VISIT Romania’s Foreign
\nMinister Teodor Melescanu is in New York until Saturday to formally launch a
\ncampaign of promoting Romania’s candidacy for a mandate as a non-permanent
\nmember of the UN Security Council over 2020 and 2021. According to the Foreign
\nMinistry, the campaign will unfold under the motto ‘Romania: a lasting
\ncommitment to Peace, Justice and Development’, and represents Bucharest’s
\nambitious foreign policy objective. In 2006, Romania filed a candidacy for a
\nnew mandate as a non-permanent member in the UN Security Council. The voting is
\ndue to take place in June 2019. Ever since its UN accession in 1955, Romania
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TALKS The government is
\ntoday holding talks on a document over the reconfirmation of Romania’s
\ncandidacy to host the headquarters of the European Medicines Agency, after the
\nBrexit. The institution has almost 900 employees who are monitoring the safety
\nof the medicines sold in the European Union, a market of over 500 million
\nconsumers. After Britain’s leaving the bloc, the European Commission has to
\nmove the headquarters of this agency from London to another member country and
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UNEMPLOYMENT Romania’s
\nunemployment rate in April 2017 stayed at the same level as in the previous
\nmonth, 5.3%. The number of jobless men was 1.3% higher than the women, the
\nNational Institute for Statistics has announced today. The number of unemployed
\nwith ages between 15 and 74, estimated for April, was 471 thousand, 7 thousand
\nless than in March. They account for over 74% out of the total number of
\nunemployed estimated for last month. <\/p>\n
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MINISTER Romania’s
\nMinister delegate for European Affairs, Ana Birchall, currently on a working
\nvisit in the Hague is today having talks with Foreign Minister Bert Koenders
\nand members of the Parliament committees in charge of the European affairs in
\nthe Netherlands and in the European Parliament. According to the Foreign
\nMinistry in Bucharest, Minister Birchall’s agenda includes high topical
\nEuropean issues, such as stakes and expectations related to the Brexit talks
\nand Romania’s preparation to take over the rotating presidency of the EU
\nCouncil in the first semester of 2019. On June 1st Ana Birchall will
\nbe in Brussels for talks with Jean-Eric Paquet, deputy Secretary General of the
\nEuropean Commission. <\/p>\n
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ATTACK Scores have been killed and
\nhundreds wounded in a car bomb attack in Kabul’s diplomatic district, the
\nAfghan Interior Ministry has announced. The district is home to numerous
\nforeign embassies, ministries and the presidential palace. The most affected
\nseem to be the embassies of Germany and France in Kabul. No group has claimed
\nresponsibility for the attack yet. Pentagon chief, Jim Mattis has
\nrecently said (quote) 2017 is going to be another tough year for the valiant
\nAfghan forces and the international troops who have stood and will continue to
\nstand shoulder to shoulder with Afghanistan against terrorism and against those
\nwho seek to undermine the legitimate United Nations-recognized government of
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VISIT The heir apparent
\nof the British crown, Prince Charles of Wales, is in the UNESCO village of
\nViscri, central Romania, to meet forestry experts and small farmers. According
\nto a communiqu\u00e9 of the British embassy in Bucharest, Prince Charles has met
\nmembers of the Pro Silva, a European organisation, which supports a responsible
\nforestry management and which is to also open a branch in Romania. In the past
\nyears Prince Charles voiced concern about the illegal exploitation and
\ndeforestation of Romania’s forests believed to be Europe’s last wildlife area.
\nPrince Charles has also met several organic food producers. Prince of Wales
\nfoundation Romania will be launching a new project to assist farmers in the
\nmountainous areas in developing their products and accessing fresh markets in
\nRomania or abroad. Prince Charles has a keen interest in Romania, a country he
\nhas visited several times over the past 20 years. <\/p>\n
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