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CONSTITUTION<\/strong> On November 25th Romanians
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UNITED NATIONS<\/strong> The United Nations’ International Day
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STRIKE <\/strong> Lufthansa pilots have cancelled thousands of flights
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WARNING <\/strong> President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that
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HEALTH <\/strong> In Bucharest, the Prime Minister’s Control Team will
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FILM FESTIVAL<\/strong> The Horia Bernea
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HANDBALL<\/strong> On Saturday and Sunday, Romania’s national women’s handball
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A roundup of domestic and international news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":75903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[31241,30366,31238,31240,29207,31239],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-101506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsflash","tag-carpati-trophy","tag-europa-league","tag-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women","tag-japanese-film-festival","tag-migration","tag-romanian-constitution"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\ncelebrated 150 years since the adoption of the 1866 Constitution and 25
\nyears since the adoption of the 1991 Constitution. Throughout its history, the fundamental law has been revised several times. The first Constitution,
\nadopted in 1866, stipulated for the first time the indivisible
\ncharacter of the Romanian state, which from then on was officially called
\nRomania. The Constitution of 1923 was dubbed the country’s first democratic
\nConstitution, but another one was adopted in 1948, when the communist
\nregime took power and instated a totalitarian regime. The 1991 Constitution marked
\nthe country’s return to democracy. Romania is the first European country to
\nhave stipulated, in its Constitution, the right of national minorities to be
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\nfor the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on November 25 every
\nyear, is an occasion for governments, international organizations
\nand NGOs to raise public awareness of violence against women. In Romania, three
\nin ten women are victims of physical, verbal or psychological violence after
\nthe age of 15, according to a study published by the European Union Agency for
\nFundamental Rights based on data collected in 2014. 14 counties in Romania have
\nno support services or shelters for women faced with domestic violence and, in
\nsmall communities in particular, women don’t know what they can do when subject
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\nin an extended strike action. The airline has already grounded nearly 1,800
\nflights since the strike began on Wednesday. It had originally been planned as
\na 24-hour walkout but it has been extended three times. Some 300,000 passengers
\nhave seen their travel plans disrupted. The strike has also affected flights to
\nand from Bucharest. This is the pilots’ 14th strike in less than
\nthree years. They demand a 3.7% pay rise, but the company has only offered 2.5%. <\/p>\n
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\nTurkey might open its borders for refugees to stream into Europe as the European Parliament voted in favor of halting long-term membership talks with Ankara at a plenary
\nsession in Strasbourg on Thursday, amid concerns about the brutal crackdown on
\npolitical dissidents since the failed coup in July. More than 110,000 people,
\nincluding soldiers, academics, judges, journalists and Kurdish leaders, have
\nbeen detained or dismissed over their alleged backing of the July 15 coup
\nattempt. We recall that in March, Turkey made a landmark deal to stop
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\nmake checks at the National Health Insurance Agency to find out what causes the many flaws in the health card system. The move has been triggered by repeated
\nmalfunctions in the system this year. The national health card
\nsystem cost over 180 million euros and has been operational since last
\nMay. General practitioners and pharmacists, who are allowed to operate only
\nbased on health cards, have argued that the system gets blocked very often,
\ncausing huge problems and delays.<\/p>\n
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\nHall of the Romanian Peasant’s Museum in Bucharest is playing host to the
\nJapanese Film Festival from Friday until Sunday, according to a communiqu\u00e9
\nissued by the Japanese Embassy in Bucharest. The five films screened at the
\nfestival are signed by the young but well-known Japanese directors Naoki Segi,
\nKeisuke Toyoshima, Masaki Hamamoto, Keisuke Yoshida and Yukiko Mishima. <\/p>\n
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\nteam is taking part in the Carpati Trophy hosted by the city of Cluj-Napoca, in
\nnorth-western Romania. Also participating in the competition are Hungary and
\nthe Netherlands. The Carpati Trophy is the last test ahead of the European
\nChampionship, to be held in Sweden between the 4th and the 18th
\nof December. Romania is part of group D, alongside Norway, Russia and Croatia.<\/p>\n
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\nFOOTBALL <\/strong> Thursday’s Europa League matches brought wins for the two Romanian
\nteams playing in this competition. On home turf, Steaua defeated the Turkish
\nside Osmanlispor 2-1, while Astra Giurgiu secured an away win against Austria
\nVienna, also 2-1, now having a good chance to advance to the Europa League
\nround of last 32. In the other Group L fixture, FC Zurich drew at home against
\nthe Spanish side Villareal 1-all. Ahead of the last round, Osmanlispor are top
\nthe group table with 7 points, followed by FC Zurich, Villareal and Steaua,
\neach with 6 points. On December 8 Steaua will travel to Spain for a game
\nagainst Villareal, while Osmanlipsor take on FC Zurich in Ankara. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"