COLECTIV – Tuesday marked 3 years since the fire at the
\nBucharest-based club Colectiv where 64 people lost their lives. Subsequently,
\nafter one year and a half, a young man injured in the fire committed suicide.
\nTo commemorate the dead two religious services, a commemoration rally and the
\nscreening of a thematic movie were held. The film is called ”We get off at the
\nnext stop’ and is directed by Tedy Necula, who tells the story of the
\npassengers in a subway carriage, the next day after the fire. The Romanian
\npresident Klaus Iohannis brought a floral tribute at the place of the tragedy,
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MOTION – The Chamber of Deputies in Bucharest on Tuesday debated a
\nsimple motion initiated by the National Liberal Party and the Save Romania
\nUnion Party against the justice minister, in which they ask for his
\nresignation. The opposition accuses Minister Tudorel Toader that through his
\nattitude he abandoned the judiciary and left it in the hands of criminals, thus
\ntaking Romania way back in the past when criminal files used to be solved
\nduring party meetings. The motion will be submitted to the vote on Wednesday.
\nMeanwhile Minister Toader announced he would make public the appointment
\nprocedure and grid as well as the candidacy file of Romania’s prosecutor
\ngeneral Augustin Lazar. Last week, the justice minister had asked for the
\ndismissal of Augustin Lazar, one of the reasons being the alleged existence, in
\nhis candidacy file of 2016, of a classifying verdict in a case involving the
\ncountry’s president Klaus Iohannis, at the time when he was a mayor. The
\nSuperior Council of Magistracy claims that the file does not include such a
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VISITS – The European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources, Gunther
\nOettinger, on Tuesday paid an official visit to Bucharest. He met with the
\nRomanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, with whom he discussed hot topics on
\nthe European agenda, particularly the multiannual financial framework. Also
\npresent in Bucharest was the European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina
\nCretu, who said that the lack of transport infrastructure is the legacy of
\nRomania’s history. Attending a top-level conference on the future of the
\nCohesion Policy, the European official said Romania had no projects to
\nimplement when it joined the European Union. The EU official said the European
\nCommission is providing an additional 10% increase in the funds to be allotted
\nto Romania, Bulgaria and Greece in the period 2021-2027. Commissioner Cretu has
\ndrawn attention to the fact that the Romanian authorities are not accessing the
\nmoney made available to it by Brussels, which should be used for infrastructure
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EXERCISE – The American air forces announced that they transported
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COMMEMORATION – President Klaus Iohannis on
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IMF – An IMF mission will arrive next week in Bucharest for talks
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AFRICAN SWINE FEVER – A new African swine fever outbreak was
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\nan important amount of armament to Europe. This was the largest such operation
\nafter the war in Kosovo, when the US played a key role in NATO’s intervention
\nin the former Yugoslavia. The American transport of armament coincides with the
\nlargest NATO military exercise after the Cold War. The exercise called Trident
\nJuncture 18 is taking place in Norway. Participating are tens of thousands of
\nmilitary from 31 member and allied countries. Romania is represented in the
\nmilitary drill by military with the general staff and the Psychological
\nOperations Centre. The Chief<\/em> of the General Staff<\/em> of the Romanian
\nArmed Forces<\/em>, General Nicolae Ciuca, attended the
\nDistinguished Visitors’ Day in Norway.<\/p>\n
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\nNovember 10 and 11 will be attending a series of events in Paris devoted to the
\nArmistice Centenary that marked the end of hostilities in World War I, the
\npresidency reports. The head of state will join leaders of countries that
\nparticipated in the Great War as well as countries that supported war efforts
\nat the ceremony held at the Triumphal Arch in Paris. The president will also
\nattend the opening of the Peace Forum, an initiative of the French President
\nEmmanuel Macron, aimed at generating concrete projects to support
\nmultilateralism and contemporary cooperation towards peace. Klaus Iohannis will
\nalso meet with BA, MA and doctoral students in Paris involved in scientific
\nresearch. Hosted by the Romanian Embassy in Paris, the meeting is devoted to
\nRomania’s contribution to the advancement of science and technology in the year
\nof the Great Union Centennial. <\/p>\n
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\nwith the authorities and representatives of the business sector and civil
\nsociety. The agenda for talks was presented on Tuesday by IMF Resident
\nRepresentative for Romania and Bulgaria, Alejandro Hajdenberg. The agenda includes the macroeconomic
\nframework, the budget for 2019 and progress in implementing structural reforms.
\nThe IMF official announced that the economic forecast for this year is 4%,
\nbelow the estimate for 2018. Alejandro Hajdenberg also said that the IMF
\nexpects the inflation to drop to 3.5% towards the end of 2018, and the budget
\ndeficit to stand at 3.6% of the GDP. <\/p>\n
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\nconfirmed in a household in Dolj County, southwestern Romania, the National
\nSanitary, Veterinary and Food Safety Authority announced. So far a thousand
\noutbreaks have been reported in 15 counties, and over 350,000 animals were
\nculled. Romania has called for EU support to provide financial compensations to
\npig farmers. The first outbreak was reported in July 2017. <\/p>\n
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