No-confidence vote.<\/strong> The Parliament in Bucharest is today
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Protests.<\/strong> More than 1,000 people have
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Defence meeting.<\/strong> The members of the Country’s Supreme Defence Council who
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Military exercise.<\/strong>
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Employment.<\/strong> In 2015, small companies provided jobs for
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Photonics conference.<\/strong> 200 scientists from 20 countries involved
Weather.<\/strong> Yellow and orange code
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\ndebating and voting on a no-confidence motion initiated by the National Liberal
\nParty and entitled The resignation of the Dragnea-Dancila government – a
\nnational emergency! The signatories of the motion, which is supported by the
\nSave Romania Union and the People’s Movement Party, criticise the government
\nformed by the Social Democratic Party and the Alliance of Liberals and
\nDemocrats among others for the changes to the Code of Criminal Procedure,
\nrestricting the president’s powers and the negative economic developments. The
\nopposition says the inflation rate has reached 5.4%, the highest level in the
\nlast four years, and that the taxation policy has been destroyed by the
\nfrequent changes made to the tax code. In order to pass, the no-confidence motion
\nneeds the votes of at least 233 MPs, several dozens more than the Liberal
\nParty, the Save Romania Union and the People’s Movement Party have together.
\nThe MPs from the ruling coalition say they will be present but will not vote. The
\nDemocratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania says its MPS are attending the
\ndebates but not the voting.<\/p>\n
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\nstaged a protest near the Parliament building in Bucharest in support of the
\nno-confidence motion. They demand the resignation of the government and are
\nchanting anti-coalition slogans. Protesters say they are unhappy with the
\ngovernment’s lack of interest in securing investments for infrastructure,
\nhealthcare and education, instead concerning itself with the judicial system in
\norder to solve their problems with the law. <\/p>\n
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\nmet today in Bucharest have approved the number of armed forces that can be
\nmade available by Romania to international missions and operations in 2019.
\nAccording to a statement by the president’s office, Romania can deploy 305 more
\ntroops in 2019 than in 2018. The Romanian Army will deploy 2,098 military and
\ncivilian staff to international operations, while the interior ministry will
\ndeploy 932 military and police forces. The first point on the agenda of the
\nmeeting chaired by president Klaus Iohannis was the analysis and approval of
\nRomania’s objectives for the upcoming NATO summit in Brussels on the 11th
\nand 12th of July. According to the presidential press release, the
\nsummit has special importance for Romania from the point of view of advancing
\nthe projects for the consolidation of the defence and deterrence posture on
\nNATO’s eastern flank and the projection of stability in the eastern
\nneighbourhood, especially in the Black Sea region. <\/p>\n
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\nThe 2018 Dacian Eagle exercise is under way in Campia Turzii, at the biggest
\nNATO air base in Transylvania, central Romania. 200 Romanian and 300 American
\nmilitary are taking part. The former are operating six MiG-21 Lancer planes and
\nfour IAR-330 Puma helicopters, while the American military are using 12 F-15
\nplanes belonging to the Massachusetts Air National Guard.
\nThe exercise is aimed at developing cooperation between the Romanian and the
\nAmerican troops. <\/p>\n
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\nabout half of all employees in the European Union, with the lowest percentage
\nbeing recorded in the UK, Germany, Luxembourg and Romania and the highest in
\nItaly and Spain, according to figures published on Wednesday by Eurostat, the European
\nstatistical office. Out of the 23.5 million non-financial enterprises existing
\nin the European Union in 2015, 98.7% were small companies, with up to 49
\nemployees. Only 0.2% are big companies (with 250 or more employees), but they
\ngenerate 33% of the number of employees and 44% of the total of added value.
\nThe highest percentage of employees working in big companies is recorded in the
\nUK, France, Germany and Romania. In 2015, some 44% of all of Romania’s employees
\nwere working in small companies, 21% in medium-sized companies and 35% in big
\ncompanies. <\/p>\n
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\nin the
\ndevelopment of ultrahigh intensity lasers and gamma beam systems, nuclear
\nphysics and applications are getting together in Brasov,
\ncentral Romania, this week to discuss how to solve problems in the future that
\nappear impossible today. Answers are being searched for the origin of life on Earth,
\nthe structure and composition of the Universe and finding a cure for diseases
\nthat are as yet untreatable. Solutions may appear through research and Romania,
\nwith the strong laser that will become functional at the beginning of next year
\nin Magurele, near Bucharest, has potential in this respect, specialists say.
\nThe conference on nuclear photonics in Brasov is the second in a series that
\nbegan two years ago in California, the US, while the next will be held in 2020
\nin Japan. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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\nalerts for heavy rain are in place in most counties in the eastern half of
\nRomania today. The amount of precipitation is expected to reach 50 litres per
\nsquare metre and even 70 litres in some areas. Torrential rain, thunderstorms,
\npowerful winds and even hail storms are expected in the east and south-east of
\nthe country. Wind speeds are expected to exceed 70 km per hour at high altitudes.
\nIn terms of temperatures, the highs of the day range from 16 to 26 degrees
\nCelsius, with 21 degrees in Bucharest at noon. More than 3,200 rescuers and
\n1,400 pieces of flood equipment are on stand-by, ready to intervene in the
\ncounties where the alerts have been issued. <\/p>\n
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