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Earthquake.<\/strong> <\/strong>Romania commemorates 42 years on Monday since a devastating earthquake on 4th March 1977, the worst to hit this country, which lies at the intersection of two tectonic plates. The National Institute of Research and Development for Earth Physics is to hold a series of events to raise awareness of the risk of a new major earthquake in Romania. The earthquake of 1977, which measured 7.2 degrees on the Richter scale, killed 1,570 people, mostly in Bucharest, and caused material damage estimated at the time at more than 2 billion dollars. Some 230,000 homes were destroyed or severely damaged. Experts say hundreds of buildings are at risk of collapsing in Bucharest in the event of a similar earthquake.<\/span>
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Meeting.<\/strong> Foreign minister Teodor Melescanu has attended the 46th
\nCouncil of Foreign Ministers of the
\nOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation held on the 1st and 2nd
\nof March in Abu Dhabi. According to a foreign ministry press release, the
\nRomanian minister’s participation in this event forms part of efforts to
\nconsolidate Bucharest’s ties with the Arab and Muslim states from a bilateral
\nand multilateral perspective. The Council tackled issues of major interest such
\nas combating terrorism and extremism, managing migration, the complex problems
\nrelated to the displacement of various Muslim communities or groups and the
\neradication of poverty. Melescanu’s participation was an opportunity for
\nbilateral talks with delegations from the Republic of Maldives, the Union of
\nthe Comoros, Brunei Darussalam, Sierra Leone, the Republic of Suriname and the
\nFederal Republic of Nigeria. On the sidelines of the event, Melescanu also had
\ntalks with representatives of Palestine, Mauritania, Niger, Libya, Burkina
\nFaso, Tunisia, Albania, the Sultanate of Oman, Ivory Coast, Yemen and
\nKazakhstan. <\/p>\n

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Order.<\/strong> Prime
\nminister Viorica Dancila has been summoned in Parliament on Monday at the
\nrequest of the Liberal opposition to give explanations about a controversial
\nemergency order that levies new taxes in the banking, telecommunications and
\nenergy sectors. The Senate passed the order tacitly, meaning without debates
\nand without being voted on, given that the deadline expired on the 1st
\nof March. The order will next be discussed and voted on in the Chamber of
\nDeputies, which is the decision-making body in this case. The European
\nCommission’s six-month report published on Thursday noted that the provisions
\nof the emergency order in question weaken significantly the so-called Pillar
\nII of privately managed pensions. The EU report says the measures have
\nnegative effects on future pensions and the capital market, as well as the
\nfuture investments, by increasing uncertainty and making Romania’s economy less
\nattractive for both local and foreign investors. <\/p>\n

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European elections.<\/strong> The European Parliament has published new
\nprojections about its composition after the upcoming European elections in May,
\nbased on polls conducted in each EU member state. The next EU Parliament will
\nhave fewer MEPs, 705 compared with 751 today, as a result of Brexit. The
\nprojections put the European People’s Party down with 181 seats, the Socialists
\nand Democrats with 135, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats with 75, and the
\nGreens with 49. The latest figures point to slightly fewer seats for
\nanti-European and euro-sceptic parties. Of the 73 seats vacated by the UK, 27
\nwill be redistributed among 14 countries considered slightly under-represented
\nin the current parliament. Romania will receive one extra seat to reach 33. According
\nto the European Parliament projection, Romania’s
\n33 seats would be distributed as follows: the People’s Party group and the
\nSocialists and Democrats group 13 each, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
\n3, the European Reformists and Conservatives 1, and other groups 3. The
\nprojection also looks at the voting intentions in Romania. Thus, the Social
\nDemocratic Party, the number one in the ruling coalition, is credited with
\n9.9%, followed by the National Liberal Party, in opposition, with 24.4%, the
\nAlliance of Liberals and Democrats, the junior partner in the ruling coalition,
\nwith 9.1% and the Save Romania Union, in opposition, with 9%. <\/p>\n

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Protests.<\/b> Many
\nRomanians took to the streets again on Sunday evening in the capital Bucharest
\nto protest against an emergency order modifying the justice laws. Many wore a
\nwhite armband to show their solidarity with the magistrates who have protested
\nall week against the order. The actors of the National Theatre also staged a
\nprotest on Sunday evening in solidarity with the protesters. Around 8,000 people took to the streets last Sunday in Bucharest and
\nseveral other thousands around the country. Magistrates have also criticised
\nthe order and prosecutors and judges from around 80 prosecutor’s offices and
\ncourts from around the country have protested by stopping working or staging
\ndemonstrations outside courts. <\/p>\n

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Rugby.<\/strong> Romania lost 21:18 to Spain on Sunday in Madrid in their third
\nmatch as part of the 2019 Rugby Europe International Championship. So far in
\nthis competition, Romania have lost to Georgia 9:18 and have won against
\nGermany 38:10. After Spain, Romania will face Russia at home on the 9th
\nof March and Belgium away on the 17th of March. The Rugby Europe
\nInternational Championship is the second tier continental competition after the
\nfamous Six Nations tournament. Romania rank 18th in world standings,
\ntheir lowest position in the last six years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tennis.<\/strong> Three Romanian tennis players are on the women’s singles main
\ndraw at Indian Wells, in the US, a Premier Mandatory tennis tournament that
\nbegins on Monday. They are world no. 2 Simona Halep, world no. 31 Mihaela
\nBuzarnescu and world no. 67 Irina Begu. Halep won the title here in 2015. Romania
\nalso has a player in the men’s singles, namely Marius Copil. <\/p>\n


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