FAC – On Monday, the Romanian
\nForeign Minister Teodor Melescanu will attend the Foreign Affairs Council in
\nBrussels. The agenda of the EU foreign ministers’ meeting will include current
\nissues such as Ukraine, Syria, the Horn of Africa and Venezuela, according to a
\nrelease issued by the Romanian Foreign Ministry in Bucharest. On the sidelines
\nof the meeting, the Romanian foreign minister will attend a working brunch on
\nUkraine, organized by his Danish counterpart Anders Samuelsen, with the
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EMPLOYMENT – More than 10,000 notices of employment or posting were
\nissued last year for foreigners coming to Romania to work, mostly from Vietnam,
\nTurkey, Sri Lanka and China. According to the General Inspectorate for
\nImmigration, more than 120,000 foreign citizens were registered in Romania at
\nthe end of last year, more than half of them from non-EU countries. For this
\nyear, the Romanian Government has approved a contingent of 20,000 workers newly
\nadmitted on the Romanian labour market. According to authorities, the decision
\nwas made taking into consideration Romania’s economic development potential and
\nthe need to provide the necessary workforce for certain sectors of the economy
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BREXIT – British Prime Minister Theresa May has decided to speak to
\nevery EU member state leader over the coming days and she has written a letter
\nto the Conservative MPs to appeal for unity over Brexit, France Presse reports.
\nIn this letter, excerpts of which have been made public by Downing Street,
\nTheresa May calls on her party to act for the benefit of the national interest.
\nOn Monday, Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay will meet EU chief negotiator Michel
\nBarnier to discuss proposals put forward by a new working group of British
\nlawmakers, exploring alternatives to the backstop in Ireland. Great Britain is
\ndue to leave the EU on March 29th, but its parliament last month
\nrejected a draft divorce deal that Theresa May had negotiated with the EU,
\nraising the risk of a no-deal Brexit. <\/p>\n
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ISIS – US President Donald Trump has urged Great Britain, France and
\nother European allies to take back their 800 Isis fighters captured in Syria
\nand put them on trial. If this does not happen, the alternative is not a good
\none, in that we will be forced to release them, Trump said. In a message
\nposted on a social network, Trump says that the entire Caliphate claimed by
\nIsis in Syria and Iraq is ready to fall, and the US will pull out after
\ndeclaring victory. <\/p>\n
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TENNIS – The Romanian tennis player
\nMonica Niculescu was defeated by Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan on Sunday, in the
\nlast round of qualifications for the singles of the WTA tournament in Dubai,
\nthe United Arab Emirates, with 2.828.000 dollars in prize money. Simona Halep
\nis third seed at the tournament and will go straight into the second round.
\nAlso from Romania, Mihaela Buzarnescu will take on in the first round the
\nAmerican Sofia Kenin. Four Romanian players will compete in the doubles:
\nBuzarnescu will pair up with the Polish Alicja Rosolska, Irina Bara will play
\ntogether with Dalila Jakupovic of Slovenia, Monica Niculescu will play
\nalongside the Chinese Xinyun Han, and Raluca Olaru will pair up with the Croat
\nDarija Jurak. On Saturday night, in the final of the Doha tournament, Simona
\nHalep, no.2 in the WTA rankings as of Monday, was defeated by the Belgian Elise
\nMertens 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. This is the first match against Halep won by Mertens (21
\nWTA). Halep’s record includes 18 titles, including the Roland Garros. So far,
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