Opposition.<\/strong> Ludovic
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Vacancy.<\/strong> The six applicants for the
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Tourism.<\/strong> Public
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Virus.<\/strong> Two new cases of African swine fever
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Meeting.<\/strong> The Romanian president
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Sea crossing.<\/strong> Avram Iancu, a 42-year-old
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\nOrban, the leader of the National Liberal Party, in opposition, announced on
\nSunday that his party would take part in the European elections next year on
\nits own. He also said the National Liberal Party would support the current head
\nof state Klaus Iohannis in the race for a new presidential term, also next
\nyear. He made these comments after a meeting in Bucharest between the party’s
\nleadership and its senators and deputies about their legislative priorities. The
\nLiberals wish to ask the prime minister questions about the violence that took
\nplace at the protests of August 10th in Bucharest and the situation
\nof the African swine fever epidemic. The new parliamentary session begins on
\nMonday. <\/p>\n
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\nposition of chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate will be
\ninterviewed by the justice minister Tudorel Toader on Monday and Tuesday. The
\nresults will be made public on the 6th of September. The proposal of
\nthe justice minister will then be submitted to the Supreme Council of
\nMagistracy for an opinion and later to president Klaus Iohannis. The former
\nhead of the anti-corruption body Laura Codruta Kovesi was sacked in July following
\na decree signed by the president, who was in effect forced to do so in order to
\ncomply with a Constitutional Court ruling. The justice minister had requested
\nthat Kovesi be sacked following a report that received a negative opinion from
\nthe Supreme Council of Magistracy.<\/p>\n
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\nemployees in Romania will also benefit from holiday vouchers next year, the
\ntourism minister has announced. The amount remains unchanged, at around 315
\neuros. The ministry says the vouchers were a breath of air for local tourism in
\n2018. The measure benfits 1.2 million employees and is meant to stimulate
\ndomestic tourism, the authoritities have said. <\/p>\n
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\nhave been confirmed in Romania, where the number of hotbeds now stands at
\naround 800. The authorities continue to take measures to contain the spread of
\nthe virus, and in the areas where the virus has been confirmed, that is a
\nquarter of all counties in Romania, the pigs are culled. As a preventive
\nmeasure, the authorities have also imposed restrictions on the sale of pork,
\nand road checks are in place on the borders with the counties where the virus
\nhas been indentified. The government has given assurances that the owners of
\nthe culled pigs will receive compensations. <\/p>\n
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\nKlaus Iohannis has called for a meeting of the Country’s Supreme Defence
\nCouncil on the 4th of September to discuss the government’s proposals
\nto adjust this year’s budget of state institutions with responsibilities in the
\narea of national security. The president’s office has explained that not all
\nCouncil members agreed to approve the proposed adjustment. The president said
\nthe government could have made the budget adjustment in any field with no need
\nfor further approval, with the exception of national security. Earlier, the
\ngovernment had called for an emergency meeting of the Council and warned that
\nthe president’s refusal to hold one to approve the budget adjustment bill can
\njeopardise not only the incomes of the most vulnerable categories, that is
\npensioners, mothers and children, but also people’s access to medical services.
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\nlibrarian from Petrosani, in south-western Romania, said on his blog that he
\nplans to swim across the Black Sea, from Sulina in Romania to Istanbul in
\nTurkey, covering a distance of 630 km. He started his journey on Sunday and
\nplans to finish in 40 to 50 days, according to News.ro. He is the first person
\nin the world to swim the length of the Danube river, 2,860 km, without a
\nprotective suit, something that took him 89 days. He also crossed the English
\nChannel without wearing a neoprene suit. <\/p>\n
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