Energy exports. <\/strong>The government in Bucharest has approved a
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Suspension.<\/strong> The director of the Romanian
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Romania-NATO.<\/strong> General Michael Flynn, who has been
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Turkey.<\/strong> The Turkish Parliament on Thursday
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Tennis.<\/strong> The Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu,
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Weather.<\/strong> A yellow code alert for snow, mixed
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\ndecision providing, among others, for the possibility of banning exports of
\nelectricity in the event of a crisis between the 16th of January and
\nthe 15th of February. The decision was taken after energy minister
\nToma Petcu presented an analysis of the functioning of the National Energy
\nSystem after six days of harsh weather, with record high consumptions of
\nnatural gas and electricity. The energy ministry in Bucharest said it also took
\ninto account the weather forecasts and the situation of fuel reserves. <\/p>\n
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\nIntelligence Service Eduard Hellvig has ordered the creation of a special
\ncommittee after information appeared in the public realm about his first
\ndeputy, general Florian Coldea. Until the information is verified, Coldea is in
\neffect suspended from office, while his responsibilities are taken over by
\nHellvig himself. The decision comes after the former MP Sebastian Ghita, who is
\ninvestigated in several corruption cases and who has vanished without a trace,
\naccused Coldea of illegalities. According to the spokeswoman for president
\nKlaus Iohannis, the latter had a discussion with Coldea before Hellvig’s
\ndecision.<\/p>\n
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\nnominated by US president elect Donald Trump for the job of national security
\nadviser, has hailed Romania’s commitment to and role within NATO. In a
\ntelephone conversation with Romania’s ambassador to Washington George Maior, Flynn
\nsaid NATO remains a fundamental alliance for the US in which all members must
\ncontribute to the common good. Ambassador Maior gave assurances that Romania
\nwould allocate 2% of its GDP to defence and consolidate the necessary
\ncapabilities. <\/p>\n
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\nnight approved a number of essential articles of a package of laws on
\nconstitutional reform seen as one step closer to the presidential regime
\ndesired by president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, international press agencies have noted.
\nThe new provisions allow the president to be a member of a political party and
\nissue decrees. The whole package will be put to a referendum expected this
\nspring. The prospect of Erdogan’s enhanced prerogatives has caused concern
\namong his opponents, who accuse him of authoritarian tendencies, in particular
\nafter the failed coup last summer and the cleansing campaign that followed,
\ninternational press agencies also write. <\/p>\n
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\nno. 40 in the WTA ranking, has reached the final of the Hobart tournament in
\nAustralia, worth 225,000 dollars in prize money. Niculescu qualified following
\nthe withdrawal of Ukraine’s Lesia Turenko and will face the Belgian player
\nElise Mertens in the final. In the doubles, the Romanian-Ukrainian pair Raluca
\nOlaru and Olga Savchuk have qualified for the final after defeating the
\nLuxembourg-Latvian pair Mandy Minella and Anastasija Sevastova in
\nstraight sets. Olaru and Savchuk will
\nnext face the Canadian-Chinese pair Gabriela Dabrowski and Zhaoxuan
\nYang. Last week, they also played the final in Shenzhen, China, but lost. <\/p>\n
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\nprecipitation, blizzard and frost is in place across Romania from Friday
\nmorning until Saturday at noon, but it may be extended. Temperatures, which
\nhave been rising, range from minus 5 to plus 8 degrees Celsius. Because of the
\nextreme weather conditions in recent days, the transport system has been
\nseriously disrupted. Schools and nursery schools were closed this week in a number
\nof areas, including the capital Bucharest.<\/p>\n
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