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NATO.<\/strong> Bucharest
\nis playing host to the Strategic Military Partner Conference organised by the
\nNATO Allied Command Transformation. Around 70 NATO member and partner states
\nare participating, as well as other countries, such as Colombia and Nigeria,
\nwhich are taking part in such consultations for the first time. Talks focus on
\nthe prospects of expanding NATO partnerships and an in-depth analysis of the
\nconcepts resulting from the NATO Summit held in Warsaw in July. The meeting in
\nBucharest lasts three days and contains four planning workshops dealing with
\nthe maritime, air and space, land and cyber domains. <\/p>\n

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Trial.<\/strong> The
\nHigh Court of Cassation and Justice judges have rejected all requests and
\nexceptions raised by Gabriel Oprea and ruled for the start of a trial on merits
\nin a case in which Oprea, a former deputy prime minister and interior minister,
\nis accused of spending operative funds from the budget of the Intelligence and
\nInternal Protection Directorate. The court’s ruling is not final. In May, Oprea
\nwas indicted by the National Anticorruption Directorate for abuse of office
\ntogether with other senior officers from the Interior Ministry. Oprea is also
\nunder investigation in a separate case in which he is accused of manslaughter.
\nA police officer died last year in a motorcycle accident while providing official
\nescort to Oprea, who was serving as interior minister. However, Oprea is
\nbelieved to have been on a personal trip at the time, which means he was not
\nentitled to official police escort.<\/p>\n

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Strike. <\/strong>Members of the
\nSanitas trade union federation in the healthcare sector went on a 2-hour
\nwarning strike this morning. During the strike, a third of normal duties were
\nensured, as well as all medical and surgical emergencies. Healthcare trade
\nunions started their protests almost a month ago. They demand a unitary salary
\nscheme for all medical staff, for the bonuses for special working conditions to
\nbe calculated based on current salaries and for holiday and meal vouchers.
\nSanitas representatives say they received no offer from the authorities and
\nthreaten to go on an all-out strike on the 31st of October. Sanitas
\nhas more than 100,000 members, including medical and sanitary staff, specialist
\nstaff, and auxiliary, technical and administrative staff. <\/p>\n

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No-confidence motion.<\/strong> Romania’s technocratic prime minister Dacian Ciolos believes justice
\nminister Raluca Pruna should stay in office following the passing of a simple
\nno-confidence motion against her in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday. Ciolos
\nsays the motion is a rebuke of Pruna over some of her statements, without
\nraising any essential objections about her activity. The motion was filed by
\nthe Social Democrats after minister Pruna admitted she lied before the European
\nCourt of Human Rights with respect to the funds allocated to prisons in
\nRomania. Pruna took responsibility for her statements saying no one can take
\naway her right to signal the problems facing the justice system, including
\nunder-funding. <\/p>\n

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Migrants.<\/strong> 29 immigrants from Syria, including 17 minors aged between 2 and 17,
\nwere stopped this morning by the Romanian border police in Timis as they were
\ntrying to cross from Serbia into Romania illegally. They did not carry identity
\npapers but said they were Syrian nationals and that they crossed the Serbian
\nborder on foot planning to reach a country in western Europe. This is the
\nlargest group of Middle Eastern migrants to force the Romanian western border
\nin Timis county this autumn. In the last two months, the authorities have
\nthwarted many attempts to cross the border into Romania in the west, south-west
\nand south. <\/p>\n

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US elections.<\/strong> The third and
\nfinal presidential debate between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and
\nRepublican nominee Donald Trump takes place tonight in Las Vegas. According to
\nthe France Presse news agency, the topics will include foreign policy,
\nimmigration, public debt and entitlements. Three weeks before elections,
\nClinton has a significant lead in the polls of almost 7%. The first
\npresidential debate between Clinton and Trump held on the 26th of
\nSeptember drew 84 million viewers, while the second, held on the 9th
\nof October, was watched by 66.5 million viewers. <\/p>\n

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Tennis.<\/strong> World no. 52 Monica Niculescu of Romania
\ntoday faces Italy’s Francesca Schiavone in the second round of
\nthe Luxembourg tennis tournament worth 225,000 dollars. Another Romanian
\nplayer, Sorana Cirstea, no. 82 in the world, was defeated by the Czech player
\nTereza Smitkova in the opening round on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, Romania’s
\nMarius Copil, ranked 198 in the world, pulled off a surprising win against
\nworld no. 33 Joao Sousa of
\nPortugal in the opening round of the men’s tournament in Antwerp,
\nBelgium, worth almost 600,000 dollars. In the next round on Thursday, Copil
\nwill play the winner of the match between Steve Darcis and Benoit Paire. (Translated by: C. Mateescu)<\/p>\n


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