Moldova.<\/strong> In a joint session on
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Defence.<\/strong> Between June
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Ombudsman. <\/strong>The two chambers of the Romanian Parliament
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Football.<\/strong> Romania face Germany on
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Tennis.<\/strong> Simona Halep of Romania has reached
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Weather.<\/strong> A warning is in place in Romania
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\nWednesday, the two chambers of Romania’s Parliament adopted a declaration
\nsupporting the new government in the Republic of Moldova and the firm
\ncommitment to this neighbouring country’s European path. The Romanian senators and deputies reiterated
\nRomania’s constant support for the European aspirations of the Republic of
\nMoldova, an ex-Soviet state with a majority Romanian-speaking population, and expect
\na firm commitment from the Moldovan government to continue on this path. They
\nalso called on the Romanian government to go ahead with the implementation of
\nthe bilateral strategic partnership with the Republic of Moldova. Also on
\nWednesday, Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis talked on the phone with
\nMoldova’s prime minister Maia Sandu and her deputy prime minister Andrei
\nNastase, both of them pro-Europeans, as well as with Moldova’s pro-Russian
\nSocialist president Igor Dodon. According to the president’s office in
\nBucharest, the talks were held after the EU leaders meeting at a summit last
\nweek hailed, at the initiative of the Romanian president, the peaceful transfer
\nof power in Moldova and agreed to consolidate EU support for the republic based
\non concrete measures. The Moldovan officials thanked Romania for its constant
\nsupport. President Dodon said he was in favour of a continuation of the
\nstrategic partnership with Romania, a country which is also Moldova’s main
\ntrade partner. <\/p>\n
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\n25-27, the Romanian defence Minister Gabriel Les is taking part in Brussels in
\na series of official events, such as the meeting of NATO defence ministers and
\nof the global coalition against ISIS. Minister Les also meets his counterparts
\nfrom Georgia and France. On Tuesday, he attended the 15th
\nanniversary of the European Defence Agency, where he emphasised the excellent collaboration
\nwith the agency during Romania’s rotating presidency of the Council of the EU.
\nThe defence agency was set up in 2004 in Brussels as a joint government agency
\nof the Council of the EU. The agency currently brings together all EU member
\nstates, except Denmark. <\/p>\n
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\non Wednesday validated the former MEP Renate Weber as new Ombudsman. Backed by
\nthe ruling coalition formed by the Social Democratic Party and the Alliance of
\nLiberals and Democrats, Weber got 208 votes in favour and 134 against. Her
\nrivals for the post, the former MP Peter Eckstein-Kovacs, supported by the National Liberal Party, the Save
\nRomania Union and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania, and the
\nlawyer Catalin Voinea Mic, proposed by the People’s Movement Party, were
\nrejected. Renate Weber will succeed the former Christian Democrat prime
\nminister from the 1990s Victor Ciorbea, whose performance as Ombudsman has come
\nunder frequent criticism from the opposition, civil society and the media. A
\nlawyer and human rights activist, as well as Liberal politician, 63-year-old
\nRenate Weber also served as an advisor to the former president Traian Basescu
\nand as chair of the Soros Foundation Romania.<\/p>\n
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\nThursday night in the semifinals of the European Under-21 Championship hosted
\nby Italy and San Marino. In the other semifinal, Spain take on France, also on
\nThursday. The final will be held on Sunday. Romania reached the semifinals
\nafter winning Group C with two clear wins, against Croatia, 4-1, and then
\nagainst England, 4-2, and a goalless draw against France. The qualification
\nalso secures Romania’s ticket, after 55 years, to the Olympic Games hosted by
\nTokyo next year. This is the second time Romania take part in a European Under-21
\nfinal tournament after 1998 when it was hosted by Bucharest. <\/p>\n
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\nthe quarterfinals of the grass court tennis tournament in Eastbourne, the UK,
\nafter she defeated Slovenia’s Polona Hercog in three sets. She will play next Germany’s
\nAngelique Kerber. The tournament in Eastbourne is a good test ahead of Wimbledon,
\nthe third Grand Slam tournament of the year which begins on Monday. <\/p>\n
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\nuntil Thursday night for humid and hot weather, with the temperature-humidity
\nratio expected to exceed the critical threshold. Rains will return, first in
\nthe north and the hilly and mountainous regions and then spreading across the
\ncountry. The General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations said on Wednesday
\nthat fire fighters were deployed to help clear the effects of dangerous weather
\nphenomena in 40 towns and villages in 13 counties and the capital Bucharest.
\nThey helped pump out the water from dozens of homes, courtyards and cellars and
\nremove the trees felled by the storm on roads and streets. <\/p>\n