Government.<\/strong> The National Committee of the Social Democratic
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Protests.<\/strong> Tens of thousands of people protested
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Brussels.<\/strong>
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Germany.<\/strong> The German Social
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Tourism.<\/strong> Romania took part in the International Travel Fair in
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Australian Open.<\/strong> Tenth seed
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Weather.<\/strong> Meteorologists have issued a yellow code alert for snow in half of Romania’s counties in the
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\nParty, the senior partner in the ruling coalition in Romania, meets on Monday
\nto discuss the membership of the new government. President Klaus Iohannis
\naccepted the nomination of the Social Democratic MEP Viorica Dancila for the
\nposition of prime minister at the proposal of the Social Democrats and their
\nruling partners, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats. The Social Democrat
\nleader and speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Liviu Dragnea has said Parliament
\nwill meet in extraordinary session on the 29th of January to vote on
\nthe new government and adopt the governing platform. Outgoing Social Democrat
\nprime minister Mihai Tudose resigned almost a week ago after losing his party’s
\npolitical support. On Friday, the minister for European funds Marius Nica also
\ntendered his resignation. <\/p>\n
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\non Saturday night in Bucharest and other big cities across Romania against the
\noverhaul of the justice laws adopted by Parliament last month and the recent
\ntax measures taken by the government. People from around the country came to
\nBucharest to join the protest. Traffic in the centre of Bucharest was disrupted
\nand some incidents were reported between protesters and the security forces.
\nThe protesters gathered in the University Square before setting off on a march
\ntowards Parliament Palace, which they picketed for dozens of minutes. They
\nshouted slogans criticising the government and the ruling coalition and
\ndemanding an independent justice system. In solidarity with the protesters in
\nRomania, many Romanians living abroad took to the streets in several European
\ncities, such as Milan, Budapest, Madrid and Paris. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Romanian foreign minister Teodor Melescanu on Monday attends a meeting of
\nthe EU External Affairs Council in Brussels. Talks are expected to focus on the
\nsituation in Libya, a post-Cotonou agreement and the Middle East peace process.
\nThe EU foreign ministers will also attend a working lunch with the Palestinian
\npresident Mahmoud Abbas. On the sidelines of the council’s meeting, another
\nworking lunch will be held with Werner Hoyer, the president of the European
\nInvestment Bank. The Cotonou Agreement signed in 2000 is the most comprehensive
\npartnership agreement between the European Union and developing countries. It
\nhas been the framework for the Union’s relations with 79 countries in Africa,
\nincluding 48 from Sub-Saharan Africa. The goal of the agreement is to reduce
\nand eventually eradicate poverty. <\/p>\n
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\nDemocrats decided on Sunday to start official talks with Angela Merkel to form
\na new government, the DPA news agency reports. Around 600 party delegates met
\nin a special congress in Bonn to discuss a new alliance with Merkel’s
\nConservatives. Commentators say this positive outcome, almost 4 months after
\nparliamentary elections in Germany, paves the way for the formation of a new
\ngovernment around Easter. <\/p>\n
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\nMadrid with a national stand whose promotional message was Romania – A Tourist
\nDestination for 365 Days a Year. To celebrate the Centenary of the Great Union
\nof 1918, the Romanian stand featured a replica of the gates to the citadel of
\nAlba Iulia, in the centre. Throughout the fair, visitors to the Romanian stand
\nhave been able to find out more about the Great Union anniversary and about
\nRomanian tourist offers, such as cultural packages, nature tourism, rural
\ntourism, city break packages, active and adventure tourism and spa and wellness
\ntourism. Also, six Romanian travel companies attended a travel fair in
\nHelsinki, the biggest in Scandinavia, which came to an end on Sunday. These
\ncompanies promoted luxury tourism and ecological tourism, local products,
\npackages focused on nature, photography and cycling, as well as experience
\nexchanges in agriculture and Untold Festival, the largest electronic music
\nfestival in Romania that won the Best Major European Festival award in 2015.<\/p>\n
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\nRomanian pair Irina Begu and Monica Niculescu on Sunday reached the women’s
\ndoubles quartefinals at the Australian Open after their opponents, the
\nUkrainian-Australian pair Nadia Kichenok and Anastasia Rodionova withdrew. Begu and Niculescu will
\nnext face either the American-Czech pair Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke or
\nthe all-American pair Jennifer Brady and Vania King. The Romanian-Brazilian
\npair Sorana Cirstea and Beatriz Haddad Maia lost in the fourth round to
\nthe Czech pair Lucie
\nSafarova and Barbora Strycova. On Monday, top seed and world no. 1 Simona Halep
\nplays against Japan’s Naomi Osaka in the fourth round. Halep advanced to
\nthis stage of the competition after a dramatic 3h and 45 min match against the
\nAmerican player Lauren Davis, who is no. 76 in the world. <\/p>\n
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\nsouth-west, south, centre and south-east. The alert is in place starting
\ntonight until Monday night. <\/p>\n