{"id":102538,"date":"2018-01-29T19:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devrri.freshlemon.ro\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-102538.html"},"modified":"2024-02-15T20:14:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T18:14:27","slug":"january-29-2018-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html","title":{"rendered":"January 29, 2018 UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CABINET<\/strong> \u2013 The new government of Romania, headed by the Social Democrat Viorica&#13;<br \/>\nD\u0103ncil\u0103, was validated on Monday by the 2 chambers of Parliament, which&#13;<br \/>\nconvened in a special meeting after the ministers designates were heard in the&#13;<br \/>\nspecialised committees. The new Cabinet, nominated by the Social democratic&#13;<br \/>\nParty and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Romania, got 282 votes,<strong> <\/strong>and it only needed<strong> <\/strong>233. 136 MPs votes against&#13;<br \/>\nand there was one abstention.Also on Monday,&#13;<br \/>\nthe new ministers were sworn in, in the presence of the head of state, Klaus&#13;<br \/>\nIohannis.He voiced his hope that this 3rd&#13;<br \/>\ncabinet backed by the ruling coalition would put an end to the government&#13;<br \/>\nhopping that last year led to a deterioration of the social climate and an&#13;<br \/>\natmosphere that cannot be conducive to&#13;<br \/>\nthe development of society<span>. There is&#13;<br \/>\na red line that governments are not allowed to cross, and infringing upon the&#13;<br \/>\nindependence of the judiciary is unacceptable, the President warned<\/span>. The ruling coalition must not overlook the&#13;<br \/>\nsignal conveyed by hundreds of thousands of Romanians, who continue to support&#13;<br \/>\nthe rule of law through street rallies, Iohannis added. Previously, in&#13;<br \/>\nParliament Viorica Dancila said the goal of her Cabinet was for Romania&#13;<br \/>\nto be in the top half of the EU economies in<strong> <\/strong>2020.<strong> <\/strong>She added that the means&#13;<br \/>\nto achieve this included an increase in infrastructure upgrade investments, further increases in citizen incomes, a public administration reform&#13;<br \/>\nand reducing bureaucracy. The Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania&#13;<br \/>\nand ethnic minorities MPs decided to give the new Cabinet a chance, whereas the&#13;<br \/>\nNational Liberal Party, Save Romania Union and the People&#8217;s Movement Party, all&#13;<br \/>\nin Opposition, voted against it. The new Cabinet is made up of 28 members, with 4&#13;<br \/>\ndeputy PMs, as compared to 3 in the previous executive team.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>JUSTICE <\/strong>\u2013 Romanias President, Klaus Iohannis, will meet in Brussels on Wednesday with the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and with the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. The focal points on the agenda of talks include the judicial overhaul, the fight against corruption and Romanias holding the rotating presidency of the EU Council in the first half of 2019. The Commission has recently voiced its concerns with the latest developments in Romania, and called on the Romanian Parliament to reconsider the changes brought to the justice laws. The independence of the judiciary and its capacity to fight corruption effectively are essential cornerstones of a strong Romania in the EU, the President and the First Vice-President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker and Frans Timmermans, respectively, said in a joint statement. At the end of 2017, the parliamentary majority made up of the Social Democratic Party and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Romania adopted changes to the justice laws, raising concern among European institutions and member states, generating wide-scale protests in the country and stirring harsh criticism from magistrates and the right wing opposition.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EU FUNDS<\/strong> \u2013 In 2007-2017 Romania has received 45.7 billion Euros from the EU budget, accounting for an annual average of 2.8% of the GDP, the governor of the National Bank of Romania, Mugur Is\u0103rescu, said on Monday in a conference also attended by the EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Corina Cre\u0163u. The central bank governor has also said that taking into account Romanias contribution to the EU budget, net inflows of European funds stood at 30.4 billion Euro, that is 1.8% of the GDP per year on average. Corina Cre\u0163u Monday started a two-day official visit to Romania. Her agenda also includes a meeting with the Prime Minister designate, Viorica D\u0103ncil\u0103, for talks on European funds. The European official has said she comes to Bucharest to lay the foundations for a tight and fruitful cooperation with the new Government, with regard to the best use of resources available under the multi-annual 2014-2020 financial framework, and for talks on the new post-2020 financial framework.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>EU<\/strong> \u2013 The European Commission organises a ministerial meeting in Brussels on Tuesday, with 9 member states taking part, including Romania, which may be subject to infringement over breaches in air quality regulations. The other participants, besides Romania, are the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, the UK, Slovakia, Spain and Hungary. A 2008 European Directive defines air quality thresholds and binds member states to limit the exposure of their citizens to air pollution. In spite of this obligation, air quality standards are still breached in over 130 cities in Europe, the European Commission says.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DEFENCE<\/strong> \u2013 Romanian chief of staff, gen. Nicolae Ciuc\u0103, takes part on Tuesday in Bratislava, in a conference of the US European Command (EUCOM). According to a news release issued by the Romanian Defence Ministry, Central European military chiefs will discuss, at the EUCOM conference, NATOs best possible responses to global security challenges. Other topics include national and regional security challenges, including the southern and eastern flanks of NATO, the common training programme for 2018 aimed at enhancing interoperability and the development of crisis response capabilities, the development of USA projects in Europe, and means for NATO members and partners to contribute to agreed Allied initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>(translated by: Ana-Maria Popescu)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Cabinet, headed by Social Democrat Viorica Dancila, sworn in<\/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":[33037,30901,29547,33066,33075,29053,31085,29286,31969,31080,29871,13794,33074,33073],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-102538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsflash","tag-air-quality","tag-bratislava","tag-budget","tag-dancila","tag-eucom","tag-european-commission","tag-funding","tag-government","tag-infringement","tag-juncker","tag-justice","tag-nato","tag-tusk","tag-validation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>January 29, 2018 UPDATE - Radio Romania International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"January 29, 2018 UPDATE - Radio Romania International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Cabinet, headed by Social Democrat Viorica Dancila, sworn in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Radio Romania International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-29T17:52:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-15T18:14:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/stiri-engleza-ok.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a479940371b9fdefd194f561e8a7f88\"},\"headline\":\"January 29, 2018 UPDATE\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-29T17:52:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-15T18:14:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html\"},\"wordCount\":846,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/stiri-engleza-ok.png\",\"keywords\":[\"air quality\",\"Bratislava\",\"budget\",\"Dancila\",\"EUCOM\",\"European Commission\",\"funding\",\"government\",\"infringement\",\"Juncker\",\"justice\",\"NATO\",\"Tusk\",\"validation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Newsflash\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html\",\"name\":\"January 29, 2018 UPDATE - Radio Romania International\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/stiri-engleza-ok.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-01-29T17:52:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-15T18:14:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a479940371b9fdefd194f561e8a7f88\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/stiri-engleza-ok.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/stiri-engleza-ok.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":480},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\\\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Homepage\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News and Current Affairs\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Newsflash\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/news-and-current-affairs\\\/newsflash\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"January 29, 2018 UPDATE\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/\",\"name\":\"Radio Romania International\",\"description\":\"Totul despre Rom\u00e2nia \u015fi rom\u00e2ni, \u00een 13 limbi\\\/dialecte!\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a479940371b9fdefd194f561e8a7f88\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rri.ro\\\/en\\\/author\\\/newsroom\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"January 29, 2018 UPDATE - Radio Romania International","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"January 29, 2018 UPDATE - Radio Romania International","og_description":"New Cabinet, headed by Social Democrat Viorica Dancila, sworn in","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html","og_site_name":"Radio Romania International","article_published_time":"2018-01-29T17:52:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-15T18:14:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":480,"url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/stiri-engleza-ok.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Newsroom","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Newsroom","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html"},"author":{"name":"Newsroom","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#\/schema\/person\/4a479940371b9fdefd194f561e8a7f88"},"headline":"January 29, 2018 UPDATE","datePublished":"2018-01-29T17:52:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-15T18:14:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html"},"wordCount":846,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/stiri-engleza-ok.png","keywords":["air quality","Bratislava","budget","Dancila","EUCOM","European Commission","funding","government","infringement","Juncker","justice","NATO","Tusk","validation"],"articleSection":["Newsflash"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html","url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html","name":"January 29, 2018 UPDATE - Radio Romania International","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/stiri-engleza-ok.png","datePublished":"2018-01-29T17:52:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-15T18:14:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#\/schema\/person\/4a479940371b9fdefd194f561e8a7f88"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/stiri-engleza-ok.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/stiri-engleza-ok.png","width":640,"height":480},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash\/january-29-2018-update-id102538.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Homepage","item":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News and Current Affairs","item":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Newsflash","item":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/newsflash"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"January 29, 2018 UPDATE"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/","name":"Radio Romania International","description":"Totul despre Rom\u00e2nia \u015fi rom\u00e2ni, \u00een 13 limbi\/dialecte!","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/#\/schema\/person\/4a479940371b9fdefd194f561e8a7f88","name":"Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/author\/newsroom"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102538"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=102538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}