{"id":101050,"date":"2016-05-25T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/may-25-2016-101050.html"},"modified":"2024-02-15T19:57:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T17:57:02","slug":"may-25-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/may-25-2016-id101050.html","title":{"rendered":"May 25, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=line-height:15.6pt><span style=font-family: Arial;>On Wednesday, the last day of his visit to the United States, Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos is meeting with the US Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz and with representatives of the American business sector. Ciolos will promote Romania\u2019s potential for economic development and will encourage American companies to invest in this country. On Tuesday, PM Ciolos held talks at the White House with the US Vice President Joe Biden. Bucharest requested support for a multinational brigade on Romanian territory, under NATO umbrella, to strengthen the defence system on the Alliance\u2019s south-east European border. Vice President Biden reiterated his country\u2019s commitment to strengthening security and defence in the Euro-Atlantic area.  Also on Tuesday, Dacian Ciolos met with representatives of the Romanian community in Washington DC. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=line-height:15.6pt><span style=font-family: Arial;><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=line-height:15.6pt><span style=font-family: Arial;><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p style=line-height:15.6pt><span style=font-family: Arial;>Romanian Senate Speaker, Calin Popescu Tariceanu, has denied, in a public  letter, the accusations levelled at him by anti-corruption prosecutors, saying he is their victim. On Tuesday, the National Anti-Corruption Directorate has announced that Tariceanu is prosecuted for false testimony and encouraging the offender. Tariceanu is the second most important official in the state, given the position he is currently holding, that of Senate Speaker. 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The president of the Federation of Trade Unions in Education, Marius Nistor, has said that unless a solution is reached in the next round of negotiations, on June 1 trade unions will stage a rally in Bucharest. 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