TALKS Negotiators of the European Parliament and of the EU Council on
\nWednesday ended their first round of talks over the appointment of the European
\nChief-prosecutor without reaching an agreement. We recall that the former head
\nof Romania’s main anti-corruption agency (DNA), Laura Codruta Kovesi, is also
\nrunning for this position. The next rounds of talks are to be held on 27th
\nMarch as well as on 4th and the 10th April. We recall
\nthat the president of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani has sent an
\nofficial letter to the Romanian Delegate Minister for European Affairs, George
\nCiamba informing him that Mrs. Kovesi is the European Parliament’s candidate
\nfor the position of European chief-prosecutor. The EU Council is backing the
\nFrench candidate Jean-Francois Bohnert. The European Prosecutor’s Office, which
\nis due to commence activity by the end of 2020, is to be an independent office
\nin charge of investigating and prosecuting frauds against the EU budget. The
\nEuropean Chief Prosecutor will have a 7-year mandate, which cannot be extended.
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TENNIS Romanian tennis player Monica Niculescu is on the main draw of the WTA
\ntournament in Miami, Florida after 6-2, 6-4 win against Katerina Kozlova of
\nUkraine in the last qualifying round. On Thursday, Romanian challenger Irina
\nBegu is playing the Romanian-born Canadian Bianca Andreescu, who has recently
\nwon the Indian Wells tournament. Marius Copil also from the Romanian delegation
\nwill be playing Albert Ramos Vinolas in the first round, while in the women’s
\ndoubles, a Romanian-German pair made up of Simona Halep and Julia Goerges will
\nbe up against Timea Babos of Hungary and Kristina Mladenovic of France. Monica
\nNiculescu of Romania and Abigail Spears of the USA will be playing Anna-Lena
\nGroenefeld of Germany and Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic. Romanians Irina
\nBegu and Mihaela Buzarnescu are meeting the Taiwanese pair made up of Hao-Ching
\nand Latisha Chan. In the men’s doubles the Romanian-Dutch pair Horia Tecau -
\nJean-Julien Rojer will be playing Oliver Marach of Austria and Mate Pavic of
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SUMMIT Romania constantly affirmed the importance of ensuring a standard of
\nliving for citizens as high as possible, Romania’s Prime Minister Viorica
\nDancila said in Brussels on Wednesday during the Tripartite Social Summit unfolding
\nunder the motto ‘for a stronger united and forward-looking Europe’. The summit,
\nwhich also brought together representatives of European trade unions and employers
\nassociations was co-chaired by the president of the European Council Donald
\nTusk, the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and by
\nRomania’s Prime Minister Viorica Dancila as this country is currently holding
\nthe EU rotating presidency. According to Dancila, besides moves at European
\nlevel, Romania has also taken a series of concrete measures at the domestic
\nlevel aimed at meeting the convergence objective. Also on Wednesday, Prime
\nMinister Dancila held talks with the First Vice-president of the European
\nCommission Frans Timmermans. According to a spokesperson for the Commission, the
\ntwo officials confirmed that Romania had stepped up measures aimed at
\nimplementing recommendations from the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism and
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