SESSION – The new Liberal Government in
\nBucharest, led by Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, is today convening for its
\nfirst joint session. According to the Prime Minister, the agenda for today
\nincludes an emergency decree on reducing the number of ministries, from 24 to
\n16. On Tuesday the newly-appointed ministers took over their portfolios.
\nLudovic Orban promised the new Government will engage in permanent dialogue and
\nwill take into account Romanians’ expectations. Orban’s Cabinet has replaced the
\noutgoing Social-Democratic Government led by Viorica Dancila after the later
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TRANSPORT – Romanian haulers have pointed
\nthe serious issues reported on the Hungarian border in the last few days, where
\nfreight trucks wait in a 25-km-long line to cross the border. One of the
\nbiggest employers in the field has announced protests and the blocking of
\ncrossing points for light traffic. The Europa 2002 Association of Transport Employers
\nfrom Arad say crossing the Hungarian border has never been harder, pointing the
\nfinger at Hungarian authorities, who starting November 1 have been performing
\ndetailed inspections of freight transport vehicles, which incrementally
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PROTEST – Coal miners from Paroseni and
\nUricani on Jiu Valley continue to protest underground for the tenth consecutive
\nday. Due to be laid off on January 1, miners demand the same rights as other
\nemployees made redundant in the sector, namely monthly redundancy payments for
\ntwo years and the inclusion of this period on their seniority with the mining
\ncompany. Trade unions say the 100 miners are determined to continue their
\nprotest, the longest in the last 15 years, until the Government passes an
\nemergency decree that meets their demands. The matter could be settled in today’s
\nGovernment session, which will discuss the passing of a decree. Laszlo Domokos,
\nthe head of a miners’ syndicate, is today in Bucharest discussing the miners’
\ndemands with representatives from the line ministry. At the end of 2017 the two
\nmines were listed for shutdown and remand. <\/p>\n
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TABLE TENNIS – Romania’s table tennis
\nteam, the defending European champions, is today playing its first match at the
\nWorld Cup in Tokyo against Taiwan. Drawn in Group C, Romania will also play against
\nVanuatu on Thursday. The top two teams will qualify to the quarterfinals.
\nRomania’s team is made up of Elizabeta Samara, Daniela Dodean Monteiro, Bernadette Szocs and
\nAdina Diaconu. We recall that in September Romania reaped gold at the European
\nTable Tennis Championships in Nantes, France, defeating Portugal in the final. <\/p>\n
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HANDBALL – The Romanian men’s handball team Dinamo Bucharest on Wednesday
\nis playing Kadetten Schaffhausen of Switzerland in Champions League Group D.
\nThe match has a major stake. If it wins, Dinamo will secure mathematical qualification
\nto the playoff. Dinamo ranks first in the group tables with 10 points, followed
\nby GOG Svendborg of Denamrk with 8 points, Kadetten of Switzerland with 6
\npoints, Wisla Plock of Poland with 5 points, Chehkovskie Medvedi of Russia with
\n4 points and Kristianstad of Sweden with 3 points. The top two teams will
\nadvance to the next phase. In the women’s Champions League, CSM Bucharest has
\nalready qualified to the main group phase, while champions SCM Ramnicu Valcea
\non Sunday is playing SG BBM Bietigheim of Germany in Group C. Brest Bretagne
\nHandball of France is top of the tables with 6 points, followed by Buducnost of
\nMontenegro with 6 points, SCM Ramnicu Valcea with 2 points and SG BBM
\nBietigheim with 0 points. The top three teams will qualify to the main group
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