CELEBRATION The Republic of Moldova, an ex-soviet, Romanian-speaking country today
\ncelebrates 28 years of independence. On August 27th 1991 after the
\nabortive neo-communist coup in Moscow, under the pressure of thousands,
\nParliament in Chisinau proclaimed the country’s independence from the Soviet
\nUnion. The Republic of Moldova consists of Romania’s eastern territories
\nannexed by Stalin in 1940 through an ultimatum. The country’s new pro-Western Foreign
\nMinister Nicolae Popescu voiced hope in Bucharest that a new statement would be
\nadopted for the strategic cooperation between Bucharest and Chisinau for the
\nfollowing ten years. Popescu has also said that Chisinau has been politically
\nindependent for almost thirty years now and that it hopes it will also become economically
\nand commercially independent thanks to the Association agreement signed with
\nthe European Union five years ago. In turn, the country’s pro-Russia president
\nIgor Dodon said the republic would not join the EU and he pleaded instead for
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TENNIS Romania’s best tennis player Simona Halep
\nwill today take on US challenger Nicole Gibbs in the first round of the US
\nOpen, the year’s last Grand Slam tournament. Also today, Sorana Cirstea will be
\nplaying Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic, while Mihaela Buzarnescu,
\nalso from Romania, will be up against Andrea Petkovic of Germany. On Monday,
\nAna Bogdan qualified for the competition’s second round after a two-set win
\nagainst Harriet Dart of Britain, while Monica Niculescu was eliminated by Daiana
\nIastremska 4-6, 6-1, 2-6. In the men’s competition Marius Copil will be taking
\non Ugo Humbert of France in the first round today. <\/p>\n
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ALDE
\nThree Liberal-Democrat ministers from the coalition government in Bucharest are
\ntoday tendering their resignations after on Monday night the Alliance of
\nLiberal and Democrats in Romania ALDE decided to break with their ruling
\nallies, PSD, and join the opposition. ALDE leader Calin Popescu Tariceanu announced
\nhe would step down from the position of Senate president. Social-Democratic
\nleader Viorica Dancila said the PSD remains in power in order to apply the
\nruling programme with which it won the parliament election of 2016. She said
\nthe PSD ministers would provisionally take over all the vacant seats, whereas Foreign
\nMinister Ramona Manescu, promoted by ALDE, will keep her position after having
\nrejected Tariceanu’s request to step down. <\/p>\n
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DIPLOMACY During the Annual Reunion of the Romanian
\nDiplomacy on Tuesday, Romanian president Klaus Iohannis said that Romania’s
\naccession to Europe’s border-free area Schengen and the Eurozone are still
\nobjectives to meet adding that Romania should capitalize on the confidence it
\ngot while assuring the EU rotating presidency. Iohannis has also said the
\nstrategic partnership with the United States is a pillar of Romania’s foreign
\npolicy and the political relations are at their best after the two visits he
\npaid to the White House in 2017 and 2019. The event, which is staged by
\nRomania’s Foreign Ministry, is being held from Monday until Thursday and has high
\non the agenda, the future of the EU and its global role, Trans-Atlantic relations
\nand the EU’s relations with it eastern neighbours, the European affairs, as
\nwell as Romania’s political and economic relations with countries in Asia-Pacific,
\nthe Middle East, Africa and South America, humanitarian assistance and the
\ndevelopment of peace and security at global level. The Romanian Foreign
\nMinistry and the United Nations’ Programme for Development signed a memorandum
\nof cooperation on Monday<\/p>\n
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