Economy. <\/strong>The growth rate of
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Government.<\/strong> Romania’s new prime
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Elections.<\/strong> From midday on Friday, local
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Protest.<\/strong> 100 miners from the mines in Paro\u015feni and
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Table tennis.<\/strong> European
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Football.<\/strong> The
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\nthe Romanian economy will see a slight rise this year to reach 4.1% of the GDP,
\nbefore slowing down to 3.6% in 2020 and 3.3% in 2021, according to the European
\nCommission’s autumn forecast. Private consumption is expected to decrease but
\nwill nevertheless remain the main growth engine for the forecast period as
\ndisposable incomes continue to be supported by an expansionist fiscal policy
\nand solid salary growth, the Commission’s report also says. Also, the
\nCommission expects inflationist pressure in Romania to drop from 4.1% in 2018
\nto 3.9% in 2019 and to return to the figure targeted by the National Bank of
\nRomania, namely 2.5 plus\/minus 1%, in 2020. The European Commission warns that
\nthe budget deficit will rise to 3.6% this year following significant pay rises
\nin the public sector. The deficit level is expected to rise significantly in
\nthe following two years to 4.4% and 6.1% of the GDP following the pensions
\nrises adopted in the summer of 2019, the European Commission has also emphasised.
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\nminister, the Liberal Ludovic Orban, is today attending the handover of the
\nministries of health, education and research, public works, development and
\nadministration, the environment and forests, labour and culture. The new health
\nminister Victor Costache has today warned that this field lacks the needed
\nfunds to end the year. He says a priority of his term is the organisation of
\nthe medical residency examination on the 8th of December, as agreed
\nwith the representatives of students. The minister of education Monica Anisie
\nsays she wants transparency in the decision-making process and measures to
\nbenefit young people. The new minister for public works, development and
\nadministration Ion Stefan says his number one priority is developing the gas supply
\nnetwork in Romania. <\/p>\n
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\ntime, until Sunday evening, Romanian citizens living abroad have three days to
\ncast their ballots and elect a president for the next five years. It’s for the
\nfirst time that elections are taking place over a 3-day period in the Romanian
\ndiaspora, both in the first and the second round. The first round is taking
\nplace this week and the second between the 22nd and the 24th
\nof November. The Romanians living abroad who have registered online can also
\nvote by mail. The president of the Permanent Electoral Authority said recently
\nthat this year’s presidential elections in Romania are the most expensive so
\nfar. The total amount allocated is around 150 million euros, of which 50
\nmillion is spent on the voting process abroad. To avoid long queues like in the
\npast, 835 polling stations were created, twice as many as in the previous
\nelections. In Romania, voters can cast their votes only on Sunday, on the 10th
\nof November, and on the 24th for the second round. 14 candidates are
\nin the race for the highest office, both from parliamentary and
\nnon-parliamentary parties and independents. <\/p>\n
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\nUricani, in the centre-west, continue their protest, demanding a monthly
\nsupplementary income for two years for the people laid off when the mines close
\nand for this period to be added up to their pension. Protesters say they will
\nstay underground, where they have barricaded themselves since the beginning of
\nlast week until an emergency order is passed to guarantee protections for those
\nwho are laid off. A draft order document was discussed yesterday by the new
\ngovernment. Trade unions say this is the longest protest by Romanian miners in
\nthe last 15 years. The process to close and clean up the two mines began in
\n2017. Also, tens of miners from the Ocna Dej salt mine in the north-west have
\nbarricaded themselves underground to protest against the fact that they have
\nnot received their holiday vouchers. For this reason, the salt production was
\nsuspended for a week at several salt mines in Romania. <\/p>\n
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\nchampions Romania have reached the quarterfinals of the Women’s Table Tennis World
\nCup under way in Tokyo after defeating Vanuatu
\n3-nil in Group C. Romania, who lost 1-3 to Taiwan on Wednesday, have finished
\nsecond in their group with 3 points, after Taiwan with 4 points, and ahead of Vanuatu
\nwith 2 points. On Friday, in the quarterfinals, Romania will be facing Japan,
\nwho won a group that also included the United States and Austria. In the other
\nquarterfinal matches, China face the US, Hong Kong face Taiwan and South Korea take
\non Ukraine. In September, Romania won the gold medal at the European table
\ntennis championship in Nantes, in France, after defeating Portugal in the
\nfinal. <\/p>\n
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\nRomanian football champions CFR Cluj are facing the French side Rennes at home
\nin a Group E match as part of the Europa League. In the first leg, Cluj won in
\nRennes 1-nil. In their first two group matches, CFR defeated Lazio Rome 2-1 at
\nhome and lost nil-2 to Celtic Glasgow away. The Scottish side are in the lead
\nwith 7 points, followed by CFR with 6 points, Lazio with 3 points and Rennes
\nwith 1 point. <\/p>\n