SCHEDULE The Holy See has published a detailed schedule of Pope Francis’
\nvisit to Romania. The Pontiff is due to arrive in Romania on May 31st
\nand be meeting president Klaus Iohannis, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila,
\nrepresentatives of civil society and the diplomatic corps. The Pope is expected
\nto meet Romanian patriarch Daniel and deliver a speech in front of the
\nPermanent Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Pope Francis and Patriarch Daniel
\nwill be praying together in the People’s Salvation Cathedral. The Pope’s first
\nday in Romania will end with a mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Bucharest. On
\nJune 1st the Pope will deliver a mass at Sumuleu Ciuc, central
\nRomania, and will next go to Iasi, in northern Romania for a visit to the local
\ncathedral and a speech at the Palace of Culture Family and Youth. On June 2nd
\nin Blaj, Pope Francis will deliver a mass and beatify seven martyr bishops and
\nmeet the local Roma community. The Pontiff will next go to Sibiu in central
\nRomania and board a plane to Rome. Over 110 thousand people have enlisted to
\nparticipate in the mass at Sumuleu Ciuc. The list includes Roman-Catholic
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CAMPAIGN A campaign for the European Parliament election is to kick
\noff on Saturday and end on May 25th. Bucharest will send to Brussels 33 MEPs,
\none more than before if Britain is going to leave the bloc. Former prime
\nministers, a president, several ministers, MEPs and mayors are among the
\ncandidates. Romania’s number one ruling party PSD is favourite in the election
\nrace together with the main opposition party PNL. They are followed by the
\nopposition USR PLUS alliance and ProRomania as well as by ALDE, also part of
\nthe country’s ruling coalition. UDMR, the ethnic Hungarians’ Union and PMP also
\nstand chances to win seats in the European Parliament. On the election day, Romanians
\nare expected to vote on a referendum on justice promoted by the country’s
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DECREE Romanian president Klaus Iohannis has today issued a
\ndecree on the Referendum on justice, due to take place on May 26th,
\nconcurrently with the European Parliament elections. Citizens are called upon
\nto have their say on making illegal amnesty and pardoning on corruption charges
\nas well as emergency ordinances in graft cases. The president’s move comes
\nagainst the background of numerous legislative amendments in the judiciary
\npromoted by Parliament majority and the PSD-ALDE cabinet. These controversial
\namendments have attracted a lot of heat in Romania as well as from the
\ncountry’s European partners. Parliament has endorsed the president’s request
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TENNIS The Romanian-Dutch pair Horia Tecau\/Jean Julien Rojer will today
\nbe playing Jamie Murry of Britain and Bruno Soares of Brazil in the quarter
\nfinals of the tennis tournament in Barcelona. Tecau and Rojer on Tuesday
\ndefeated 2-0 the all-Spanish pair David Marrero\/ Fernando Verdasco while the
\nBritish-Brazilian pair comes after a 2-1 win against Ivan Dodig of Croatia and
\nEdouard Roger-Vasselin of France. <\/p>\n
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DRILL Resolute Castle 2019, a military drill involving the joint
\nparticipation of engineers from Romania’s Ground Forces and from South Carolina
\nNational Guard is underway at the Getica training range in Cincu, central
\nRomania. Romanian engineers from infantry divisions and their US counterparts
\nwill be involved in infrastructure projects in a bid to improve training
\nfacilities in Cincu. Resolute Castle is aimed at increasing the level of
\ninteroperability through ongoing training and the implementation of innovative
\nsolutions to common issues faced by army engineer troops. <\/p>\n
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