FORECAST The European Bank for
\nReconstruction and Development (EBRD) has revised up its estimates concerning Romania’s
\neconomic development in 2019 and has maintained its forecast about Romania’s
\nGDP in 2020, an EBRD report published on Wednesday reads. According to the
\nlatest EBRD forecasts, Romania’s economy might have a 4% growth as compared to
\na previous forecast in May this year of only 3.2%. Last month another
\nprestigious financial institution, the IMF, also revised up its forecast on the
\nRomanian economy this year, which is expected to see a 4% growth while next
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COMMISSIONER The
\nRomanian MEP Adina Valean was accepted by the elected European Commission
\npresident Ursula von der Leyen for the position of the European Commissioner
\nfor Transport, an EU spokesperson announced on Wednesday. Romania’s candidate is
\nto be interviewed by the Transport Committee of the European Parliament on
\nNovember 14th. Romania’s new Prime Minister Ludovic Orban on
\nWednesday said the MEPs Siegfried Muresan and Adina Valean were the
\ngovernment’s proposals for this position. Orban specified he had made this
\ndecision after talks with the country’s president Klaus Iohannis. According to
\nthe European Commission’s spokeswoman Mina Andreeva, there were serious doubts
\nover the legitimacy of the proposal coming from the country’s former PSD government
\nled by Viorica Dancila, who didn’t consult the country’s president on their
\ncandidate, the former minister delegate for European Affairs Victor Negrescu. We
\nrecall that another PSD candidate, Rovana Plumb had been rejected by the
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TALKS Romanian president Klaus Iohannis
\non Wednesday held talks with Avraham Duvdevani, chairman of the World Zionist
\nOrganisation. High on the agenda were the relations between Romania and Israel
\nas well as the efforts Bucharest makes to fight Antisemitism, xenophobia and
\nintolerance. According to a communiqu\u00e9 from the presidential administration,
\nIohannis has underlined the fact that Israel is a trustworthy partner for
\nRomania as the two countries have enjoyed 71 years of uninterrupted diplomatic
\nrelations based on political dialogue and good cooperation. Iohannis gave
\nassurances he would continue to pay special attention to the partnership
\nbetween Romania and Israel adding that the legislation against Antisemitism,
\nintolerance and xenophobia must be applied rigorously and the education about
\nthe holocaust must be promoted. <\/p>\n
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PROTEST Romanian haulers have pointed to
\nthe serious issues reported at the Hungarian border in the last few days, where
\nfreight trucks have been waiting in a 25-km-long line to cross the border. One
\nof the biggest employers in the field has announced protests and the blocking
\nof crossing points for light traffic. The Europa 2002 Association of Transport
\nEmployers from Arad says crossing the Hungarian border has never been harder,
\npointing the finger at the Hungarian authorities, who starting November 1 have
\nbeen performing detailed inspections of freight transport vehicles, which
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WIN The Romanian men’s handball side Dinamo Bucharest on
\nWednesday clinched a 27-26 win against Kadetten Schaffhausen of Switzerland in
\nChampions League Group D. Dinamo has thus secured mathematical qualification for
\nthe playoff. The Romanian side ranks first in the group tables with 10 points,
\nfollowed by GOG Svendborg of Denmark with 8 points, Kadetten of Switzerland
\nwith 6 points, Wisla Plock of Poland with 5 points, Chehkovskie Medvedi of
\nRussia with 4 points and Kristianstad of Sweden with 3 points. The top two
\nteams will advance to the next phase. In the women’s Champions League, CSM
\nBucharest has already qualified to the main group phase, while champions SCM
\nRamnicu Valcea on Sunday is playing SG BBM Bietigheim of Germany in Group C. Brest
\nBretagne Handball of France is top of the tables with 6 points, followed by
\nBuducnost of Montenegro with 6 points, SCM Ramnicu Valcea with 2 points and SG
\nBBM Bietigheim with 0 points. The top three teams will qualify to the main
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