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MEDICINES – <\/strong> Bucharest is hosting, between June 19th and 21st, the
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WEATHER<\/strong> – Romanian meteorologists on Wednesday issued a code
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\nRomania and Egypt, Klaus Iohannis and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi respectively, had
\nofficial talks on Wednesday, as part of the visit the head of the Egyptian
\nstate is making to Bucharest. The 2 leaders announced with satisfaction an
\nincrease in the volume of bilateral trade, and President Iohannis said closer
\ncooperation was being discussed, both in bilateral terms and between the
\nEuropean Union and Egypt, in the field of social and economic development,
\nresearch, the fight against terrorism, energy and migration. Informal
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\nThe EU-US Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting was held in
\nBucharest on Wednesday, under the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU.
\nThe participants included the Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender
\nEquality Vera Jourova, the Commissioner for the Security Union Julian King, as
\nwell as the Commissioner for Migration, Home affairs and Citizenship Dimitris
\nAvramopoulos. Also attending, for the first time, was the US Attorney General
\nWilliam Barr. The agenda of the meeting included topics of interest for both
\nsides, such as counterterrorism, migration, borders and visas, cyber security
\nand judicial cooperation. Before the meeting, Dimitris Avramopoulos said that
\nRomania would soon become a member of Schengen, as it had fulfilled almost all
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\nsaid on Wednesday that the French investments in Romania are proof that this is
\na favourable country for the business environment. D\u0103ncil\u0103 took part in the
\nFrench-Romanian Economic Forum, an event organised by the French Chamber of
\nCommerce and Industry in Romania as part of the Romania-France Season. We have
\nall witnessed of late a true economic upswing in the bilateral relation, with
\nmany successful projects that have helped push the French-Romanian trade to
\nover 9 million euro last year, the Romanian PM said. France is the 5th largest
\nforeign investor in Romania. Over 3,000 French businesses operate in Romania,
\nemploying a combined 120,000 people, and France is the 3rd most important
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\nthe European Parliament on the lists of the 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance, was chosen
\nto lead Renew Europe, a pro-European group formed around President Emmanuel
\nMacron following the May 26th European elections. The presidency of Renew
\nEurope group is just a step in the political construction we have been working
\nto design for 2 years, Ciolos said. A former PM of Romania and former European
\ncommissioner for agriculture, Dacian Ciolos is the leader of PLUS party in
\nRomania. The alliance formed by PLUS and Save Romania Union won 8 seats in the
\nEuropean Parliament, coming in 3rd in Romania after the National Liberal Party
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\nIohannis sent a letter to the Romanian Government, presenting a set of measures
\nmeant to improve the election process, proposed by the Presidential
\nAdministration Working Group, following May 26th elections. The
\nmeasures are aimed at reducing bureaucracy, increasing the number of polling
\nstations abroad and equipping them properly, changing the legislation with
\nregard to the closing hours of the voting stations and early elections abroad,
\nstarting with the presidential elections due this autumn. According to the head
\nof state, these measures should target all types of elections and referenda,
\ncreating the grounds for a new electoral code, in the near future, to unify all
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\nMoldova might be resumed in autumn, said on Wednesday the European Commissioner
\nfor Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, on a visit
\nto Chisinau. In a joint press conference with the Moldovan Prime Minister Maia
\nSandu, the European official stated that Brussels last year presented the
\nformer government with the conditions set by the EU for resuming its financial
\naid. Johannes Hahn hailed the peaceful transfer of power in Chisinau and
\nstressed the importance of the fight against corruption. In turn, Maia Sandu
\nstated that the political dialogue between Chisinau and Brussels was resumed on
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\nsecond meeting of the Heads of Medicines Agencies – HMA II. The agenda includes
\ntopics of strategic importance in the field of human and animal health
\nproducts. Attending the meeting are the heads of medicines regulation and
\ncontrol agencies in the European Economic Area, representatives of the European
\nMedicines Agency, of the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and
\nof the European Commission. The first HMA meeting organised under the Romanian
\npresidency of the Council of the EU was held in Timisoara in February. <\/p>\n
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\nyellow warning for heavy rainfalls, thunderstorms and hailstorms, valid today
\nin most parts of the country. Precipitation amounts will exceed 25 l\/sq.m. The
\nbad weather is expected to continue on Thursday. Experts also warn that thermal
\ndiscomfort will remain high especially at noon time, with the
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\nRomanian Football Cup, FC Viitorul Constanta, will face Royal Antwerp of
\nBelgium in the second preliminary round of Europa League, according to the draw
\nheld in Nyon, Switzerland on Wednesday. The first leg will be held in Belgium,
\non July 25th, and the second in Ovidiu, Romania, on August 1st.
\nOn Tuesday, several teams learned their opponents in the first preliminary
\nround of the European Cups. In the Europa League, FCSB will play against
\nMilsami Orhei of Moldova. CSU Craiova will take the Azeri FK Sabail, and in the
\nChampions League, CFR Cluj, Romania’s champion, will meet FC Astana of Kazakhstan. <\/p>\n
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