VOTE -
\nParliament is today convening in a joint session to vote on the program and
\nstructure of the Liberal Government led by Ludovic Orban. The Orban Cabinet
\nneeds 233 votes to be sworn into office. Ludovic Orban has signed political
\nagreements with Save Romania Union, the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians,
\nthe People’s Movement Party, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats and the
\ngroup of national minorities. The Social-Democratic Party has chosen not to attend
\nMonday’s vote, while the PRO Romania Party claims it will not vote the new
\ngovernment. <\/p>\n
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NATO -
\nThe King Ferdinand Frigate of the Romanian Military Navy, joined by a Puma
\nbattleship and a unit of the Special Ops Navy Forces onboard, are taking part
\nin the NATO-led Sea Guardian 19 military operation until Thursday. The frigate
\nis carrying out missions to deter any illegal activities on the eastern flank
\nof NATO and the EU, under maritime allied command. Today the frigate is making
\na stopover in the port of Haifa, Israel. The frigate has previously made stops
\nin Askaz, southern Turkey, as well as in Alexandria, Egypt, where the crew met
\nwith members of the Romanian community in Egypt. <\/p>\n
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ELECTION -
\nThe candidate of the Moldovan Socialist Party, Ion Ceban, has won the election
\nfor the Chisinau city hall in Sunday’s second round of local elections.
\nAccording to preliminary results made public by the Central Election
\nCommission, Ceban won 52% of the vote, while his main opponent, pro-European
\nAndrei Nastase, won only 47% of the vote. The voter turnout stood at some 38%. The
\nsecond round of the local election was held in 384 towns and villages in the
\nRepublic of Moldova, with total voter turnout close to 40%. <\/p>\n
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PROTEST -
\nThousands protested on Sunday night in Bucharest and other cities across the
\ncountry in the Forest Rally, staged to voice protest both with the rising death
\ntoll of forest rangers and against illegal logging. Representatives of
\nenvironment NGOs claim conservationists and forest officers must call on the
\nauthorities to take effective measures that should put an end to illegal
\nlogging. <\/p>\n
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TENNIS – Romanian tennis player Simona
\nHalep will end the season in 4th position in WTA standings. She
\nclimbed one spot in the tables after the WTA finals in Shenzhen, China, where
\nshe failed to qualify to the semi-finals after losing to Karolina Pliskova of
\nthe Czech Republic, world no. 2. Halep had ended 2017 and 2018 in the number
\none position in the standings. Romanian-born Canadian player Bianca Andreescu
\nwill finish her first season in the top 100 in 5th place. Romania
\nhas another two players in the top 100 at present: Sorana Cirstea (72) and
\nIrina-Camelia Begu (99). Australia’s Ashleigh Barty, this year the winner of
\nRoland Garros and the Shenzhen tournament, will end the season in top place,
\nfollowed by Karolina Pliskova and Naomi Osaka of Japan. <\/p>\n
(Translated by V. Palcu)<\/p>\n
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