Strike.<\/strong> Negotiations between the Bucharest metro trade unions and the
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EU presidency.<\/strong> Romania is ready to
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Romania-Brexit.<\/strong> The foreign ministry in Bucharest welcomes the fact that
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Brexit deal.<\/strong> The
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Fund.<\/strong> An emergency order on the creation of the Sovereign Investment Fund
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Military.<\/strong> Some 1,800 Romanian and
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Fair.<\/strong> The 25th Gaudeamus
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Football.<\/strong> Romania’s Under 21 football side today
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\nmanagement are due to continue, following a warning strike this morning. The metro
\nemployees threaten to go on a general strike beginning on the 19th
\nof November. They demand a 42% salary increase, but were only offered an 18%
\nincrease by the management. According to the transport minister Lucian Sova,
\nthe salaries of metro employees have grown every year in the last four years, the
\nlast time by 21% last year. 700,000 people use the Bucharest metro every day.<\/p>\n
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\ntake over and successfully carry out its term as holder of the EU Council
\npresidency in the first part of next year, prime minister Viorica Dancila has
\nagain given assurances. The events schedule has been finalised and all working
\nmechanisms have been created. We have the capacity to show our European
\npartners that Romania is a balanced and responsible member state, determined to
\ncontribute to the future of the European Union, regardless of the purely
\npolitical considerations at one time or another, the Romanian prime minister
\nalso said. Tuesday’s vote in the European Parliament is one such example and I
\nassure you that it will not make us stray from our objectives, said Dancila. She
\nadded that she was disappointed with the conclusions of the Cooperation and
\nVerification Mechanism report, given that Romania has proved to be a loyal and
\nfair partner of the European Union. We recall that European Parliament’s resolution
\nand the aforementioned report are critical of the changes to the justice laws
\nmade by the ruling coalition formed by the Social Democratic Party and the
\nAlliance of Liberals and Democrats. <\/p>\n
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\nBrussels’ and London’s negotiators have arrived at a final version of the text
\nof UK’s EU withdrawal agreement. This marks an important moment in the
\nnegotiation process and paves the way for defining a close and strong future
\nrelationship between the EU and London, which is Romania’s strategic objective,
\ngiven the bilateral strategic partnership and the close security cooperation,
\nwhich is important to maintain in the context of the developments in the
\neastern neighbourhood, where Romania and Great Britain share a common
\nobjective, reads a press release from the Romanian foreign ministry. The
\nwithdrawal agreement will guarantee the protection of the rights of all
\nRomanian citizens who settle in Great Britain before 31st December 2020. They will
\nbe able to continue to work, live and study in Britain after obtaining a
\nsettled status, the ministry also says. <\/p>\n
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\nBritish government has seen a number of resignation over the Brexit agreement,
\nincluding Brexit minister Dominic Raab. On Wednesday, British prime minister
\nTheresa May secured her cabinet’s approval of the agreement, but conflicting
\nviews still exist within her cabinet. She will also have to convince an equally
\ndivided Parliament to back the agreement. <\/p>\n
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\nis on today’s Bucharest government agenda. The Fund is aimed at expanding or building
\nprofitable businesses in priority areas for the Romanian state either on its
\nown or together with other investors or investment funds. Included in the governing
\nplatform for the 2017-2020 period and based on the experience of states such as
\nFrance, Norway, Poland and Italy, the Sovereign Fund will mainly be comprised
\nof profitable state companies and will have a value of over 10 billion euros. <\/p>\n
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\nforeign military backed by 250 pieces of technical equipment are taking part in
\nthe Scorpions Fury multinational exercise under way at the shooting range in
\nCincu, central Romania until the 16th of November. The aim is to evaluate
\nthe capacity of the Headquarters Multinational Brigade South East in Craiova, in the south, to ensure
\nthe command and control of a NATO collective defence operation. The military
\ncarry out both computer-assisted command exercises and field training and
\ntactical combat shooting exercises. Turkish, Polish, Bulgarian, Italian and
\nPortuguese as well as Romanian military are taking part. <\/p>\n
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\nInternational Educational Book Fair organised by Radio Romania continues until
\nSunday. Today’s events include a debate entitled Do we still need literary
\nclubs? and the launch of the book The History of Romania for Children in 100
\nImages. 900 different events are held by the over 300 participating
\npublishers. <\/p>\n
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\nface Belgium in Cluj in a friendly match. Both sides have qualified for the European
\nUnder-21 Championship to be hosted by Italy and San Marino in June next year.
\n12 sides will be taking part. This is the second time Romania have qualified for
\nthis tournament after 1998, when it was hosted by Bucharest. On Saturday,
\nRomania’s senior side face Lithuania at home in a League C Group 4 match of the
\nUEFA Nations League. In their final match in this newly created competition,
\nRomania play against Montenegro on Tuesday. With one win and three draws,
\nRomania have amassed six points. Serbia top the group with 8 points, followed
\nby Montenegro with 7. <\/p>\n
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