MOTION Romania’s right-wing president Klaus Iohannis announced that Friday
\nwould see the first round of talks with Parliament parties because Romania is
\nin dire need of a government after Parliament on Thursday passed a
\nno-confidence motion against the Social Democratic government led by Viorica
\nDancila. Iohannis, who had described the former government as failed and
\nconfused said that after learning the suggestions of the parties, he would come
\nup with a government formula and a clear mandate to provide a responsible and
\nefficient ruling until the Parliamentary election. In Iohannis’ opinion, snap
\nelection is the best solution to the political crisis currently affecting
\nRomania. The outgoing Prime Minister, Viorica Dancila, has said that her
\ncabinet leaves with its duty done and made an appeal to the president, whom she
\nblames for the present political chaos, to quickly appoint a capable
\ngovernment, ‘if he has any’. The National Liberal Party, which initiated the
\nmotion through its president Ludovic Orban, said that Romania needs serious
\nprojects and a government, which can show fairness. 238 senators and deputies
\nhave voted in favour of the no confidence vote, which needed 233 votes to pass.
\nThe political struggle intensifies less than a month ahead of the presidential election. We recall that both Klaus Iohannis and Viorica
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NOBEL Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk was given the 2018 Nobel Prize for
\nLiterature while Austrian Peter Handke reaped this year’s edition of the
\nprestigious award. According to the
\nSwedish Academy, Tokarczuk, was given the
\nprize for a narrative imagination that with encyclopaedic passion represents
\nthe crossing of boundaries as a form of life, while Handke, was recognized for
\na body of work including novels, essays and drama that with linguistic
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GROWTH The National Institute of
\nStatistics has revised slightly downwards from 4.6% to 4.5% its estimates regarding
\nthe growth of the country’s GDP in the 2nd half of 2019 as compared
\nto the same period of last year. In another development, the World Bank has
\nslightly improved estimates regarding Romania’s economic development for the
\ncoming years but draws attention to the risk of a rise in pay inequities. The
\nWB recommends the government to include on its priorities agenda measures aimed
\nat curbing the high unemployment rate among young people and people with low
\nqualification and at making reforms in the public administration and the
\nstate-owned companies. <\/p>\n
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