Klaus
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Presidency.<\/strong> The Romanian economy minister Niculae Badalau today chairs
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Press award.<\/strong> Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who are currently
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Press freedom.<\/strong> Recent threats against Romanian investigative reporters have no place in
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Prosecution.<\/strong>
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Unemployment.<\/strong> Romania’s unemployment rate in March stood at 3.8%, similar compared with
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\nIohannis.<\/strong> Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis today attends as a guest of honour
\nthe State of the Union conference organised by the European University
\nInstitute in Florence. According to the president’s office, Iohannis will have
\ntalks with the Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte on the sidelines of the
\nconference. The participation of the Romanian president in the State of the
\nUnion conference is connected to Romania’s holding the presidency of the
\nCouncil of the European Union, the upcoming EU summit in Sibiu on the 9th
\nof May and the 10th anniversary of Romania’s signing the convention
\non the establishment of the European University Institute in Florence. Now in
\nits 9th year, the conference this year discusses 21st
\ncentury democracy in Europe, with emphasis on the European electoral context.
\nEuropean politicians, journalists, members of the academia and representatives
\nof civil society are debating topical issues related to the challenges facing
\nthe Union. <\/p>\n
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\nthe informal meeting of the competitiveness council (internal market and
\nindustry). Attending are the ministers of economy, industry, the internal
\nmarket and SMEs in the 28 EU member states plus two members of the European
\nFree Trade Association, Switzerland and Norway. The European Commission is
\nrepresented by the European commissioner for internal market, industry, entrepreneurship and SMEs Elzbieta Bienkowska. The internal
\nmarket is the common responsibility of the European Commission and the member
\nstates, and its consolidation is one of the sectoral priorities of the Romanian
\npresidency of the Council of the EU, according to the economy ministry in
\nBucharest. <\/p>\n
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\nserving a 7-year prison sentence in Myanmar, share the Guillermo Cano World Press
\nFreedom Prize awarded by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
\nCultural Organisation. The two were working for the Reuters news agency and
\nreporting on the repression of the Rohingya
\nMuslim community by Myanmar’s army. They were found guilty of violating the official secrets act and
\nsentenced on 3rd September 2018 to seven years in prison in Myanmar.
\n<\/em>The United Nations and other human rights
\norganisations have accused the government in Myanmar of ethnic cleansing and
\ngenocide against the Rohingya community. The Guillermo Cano <\/em>award was
\nestablished in 1997 to reward journalists with notable contributions to the
\ndefence and promotion of the freedom of the press. World Press Freedom Day is
\ncelebrated on 3rd of May.<\/p>\n
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\na democratic, Western civilisation, writes a statement by the US embassy in
\nBucharest on World Press Freedom Day. The American embassy expresses solidarity
\nwith responsible
\nand brave Romanian reporters who resist pressures and threats in Bucharest as
\nwell as in various counties. Media and judicial freedom are at the heart
\nof the NATO alliance, the American diplomats also say. The statement emphasises that a free press ensures citizens are more
\ninformed and is a key component of democratic governance and economic success
\nfor all countries. Recently, a journalist investigating cases of plagiarism at
\nthe Police Academy has received threats, an incident the authorities are
\nlooking into. <\/p>\n
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\nThe military prosecutors of the Romanian prosecutor
\ngeneral’s office have expanded criminal investigations for several crimes,
\nincluding abuse of office, in connection to the violence that took place at an
\nanti-government protest on 10th August last year. Senior gendarmerie
\nofficers and a state secretary in the interior ministry have been indicted in
\nthis case. Prosecutors have received hundreds of criminal complains from
\npersons who suffered from the intervention of the gendarmes, which was deemed
\ndisproportionate. A separate criminal investigation has been opened for
\nassault, after several gendarmes were wounded by violent protesters.<\/p>\n
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\nthe previous month, while the number of persons without a job has dropped to 350,000, according to official statistics. The unemployment rate is 0.6%
\nhigher among men compared with women. <\/p>\n
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