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Israel embassy.<\/strong> The Palestine Embassy in Bucharest says it
\nis following with concern the intention of the Romanian government to move the
\ncountry’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In the ambassador’s opinion, the
\nmove would be in breach of international law and contradict the position of the
\nRomanian state on solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The European
\nCommission recalls that all EU member states’ embassies are in Tel Aviv, in
\nkeeping with a UN Security Council Resolution. Moving Romania’s embassy to
\nJerusalem is in a stage of evaluation and analysis that has just begun, the
\nForeign Ministry in Bucharest said on Friday, adding that the process would
\nalso include consultations with all relevant institutions and sides involved.
\nThe Foreign Ministry’s explanations came after the President’s Office said
\npresident Klaus Iohannis had not been informed or consulted about the
\ngovernment’s intention to launch this process. The president reacted to an announcement
\nmade on Thursday by Liviu Dragnea, the leader of the Social Democratic Party,
\nthe senior partner in the ruling coalition, that the government signed a
\nmemorandum on the start of procedures to relocate the country’s embassy to
\nJerusalem. Dragnea said the gesture would have an important symbolic value for
\na strong and influential state like Israel and that Romania must move its
\nembassy, thus following the example of the United States. The President’s
\nOffice says, however, that at this point, the relocation would be in breach of
\ninternational law. Ludovic Orban, the leader of the National Liberal Party, in
\nopposition, has recalled that the decision to move Romania’s embassy to
\nJerusalem can only be made by the country’s president and has urged the government
\nto abandon any institutional plans in this regard. <\/p>\n

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North Korea. <\/strong>The European Union has welcomed North Korea’s decision to halt nuclear and missile tests as a long sought-after step. EU policy chief Federica Mogherini said the move shows Pyong Yang’s wish to respect its international obligations and UN Security Council resolutions. North Korea’s announcement has also been welcomed by the US, China and Russia. The move comes one week ahead of talks between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in. North Korea’s president is then expected to meet the US president Donald Trump at the end of May or the beginning of June.<\/p>\n

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Army equipping.<\/strong> Defence Minister Mihai Fifor
\nhas announced that the Romanian Army will be equipped with the first 36 Piranha
\narmoured vehicles by the end of the year. He says 31 of them will be produced
\nin Switzerland and 5 at a factory in Bucharest. The rest of the 230 vehicles
\nwill also be made in Bucharest. Fifor made this announcement in Arad, western
\nRomania, where he attended a ceremony to celebrate Land Forces Day. We recall
\nthat starting last year, Romania is allocating 2% of its GDP to defence. <\/p>\n

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Protests.<\/strong> Railway workers will hold a new big rally in
\nBucharest on Monday. On Friday, more than 2,000 trade union members staged a
\nprotest outside the headquarters of the Transport Ministry and the Government.
\nDumitru Costin, the leader of the National Trade Union Bloc, says the only
\nsolution is going on a general strike. The trade union wants the adoption of a
\nrailway worker status that would guarantee a number of salary rights, solutions
\nfor the recovery of the freight division of the Romanian Railways Company and,
\nmore importantly, more investment to maintain and develop the country’s railway
\nnetwork. More than 700 speed restrictions are in place in Romania, which has
\nEurope’s 7th longest railway network, while the railway company’s
\n1,200 trains are composed of only 300 carriages. Transport Minister Lucian Sova
\nissued a statement saying he supports the promotion of a railway worker’s
\nstatus and that increasing investment is a priority. <\/p>\n

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Amendments.<\/strong> The Romania 100 Platform created by the former
\ntechnocratic prime minister Dacian Ciolos and some of his aides says that
\nthrough the proposed amendments to the criminal code and the criminal procedure
\ncode the government coalition formed by the Social Democrats and the Alliance
\nof Liberals and Democrats is preparing to turn Romania into a criminal
\nparadise, showing complete disregard for the victims of crimes. The most
\nimportant people in the state make their own laws, Romania 100 also says,
\nreferring to the legal problems of the Social Democrat leader Liviu Dragnea and
\nof the Liberals and Democrat’s leader Calin Popescu Tariceanu. The Romania 100
\nPlatform warns that the proposed amendments jeopardise Romania’s position
\nwithin the European Union. The National Liberal Party and the Save Romania
\nUnion, in the parliamentary opposition, have also criticised the intention of
\nthe parliamentary majority to amend the two criminal codes. The coalition says,
\nhowever, that it merely seeks to harmonise the codes with rulings of the
\nConstitutional Court, the European Court of Human Rights and the relevant
\nEuropean Directive. Parliament will start debating these amendments on the 2nd
\nof May. <\/p>\n

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Fed Cup.<\/strong> Romania leads Switzerland 2-nil after day one of
\nthe Fed Cup World Group play-offs hosted by the north-western Romanian city of
\nCluj Napoca. On Saturday, Romanian and world number one Simona Halep defeated
\nViktorija Golubic in three sets, while Irina Begu defeated Timea Bacsinzky in
\nstraight sets. On Sunday, Halep plays Bacsinzky and Begu plays Golubic. In the
\ndoubles, Halep and Begu will be facing Patty Schnyder and Jil Teichman. The
\nwinning team will play in World Group I in the next season. Romania ranks 10th
\nand Switzerland 6th in the Fed Cup classification.<\/p>\n

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