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PARTNERSHIP <\/strong> To Germany, Romania is a strategic economic
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EXHIBITION<\/strong> Romania will participate in the
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AUSTRALIAN OPEN<\/strong> Romanian tennis player Sorana Cirstea, Romania’s last
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\nPROTESTS<\/strong> Romania’s President Klaus
\nIohannis has stated that there are sufficient arguments for the Government to
\nwithdraw its ordinances amending the blanket pardon legislation and the
\nCriminal Code. In a message posted on a social networking site, the President
\nsays the measures are ‘ineffective’ and ‘targeted’. On Thursday, protests
\ncontinued in Bucharest and other large cities against the Government’s plans.
\nThousands of protesters fear these changes are only meant to benefit some big
\ninfluential politicians and lawmakers, whose sentences will be thus written
\noff. Opposition parties, civil society and magistrates’ associations have
\nvoiced the same concerns. However, the Government claims these amendments are
\nnecessary to solve the issue of prison
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\nThe Romanian Government discussed on Friday the draft budget for 2017. The session was chaired by the Deputy
\nPrime Minister and Minister for Regional Development Sevil Shhaideh, who serves
\nas interim Prime Minister until Monday, pending Prime Minister Sorin
\nGrindeanu’s return from Washington, where he attended the official swearing-in
\nof Donald Trump as President of the United States. According to a communiqu\u00e9
\nissued by the Government, the draft budget was built by taking into account the
\nmeasures adopted by Government in keeping with the governing program, among
\nwhich maintaining the budget deficit below 3% and earmarking 2% of the GDP to
\nthe army. The Government will convene again on January 25th to
\ndebate and adopt the 2017 budget. A delegation of the International Monetary
\nFund, led by the mission chief for Romania Reza Baqir, on Thursday held a first
\nmeeting with the Finance Minister Viorel Stefan on the 2017 state budget. At
\npresent Romania has no ongoing agreement with the IMF. <\/p>\n
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\nteams in Italy have found another ten survivors among the debris of a hotel in
\nPescara province, which was destroyed by an avalanche on Wednesday. Four people
\nhave been reported dead so far. The Romanian Foreign Ministry announced on
\nFriday that, according to official information, two Romanian citizens, one
\nadult and one child, reported missing after the avalanche, had been found
\nalive. They are now in a hospital in Pescara and are no longer in danger. The
\nMinistry has stated that representatives of the Romanian Embassy in Rome stay
\nin touch with both the family of the Romanian citizens and the Italian
\nauthorities, who are managing the rescue operations, in order to get more and
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\npartner, and trade exchanges between the two countries exceeded 24 billion
\nEuros in the first 11 months of 2016, up by 13%, reads a communiqu\u00e9 issued by
\nthe Romanian – German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Romania). Some
\n8,000 German companies are active in Romania. According to AHK estimates,
\nGerman companies have more than 250,000 employees in Romania and German direct
\ninvestments stand at 8 billion Euros.<\/p>\n
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\nTrump became the 45th President of the United States, taking the
\noath of office in Washington, during a ceremony attended by several hundreds of
\npeople. In his speech, the new White House leader said that January 20th
\nwould remain in the memory of the US citizens as the day when power was
\ntransferred not from one administration to another, but from Washington to the
\npeople. Trump also promised America would always come first and all decisions
\nwould be made for the US citizens. We will eradicate radical, Islamic
\nterrorism completely from the earth, the President also said. The ceremony was
\nheld against the background of protests in Washington and other US cities, but
\nalso outside the US, in London, Paris, Berlin and Sydney.<\/p>\n
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\ninternational exhibition titled ‘Future Energy’ hosted by Astana, Kazakhstan,
\nbetween the 10th of June and the 10th of September 2017.
\nThe participation contract was signed in Bucharest on Friday, by
\nrepresentatives of the two countries. According to the Romanian Foreign
\nMinistry, the Romanian pavilion will promote Romanian traditions, services,
\ntourist offers, as well as the prospects of Romania’s energy industry. 100
\ncountries will be represented at the fair this year, and organisers expect some
\n5 million visitors. <\/p>\n
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\nrepresentative in the women’s singles at the Australian Open, will play against
\nthe Spanish Garbine Muguruza Blanco in the fourth round of this year’s first
\nGrand Slam. On Friday, for the first time in her career, Cirstea qualified for
\nthis round by defeating the American Alison Riske. In the men’s doubles, the
\nRomanian Horia Tecau and the Dutch Jean Julien Rojer beat the pair made up of
\nthe Australian Matt Reid and Jordan Thompson going straight into the quarter
\nfinals, where they will take on the Dutch pair Wesley Koolhof – Matwe
\nMiddlekoop. The pair made up of the Romanian Florin Mergea and the British
\nDominic Inglot has too qualified for the quarter finals, where they will play
\nagainst Julien Benneteau and Jeremy
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