POLITICS – The Alliance of Liberals and
\nDemocrats will withdraw from the governing coalition, its leader Calin
\nPopescu-Tariceanu announced on Monday. The decision follows after the
\nSocial-Democratic Party, the Alliance’s ruling coalition partners, did not
\nsupport their claim to reshuffle the government and present a new governing
\nprogram, Tariceanu says. Tariceanu will also withdraw from the presidential
\nrace, while his party will support the candidacy of Mircea Diaconu, who has
\nalso rallied the support of the Pro Romania Party. Calin Popescu-Tariceanu will
\nalso resign from the position of Senate Speaker. In turn, Prime Minister and
\nSocial Democrat leader Viorica Dancila said her party will stay in power. The Prime Minister on Tuesday will make new nominations to replace the outgoing ministers from the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats. <\/p>\n
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ELECTIONS – The
\nRomanian Government’s decisions regarding the presidential election in November
\nenter into force this week. The document includes information and regulations
\nregarding the vote in Romania and abroad. The deadline for the submission of
\ncandidacies is September 22. The election campaign will start on October 12.
\nThe first round of elections will be held on November 10 and the second one on
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DIPLOMACY -
\nBucharest is hosting for four days the annual meeting of Romanian diplomacy,
\nstaged by the Romanian Foreign Ministry. Approached at the meeting will be the
\nfuture of the EU and its global role, the trans-Atlantic ties, the ties with
\nthe eastern neighbors, European affairs, Romania’s political and economic ties
\nwith countries in the Asia-Pacific area, the Middle East, Africa and Latin
\nAmerica, humanitarian aid and the contribution to world peace and security.
\nAttending the event are Foreign Minister Ramona Manescu, minister-delegate for
\nEuropean affairs George Ciamba and heads of Romania’s consular and diplomatic missions
\nabroad. The special guests of this year’s meeting are the foreign ministers of
\nBulgaria and Moldova and the Croatian state secretary for European affairs. On
\nMonday, the Foreign Ministry and the UN Development Program signed a
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MILITARY – A new
\ndetachment of the Romanian Gendarmerie is leaving on Tuesday to Afghanistan for
\na six-month NATO mission. The 16 officers and agents will provide training,
\ncounseling and assistance to Afghan security forces and institutions. Attending
\nthe departure ceremony on Monday, Inspector General with the Romanian
\nGendarmerie Constantin Florea said the participation of Romanian gendarmes in
\nmissions in Afghanistan started in 2011, with notable results prompting
\ninternational bodies to call on Romania to contribute special forces to
\ntraining and counseling missions. So far Romanian gendarmes have helped train
\nover 17,000 Afghan soldiers and police officers. <\/p>\n
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MINISTERS – Prime
\nMinister Viorica Dancila on Monday submitted the proposals for new ministers
\ndecided at Saturday’s National Executive Committee of the Social Democratic
\nParty to President Klaus Iohannis. The party’s secretary general, Mihai Fifor
\nwill be heading the Interior Ministry, Ana Birchall will become Deputy Prime
\nMinister for Strategic Partnerships while MP Iulian Iancu will be Deputy Prime
\nMinister in charge of economic affairs. Dana Girbovan was nominated for the
\nJustice Ministry, but the move has been harshly criticized by the opposition
\nwho emphasized the fact that Girbovan was a staunch supporter of the justice
\nreforms that had been proposed by PSD and ALDE with the alleged intention to
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G7 – World
\nleaders gathered in Biarritz for the last day of the G7 Summit on Monday. UN
\nSecretary General Antonio Guterres called on the international community to
\ntake action to protect the Amazon region, swept by wildfire. French president Emmanuel
\nMacron said the industrialized states of G7 have agreed on a 20-million-dollar
\nfund which states in the Amazon can use to combat wildfire. President Macron also
\nsaid an international initiative for the Amazon at UN level will be launched,
\nlooking into ways to reforest the affected areas. <\/p>\n
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VOLEYBALL – The
\nRomanian national women’s volleyball team defeated Estonia 3-1 on Sunday in
\nBudapest, Hungary, in Group C of the European Championship. This is the second
\nconsecutive win of the Romanians, after defeating the host country’s team on
\nSaturday, 3-1. The Netherlands is first in the group, with 6 points in 2
\nmatches, followed by Romania, with 6 points in 3 matches, Croatia, Hungary,
\nAzerbaijan and Estonia. On Tuesday Romania will take on Croatia and on Thursday
\nit will play Azerbaijan. <\/p>\n
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