SUMMIT Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis attended the European
\nCouncil’s autumn summit on Thursday and Friday. According to a Romanian
\npresidency communiqu\u00e9, during his speech, Iohannis has hailed the agreement,
\nwhich ensures Britain’s orderly withdrawal from the EU and reiterated the
\ncrucial importance of maintaining the EU 27 unity for further negotiations. As
\nfor the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027, Iohannis stood for an
\nambitious budget underlining the need for balanced and realistic approach in
\nthe negotiation process of the Union’s future multiannual budget. Iohannis has
\nunderlined the importance of unity at the EU level for the implementation of
\nthe future Strategic Agenda. In another move, the Romanian president has voiced
\nregret that in spite of the active support from most of the EU members, Romania
\nincluded, no consensus has been reached in the process of opening accession
\nnegotiations with Albania and Northern Macedonia. Iohannis has underlined the
\ntight connection between the credibility of the enlargement process and the
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TALKS Dan Barna, head of the Save
\nRomania Union said after the talks he had with representatives of the National
\nLiberal Party on Friday that there was an ‘explicit openness’ of the designated
\nPrime Minister Ludovic Orban to the measures supported by the USR. According to
\nBarna, that was a ‘first round of talks’ and a new round is going to be held
\nearly next week. In turn, Orban said that Liberals cannot be asked things they
\ncannot offer, adding that from his point of view, there is an understanding.
\nThe designated Prime Minister has so far held talks with Parliament parties
\nwhich backed the no-confidence vote that brought down the cabinet led by the
\ncountry’s former Prime Minister Viorica Dancila. On Friday, Orban received the USR
\nrepresentatives after a first round of talks he had a day before with the
\nrepresentatives of ALDE, UDMR and PRO Romania. MPs of the national minorities
\nhave already announced their support for the future cabinet. Romania’s new
\nPrime Minister will have to present the structure of the future cabinet next
\nweek and the name of the candidates proposed to head the ministries. Social
\nDemocrats have announced their unwillingness to go to Parliament to ensure the
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QUEEN The remains of Queen Mother Helen were brought to Romania on Saturday to
\nbe reburied in Curtea de Arges, southern Romania, on Saturday. The coffin is to
\nstay for a while at the Elisabeta Palace in Bucharest, and then carried to
\nCurtea de Arges. Queen Helen, born into the Greek royal family, married prince
\nCharles of Romania, the future King Carol II, but seven years later she
\ndivorced him and focused on the education of her son, King Mihai I. In January
\n1948, Queen Helen left Romania for good, together with her son, who was forced
\nby the communists to abdicate. A communique issued by the Royal House of
\nRomania reads that, after seven decades, Queen Mother Helen returns to Romania
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MISSION The Romanian frigate ‘King Ferdinand’, a Puma Navy helicopter and
\na Navy Special Task Force are taking part in a new NATO mission in the
\nMediterranean. According to a press release by the Romanian Navy, the main goal
\nof the ‘Sea Guardian 19’ operation is to deter illegal activities on NATO’s and
\nthe EU’s eastern flank, through sea traffic monitoring activities. As a first, Romania’s
\nNavy with support from the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry for Romanians
\nAbroad, has invited members of the Romanian communities in Egypt, Israel and
\nCyprus to visit the frigate during its stopovers in the ports of Alexandria,
\nHaifa and Limassol. <\/p>\n
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