways of fighting
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About 13 million Germans have been called to
\nthe polls this Sunday to vote for their candidates in the regional election
\nstaged in the states of Renania-Palatinat, Baden W\u00fcrttemberg and
\nSaxonia-Anhalt. The present ballot is considered a major election test 18
\nmonths ahead of the legislative election, which against the background of the
\nrefugee crisis might indicate the rise of the populist right against the
\ntraditional parties, particularly against chancellor Angela Merkel’s
\nconservatives, France Press reports. Over one million refugees entered Germany
\nlast year alone, and the refugee crisis that followed has caused turmoil on the
\npolitical stage challenging the chancellor’s position as a leader for the first
\ntime in the past ten years since she came to power. Under the circumstances,
\nthe populist right seems to have enjoyed the support of an increasing number of
\nGermans nowadays, as it mainly stands for a tight border control. Founded only
\nthree years ago the Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany has been estimated as
\nthe main favorite in the election, accounting for between 9% and 19% of the
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A new Romanian crew has joined the patrol missions in the Mediterranean
\naimed at fighting illegal migration. According to the Interior Ministry, a
\nhelicopter of the General Inspectorate for Aviation with a crew of four will
\njoin the international operation Poseidon Rapid Intervention by the European
\nAgency FRONTEX, which involves the participation of ground, sea and air units
\nfrom 26 countries. In the next two weeks, the Romanian crew will be operating
\non the Greek Island of Samos. Romania has a significant contribution to FRONTEX
\noperations of securing the EU borders, participating in the missions of
\nfighting illegal migration in the maritime zone of Italy and Greece, but also
\nat the border between Serbia and Macedonia.
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The Romanian national women’s handball side
\nwill today be playing Norway, the defending European, Olympic and world
\nchampions in the return game of preliminary Group 1 of the European
\nChampionship due in December. In the first match on Wednesday, the Romanians
\noutperformed the Norwegians 25-20. The Romanian side, bronze medalist in the
\n2015 World Championship and coached by Swedish Tomas Ryde, have qualified for
\nthe final tournament as they are they topping the group’s ranking after three
\ngames. Norway is coming second followed by Belarus and Lithuania. Romania’s
\nnational handball side will be playing in the pre-Olympic tournament in Aarhus,
\nDenmark, due over March 18th and 20th together with the host country, Uruguay
\nand Montenegro. The first two teams are qualified for the Olympic Games in Rio
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Hundreds of people flocked on Saturday night
\nto visit the residence of Romania’s former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. The
\npalace has been officially opened to public visiting and has thus been included
\nin the Bucharest’s circuit of museums, 26 years on from the demise of communism
\nin Romania. Built between 1964 and 1965, the Spring Palace, as it is known, has
\nover 80 rooms and visitors can see the study of the former communist dictator,
\nthe family apartments, his private cinema hall, the swimming pool, the wine
\ncellar and the two gardens. The opening of the Ceausescu’s residence is part of
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